"Assuming there ever is an offseason for the 2011-2012 NBA season and not just some huge combined free agency pool for this year and next year, there really isn't a tremendous number of big-name players set to hit the market. Those who do have the name recognition—Tyson Chandler, Nene, David West, Andrei Kirilenko, Jamal Crawford—don't really have youth on their side, meaning there are a select few guys in the pool that could actually offer a team immediate and long-term help.

That means good things for Memphis center Marc Gasol's wallet, but maybe not good things for the Memphis Grizzlies themselves.

To be fair, the Grizzlies have said that they really want to keep Gasol, but why wouldn't they after the postseason he had last year, averaging 15 ppg and 11.2 rpg in 13 playoff games. His career numbers in three seasons with Memphis are surprisingly good, too: 12.6 ppg and 7.8 rpg. It's not like that playoff performance was a huge stretch for him. It felt more like a natural progression, and after seeing what kind of career big brother Pau has put together it wouldn't be crazy for some team somewhere to put an offer sheet in front of Gasol worth $10-12 million a year."