Nicolas Batum, who will be a restricted free agent this summer, will not delay free agency negotiations to help the Trail Blazers, who hope to spend their cap space prior to re-signing him.

“The first good offer we get, we're going with that,” Batum’s agent, Bouna Ndiaye, said. “We're not waiting for anything.”

The Trail Blazers are expected to have as much as $15-20 million in cap space, while Batum could command as much as $10-11 million per year from another team.