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2009 Free Agency Watch
2009 Free Agency Watch
// –> // –> The 2009 NBA offseason is going to be crazy. Though we’re still a year away from the LeBron James Sweepstakes, free agency is going to be wild this summer. Why? Because there are some key free agents on the market with the potential to be difference-makers ...
Marc Stein: The latest chatter on free agency
Marc Stein: The latest chatter on free agency
sports.espn.go.com — The following are the first helpings of front-office chatter to dribble into Stein Line HQ, culled from various team executives, coaches, players and agents throughout the league, to coincide with the buzzer sounding on NBA Free Agency Season 2009 at ... (more) Marc Stein: The latest chatter on free agency
NBA Free Agency Preview: The Calm Before The Storm
NBA Free Agency Preview: The Calm Before The Storm
sportingnews.com — This is not going to be a normal summer in the NBA. All right, we hear that every year from NBA general managers and yet, every year, players wind up with contracts, usually generous ones. As one agent said, “We’re going to hear the ... (more) NBA Free Agency Preview: The Calm Before The Storm

The Michael Jordan of Turkey, in Free Agency
The Michael Jordan of Turkey, in Free Agency
myespn.go.com — Free agency starts at midnight tonight, and the class president is Hedo Turkoglu. The last time we saw the Orlando forward Turkoglu play, he did not have his best game. In Game 5 of the NBA Finals he dawdled on offense. He fell for fakes, and in a ... (more) The Michael Jordan of Turkey, in Free Agency
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2009 NBA Draft: Undrafted Free Agents - Jerel McNeal, Dionte Christmas, Jeff Adrien, A.J. Abrams, Tyrese Rice, Josh Heytvelt, Jeremy Pargo, & More
allhiphopsports.blogspot.com 6/27/2009 — Here's a list of some of the better players who were NOT drafted in Thursday's 2009 NBA Draft. It's amazing when you look at how great some of these guys were in college and that they didn't even get drafted, which goes to show you how much talent you really need to play in the NBA. I will be ...
2009 NBA Free Agency Preview: The top unrestricted free agents
scoresreport.com 6/28/2009 — Once the draft is over, the next step of the NBA offseason is the free agency period. Negotiations start July 1, but players have to wait until July 8 to actually sign on the dotted line. Due to the economy, this promises to be an interesting summer, as more franchises seem to be trying to ...
Linkage for Jun 26 1pm to Jun 29 7am
raptorsrepublic.com 6/29/2009 — Linkage for Jun 26 1pm through Jun 29 7am: RaptorTalk: DeMar DeRozan Is A Gamble Worth Taking 2009 NBA Free Agency Preview: The top unrestricted free agents Hoops Addict » Dunleavy, Bosh And 2010 2006 NBA Draft | Empty the Bench Court Surfing - Introducing DeMar DeRozan  ...
Linkage for Jun 26 1pm to Jun 29 7am
raptorsrepublic.com 6/29/2009 — Linkage for Jun 26 1pm through Jun 29 7am: RaptorTalk: DeMar DeRozan Is A Gamble Worth Taking 2009 NBA Free Agency Preview: The top unrestricted free agents Hoops Addict » Dunleavy, Bosh And 2010 2006 NBA Draft | Empty the Bench Court Surfing - Introducing DeMar DeRozan Random ...
2009 NBA Free Agency Preview: The top restricted free agents
scoresreport.com 6/29/2009 — Yesterday, I ranked the top unrestricted free agents of 2009 , but now it’s time to look at this summer’s crop of restricted free agents (RFA). Teams can sign an RFA to an offer sheet, then his team has seven days to match that offer to retain him. If the player doesn’t ...
KJG’s 2009 NBA Free Agent Preview: Guards
kingjamesgospel.com 6/29/2009 — Starting at 11:45pm tomorrow night, NBA teams will begin talking to NBA free agents. This year’s offseason is one of the most crucial one’s ever for not only the Cavs but also every other team in the NBA. As many of us Cavs fans know 2010 will be the infamous “Summer of ...
Profiling the NBA's Top 2009 Unrestricted Free Agents
emptythebench.com 6/30/2009 — We’ve got power forwards with 20-10 resumes, lunatics with all-world talent, prima donna scorers, tweeners with Swiss Army skill sets, recent NBA champions, kids long on talent but short on heart, and we’ve got yesterday’s superstars aging less than gracefully. A look at this summer's UFAs.
Top 5 NBA Free Agents Summer 2009
thehoopdoctors.com 6/30/2009 — The NBA offseason is officially firing on all cylinders and free agency is now upon us. Although we’ll have to wait to until next year to see where the big-time studs like LeBron, Wade and Bosh end up, this year’s class of free agents aren’t exactly a bunch of slouches.
2009 Free Agents - Who Will Sign Them?
americaswhiteboy.blogspot.com 7/1/2009 — The NBA free agent period started at midnight tonight. Plenty of teams will be trying to find the pieces to put them over and make a run at the championship. Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur, and Kobe Bryant decided to stay with their teams and did not opt out of their contracts. The economy was the ...
2009 Free Agents
sportfeen.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — Now that Carlos Boozer has returned to the Jazz for at least one more season. These are the top 5 free agents available right now. 1) Rasheed Wallace - The most talented enigmatic player in the NBA. Sheed makes any contender a championship favorite. He is rumored to be considering the Celtics, ...
Give Me The Rock Fantasy Basketball Starts NOW!
givemetherock.com 7/1/2009 — I mean, if you want… Tired of boring fantasy basketball and want a Real NBA challenge? If so play the Real NBA with PASPNs Mock GM Game Fantasy players take over for an NBA team as of NBA Draft lottery 2009 and make trades, sign free agents, and then, based on your fictional ...
Where He’ll Land: 2009 NBA Free Agents
downswinging.com 7/2/2009 — Last night, the Detroit Pistons confirmed the acquisitions of Ben Gordon, from the Chicago Bulls and Charlie Villanueva, formerly of the Milwaukee Bucks. While Ben Gordon’s fit with the Pistons, a team who pride themselves on slow deliberate offensive schemes and a ...
2009 NBA Draft - Best Undrafted Players
americaswhiteboy.blogspot.com 6/26/2009 — Not everyone can be drafted in the NBA Draft. Many players go on to become undrafted free-agents and sign on with teams. Most of these players will either sign with an NBA team, play in the NBDL, or go onto Europe and play. I was surprised that my boy, Ben Woodside, didn't garner a late ...
Cleveland Cavaliers, Free Agency Wasteland
waitingfornextyear.com 7/3/2009 — The day started all smiles. With all the pomp and circumstance of a Presidential Inauguration, the Cleveland Cavaliers officially welcomed Shaquille O’Neal to the team Thursday. It was supposed to go down as a great day in Cavalier history, the day the franchise coronated the prince who would ...
Turkoglu agrees to terms with the BlazersThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
Per TrueHoop… Although a verbal commitment may be announced sooner, the terms of the contract cannot be finalized until Wednesday when the NBA informs teams what the 2009-10 salary cap will be. The Orlando Magic’s recent trade for Vince Carter, who has a large salary and ...
Trevor Ariza feels slighted by the LakersThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
Per ESPN… The 24-year-old swingman, who played a key role in the Lakers’ run to their 15th NBA championship, is on the verge of leaving the club, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday. With at least five teams pursuing Ariza, the Lakers are currently unwilling to ...
NBA Free Agency Rumors: Turk, Charlie V, Millsap and moreThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
Pistons , Blazers interested in Hedo Turkoglu. The Oregonian reports Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard and assistant general manager Tom Penn called agent Lon Babby last night to begin the courtship of Hedo Turkoglu. With Carlos Boozer out of the picture, an NBA source tells the ...
NBA Free Agency Rumors: Kidd, Turk, Gordon and much moreThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
Pistons not willing to pony up for Boozer? The Pistons would love to sign Carlos Boozer should he decide today to opt out of the final year of his contract with the Jazz and become a free agent. However, if Boozer opts out, he would leave $12.6 million on the table in Utah. Thus, there ...
Boozer may stay with the Jazz for another seasonThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
For a time, it seemed like it was inevitable that Carlos Boozer would opt out (or not opt in, in this case) and hit the open market as an unrestricted free agent. But the economic climate has changed and the market for his services does not appear to be as strong as it was once thought to ...
Welcome to a Subdued Free Agency PeriodSLAM Online
The summer of 2009 doesn’t hold a lot of promise for free agents: “The summer before the Summer of LeBron will not be quite so glorious. A variety of factors — including a poor economy, weak season-ticket sales, a declining salary cap and the LeBron sweepstakes itself — could ...
Bucks let Charlie Villanueva goThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
Unless the guy is a major disappointment, a team will usually extend the qualifying offer required to make a player a restricted free agent. In the last year of their rookie contract, players are generally still affordable, so average to decent players usually end up as RFAs for a year ...
Linkage for Jun 29 9am to Jun 30 7pmRaptors Republic - Raptors Blog ESPN TrueHoop
Linkage for Jun 29 9am through Jun 30 7pm: Griffin. Rubio. DeRozan. - HoopsVibe Carefoot Doin’ (My) Work | Searching For ‘93 Courtside - Boozer staying Utah + I predict where the free agents will go RaptorBlog.com Small Forward Options in Free Agency What About 2009?: Free ...
Villanueva tweets he is a PistonNBA Obsessed
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Twitter has taken over. Forget about MySpace, Facebook, I-tunes, or any of that other old fashioned stuff. We all tweet now. Yeah, what are you doing right now? Charlie Villanueva has used twitter to spill the beans. He is ...
Restricted free agents aren’t getting any loveThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
John Hollinger examines the current free agent market … Because as much as teams are spending in pursuit of unrestricted free agents, it stands in sharp contrast to those of the restricted free agents on the market. Gortat struck a deal for an offer sheet from Dallas, but desirable ...
Ron Artest talks to his agent before signing with the LakersThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
This is an interesting video because it gives an inside look at the free agency process. Player calls agent, agent talks to player about his options, player interrupted for some random dude while his agent is talking about important things, and player pretending he heard everything the agent ...
Kidd will return to DallasThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
Jason Kidd has reportedly given a verbal commitment to re-sign with the Dallas Mavericks. Sources told ESPN.com that Kidd, 36, will receive a 3-year, fully-guaranteed contract worth in excess of $25 million. Kidd elected to stay in Dallas in the face of a hard push from the New York ...
What does Ben Gordon’s departure mean for Derrick Rose?The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
Kevin Arnovitz of TrueHoop examines how Ben Gordon’s absence will affect Derrick Rose . Rose stands to improve his numbers — that’s usually what happens with a talent as impressive as Rose. But here’s the rub heading into his second year: It’s going to be ...
Not so fast! Turkoglu picks Toronto over Portland?The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
Last night, it pretty much seemed like a done deal that Hedo Turkoglu was going to sign with the Blazers , but now ESPN is reporting that the Turkish forward is going to instead sign with the Toronto Raptors . The decision left the Blazers livid and was a huge coup for the Raptors, who ...
Do people know how good Lamar Odom is?Ball Don't Lie
As you've probably guessed, I don't think they do.  In a bit of a pleasant surprise, Johnny Ludden has Odom ranked first on his list of top free agents of the 2009 class , and it's a fair assessment. Yes, Paul Millsap can board and score better, Ben Gordon gives you the best chance ...
Kobe Opts For GreedLakers of Fire
Earlier this afternoon the city of Los Angeles breathed a sigh of relief as Kobe Bryant decided against exercising his early termination option and becoming a free agent . The only thing that isn’t relieved by this news is Jerry Buss’s wallet. By deciding not to escape from his ...
Trevor Ariza is not Giving Mitch Kupchak a CouponLake Show Life | A Los Angeles Lakers Blog
Mitch Kupchak’s coupon book filled with hometown discounts is about to expire at 9:01pm pacific time tonight. Free agent to be Trevor Ariza, a Los Angeles native, is not going to give his boyhood team a cut rate price for his services or at least his agent, David Lee, isn’t.  ...
The End of the BenchForum Blue And Gold
In the wake of our Lakers’ brilliant 2009 NBA Championship campaign and subsequent selling of draft picks, the league has sprung full-force into the off-season: Jefferson to the Spurs, Foye and Miller to the Wizards, Crawford to the Hawks, and most recently, Shaq to the Cavs, are just ...
NBA Rumors: Stoudemire, T-Mac, Brand and more draft talkThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
T-Mac for Amare ? According to the same source that disclosed Terry Porter was about to be fired as Suns coach, the Rockets are leaning toward swapping Tracy McGrady’s expiring $22M contract, Carl Landry and Aaron Brooks for Leandro Barbosa and Stoudemire, who owns an escape clause ...
The Forgotten Summer: 2009 NBA Free Agent RankingsBleacher Report - NBA
Overshadowed by the 2010 free agency, this summer's free agent pool is still deep, talented, and worth the money the teams might throw at it. July 1st, 2009 marks the beginning of this period, the opportunity for teams to fill holes, get better, and ...
Trevor Ariza Will Make Lakers Pay One Way Or The OtherBleacher Report - NBA
This free agency is beginning to look grim for teams that were hoping to keep their players at a reasonable price. News came out yesterday that Trevor Ariza is the latest free agent planning to leave his home team after the "insulting" ...
2009 NBA Free Agent Signing: Staying or Going?Bleacher Report - NBA
Since the 2009 NBA Free Agent Signing began two days ago, there have only been two major signings thus far—Detroit signed both Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva. With the rest of the offseason in front of us, there will be multiple free agent ...
Los Angeles Lakers' Trevor Ariza Headed To Cleveland Cavaliers?Bleacher Report - NBA
The Los Angeles Lakers had little time to celebrate their 2009 championship. They are now faced with the task of resigning key free agents Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza. It appears that Ariza is only being offered the mid-level exception, and ...
Kobe Ready For Change of Scenery?Bleacher Report - NBA
Fresh off his fourth NBA championship, Kobe Bryant had until Tuesday, June 30, to opt out of his final two years remaining on his current Los Angeles Laker contract. If he chose to do so, he would make himself an unrestricted free agent shocking the ...
Few big spenders likely in free agency (AP)Yahoo! Sports - NBA News
Some big names will be out there. The big spenders will be harder to find. Free agency opens in the NBA on Wednesday, but there should be few fireworks this July. The blockbuster trades were last week, and the real free agent bonanza is next ...
Wizards Watch as Free Agency BeginsWizards Insider
The NBA free agent negotiation period begins at midnight but the Washington Wizards aren't expected to be much of a player from the outset. As Coach Flip Saunders said last week at the news conference to introduce Randy Foye and Mike Miller, the ...
The Top 10 NBA Free Agents of 2009: The Summer of the Second OptionBleacher Report - NBA
With the exception of the best player in the NBA, the free agent class of 2009 is full of Robin's to next summer's much ballyhooed Batman summer of free agents. Kobe always was a trend setter. Assuming that Kobe Bryant does in fact remain a Laker, ...