Pistons will get Theo Ratliff, not Dale Davis

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From Chris McCosky’s blog : The Minnesota Timberwolves Thursday night placed veteran center Theo Ratliff on waivers and have agreed to buy him out of what remained on his $11.6 million contract. If he clears waivers in the next 48 hours - which is almost a given with his salary - he will sign with the Pistons for the prorated amount of the veteran’s minimum ($1.3 million). ... [link]

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Friday Bullets
Published 2/29/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
Anyone heard anything about this puke-inducing bug that's going around? I am not going to go into a lot of detail, but I'll tell you that it's real, and it's the reason TrueHoop might be a little less busy than normal today. In the meantime: Posted online in the last few minutes, from this weekend's edition of the New York Times sports magazine PLAY, is a Chuck Klosterman article about the effect Kevin Garnett has had on the Celtics. There is a ton of interesting stuff, including Doc Rivers trashing the rumor that Minnesota's Kevin McHale traded Garnett to the Celtics at a discount because he hopes to one day run the Celtics as president. Brian Scalabrine had ...

Great Exercises in Internet NBA-Related Postings 2.29.08
Published 2/29/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm at Hardwood Paroxysm
... coming along with the Pacers. Possibly because Toronto is afraid of him. Kleiza wants his dough. 20 Second Timeout does an impressive job of assassinating Dwyane Wade and repping Kobe for MVP in one piece. I can't really think of an NBA post I've enjoyed more than this. Oops. Kobe's fired up! (Please, please let him get suspended for March 11th. Please God. It would be so sweet.) T-Ratt's a Piston! I have no idea why this matters. In my ongoing quest to push more ...

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The Morning After The Night Before, LII

The AltRaps Blog found this 2/28/2008 on thestar.blogs.com

Was sitting there watching Theo Ratliff try to go around Rasho Nesterovic and I was thinking it’s a time trip back to 2001. You all gave your ticket stubs away to someone who would really appreciate spending a half hour or so in a warm ...

Why Minnesota bought out Theo Ratliff

Odenized posted 2/29/2008 from slamonline.com

When I heard the Wolves bought out Theo Ratliff’s contract last night, I wondered why Minnesota did it. Ratliff had an expiring contract worth $11.66 million – the NBA equivalent of liquid gold. So I looked into the buyout to see if I could better understand it from Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor’s point of view.

Theo Ratliff has Flown the Coup

Posted 2/29/2008 on Some People's Kids

The Wolves have waived Theo Ratliff. According to The Detroit News he'll be picked up by the Detroit Pistons and have an opportunity to get his ring before his ever looming retirement. Unfortunately for Antoine Walker, it was not Antoine Walker who was given his walking papers. Walker is also having trouble understanding that you don't need a passport to enter Ohio. This was bound to happen ...

Reports Say Pistons Have Interest In Ratliff

Posted 3/1/2008 on Slam Dunk Central

The “ Washington Post ” reported Saturday that the Detroit Pistons are apparently interested in bringing in recently released center Theo Ratliff for the stretch run and the Post Season. A unnamed source close to the deal said the signing would take place on Tuesday. Ratliff was put on waivers earlier this week by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who bought him out of the ...

TGI(YT)F - Theo Ratliff II

Posted 2/29/2008 on PistonsNationBlog.com

Ok here’s another I’ve come across. It’s a pretty sick mix of Theo’s first Piston stint. Watching this one makes me think of some of those Antonio McDyess Denver Nuggets’ mixes. Two things: At about the 00:07 mark Ratliff freaks a pretty sweet move on the Washington Bullets including Rasheed Wallace (lower right) The Bad Boy era jersey Theo is rocking ...

The Ghosts of Celtics Past

Posted 2/29/2008 on Green Bandwagon: Front Page Posts

First Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West showed up as members of the work in progress Cleveland Cavaliers. And now the news out of Minnesota is that the Timberwolves have bought out Theo Ratliff's contract . Fair enough. They are rebuilding. But the plot thickens, as reports surface that Ratliff is headed to Detroit. I'm shocked by the fact that Ratliff is only 34. He strikes me as a Jimmy Key ...

T-Wolves Request Waivers On Ratliff

Posted 2/29/2008 on Slam Dunk Central

The Minnesota Timberwolves announced on Friday that they had requested waivers on veteran center Theo Ratliff, after the two sides settled on a buy out of his contract. T-Wolves Vice President OF Basketball Operations released the following statement to the media; “Theo indicated to us that he wasn’t sure of his plans in the future (whether he was going to play or not) and ...

Why Minnesota bought out Theo Ratliff

Posted 2/29/2008 on Odenized

When I heard the Wolves bought out Theo Ratliff 's contract last night, I wondered why Minnesota did it. I figured others might be wondering the same thing. So I wrote this piece to explain why Minnesota owner Glen Taylor got rid of Theo.

TGI(YT)F - Theo Ratliff

Posted 2/29/2008 on PistonsNationBlog.com

This week’s feature is a game saving block by new Piston Theo “The Rattler” Ratliff. This block comes on Jermaine O’Neal while Theo was a member of the Atlanta Hawks, one of the 5 teams Ratliff has been with since being traded from the Pistons back in 1997-98. This is one of the few flattering YT’s I found for Theo. Being he’s a shot blocker he’s ...

Timberwolves waive Theo Ratliff

Posted 2/29/2008 on InsideHoops.com's Basketball Blog

The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has requested waivers on center Theo Ratliff after reaching a contractual buyout agreement. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Several newspapers in Detroit have reported that Ratliff may sign with the Pistons. “Theo indicated to us that he wasn’t sure of his plans in the future [...]

Theo Flurry

Posted 2/29/2008 on Dime - NBA Basketball - 2008 Draft - Free Agents - Olympics Team USA

Theo Ratliff (Photo. adidas) P.J. Brown signing with the Celtics — and the open roster spot being saved for Sam Cassell — prevents 34-year-old Theo Ratliff from becoming the latest vet to latch onto the Boston ring-chasing campaign. So after being waived by Minnesota yesterday and the waiver-wire waiting period, Theo is expected to sign with [...]

Welcome back “Rattler”

Posted 2/29/2008 on PistonsNationBlog.com

I always liked Theo. Hopefully he’s got some game left for the post season. LOS ANGELES — It looks like the Pistons will indeed fill their 15th roster spot with a familiar face. Only it won’t be Dale Davis. The Minnesota Timberwolves placed veteran center Theo Ratliff on waivers Thursday night after agreeing to a buyout settlement on the remainder of his $11.6 ...

Pistons set to bring back Theo Ratliff

Posted 2/29/2008 on Detroit Pistons Full-Court Press - MLive.com

Since the Detroit Pistons moved Primoz Brezec at the trade deadline for combo guard Juan Dixon, there has been a noticeable void of a serviceable center on the bench. Several sources speculated Detroit would fill the void by bringing back...

Ratliff to Return

Posted 2/29/2008 on Pistons Palace

It looks as if Joe Dumars and the Pistons will make, what I believe, a better move in addressing their front line depth issue. Instead of Dale Davis returning, former 1995 draft pick Theo Ratliff is headed back to the Motor City. The Minnesota Timberwolves have waived the veteran forward-center and have agreed to a buyout of his deal. His $11.6 million cap figure will certainly get Ratliff ...

Good Luck...Sort Of

Posted 2/29/2008 on Green Bandwagon: Front Page Posts

Last summer the Boston Celtics completed two trades that sent Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff, Wally Szczerbiak, Sebastian Telfair and Delonte West out of town in exchange for Ray Allen, Glen Davis and Kevin Garnett. We know this. However, one of the underrated aspects of those two deals, at least for me, was the fact that I was a fan of several of the players - Gomes, ...

Pistons to Sign Ratliff, Flip Murray Headed to Clips

Posted 2/29/2008 on The Piston Post

From The Detroit News : The Minnesota Timberwolves Thursday night placed veteran center Theo Ratliff on waivers and have agreed to buy him out of what remained on his $11.6 million contract. If he clears waivers in the next 48 hours - which is almost a given with his salary - he will sign with the Pistons for the prorated amount of the veteran’s minimum ($1.3 million). Ratliff, 34, ...

Wolves waive Ratliff, headed to Pistons

Posted 2/29/2008 on NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports

The Detroit Pistons are about to land the veteran big man they've coveted — and his name isn't Dale Davis . The Minnesota Timberwolves placed veteran center Theo Ratliff on waivers Thursday night and have agreed to buy out the remainder of his $11.6 million contract. If Ratliff clears waivers in the next 48 hours — which is almost a given with his salary — he will sign with ...

Wolves Updates 2/29

Posted 2/29/2008 on TWolvesBlog

Sid Hartman on Theo Ratliff: The Detroit Pistons are poised to sign the shot-blocker for the stretch run if he clears waivers within 48

Theo's Back? Dumars to sign Ratliff

Posted 2/29/2008 on Need4Sheed.com

Looks like Dale won't make it back after all. "The Minnesota Timberwolves placed veteran center Theo Ratliff on waivers Thursday night and have agreed to buy out the remainder of his $11.6 million contract. If Ratliff clears waivers in the next 48 hours-which is almost a given with his salary-he will sign with the Pistons for the prorated amount of the veteran's minimum ($1.3 million). ...

Back to the Future…Game Notes, San Antonio @ Minnesota

Posted 2/22/2008 on SLAM Online

By Myles Brown When Theo Ratliff was substituted for Al Jefferson with 1:30 left in the first quarter of last night’s race to 100, I was pleasantly surprised. A pricey, yet expedient solution to the leak in Minnesota’s frontcourt defense, Ratliff also realigns the rotation, hopefully ending the ineffective clunking of the Craig Smith/Al Jefferson starting combo for ...

Buyout Has Ratliff Headed to Detroit

Published 3/1/2008 on washingtonpost.com - NBA

The Pistons are expected to add center Theo Ratliff next week, a person familiar with the upcoming transaction told the AP on Friday.

Ratliff expected to go to Pistons after leaving Minnesota

Published 2/29/2008 on USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories

The Detroit Pistons are expected to add center Theo Ratliff next week, a person familiar with the upcoming transaction told The ...

T-Wolves, Ratliff agree to contract buyout

Published 2/29/2008 on FOXSports.com News for NBA

The Minnesota Timberwolves have requested waivers on veteran center Theo Ratliff after reaching agreement on a buyout of his contract. Ratliff came to Minnesota from Boston in the Kevin Garnett trade last summer and has played in only 10 games. The ...