Friday Island Foxes
Posting and Toasting —
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Update: "Sources: Hill to stay with Suns". Discuss.
Merry Friday, everybody. We're now fully into free agency and a few days from summer league, so here are a few links from around the ...
How Predictable: Channing Frye To Phoenix
Blazersedge —
According to AWoj at Yahoo! Sports, Channing Frye has signed with the Phoenix Suns.
The Suns will also sign free agent Channing Frye to a two-year deal for $3.8 million, sources said. The second season is at Frye's option.
Frye played college ball at the University of Arizona so this is a homecoming of sorts. He was also involved in roughly 478,321 trade rumors with the Suns over the past 2 years. Surely Phoenix Stan is ecstatic.
The ...
NBA Free Agency: Cross Channing Frye Off Your List
WaitingForNextYear —
Yahoo!s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Channing Frye will sign with the Phoenix Suns for two years and $3.8 million. The second season is reportedly Frye’s option. Assuming that yesterday’s reports on Anthony Parker’s contract are correct, the Cavaliers definitely had this money available. Whether or not they offered it is the unknown at this point.
Grant Hill to Return to the Suns
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... Yahoo Sports is reporting that Grant Hill will return to the Suns. Grant Hill has decided to re-sign with the Phoenix Suns, and a large part of the decision is based on the belief that Steve Nash(notes) is close to reaching an agreement on a contract extension, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The Suns will also sign free agent Channing Frye(notes) to a two-year deal for $3.8 million, sources said. The second season is at Frye’s option. Danny has been on hold waiting for Hill to make his decision and in the meantime, other ...
Shooting for one more run?
ValleyoftheSuns.com —
Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Suns are close to a deal with Grant Hill, who got word that Steve Nash is close to agreeing to an extension in the three-year, $33 million range.
The report also has the Suns signing former Wildcat Channing Frye to a two-year, $3.8 million deal, with the second year being at Frye’s option.
It’s hard to know what to believe with everybody having their own sources, but this should make the Suns a playoff team next year if everyone stays healthy.
Nothing is official until the i’s are dotted and t’s crossed, but this would obviously be great news for the Suns, in the short term at ...
Report: Grant Hill Re-Signs With Phoenix
CelticsBlog —
... Adrian Wojnarowski reports:
Grant Hill has decided to re-sign with the Phoenix Suns, and a large part of the decision is based on the belief that Steve Nash is close to reaching an agreement on a contract extension, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
That's disappointing, but not unexpected, news. It's hard to blame Hill for not wanting to uproot his family and choosing to stay in a city where he's comfortable. He likes his teammates, he likes the city, and his children are enrolled in ...
Blaze of Glory - 7/10/09
Blaze of Love —
The Blaze of Glory is your almost-daily link list of Blazer blog ridiculousness and other random Blazers info. If you ever want your Blazer blog featured, make sure to drop us a line unless your name is Dwight Jaynes. (Kidding!)
Blazers are just being "selective" right now. [Portland Tribune] ...
Suns Make Moves Toward Mediocrity
The Baseline —
The Suns dumped Shaq for nothing, may or may not be trying to pawn Amare Stoudemire off on someone, and can't be sure that Nash will be around 2010. Oh, and the West is getting more powerful every day. Thus, they're one of those teams that, in the near future, will either step up and join the new elite, or give up and be cannibalized by more ambitious franchises.
Or, they decide to go with mediocrity. From Yahoo!:
Grant Hill has decided to re-sign with Phoenix, and a large part of the decision is based on the belief that Steve Nash is ...
Phoenix Brings Back Hill, Signs Frye
SLAM Online —
The Suns are bringing back some familiar faces, coming to terms with Grant Hill and former Arizona Wildcat Channing Frye: “Grant Hill has decided to re-sign with Phoenix, and a large part of the decision is based on the belief that Steve Nash is close to reaching an agreement on a contract extension, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. [...] The Suns will also sign free agent Channing Frye to a two-year deal for $3.8 million, sources said.”
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Uncontested Shots: The Latest on Marion, Bass, Odom, Hill and More
Sir Charles In Charge | An NBA Blog —
The NBA free agent period is at it’s halfway point and while many of the top names are signed there are still a number of valuable names still available.
What better time for my latest round of Uncontested Shots? Without further ado, here goes:
Mavs Get Shawn Marion in four-way trade with Raptors, Magic, and Grizzlies
As expected the Dallas Mavericks acquired combo forward Shawn Marion in a sign-and-trade deal with the Raptors that the Grizzlies helped to facilitate. The Mavericks get Marion as well as Nathan Jawai, Kris Humphries, and former Mav Greg Buckner from Memphis, the Raptors get Devean George and Antoine ...
Taking It Coast-To-Coast: Cavs Options Dwindling
San Antonio Spurs —
Could Glen Davis be the next Cavs target? Here's the latest news from around the NBA, along with news (and rants) pertaining to the Cavs. Frye Goes To Phoenix, Hill Joins Him It was pretty clear to tell that the Cavs were trying to lure Channing Frye to Cleveland with the ...
Exploring the Rumor Mill
Chicago Bulls —
Ainge looking at sign-and-trade options. Insight: Ah HA! Posey back in green looking more likely than ever. Rumor: Boozer to Bulls in three-way deal. Insight: If they had managed to retain Ben Gordon, this trade would have made Chicago contenders for sure. Unfortunately for those in Windy City, I don't see this swap transforming ...
Suns sign Channing Frye and bring back Grant Hill
Triviality of Basketball —
Channing Frye iis the newest Sun. Congrats to Phoenix for picking up a quality power forward and retaining Grant Hill. I’m happy for Channing because I feel like he was buried on the bench in Portland. With consistent minutes, Channing can be a consistent scorer. At least that’s my take! The Suns are bringing back some familiar faces, coming to terms ...
Odom 's Interest in Miami: Just a Negotiating Ploy?
Celtics 17 —
Grant Hill used the Knicks for leverage in negotiating with the Phoenix Suns. He even announced he was ""very serious" about going to work in New York because his wife was a dancer. Jason Kidd did the same thing in negotiating with the Mavs. The idea is you leak to sources that you are probably going somewhere else, without actually signing a contract, thereby allowing the team you really want to play for to sweeten their offer, an offer you don't like. The LA Times suspects that's what's going on with Lamar Odom: The language [from Adrian Wojnarowski's sources] feels like it was floated by members ...
