The Official Free Agents Thread

[King Crow]

Originally posted by jod23
Oakley....a good pick up for the Wiz, provides some toughness and rebounding in the post.

And some headaches in the rooms...

 

[mattyc2422]

Oak could sit on the bench and talk about the good old days with Ewing.

 

[jod23]

Originally posted by King Crow


And some headaches in the rooms...

Jordan has handled worse....Dennis Rodman anyone?

Oakley will be fine at Washington.

 

[King Crow]

Walt Williams will sign for Dallas (VET MIN)
Wang Zhi Zhi will sign for LA Clippers (3 years/6 million)

And ofcourse, Milwaukee matched Dallas's offer for Redd, and he stays a Buck.

I like what i saw on some website "COP THAT CUBAN!"

 

[King Crow]

Wizards trade Whitney to Nuggets for Mcleod (sp?)

About as nothing as it gets..

 

[Fall Out Boy]

It's McCloud.

I think this works for Denver. Their only PG was Kenny Satterfield, so Chris Whitney certainly helps.

 

[coxon]

hornets waive lee nailon ...

 

[Fall Out Boy]

Originally posted by coxon
hornets waive lee nailon ...

Big surprise given the Hornets injuries atm.

They went hard to re-sign Lee because they thought they needed his scoring now, a few weeks later, they waive him.

Lee would be a handy pickup for a team like San Antonio, they could really do with Lee's instant offence.

 

[jod23]

Originally posted by coxon
hornets waive lee nailon ...

Yeah a big surprise...fair enough the Hornets had there injury problems last year but you dont normally see a guy who starts 40+ games for a season get waived!

He will be a good pickup for anyone who gets his signature.

 

[King Crow]

Chicago trades future draft considerations to San Antonio for Erick Barkley and $500,000

Bulls Waive Erick Barkley

 

[mattyc2422]

Look for the Spurs to sign either Devin Brown or Lee Nailon.

 

[King Crow]

Originally posted by mattyc2422
Look for the Spurs to sign either Devin Brown or Lee Nailon.

I think the favour was more to help the Spurs stay under the Luxury Tax???

 

[mattyc2422]

Originally posted by King Crow


I think the favour was more to help the Spurs stay under the Luxury Tax???

Also a possibility, as this puts us just under the Tax amount, I think and we needed the cash to compensate for Bateer.

Also, Barkley was a dud, and Devin Brown has worked his butt of during camp and could be a cheap filli-in in case Steve Kerr goes down.

 

[coxon]

t-wolves sign nba golden boy rod strickland...

 

[jod23]

Originally posted by coxon
t-wolves sign nba golden boy rod strickland...

And will back up Hudson I read.

 

[mattyc2422]

Devin Brown has been signed by the Spurs, who will be missing Speedy Claxton for 2-4 weeks. I would say I told ya so, but since it's a result of Speedy's injury, I won't.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news/20021103/spursclaxton.html

November 3, 2002

SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) - The San Antonio Spurs placed guard Speedy Claxton on the injured list Sunday with a dislocated right shoulder.

Claxton suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of Friday's 88-76 home victory over Toronto. Acquired from Philadelphia in a draft-day trade, the 5-11 Claxton was averaging 7.7 points and 3.3 assists in three games.

Claxton must miss a minimum of five games. He will have an MRI on Monday, after which a timetable for his return will be determined.

The Spurs did not look far to replace Claxton on the roster, signing guard Devin Brown, who was raised here, attended Texas-San Antonio and participated in the Spurs' training camp.

The 6-5 Brown averaged 5.8 points and 3.0 rebounds in six exhibition games before he was waived on October 23. Eight days later, he was selected by Fayetteville in the first round of the NBDL draft.

 

[jod23]

Lee Nailon was picked up by the Knicks for those who may have missed it.

 

[King Crow]

Rumour : Chicago are working on a deal which will send Jamal Crawford and Marcuz Fizer to ? for a defensive SF not known for their D...

LOL.... whatever that means..

Shawn Bradley could become a Knick for the injury exception*












*Layden you are an absolute *******, quit for the sake of all Knicks Fans you dumb pathetic fool

 

[mattyc2422]

Originally posted by King Crow
Shawn Bradley could become a Knick for the injury exception*

Possbily, but I don't see it happening with Raef out for a while.
Will the Knicks really stoop so low to go for rich boy stickman?

 

[jod23]

Originally posted by mattyc2422

Possbily, but I don't see it happening with Raef out for a while.
Will the Knicks really stoop so low to go for rich boy stickman?

What a change it would be....in 3 years they go from having one the greatest centres to ever play the game. A tough, uncompromising warrior who does it all at both ends of the floor to the white tall skinny kid who does jack.

 

[mattyc2422]

Nailon

Why Nailon was let go

November 8, 2002 --
HOOP DU JOUR EXCLUSIVE
Peter Vescey

A DAFFY depiction currently being perpetrated by the New York media is that Paul Silas released Lee Nailon out of the goodness of his heart because the Hornets coach was unable to find enough minutes to keep his serial scorer happy.

Not quite.

Not that the Knicks now care or ever did.

Especially after Nailon's inspiring 20 points in 22 minutes which helped the Knicks generate this season's first victory against the courtly Kings.

Fact is, Nailon was terminated the morning after three crude confrontations with Silas during an exhibition game late in the pre-season.

The first occurred when Silas wondered whether Nailon - infamous for his idle ways - would be joining his teammates at the defensive end that evening; a rather crabby comeback got him banished to the locker room. Except Nailon refused to budge. As you may have guessed, things got a speck nastier at that point. The two men almost came to blows. Threatened that he'd be forcibly removed if he didn't disappear immediately, Nailon finally left.

A second conflict erupted during halftime intermission. Instead of at least pretending to be contrite, Nailon was boldly unrepentant and the rift escalated from repulsive to irreparable.

The next morning before practice Silas called Nailon into his office and, with VP Bob Bass present, told him he was being waived. Again, instead of apologizing, or trying to plea-bargain his eviction notice down to a suspended sentence, he again became abusive.

Several days later, Silas received a phone call from Don Chaney. From '72 to '75 they were Celtic teammates, but rarely stay in touch these days.

"Hey, how you doing, Paul? How's the wife and kids?" the Knicks coach asked.

"Everybody's good. The wife's great, Steven got married this summer, Paula's living in Charleston and HE PUTS THE BALL IN THE BASKET AS WELL AS ANYBODY!"

They both laughed wildly.

Having disposed of all pretenses, Chaney and Silas discussed the pros and cons of Nailon The Player and the unpleasant incidents that earned him an exile.

"I've got enough problems," Chaney said. "The last thing I need is another one."

Silas disagreed. "What you need is someone who can score and this guy can flat out do that. Just because I had trouble with him doesn't mean you're going to have trouble with him. You'll be able to give him a lot of playing time and a lot of shots, something I couldn't afford to do. That should keep him happy."

Which only goes to illustrate how unnerved Knick management is by the team's depressing upheaval over the last five weeks. In their desperate quest to employ solid citizens, James Dolan and Scott Layden all of a sudden are overjoyed to embrace a player who was kicked out of someone else's gym.

 

[coxon]

Re: Nailon

Originally posted by mattyc2422
James Dolan and Scott Layden all of a sudden are overjoyed to embrace a player who was kicked out of someone else's gym.

did nailon attempt to choke silas as well?

 

[Dingster]

Re: Re: Nailon

Originally posted by coxon


did nailon attempt to choke silas as well?

I think that there are a few people that hope Nailon takes a crack at Layden.

 

[jod23]

Geez...the Knicks are stockpiling all the aggresive players...Spree, and now Nailon. If only Houston knew how to be aggresive they would be half decent.