sactownroyalty.com - 7/1/2008
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So Baron Davis leaves $17 million on the table . Elton Brand leaves $16 million on the table . Ernie Grunfeld gives a 32-year-old forward $50 million for four years .
And Ron Artest has the self-control to decline a chance on the open market in favor of a $7.4 million salary on a 38-win team?
Amazing world we live in.
Between tonight and the moment Ron-Ron gets traded, we'll see ...
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Artest Remains a King, But Udrih May Leave
FanHouse —
... But while the Kings know they'll have Artest back (even if he's only a bargaining chip to be used in a trade), the same can't be said for ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... (Bullets Forever) Surprisingly, Ron Artest didn’t opt-out: Start the Ron-Ron Derby (Sactown Royalty) Jose Calderon is re-inked: ...
Beno Udrih just cashed in
Ball Don't Lie —
According
to the Sacramento Bee's Sam Amick, by way of Sactown
Royalty (whose proprietor I just realized that I completely ripped
off with this
post, without knowing it), it appears as if Beno Udrih has agreed to a
contract with the team he worked for last year.
(The Kings, they are.)
The terms? About 32 million dollars, spread over five years.
Starting a six million for 2008-09.
Udrih's a good guard, a small step below average in many ways, and he
just signed for the average salary until 2013. I give Kings fans another 13 ...
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