cleveland.com - 7/3/2009
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AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan DenetteRaptors forward Shawn Marion guards LeBron James during a February game. The Cavaliers have turned their attention to acquring Marion via free agency. The dominoes starting falling in the NBA on Day Two of free...
emptythebench.com - 7/3/2009
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SMI By: Brendan K. O’Grady If you’re Trevor Ariza,...
Ron Artest, or the Los Angeles Lakers, this all makes perfect sense. If you’re Ariza, you feel disrespected. It’s hard not to ...
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Ron Artest, Trevor Ariza, and the LA Lakers: It All ...
waitingfornextyear.com - 7/3/2009
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I just finished reading Rock’s piece on watching
our beloved Cleveland Cavaliers continue to get passed over...
by the top free agents this week, while simultaneously rolling out the red carpet for the Big Freeze, Shaquille O’Neal. As Rock points out GM Danny Ferry was busy at a press ...
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The Truth About The Cavs and Free Agency
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A Look at the Cavs’ Options
SLAM Online —
... It’s pretty much table scraps (sorry, Shawn) at this point: “The dominoes starting falling in the NBA on Day Two of free agency. Some of the players the Cavaliers had significant interest in appear to be headed other places but they are still very much in the free-agent game. According to a league source, the Cavaliers have begun homing in on Toronto Raptors free-agent guard Anthony Parker after both Ron Artest and Trevor Ariza appeared set to go to other teams. Another source said the Cavs also have spoken to another Raptors free agent, former ...
The calm before the storm? We can only hope so
Doug Smith's Toronto Raptors blog —
... yields something in return before they can move on.
One of today’s big trigger points is going to be what Turkoglu does. His visit to Portland apparently ends tomorrow – according to Jason Quick’s story in the Oregonian – and I’m told he’s not going to sit around dawdling before he makes a decision.
That might be the one thing that impacts these guys here more than anything.
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It was something like Toronto Day down in Cleveland, as Brian Windhorst reports in this story full of Raptor names.
Spoke with Brian just before he wrote this ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Brian Windhorst of The Plain Dealer: “The dominoes starting falling in the NBA on Day Two of free agency. Some of the players the Cavaliers had significant interest in appear to be headed other places but they are still very much in the free-agent game. According to a league source, the Cavaliers have begun homing in on Toronto Raptors free-agent guard Anthony Parker after both Ron Artest and Trevor Ariza appeared set to go to other teams. Another source said the Cavs also have spoken to another Raptors free agent, former All-Star Shawn Marion, though it ...
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Cleveland Cavaliers, Free Agency Wasteland —
WaitingForNextYear
The day started all smiles. With all the pomp and circumstance of a Presidential Inauguration, the Cleveland Cavaliers officially welcomed Shaquille O’Neal to the team Thursday. It was supposed to go down as a great day in Cavalier history, the day the franchise coronated the prince who would ...
Cavaliers Resign Varejao: Instant Analysis —
WaitingForNextYear
The Cavs have come to an agreement with free agent big man Anderson Varejao. The initial reports indicate that the deal is for 6 years and could be worth as much as $50 million. We don’t know yet if any of those years option years, nor do we know how the dollars are spread out. [...]
Breaking Free Agent News: Anthony Parker a Cav —
WaitingForNextYear
According to Brian Windhorst’s twitter account the Cavaliers have come to terms with free agent SG Anthony Parker. As we reported last night, Parker played the last three seasons in Toronto. He averaged just under 11 points per game last season and is generally considered a good outside ...
Cleveland Cavaliers to sign Anthony Parker —
InsideHoops
Like all teams with a legitimate belief that they can contender for an NBA champion, the Cleveland Cavaliers can use crafty, veteran bench help. And they’ll be receiving a terrific backup shooting guard.
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Brian Windhorst), the Cavs have come to an ...
NBA Free Agent Signings: An Update —
WaitingForNextYear
Today is the first day that free agents can put pen to paper and make things official. The Pistons’ new duo are in Detroit today to sign their deals. The Lakers signed Ron Artest and Shannon Brown already. No word yet on whether Ariza made good today on his verbal with the Rockets.
There ...
NBA Free Agent Rumor: Anderson Varejao —
WaitingForNextYear
For those of you who are fond of chasing around message board rumors, here’s another one for you. This one was finally confirmed just before 11:00 pm by Brian Windhorst. (By the way, why can’t the Cavs do something during normal business hours anymore?)
Tonight’s rumor du jour ...
NBA Free Agents: Who’s Left For Cleveland? —
WaitingForNextYear
As we’ve already discussed, technically no free agents are off the market until they sign contracts starting tomorrow. However, if we make the assumption that players stick to their verbal agreements then who is left for the Cavaliers to get?
We’re going to call the following free ...
Free Agent SG Analysis —
Memphis Grizzlies
With Ben Gordon set to join Detroit, the Chicago Bulls look set to hand the starting shooting guard spot to John Salmons, with Kirk Hinrich being asked to provide backup for both him and point guard Derrick Rose. Hinrich could still be traded yet, but I think it is likelier that he stays (not to ...
Just kidding Blazers, Türkoğlu signing with Toronto? —
Well that was fast.
Hours after Hedo Türkoğlu agreed in principle to sign with the Portland Trailblazers , the Turkish superstar backed out of his commitment faster than you can say “bigger contract.” Earlier in the day, Türkoğlu accepted a five-year $50 million dollar offer from ...
Turkoglu heading to Raptors —
The Red Zone Report
After multiple media outlets reported that free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu agreed to a deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, the former Orlando Magic star pulled a disappearing act and signed with the Toronto Raptors .
ESPN NBA reporter Ric Bucher reports that Turkoglu had many in ...
Maybe Turkoglu Can Play For 2 Teams —
FanHouse
by Tim Povtak For awhile Friday, it sounded like Hedo Turkoglu was trying to become an NBA double dipper, playing for two different teams at the same time. Or like one of those traveling salesmen who quietly kept different wives in different cities. And maybe he thought since the teams -- ...
The Truth About The Cavs and Free Agency —
WaitingForNextYear
I just finished reading Rock’s piece on watching our beloved Cleveland Cavaliers continue to get passed over by the top free agents this week, while simultaneously rolling out the red carpet for the Big Freeze, Shaquille O’Neal. As Rock points out GM Danny Ferry was busy at a press ...
Let Free Agency Palooza 2009 Begin —
Cleveland Cavaliers
Could Rasheed Wallace be on top of the Cavs wish list?
Let the madness begin on July 1st at exactly 12:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time. Phone calls will be made. Negotiations will start. But no deals can be signed until July 7th. For the first time in a while, it'd be right to speculate ...
