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Free Agency 2010: First Days Thread
by Michael Levin on Jun 30, 2010 12:53 PM PDT
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PrintI've never heard so much of nothing since the Brett Favre fiasco(s). Use this as your landing pad for all free agency news, rumors, links, gossip, giggling, enjoyment, sadness, perusal, dance moves, and Sinbad standup favorites. I'm going to choose not to report any of this because it is hullabaloo. And I don't tolerate hullabaloo.
Nothing is going to happen with the Sixers, so don't get your hopes up. Enjoy the parade of ESPN experts marching on and off your television sets. Are they still called television sets?
Anyway.
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Which part? Sinbad?
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by Michael Levin on Jun 30, 2010 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
"I'm a beast ready to be unleashed." -- Paul George
by Tanner Steidel on Jun 30, 2010 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Baloo never did the hula
And now i have to wonder if the word came from that stupid bear dancing the hula?
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Baloo never did the hula
maybe not on film but who knows what that crazy bear was up to when the cameras weren’t rolling
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by Tanner Steidel on Jun 30, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That mowgli guy knows – but he doesn’t want to talk about it?
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
you posted this about a minute before I put one up – this means war
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by Tanner Steidel on Jun 30, 2010 12:58 PM PDT reply actions
You’re both dead to me anyway
Read something interesting today about ‘culture’ and how Lebrons ‘peeps’ get the run of it in Cleveland and wouldn’t get that in either Miami OR Chicago…
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
haha i already deleted it but i like how 3 free agency posts went up in the matter of a minute
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by Tanner Steidel on Jun 30, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYws8biwOYc
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by Michael Levin on Jun 30, 2010 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ5gkKgM-tw&feature=related
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by Tanner Steidel on Jun 30, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Its like the ESPN story of a meeting in Miami over the weekend… Wade was at a baseball game in Chicago with his kids, Bosh was in Miami and Lebron was in New York…
Who will print more bold faced lies they claim they heard from sources?
Chad Ford – comfortably esconced in his hawaii bungalow with house boy coco?
Stephen A Smith – comfortably ensconced in his radio booth in New York – with house boy coco?
Chris Broussard – comfortable escoonced in Bristol CT with house boy steve jobs?
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 1:00 PM PDT reply actions
Pokhorov – a lot of money – and crazier than cuban?
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 1:32 PM PDT reply actions
ross kelley on sb nation philly wrote a piece on the state of the sixers cap – in it he presumes willie green will opt out and the sixers will decline jason smith’s team option (which the sixers already picked up at the beginning of last season) in order to sign chris duhon – smh
http://philly.sbnation.com/2010/6/30/1544736/assessing-the-salary-cap-for-the
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A. Willie Green isn’t opting out (he said so didn’t he?)
B. giving up on Jason Smith seems slightly silly – even though I hate him – you never know
C. Why would chris duhon come to philadephia to back up jrue holiday?
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
i was just shocked at the things said in the article – especially talking about jason smith’s option not being picked up when it was at the beginning of last season
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by Tanner Steidel on Jun 30, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t know it was already picked up but not picking it up from a penny pinching organization like the sixers makes no sense – he’s still cheap – they still have to have 13 under contract.
What I find interesting is all the media writing hwo the sixers would go after ‘back court’ in free agency – which makes no sense to me.
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
the liberty ballers research department has done it’s required research and came up with this:
http://www.libertyballers.com/2009/10/22/1096802/sixers-pick-up-option-on
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by Tanner Steidel on Jun 30, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
See, cracker jack staff…but that’s just awful reporting then for the sbnation page – i mean that’s bleacher report quality?
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
i didn’t realize the link that the article takes you to doesn’t exist anymore
here’s a better one http://www.depressedfan.com/basketball/sixers/sixers-pick-up-three-options.php
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by Tanner Steidel on Jun 30, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Weird, that article is less than a year old – SB nation doesn’t have an archive from a year ago? Good Phight goes back a few years
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
the one i put before was a fanshot linking to the article saying smith’s option was picked up – the linked website must not exist anymore
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by Tanner Steidel on Jun 30, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, yahoo, what a mess :) no good archive :)
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Mike Prada on Free Agency: http://www.sbnation.com/2010/6/30/1543045/nba-free-agency-2010-lebron-james-dwyane-wade
“The Timberwolves and Clippers engage in a ridiculous bidding war for Rudy Gay, and the winner ends up signing him to what basically amounts to a max contract. The loser decides to trade for Andre Iguodala instead. Failing that, the loser trades for Luol Deng.”
This is his prediction, as a hypothetical, anyone interest you from either of these teams to replace Andre? I’d be interested in Eric Gordon of the Clippers to play the 2 and move Turner to the 3. Thoughts?
“The loser decides to trade for Andre Iguodala instead”
All evidence to the contrary from the team he plays for that he’s not on the market?
I mean, for his own good I think andre should be traded, but minneosta is a cruel place to send anyone
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting twitter bit
Brian Shaw contacting potential assistants, looking for experience with triangle offense. Looks like he’ll bring to #Cavs if deal finalized
How would Lebron work in the triangle folks?
by jemagee on Jun 30, 2010 4:28 PM PDT reply actions
richard jefferson opting out of $15 mil contract – talk about a christmas gift for the spurs
"I'm a beast ready to be unleashed." -- Paul George
what an idiot
Why can’t Kapono and Green do the same thing?
by rajav on Jun 30, 2010 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No, he’ll apparently let them trade the contract first… even better for them.
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Some speculated today that with Rivers making a come back, if the celtics keep pierce and allen – he might try to hit one more year with ‘the band’ to get the ring
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
there's a rumor of a 3 way trade
that would send Monte Ellis and Andris Beindrins to Cleveland. Im not sure of the exact details but J.J Hickson, Anderson Varajoa, and Mo Williams are supposed to be part of the deal.
That’s a trade guaranteed to make Lebron Leave faster
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions
Check out our pal Seth from P&T on some radio show I’ve never heard of.
http://wcwpsports.blogspot.com/2010/06/seth-rosenthal-talks-free-agency.html
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On ESPN tonight on the show they were saying the clippers wanted Iggy at the deadline last yr. I would not mind that at all. As said earlier, on here, if a team loses out on Johnson, or Gay, there could be some interest. It does have the 3 yrs with the player option left but these teams would be offering 4 yr guaranteed contracts to players on open market.
Philly born and raised with plenty of Orange in my blood!
And what would the clippers give back for a guy whose just as good as the guy the hawks are about to max out for 6 years 119 million?
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions
They can send Baron Davis to be reunited with his good buddy Elton Brand on the Sixers bench.
Seriously, I’m not sure what their roster looks like. They won’t send Kaman or Griffin or Gordon. Do they have any massive expiring contracts? I don’t know what else they might have that would be appealing.
Yea which is why it did not work with LA during season. I was just stating the reason teams would be interested and would not mind it at all, if there was any possibility. I was not saying it would work.
From what I can gather, the only expiring contracts the clippers have are DeAndre Jordan and Collins (if he accepts an qualifying offer). They are not trading their starters as the Clippers have cap space and believe with the guys they have they can compete and be good with a scoring SF. I don’t believe, as its the clippers, but the clippers believe it.
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=9180
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I wouldn’t mind having DeAndre Jordan as a developmental big, but he’s not much of a return for Iguodala. Maybe for a WIllie Green/Jason Smith package.
Yea but they want a proven scoring SF aka Iggy, so they would have to throw in picks along with maybe Al-Farouq Aminu
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Hmm.. how about DeAndre Jordan, Aminu, 2011 and 2013 1st rounders?
Hmm.. how about DeAndre Jordan, Aminu, 2011 and 2013 1st rounders?+ The rest of the cap space would create a trade exception for the 76ers to use (almost as good as cap space-esp when otehrs are trying to dump some salary) .
Hmm.. how about DeAndre Jordan, Aminu, 2011 and 2013 1st rounders?+ The rest of the cap space would create a trade exception for the 76ers to use (almost as good as cap space-esp when otehrs are trying to dump some salary) .Still sounds like you have to have Gordon coming back to us….I actually think Aminu is going to be a bust.
They won’t give up Gordon. He’s a major part of their “young core” that they’re trying to build.
I would be OK with the deal without Gordon. Two 1sts from the Clips is value right there, Jordan is still very young and has some raw talent, and who knows what Aminu is…a couple of months ago, we all were assuming he’d be a Sixer, and were less than horrified about it, if I remember. So maybe it’s worth it to roll the dice with him.
This way, they get Aminu and Turner (not a bad haul, if they had drafted that way), a developmental big with some upside, and two likely-to-be-pretty-good 1sts.
I like Iguodala a lot, and would prefer he stay. But since it’s unlikely that there will be a contending roster in place when Iguodala’s contract runs out, perhaps they should examine what they could get in trade for him now that he is more or less at peak value.
If you’re unhappy having Turner and Iguodala because neither of them are 3-point shooters, why get Aminu, who is a far worse shooter?
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by Michael Levin on Jul 1, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
That doesn’t bother me as much as it bothers some people. Jrue seems to be able to knock down the three, and I think Turner will be OK. Not spectacular, but OK.
I don’t want them to turn into some kind of weird Toronto variant, where the entire team is 3-point shooters and they just sit out at the perimeter the whole game. That’s obviously not what they’re about. Nor should it be. They need to have enough three-point shooting where opposing defenses can’t pack the lane. I believe they’ll have that.
Besides, there’s always the Jodiac Killer :)
So the sun times says Lebron wants to decide by Monday…
The Bulls are expected to meet with James sometime on Friday. James has let teams know that he doesn’t want to drag out this process and wants to make a decision by Monday.
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 6:45 AM PDT reply actions
Yahoo! Sports reports the Milwaukee Bucks and Drew Gooden have come to an agreement on a 5-year, $32 million deal.
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 7:12 AM PDT reply actions
That is a bit much for Gooden in my opinion
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I’m not sure the bucks know what the hell they’re doing.
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
adrian wojnarowski reports joe johnson will accept hawks’ max offer
"I'm a beast ready to be unleashed." -- Paul George
Well duh.
ALl this talk about movings and super teams – in the end – guys are going to end up going with the biggest contract they can get.
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions
And usually on the same team they were on before.
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by Michael Levin on Jul 1, 2010 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Cause that’s usually the team that can offer them the most money
Bosh will move if he can get a sign and trade – i bet if he can’t he stays in toronto cause he thinks the max money matters
Boozer will most likely move because Utah WONT pay him the most money
Amar’e is an interesting case because I don’t think anyone should pay him max money but I think the heat might have to to make dwyane wade happy (i think the suns should let the heat over pay him.
David Lee will probably go back to new york cause new york won’t get anyone else, amybe add felton and salmons and try and sell that they fit the d’antoni style.
Rudy Gay will probably end up somewhere else, but because memphis won’t match
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions
bosh won’t stay in toronto just to make a mil or two more to be stuck in mediocrity – he’ll go to wade or lebron
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by Tanner Steidel on Jul 1, 2010 8:50 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s not a mil or two more
it’s 30 million dollars over 6 years
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
And let’s not forget, the rumors circulating that bosh thinks he’s ‘the man’ and should be on a team where he’s ‘the man’.
Does he get to be the man in Miami with Wade or Lebron anywhere or is he the sidekick?
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions
i’d be willing to make a nice wager that bosh doesn’t stay in toronto – and he can get the big money in a sign and trade
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by Tanner Steidel on Jul 1, 2010 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions
He can only get big money in a sign and trade if toronto accomadates a sign and trade…if they’re getting garbage back (or not getting rid of hedo turkoglu) what’s their motivation to help chris bosh make 30 million extra dollars?
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
bucher said last night that he was hearing a bosh for chalmers/beasley/future pick deal had a very good chance of taking place – but take that as it is – who the hell knows which of these reports are true or not
but bosh is the only one i am certain will not stay
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by Tanner Steidel on Jul 1, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m more certain of Carlos Boozer leaving Utah than of any other player changing rosters.
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
I know this is important news to everyone
LeBron just arrived at meetings. Car choice today is white Cadillac Escalade
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 8:43 AM PDT reply actions
chad for reports t’wolves sign darko to a 4 yr, $20 mil contract
in the past 12 hours they’ve given a combined $33 mil to darko milicic and nikola pekovic
"I'm a beast ready to be unleashed." -- Paul George
You know, we kid, but maybe willie green did screw himself not opting out as stupid teams will always over pay guys.
In fact all three ‘reported’ deals (the gooden deal as well) seem well beyond market value for the player
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
The Joe Johnson deal… wow. Where did the people running the Hawks go to college? Who taught them about business or money?
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The Hawks went about this all wrong but Johnson is important to their team and if they can find a real big man somehow this off season they will be better – they needed to keep johnson – but they went about it the wrong way…personally, if i’m runninng the hawks, i wait and see what the best off is from some one else and then just turmp it.
What the hawks did is from the billy king school of negotiating
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
They do huh? Then the sixers must be circling the drain of putresence
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
john salmons probable to re-up with bucks – are there enough shots to go around with salmons, jennings, and maggette on the same team?
"I'm a beast ready to be unleashed." -- Paul George
If Salmons was going to re-up why the hell do you get maggette and cdr?
The bucks should let him go
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
For the record - I think LeBron ends up in NJ
..i think Jay-Z and the Billionaire plan is going to win out…and then you gotta wonder if Stern will call them on tampering….Jay-Z and LeBron were sighted hanging together all week….
No – because I don’t think he quit on his team – i think his injury was much more severe than he was saying and people who hate him just assume he would quit cause he ’didn’t want to win’
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
okay. I dont hate him. Who knows about the injury. I DO think he’s more concerned about his bank than a championship thou.
So are 99.9% of all professional athletes in the prime of their career.
What they usually say is not what they usually do.
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, college is all about the joy of playing only, which is why coaches get fired so often and the best players leave before four years is up
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Lebron James does not control the media, the media tells the stories they think will have the most fan interest – if fans weren’t interested in lebron, espn would not cover it.
by jemagee on Jul 1, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
link to phil jackson staying on:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;ylt=AgwJNB4QUJTQfPv91lV4ni8vLYF?slug=ap-lakers-jackson
marc spears of yahoo reporting raptors have re-signed amir johnson for 5 yr $34 mil
huh?
"I'm a beast ready to be unleashed." -- Paul George
yahoo sports reporting suns sign frye to five year thirty million
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;ylt=AgGnriY3E1Yp6wGh2uUfUi8vLYF?slug=ys-fryesuns070110
Supposedly the celtics and pierce agreed to a contract extension (much less than a max per year deal)
Supposedly the suns and warrick have a deal – so that pretty much means amare is the first ‘big name’ almost guaranteed not to be returning
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 9:08 AM PDT reply actions
Both Chris Bosh and Wade are being followed by camera crews as they do their free agency nonsense…nice.
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 10:16 AM PDT reply actions
i agree to disagree
hullabaloo is a little extreme. the only reason this is getting this much coverage is because this is one of the most interesting stories in sporting history, affecting many futures of players/teams/cities.
people i like who like the nba are beginning to tire of the situation as well. turn off things for a while. your tv, your realgm.com, your blackberry. regardless of the perception of the hype, the storyline is 1000000 times bigger than the coverage, its just the manner of coverage can get to be too much.
there are also a lot of insane contracts being doled out to other players, not just stars. the whole process has been amazing and perplexing, and i expect it get more of both of those descriptions.
Of the 10 most interesting stories in sporting history – I’ll bet you this doesn’t crack the top 10, or 20 – unless of course you ignores 200 years of sporting history and ignore the fact of where basketball sits in the pantheon of the world wide sporting history.
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
jemagee
yes, youre right. team stars, some superstars, being free agents all at the same time and possibly leaving their teams to join together or go to solid teams within the week is incredibly uninteresting.
and id say including that bulk of sporting history, top 10, 20, or 30, as you say, is pretty damn big. no, lets see more NFL live a month before preseason starts.
by saveourbluths on Jul 2, 2010 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve read this, I have no idea what you’re saying, but I’m not conceding a point or ignoring your reply, I just don’t know what it means.
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Paul says he isn’t interested in waiting several more years for the New Orleans Hornets to become a title contender. The 25-year-old guard says he loves New Orleans and holds his new coach, Monty Williams, in high regard. But he does want the Hornets to show their commitment to winning by upgrading the roster this summer. ESPN.com
Chris Paul is slowly moving away from the subtle comments and just openly demanding to be traded…
heard some ‘dot connecting’ (old time online phillies fans know what i’m talking about) that put scott to the cavs as coach the first step in the cavs obtaining paul.
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 2:42 PM PDT reply actions
sam smith (author of “the jordan rules”) said the same thing yesterday – said scott going to cleveland was the first action in what will lead to lebron re-signing and the cavs working out something to obtain paul
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by Tanner Steidel on Jul 2, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Sam Smith is Chicagos equivalent of Peter Vescey
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
who cares about lequeen? Sick of hearing about him. He’s going to wind up another AI. Adored by fans, can score,etc, but no rings. Im opinion. He’s too concerned about himself and his inflated ego to care about anything else. Pretty sad day for us all, when the media hypes all this about one man, that shoots hoops, and wants to be the next biillinaire athtele. Its just shallow. The owners at at fault too, i can hear john saying something. And yes we all feed they hype,etc. Its insane.
If AI could rebound, defend, or pass as well as LeBron then I’d say you have a point. If he had any sort of supporting cast he may already have a title. This offseason is his chance to demand that supporting cast that he needs.
i love basketball guys, but this is getting way out of hand, has been out hand. Its a stockbrockers fest instead of the game we love. Money, can and does truly ruin some things. Peace.
You’re right, the NFL is truly suffering with all those billions of dollars rolling in.
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
its the game and fans that sufffer. Fans are dumb enough to attend it. I love sports, specailly basketball, but anyone with common sense can see its out of hand.
Yeah, you’re right, all the historical evidence to the contrary – but you’re right.
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/frank_hughes/07/02/free.agent.spending/
Interesting read
If West and Fisher are representative of the over all players thinking, it’s just ridiculous
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 4:27 PM PDT reply actions
fisher. I can see. I like derek fisher. He’s down to earth. Seems level headed. If I was a player, I wouldnt mind him representing. Dereks a class act. Also a big flopper, but thats another tag.
Did you actually READ the article and see how out of touch he is with reality?
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
i dont think hes out of touch with reality. I can see his point. Who wants to make less money and who wants to be cut if they get injured or make less money if the get injured. All the suggestions sound good for the league and i agree with them but i really cant see the players going along with it its not good for them as a whole
by killacaravagio on Jul 3, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Not having games isn’t good for the players, they don’t get paid during a lock out I don’t think
by jemagee on Jul 4, 2010 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions
some of you guys were right. Iguadolas. contract is high, but not nearly of whats out there now. So, philly should keep him now. He’s improving his shot and will be better.
So the lakers signed steve blake for 4 years at less than the MLE.
Probably one year as a back up and then he ends up the starter with the new coach after Phil (and fish) retire…if he pans out that’s a pretty shrewd signing.
by jemagee on Jul 2, 2010 5:54 PM PDT reply actions
Here's how it looks
Bosh – Miami
Wade – Miami
Joe Johnson – Atlanta
Amare – NYC
Rudy Gay – Mem
Dirk – Dal
Pierce – Bos
Lee, Boozer, LBJ still to come out of the big names. I had Amare staying in Phoenix, but besides that I’m relatively solid on the big boys.
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Does anyone else feel like the Sixers are going backwards without doing a thing?
I wonder when Iguodala is going to wake up and look at the roster and ownership and ask to be traded.
Honestly, my hopes for next season are that; Jrue bucks the recent trend trend of Sixers draft picks and continues to develop, Turner does adapt his game to the NBA and proves me wrong, and the Sixers suck big time and land another top 3 draft pick for a good big man. Will there be a dominant big man in next years draft? man I hope so.
Never too early to look at next year’s draft!!! The ideas are swimming in my membranes. It’ll be up at some point in the next few weeks.
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by Michael Levin on Jul 13, 2010 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’ve already had a look at DraftExpress 2011 mock draft. At this stage, it’s full of college soon to be freshmen and international players, oh and Mason Plumlee.
My best case draft pick scenario for the Sixers is probably Perry Jones and my worst case scenario would be Enes Kanter. Any worse than Kanter and you know we’re not going to be relevent for a very, very long time.
After your post in the other thread depressed me further :-), I decided to do the same thing… (actually I had done it once before as well..but I revisited it)..also checked out nbadraft.net who i like too.
We may be too “good” to get Jones (though he’d be my preference – seems like a Durant clone)
And even maybe “too good” for Kanter (nbadraft has him at 5 or so). So, as far as 4/5’s after them – Trey Thompkins looks interesting, maybe Aaric Murray for some Philly flava if we get a later pick too. Maybe we can get some extra picks – like if/when they trade ’Dre.
Sullinger is interesting since he has some girth (and some athletism) to bang with some of the bigger boys, like Dwight Howard, Glen Davis, yada yada.
But it seems like there wil be some size available….ugh – I cant believe I am laready looking at next year… depressing.
I started looking at next year’s draft as soon as we got the #2 pick and it was (almost) certain we’d get Turner ;)
Sean! Sean! Sean!
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by Michael Levin on Jul 14, 2010 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
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