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2010 NBA Free Agent Summer

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  1. D12
    Member

    It should be very interesting. Any predictions on where these guys will be going, particularly Lebron, Wade, Joe Johnson, and Bosh?

    -----Here is an article I found online just to put things into perspective.

    So, let's break into a few categories. First up, let's start with the stars whose contracts expire following the 2009-2010 season and will then become honest-to-goodness free agents:

    Joe Johnson
    Ray Allen
    Manu Ginobili
    Marcus Camby
    Tracey McGrady
    Shaquille O'Neal
    Brad Miller
    Stephen Jackson
    Jermaine O'Neal
    Mike Miller
    Rip Hamilton

    The next grouping is those players that are signed thru 2011, but can opt out in 2010 if they so choose:

    Yao Ming (owed 17.7 million in 10/11)
    Amare Stoudamire (owed 17.7 million in 10/11)
    LeBron James (owed 17.2 million in 10/11)
    Dwayne Wade (owed 17.0 million in 10/11)
    Chris Bosh (owed 17.1 million in 10/11)
    Dirk Nowitzki (owed $21.5 million in 10/11)
    Josh Howard (owed $11.8 million in 10/11)
    Mike Redd (owed $18.3 million in 10/11)
    Tyson Chandler (owed $12.8 million in 10/11)

    This next list consists of contracts that are set to expire in 2010, but the player may choose to opt-out following the 2008-2009 season:
    Steve Nash (owed $13.1 million in 09-10)
    Carlos Boozer (owed $12.7 million in 09-10)
    Chris Paul (owed $6 million in 09-10 / almost certain to sign an extension before becoming unrestricted)
    Memo Okur (owed $9.0 million in 09-10)
    Hedo Turkoglu (owed $7.4 million in 09-10)

    In addition to the superstars listed above, these 'second-tier' players are set to hit the open market as well:
    Ben Wallace
    Larry Hughes
    Zydrunas Ilgauskas (option to opt-out after 09/10 season)
    Anderson Varejao (option to opt-out after 09/10 season)
    Al Harrington
    Darko Milicic
    Udonis Haslem
    Jamal Crawford (option to opt-out after 09/10 season)
    Eddy Curry (option to opt-out after 09/10 season)
    Amir Johnson
    Derek Fisher
    Raja Bell
    T.J. Ford (player option - owed $8.5 million in 10/11)
    Travis Outlaw
    Bruce Bowen
    Earl Watson
    Luke Ridnour
    Matt Harpring
    Quentin Richardson
    Damien Wilkins

    We also must include the list of players that will actually eventually have value due solely to the fact their contracts come off the books in the summer of 2010:
    Jerome James (proof that Isiah Thomas knew what he was doing all along!)
    Cuttino Mobley
    Brendan Haywood
    Tim Thomas
    Brian Cardinal
    Antonio Davis
    Mark Blount
    Bobby Simmons
    Troy Hudson
    Darius Miles
    Kenny Thomas
    Shareef Abdul-Rahim
    Matt Bonner
    Etan Thomas

    Last, but not least, we have the 2006 Draft Class. These players will all be restricted free-agents in 2010, if they haven't already been inked to extensions:
    Brandon Roy
    Rudy Gay
    LaMarcus Aldridge
    Andrea Bargnani
    Rajon Rondo
    Tyrus Thomas
    Kyle Lowry
    Randy Foye
    Marcus Williams
    Josh Boone
    Renaldo Balkman
    Sergio Rodriguez
    Ronnie Brewer

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. hoopwaiian
    Member

    zen master, phil jackson! has a chance to 3 peat! make more history! only issue is health. lakers come back intact.replace fisher with a big guard, lakers should be primed. talk of coach jackson taking a cut. why? won nba title! should get raise! just as important to their chemistry as any player on the team. got the rings to prove it! lebron i believe, will stay put!

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. hoopwaiian
    Member

    as of this writing, no movement yet. still think lbj stays home. bosh on the other hand, will go where the money is. would not be surprised if lebron ends up with part ownership in cavs! i would give it to him if he requests it ! guarantee sell outs for years! sales for cavs would go thru the roof! if he leaves,.............. would be like old times. empty. phil's coming back. more so now that doc rivers wants "one more crack" with his guys! glad docs back too! like his style! byron scott now with cleveland. i think lebron likes byron { scott's got 3 rings with showtime !)

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. D12
    Member

    I think Byron Scott is a great pickup for the Cavs. A solid coach who I think got the boot a little to earlier from the Nets after taking them to two straight finals. He ran a lot of Princeton sets with the Nets and is capable of making in game adjustments.

    PS: I still remember his last game in New Orleans where they suffered a 58 point blowout against the Nuggets to end their season. A lot of people with throw that in to his resume, but it's not all his fault that his players wrote the definition for "throwing in the towel."

    Posted 1 year ago #

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