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Charlotte Observer | 12/05/2007 | Bobcats made offer to Cavs' Varejao
Charlotte Observer | 12/05/2007 | Bobcats made offer to Cavs' Varejao
The Charlotte Bobcats describe Anderson Varejao as long, athletic, rugged and resourceful. But is he available? Probably not, under the rules that govern the NBA's collective bargaining agreement. Still, that didn't stop the Bobcats from signing him to a three-year, $17.4 million offer sheet. Since Varejao (pronounced vaar-ra-ZJOW) is a restricted free agent, his former team, the Cleveland ...
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Anderson Varejao Got What He Wanted
FanHouse — ... will be return to the Cavs, but Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer points out that it wouldn't be completely unreasonable for the Cavs to let him walk. ...

Wild thing you make my heart s-t-ink
NBA-Blog — ... im Vertragsrecht der NBA erscheint auch ein Sign&Trade-Deal für die Cavs nicht sinnvoll, außer die Bobcats würden das Ganze mit einem Draft-Pick 2008 oder 2009 garnieren. Eine Erklärung bietet auch der Charlotte Observer: ...

The Unlikely Bobcat, Anderson Varejao
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer explains that in theory at least, there is at least some chance Varejao would actually join the Bobcats: ...

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