Rumors and Free Agent Updates - Ricky D Finds a Home Edition
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... The Bobcats have reached an agreement with their franchise center, Emeka Okafor. The two sides have agreed in principle on a six-year contract worth at least $72 million. Negotiations moved slowly between the two camps with teams inquiring about sign and trade offers but the Bobcats made it clear that they weren't interested in any of the sign and trade offers. Okafor could have opted to take the qualifying offer of $7.1 million and become an unrestricted free agent, but they came to an agreement before it came to that. ...
Cats and Emeka getting close
Queen City Hoops —
... With some great news to start my day, it appears that the Bobcats are close to resigning Emeka: Sources: Okafor, Cats bridge gap on new contract. That news is from ESPN and the deal is looking like 6 years, $72M - pretty much what was expected when this all got started. ...
Bobcats Come To Senses, Sign Okafor
FanHouse —
... Apparently somebody in Charlotte woke up and realized that because Marc Stein's got the goods on Okafor's new 6 year, $72 million dollar deal. The $12 million annually puts him on par with the Bucks' ...
Okafor re-signs with Charlotte for 72 mil over 6 years
Sactown Royalty —
Okafor re-signs with Charlotte for 72 mil over 6 years
Personally I think this is an interesting deal for both sides. Okafor basically got an extra year, and got the same amount of money. Charlotte offered an extra year, and Okafor took it.
This is not ...
Okafor re-signs with the Bobcats..
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog —
... ESPN.com reports that Okafor and the Bobcats have agreed on a deal. It's a six-year contract worth around $72 million. Now the fact that Andrew Bogut is getting just about the same money means I can't really rip the Bobcats that much. Despite being slightly undersized and injury-prone, you can't argue with Okafor's stats. 4 straight years of averaging double-doubles will get you the money. That and being a defensive presence. If Oden can do what Okafor does that Blazer fans should be smiling. Now what Charlotte really needs to do is get him a big man to compliment him and move ...
BC Sports Treehouse Fort Headlines For July 29
Sports articles at Blogcritics —
... to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for two prospects, including Single-A catcher Carlos Santana. To make room in their farm system, the Indians have released Rob Thomas. The Charlotte Bobcats have re-signed their first-ever draft pick, Emeka Okafor, to a new 6-year, $72-million deal . With Larry Brown coaching the team yext year, Okafor said he looks forward to playing out his contract in Charlotte, hopefully under six different head coaches. Prepared to play in the Summer Olympics despite a broken hand, U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm ...
The Restricted FAs Are Signing
Depressed Fan —
Three more big names on the restricted free agent market have signed, or are reported to be on the verge, since we last spoke about Monta Ellis's contract. Let's take a quick look and see if we can use these contracts to guess where Iguodala's deal will land. Luol Deng - 6 years, $71M Emeka Okafor - 6 years, $72M Andris Biedrins - 6 years, $62MMy quick take: If you believe Dalembert's contract is bad, you have to question the deals Okafor and Biedrins received. Both guys have a chance to average a double-double every ...
NBA Teams Spending Big, Getting Better
The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network —
... Not to be outdone, the Bobcats came to an agreement with restricted free agent Emeke Okafor on a six-year/$72 million deal. As reported by Marc Stein, General Manager Rod Higgins told reporters on Tuesday that he expects the contract to be completed "in the next few days". The contract is the largest single expenditure in the brief 5-year history of the team, but locks in the organization’s first-ever draft choice for the long term. Huggins told the Associated Press, "It was very important for us to get a deal done. He creates a sense of security around the basket for us. ...
08-09 Team Preview: Charlotte Bobcats edition
NBA Noise —
... The Bobcats did what they had to do to bring back their enforcer, locking up Okafor to a $72 million deal over the next six years. Okafor is the Bobcats' all-time leader in rebounds, blocked shots and double-doubles. Speaking of double-doubles, Okafor averaged nearly 14 ppg and 11 ppg last season, which puts him in the company of Tim Duncan, Steve Nash and Dwight Howard as the only players to average a double-double in each of the last four seasons. If they didn't bring back Okafor, they would've had to have been outbid substantially or be clinically out of their collective ...
