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Chad Ford: Looking at the 2009 free-agent class
Last summer, a few free agents cashed in big-time. Baron Davis got $65 million from the Los Angeles Clippers, and Elton Brand walked away from the Clippers to the Philadelphia 76ers to the tune of the $80 million. Several restricted free agents, particularly Andre Iguodala , Luol Deng , Emeka ...
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Blazers Blog — With about 8 hours until teams can begin talking to free agents, more links, news, rumors, speculation ... Chad Ford has his Top 30 free agents of the summer (Insider) , broken into groups: early termination or player option candidates (Carlos Boozer, Hedo Turkoglu), restricted free agents (David lee, Paul Millsap), unrestricted free agents (Shawn Marion, Trevor Ariza). The final 10 of ...

Years, Not Dollars May Set The Bar
CelticsBlog — ... declining already.  Wallace is 34.  How many good years does he have left? Will teams be willing to pay a player past his projected usefulness in order to get him now?  We'll see starting tomorrow. Also see: Pistons, Jason Kidd among those who will shape NBA free agency - Ian Thomsen - SI.com Chilling Out on ‘Sheed | Celtics Hub Land of the free (agents) - Celtics Blog - Boston.com Chad Ford: Looking at the 2009 free-agent class - ESPN ...

2009 NBA Free Agency: Warriors Expected to Use Midlevel Exception- Ramon Sessions, Jarrett Jack, Jason Kidd, and Allen Iverson
Golden State Of Mind — ... In Chad Ford's list of Top 25 free agents for this summer over at ESPN.com he notes that only a handful of teams such as the ...

Finding A Big Man For The Washington Wizards
Truth About It - Washington Wizards Blog — I was on a break outside the other day, catching some fresh Penn Quarter air, taking a stroll around Freedom Plaza, when this little kid came up to me, and said, “Hey Mister … don’t you know that the Wizards need another big man? Haywood, Jamison, Blatche, McGee, and McGuire aren’t going to cut it.” “Easy lil’ fella,” I told him. “We’ll keep looking around to see if we can add someone else, but we feel comfortable about what we have currently and the depth of our ballclub.” The kid then kicked me in the shin and ran away. I suddenly woke up from my ...

We lost Crazy Pills... but what about Von Wafer?
The Dream Shake — ... somehow impacts the Rockets' decision whether or not to keep Von Wafer.  Look, I love the Baron.  Von was entertaining as hell to watch last year.  But he's not exactly a hot commodity on the free agent market right now.  ESPN doesn't even have him listed among people to care about in the rumors (Insider link, sorry for you non-subscribers).  ...

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