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NBA trades and free agency: Key dates, salaries, intel and rankings

With the 2020 NBA draft in the books, NBA free agency is rapidly approaching. Teams can technically start negotiating with free agents at 6 p.m. ET on Friday, though expect plenty of news before then. Anthony Davis, Brandon Ingram and Fred VanVleet are some of the headliners in this class, and trade talk -- potentially involving James Harden and Russell Westbrook -- should dominate the next week.

To get you ready for all the action, here is an ultimate guide to the next week from ESPN analysts Bobby Marks and Kevin Pelton. It features Pelton's free-agent rankings, the key dates to know, team-by-team breakdowns, salary tiers, projections and inside intel.