freep.com - 6/29/2008
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Free agency has become a wondrous scam, satisfying only those that feed most off its frenzy -- the agents and the fans. The agents seeking a quick buck for their favorite clients and the fans seeking a quick fix for their favorite teams. The players get paid. The fans get excited. But rarely does the marriage result in the underlying team objective -- erecting a championship cornerstone. The ...
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Should the Detroit Pistons wait for LeBron, or make a big trade this summer?
Full-Court Press —
The Detroit Free Press published two columns titled "NBA Free Agency Preview", by different columnists with different opinions, on what the Pistons should do after losing for the third straight year in the Eastern Conference Finals. The first is by Drew Sharp, titled " Pistons' best move: Wait for LeBron and others in 2010 ". ...
New Jersey Has Cap Space, The Sky Is Falling: Part I
WaitingForNextYear —
... on the Great Lie. Drew Sharp wonders aloud if the Pistons should throw their hat in the ring. I could keep going, I really could. There’s probably a good 40 more where these came from. But what’s the point? The basis for all of this is simple. The Nets traded Richard Jefferson, thus freeing the $15 million dollars he’s due in 2010 from their roster. As of right now, the only money the Nets have locked in for 2010 is the $17 million due to Vince Carter. So, according to the popular sentiment, this means the Nets are lined up to bring LeBron James aboard in 2010. Ok, so the ...
NBA 2010 the year of the free agent, LeBron to Okur
NBA Obsessed —
... LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire and Joe Johnson — with already one NBA championship, two NBA Finals, four U.S. Olympic team invitations and 16 All-Star appearances among them and not one of them will be older than 30 in 2010.
If that doesn’t whet the appetite, then there will be an available 32-year-old former league MVP (Dirk Nowitzki) and a just-turned-31 Michael Redd, one of the game’s deadliest perimeter sharp shooters.
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