Sometimes you just know when a soon-to-be NBA free agent needs to find new digs.

This is one of those times.

Strike that. This is actually 10 of those times.

Change-of-venue endorsements will have everything to do with the player. Relocations will often be mutually beneficial to both team and free agent. But this exercise is, first and foremost, about identifying names who should surf the market for bigger roles, better fits or larger paydays.

Or perhaps all three.

Oshae Brissett, Indiana Pacers

Oshae Brissett spent far too much time bouncing around the Indiana Pacers' rotation this past season. Which, you know, was weird.

Indiana needed bodies at the 3 and 4. Brissett typifies that mold. He can guard across three positions, sometimes four, and generates rim pressure both on and away from the ball.

Shaky efficiency perhaps capped his role. He shot just 31 percent on threes and 51 percent at the rim—a career low. That's a potential red flag given Indiana's enviable floor balance. Another team may struggle to field as many four- and five-out lineups and capitalize on his capacity to set and slip screens.

But the Pacers' spacing matters little if Brissett's not a rotation staple—or if they're not bent on re-signing him. Indiana has just three open roster spots heading into the offseason.

Armed with four picks in the top 31 and more than $25 million in cap space, the Pacers can hardly guarantee the 24-year-old a spot on next year's squad, let alone a more prominent role.

Dillon Brooks, Memphis Grizzlies

This is not my idea. The Memphis Grizzlies literally told Dillon Brooks to get out.

Is this because he ran his mouth to the degree of arrogant pageantry? Because he grades out as one of the most damaging offensive players in the league? Because he religiously wore sunglasses indoors?

Either way, Brooks and the Grizzlies are headed for a divorce. And frankly, he might be better off.

Linking up with a team that doesn't need the 27-year-old to guarantee anything on offense would be ideal. Failing that, he at least has to be somewhere with credible half-court spacing. Four-out arrangements should theoretically weaponize his drives, improving his volume and finishing at the rim.

Whether Brooks can find his basketball nirvana will be a matter of course. He may need to accept a smaller salary to do it.

Rest assured, though, teams will be interested regardless of his baggage, even if he's a dicey offensive squeeze. He's that valuable on defense, where he can capably tussle with everyone from smaller point-of-attack creators to off-ball pinballers to larger wings and forwards.

Jae Crowder, Milwaukee Bucks

Jae Crowder averaged under 19 minutes per game after his trade to the Milwaukee Bucks. Then, when the playoffs rolled around, his role was squeezed even further. He averaged 10.8 minutes during the team's first-round loss to the Miami Heat while essentially registering DNPs in the final two games.

At the end of it all, Crowder didn't sound like someone itching to stay put.

"I'm very confused as to why I was brought here," he told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (h/t HoopsHype). "I don't know my purpose here and why I was brought here."

Awkward. But fair.

Crowder is going on 33 and didn't play prior to the trade deadline after a falling out with the Phoenix Suns. The Bucks also gave up a kajillion second-rounders (and Jordan Nwora) to get him. Limiting his usage made little sense, even as he struggled offensively.

New head coach Adrian Griffin could have grander plans for Crowder, but Milwaukee has its top-four rotation spots locked up if Khris Middleton (player option) and Brook Lopez return and will almost always futz and fiddle with the fifth.

Crowder will be in higher demand among teams with more urgent use for combo forwards.

Seth Curry, Brooklyn Nets

Various injuries limited Seth Curry's availability for pockets of the Brooklyn Nets' schedule, but it was their midseason teardown that effectively nudged him out of town.

Returning packages for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving created a logjam on the perimeter. Curry averaged under 14 minutes over his final 22 games as a result. He'll be lucky if that many are available to him next year.

Mikal Bridges, Royce O'Neale, Dorian Finney-Smith and Spencer Dinwiddie all command over 25 minutes per game. Patty Mills (better suited to play point guard) and Joe Harris (can sponge up time at the 3) are both under contract and cleaner fits with the current personnel. A healthy Ben Simmons and any interest, at all, in playing Cam Thomas will gobble up more available minutes.

Curry might still have a place in Brooklyn if he could run point. He's more of a pure off-guard. That's a niche, if limiting, role for someone standing 6'2". But the 32-year-old can still sling it.

Among everyone who has attempted at least 1,000 threes since 2015-16, only Harris and Luke Kennard have knocked theirs down at a higher clip. Curry will have a market—outside Brooklyn.

Hamidou Diallo, Detroit Pistons

Though a right ankle injury cut his season short, Hamidou Diallo is working off the best performance of his career.

He bull-in-a-china-shop'd his way to buckets on the break and flashed punchy directionality on half-court drives. His jumper remains a liability, but he downed 48.5 percent of his mid-range attempts after Dec. 31. He looks more comfortable making decisions and pulling up after one or two dribbles.

Leaving the team that played host to your breakout is always bold, but Diallo should do it anyway.

The Detroit Pistons remain hard-pressed to plan around the 24-year-old's biggest offensive weakness: shooting. He closed last season effectively removing three-point attempts from his arsenal, and a rickety touch from the foul line (58 percent) seemingly translates to awkward takeoff points on drives and a larger aversion to contact.

Teams with more open-floor concepts are better fits for his skill set. Some should even have more minutes to go around.

Diallo's place in the Detroit rotation isn't a given when Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, Killian Hayes and Alec Burks are all healthy. And it'll grow murkier still if the Pistons land someone like Cam Whitmore or Ausar Thompson at No. 5.

Jaxson Hayes, New Orleans Pelicans (Restricted)

Fitting Jaxson Hayes for a new jersey is mutually beneficial for all parties involved.

After averaging just 13 minutes across 47 appearances this season, the 23-year-old needs to be on a team that can consistently play and optimize him. That team is never going to be the New Orleans Pelicans.

Carving out more minutes for Hayes is tough. Jonas Valančiūnas and Larry Nance Jr. are in front of him at the 5, and New Orleans doesn't have the motivation to favor dual-big combinations when Zion Williamson, Herb Jones, Naji Marshall and Trey Murphy III all soak up reps at the 4.

Maybe the Pelicans wind up consolidating their frontcourt rotation on the trade market. Moving Valančiūnas or Nance, specifically, incentivizes them to explore keeping Hayes. But that's not in his best interests.

Hayes is the rare big who is best served playing like a 4 on defense and 5 on offense. New Orleans cannot strike that balance without serious infusions of shooting and skill diversification up front.

Kyle Kuzma, Washington Wizards (Player Option)

Overhauling the front office could indicate the Washington Wizards are on a more coherent path.

Kyle Kuzma needn't stick around to find out.

Money speaks volumes—and changes everything. Kuzma has yet to get two-syllable puh-aid. This offseason will be his first chance. Going on 28, it may also be his last.

Washington can offer him a longer, more lucrative deal than anyone. And it has every incentive to do so after keeping him past the trade deadline. But Kuzma will have other windfalls waiting for him elsewhere—and not just from teams dangling cap space.

Up against a relatively shallow free-agency market, admirers who must surrender assets via sign-and-trades will have their eye on him. That arms Kuzma with a unique amount of optionality. He is both in-demand and working off a career year in which he averaged 21.2 points per game, honed his outside-in attacking armory and held up, positionally, on the defensive end.

If he wants to go somewhere, anywhere, that's not on the verge of a potential rebuild or facing an uphill climb out of sub-mediocrity, he can easily force the Wizards' hand.

Kelly Oubre Jr., Charlotte Hornets

Kelly Oubre Jr. missed 24 games in the middle of the season with a left hand injury and didn't play in the Charlotte Hornets' final eight games while nursing a strained left shoulder. Amid the injuries, though, he left a lasting impression.

Through 48 appearances, the 27-year-old averaged 20.3 points while drilling 51 percent of his twos and hitting enough of his corner threes (38.3 percent) to keep defenders occupied. His offensive bag remains erratic, but he can make stuff happen in the open floor and when attacking downhill in the half-court.

Charlotte is still a pretty good fit for his services, but "pretty good" just isn't good enough.

The Hornets are about to reinvest in P.J. Washington (restricted) and Miles Bridges, who must serve the balance of a 30-game suspension for pleading no contest to felony domestic violence charges. Gordon Hayward is on the payroll for another year, and Charlotte could draft Brandon Miller with the No. 2 pick.

This team is about to have its fill of combo forwards and needs to focus on stockpiling truer wings. Oubre is more of the former than the latter. Without changes elsewhere, his role stands to shrink if he stays put.

Naz Reid, Minnesota Timberwolves

Naz Reid appeared in 68 games before a broken left wrist ended his season. He did more than enough during that time to ensure he'll be among the most sought after bigs on the market—particularly after the All-Star break.

As yours truly previously wrote:

"Through his last 15 appearances, Reid is averaging more than 16 points while downing over 65 percent of his twos and 38 percent of his triples. The floor game he has showcased all season is for real—and entering hyper drive. He can navigate tighter spaces with the ball in his hands and deliver gritty, physical finishes with either hand. His recent uptick in accuracy from beyond the arc has allowed the Minnesota Timberwolves to feature him in dual-big combinations."

Effectively working within dual-big arrangements assures Reid won't fall by the wayside of the Timberwolves' rotation. But he deserves a bigger role—maybe even a starter's gig. Minnesota will never offer that as long as Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns are both in tow.

Minny will pony up for its 23-year-old old despite paying its Twin Towers a combined $77 million next season, $92.4 million in 2024-25 and $99.2 million in 2025-26.

For his sake, Reid needs to shop around, aggressively, with the intent to leave.

Christian Wood, Dallas Mavericks

Christian Wood's long-term viability on the Dallas Mavericks was in question long before February. His fate was just about crystallized after the Kyrie Irving trade.

Dallas no longer has room to skew all-offense at the 5. Wood had some rosy moments as a rotator in the half-court, but he's too up-down-down-nonexistent defensively to command heavy minutes inside a rotation headlined by Irving and Luka Dončić.

The Mavericks have already made this abundantly clear. Of the 900 possessions Dončić and Irving logged together, Wood was on the floor for only 150 of them—or 16.7 percent of the time. Dallas, not surprisingly, hemorrhaged points during these stints, belching out a 126.6 defensive rating.

Sussing out an alternative landing spot will be difficult. Centers who stretch defenses and have an operable floor game always have a market, but Wood, 27, will presumably be pining for a hefty payday and starting job.

Checking both boxes feels unlikely, even if he and the Mavericks prowl the league for sign-and-trade scenarios. Taking a below-market deal, on a team that can insulate him defensively, may be Wood's best shot at bagging a larger role and rehabbing his value.

Unless otherwise noted, stats courtesy of NBA.com, Basketball Reference, Stathead or Cleaning the Glass. Salary information via Spotrac.

Dan Favale covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter (@danfavale), and subscribe to the Hardwood Knocks podcast, co-hosted by Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes.