Clips Could Not Be Underbid for Camby

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Clips Could Not Be Underbid for Camby
Can't Stop The Bleeding found this 7/16/2008 on nba.fanhouse.com [flag]
ClipsNation seems to be ecstatic (shock!) over the Marcus Camby coup . One of the fans there pulls out this quote from Camby's agent Rick Kaplan, as recorded by the Rocky Mountain News . [T]he Nets, without room under the salary cap, were not able to bid low enough to get him in a salary-cap dump. "Kiki really wanted Marcus," said Camby's agent, Rick Kaplan, referring to New Jersey general ... [link]

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Pencil Him In For At Least 30 Games : Clippers Acquire Camby
Published 7/16/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... , one of the finest defensive players of his generation and perhaps the 6th most famous UMass almunus (following Julius Erving, J Mascis, Frank Black, David Berman and Bill Cosby) of the modern age for no more than a swap of 2010 second round picks.  While Camby’s agent, Rick Kaplan accurately describes the deal as “a salary dump”, Nuggets management asserts otherwise to ...

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After blocking 1,126 shots in six seasons with the Nuggets, center Marcus Camby took a few Wednesday. Still trying to come to grips with his trade from Denver to the Los Angeles Clippers, Camby talked candidly about his disappointment in the hours ...
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