By Will Laws,Nick Selbe Just over half of the players on our initial list signed before the lockout. Let’s revisit the best of the rest. View the original article to see embedded media. After several offseasons in which most of the big fish weren’t reeled in until well after the new year, it was a pleasant surprise this time around to see so many free agents find new homes before the calendar turned to December. In fact, 26 of SI’s initial top 50 free agents signed before the league’s collective bargaining agreement expired on Dec. 1. And there was no lack of fireworks—among the players who al…

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