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Dallas Donuts: Kidd, Gortat And ... Shawn Marion?
Dallas Donuts: Kidd, Gortat And ... Shawn Marion?
NBA Free-Agency-Style: Time to differentiate between “sourced material,’’ “educated guesses’’ and out-and-out baloney – and there is a lot of that being churned out of the sports butcher shop this morning. … This lesson is highlighted by Mavs-related news/non-news/fake news on ...
Sources: Dallas Mavericks chase Shawn Marion in sign-and-trade
Sources: Dallas Mavericks chase Shawn Marion in sign-and-trade
sports.espn.go.com — Sources say the Mavericks are working on a sign-and-trade with the Raptors for Shawn Marion. (more) Sources: Dallas Mavericks chase Shawn Marion in ...
NBA free agents: Orlando Magic's Marcin Gortat appears bound for Dallas Mavericks
NBA free agents: Orlando Magic's Marcin Gortat appears bound for Dallas Mavericks
sports.espn.go.com — Restricted free-agent center Marcin Gortat was scheduled to fly to Dallas on Thursday after giving the Mavericks a verbal commitment to sign an offer sheet with them July 8, according to NBA front-office sources. (more) NBA free agents: Orlando Magic's Marcin Gortat appears ...
What grabbing Shawn Marion could mean to Dallas
What grabbing Shawn Marion could mean to Dallas
sports.yahoo.com — As you'd expect, Shawn Marion is the hardest piece to place in this offseason's confusing and sometimes wearying puzzle. It befits Marion. He's an odd player. In NBA terms, he an odd person. We've no doubt that, like every free agent out there, ... (more) What grabbing Shawn Marion could mean to Dallas
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Gortat leads list of frontcourt free agents
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Orlando Magic GM Otis Smith Discusses Rasheed Wallace, Marcin Gortat, and Hedo Turkoglu with the Orlando Sentinel
thirdquartercollapse.com 7/3/2009 — Orlando Magic GM Otis Smith speaks to the Orlando Sentinel about free agency . Ordinarily, I'd FanShot this story, but there's so much good information in here that I'll make an exception. Highlights: The Orlando Magic have contacted Rasheed Wallace's agent and likely will not match the ...
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 ...
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Artest to L.A., Ariza to HoustonThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
In a surprising sequence of events, Ron Artest has agreed to a three-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, while Trevor Ariza is headed to Houston with a five-year deal. Both contracts are of the mid-level variety, which are expected to start at about $5.8 million per season. J.A. Adande ...
Gortat verbally commits to MavericksProject Spurs - A San Antonio Spurs Blog and Podcast
Marc Stein of ESPN is reporting that Orlando Magic center Marcin Gortat has verbally committed to sign an offer sheet with the Dallas Mavericks. The Spurs were interested in the 6'11'' Polish center who made a name for himself last season as Dwight Howard's backup. However, they are more ...
GortatUwe Blog
Gortat It appears that the Dallas Mavericks are on the verge of signing free agent center Marcin Gortat to an offer sheet. Once this happens, the Orlando Magic can match or not. It's probably the mid-level exception, which starts at $5.5 million this year. Depending on what the Mavs ...
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Hedo Leaves Trail of Fire in PortlandFanHouse
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I just got done reading an article about the Pacers jumping into the Marcin Gortat bidding.  While I am happy that the Pacers are looking to be aggressive this summer, I don't think Gortat is the player we need.  Not that I don't think he is a good player, but look at the roster at ...
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NBA Free Agency Rumors: Turk, Charlie V, Millsap and moreThe Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
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Free Agency: Opening DayHoopinion
To be updated throughout the day as warranted... Sekou Smith reports that the Hawks will make/have made contact with Rasheed Wallace, Antonio McDyess, and Marcin Gortat early today. Daryl Morey's on Gortat also . (HT: Daily Thunder ) The Human Highlight Blog addresses the $2 million dollars ...
Wednesday Free Agency Rumor RoundupThe Baseline
Teams were able to contact this summer's free agents for the first time at midnight ET last night/this morning. You know things are really hot and buzzing out there when things get started with a tweet from Rockets GM Daryl Morey about Marcin Gortat . Now onto the morning's more substantive ...
NBA Free Agency: Bryant, Boozer, and Daryl Morey's Polish PleaOutside the Boxscore
Monday, I posted a list of the top 30 free agents this NBA off season, imho of course. The market on free agents opened several hours ago, 12:01 EST specifically. So far the action has amounted to a few players opting to stay/choosing not to opt out and one Daryl Morey petitioning Rockets ...
NBA Free Agency tips off, and is Houston replacing Yao with Bosh?Dime Magazine (www.dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers
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Knicks May Make Surprise MovesMy Sports Rumors
The New York Knicks may be surprise players in this years free agency and not just because they have trade chips. All season long it was speculated the Knicks would try and do sign-and-trade deals with Nate Robinson and David Lee . That could still happen but its also looking like both players ...
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NBA free agency: Houston Rockets target Magic free-agent center GortatESPN.com - NBA
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Daryl Morey is using the personal touch to lure free-agent Orlando center Marcin Gortat.
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Welcome to the new wave of NBA free agency. Late Tuesday night, when the clock hit 12:01 a.m. Eastern time, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey listed the following on his Twitter : "Meeting in a few w/ (Marcin) Gortat.Send a note ...