celticsblog.com - 19 days ago
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Chad Ford reports :
The only other player [besides Joe Alexander ] from the first-round class of 2008 to have their third year option declined was the Celtics ' J.R. Giddens.
For clarification, this means that J.R.'s contract won't be renewed for next season. He'll be an ...
baltimoresun.com - 24 days ago
redsarmy.com - 19 days ago
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redsarmy.com —
Via Chad Ford (big hat tip to Celtics
Blog): The only other player (besides Joe Alexander) from
the first-round class of 2008 to have their third year option declined was the Celtics' J.R. Giddens. Giddens is earning $1.208 million this season. His team option for next year is $1.1 ...
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The End of the J.R. Giddens Era
insidehoops.com - 17 days ago
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insidehoops.com —
Milwaukee Bucks General Manager John Hammond announced today
that the team will not exercise the third year
team option on the Rookie Scale Contract of forward Joe Alexander (6-8, 230). “It was a difficult decision not to pick up Joe Alexander’s ...
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Bucks decline Joe Alexander option
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The (Sort of) End of the J.R. Giddens Era
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... As the great Roy Hobbs points out at CelticsBlog, this doesn’t mean we’ll never see Giddens here again. (And, of course, he’ll be here or in the D-League this year). It means the Celtics believe he’s worth less than $1.1M and will allow him to become an unrestricted free agent rather than pay him that amount. In other words, if he comes back here, it’ll be for the third-year minimum salary. ...
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