The first question to ask about any free agent.

[SunsetBengal]

(02-15-2016, 04:43 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Except every team wants to keep their best players and actually resign more players than they let become free agents.

That is why you need to ask the questions.  Why did his team chose to pay to keep some other player instead of him.

I would say that part of the time, it is simple economics.  And at other times, maybe the team feels like they could get the same or better talent/production at a cheaper price than what that player sees their individual value as.  And, at other times, there could be some "hidden" flaws in that player, such as bad personality, malcontent, etc., that another team would not notice until he was in their locker room.