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Reports: Swift reaches agreement with Rockets
July 19, 2005

HOUSTON (AP) -- Free-agent forward Stromile Swift has reached an agreement to sign with the Houston Rockets, according to reports Monday.

Swift's agent, Andy Miller, told several Houston media outlets that Swift had agreed to join the Rockets and was excited about joining a front line that includes All-Stars Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming.

``That's real, real big for us,'' McGrady, who worked to recruit Swift, told the Houston Chronicle from Czechoslovakia. ``I'm going to do my best to turn him into an All-Star player, too. I thought that he was the guy we were missing. He'll add more depth, more athleticism.''

Miller would not disclose terms, but KPRC-TV and the Chronicle reported that the contract would be worth about $30 million over five years -- consistent with the midlevel salary exception available to the Rockets, who are over the salary cap.

Miller said Swift, who lives in Shreveport, La., has long been interested in the Rockets.

``It's almost considered to be his home team, more so than even the New Orleans team,'' Miller told KRIV-TV. ``He knows how good a coach Jeff Van Gundy is and how much he will get out of him as a player.''

The Rockets are seeking reinforcements after losing a seven-game series to Dallas in the first round of the playoffs last season. Houston hasn't won a playoff series since 1997.

Miller would not comment when reached by The Associated Press on Monday.

Swift spent his first five NBA seasons with the Grizzlies, averaging nine points and five rebounds. He averaged career highs of 11.8 points and 6.3 rebounds in 2001-02, his second season. Memphis reached the playoffs the last two seasons with Swift, but didn't win a postseason game, getting swept by San Antonio in 2004 and Phoenix this year.

The Grizzlies, then in Vancouver, made Swift the No. 2 pick in 2000 after his sophomore season at LSU, when he led the Tigers to the round of 16 for the first time in 13 years.


[ Last edited by shaqkobe on 2005-7-19 at 09:59 PM ]
Houston will be really strong next year...
the missing piece is coming up finally!!!!
We are blessed that we can watch sports, to do many things...
so be happy!
Originally posted by brightlee at 2005-7-19 19:28:
Houston will be really strong next year...
the missing piece is coming up finally!!!!
睇下佢地會有咩化合作用吧。

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Originally posted by brightlee at 2005-7-19 07:28 AM:
Houston will be really strong next year...
the missing piece is coming up finally!!!!
that what come to my mind too when i c that, Yao needed help and now look like he got it, i m looking forward to it
Rumors became Stories. Stories became Legend
Free agent forward Donyell Marshall agreed to terms Tuesday on a four-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, giving the rebuilt club another player to complement LeBron James.

well, its kind of expect he will leave Toronto ( sadly ) and Cleveland just getting more power
Rumors became Stories. Stories became Legend
Originally posted by Ticat at 2005-7-20 13:29:
Free agent forward Donye...
Donyell Marshall 真係抵用呀!一向都付出了理想的成績數據。又唔係貴。希望佢打得出老將既功用。

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as someone live in toronto, i really dont want him leave raptors ..... he is one of the player that still give me a feeling that he want to win .....
hopefully, he will also do good in his new team
Rumors became Stories. Stories became Legend

Nets get their guy to agree for less

Tuesday, July 19, 2005
BY DAVE D'ALESSANDRO
Star-Ledger Staff

The Nets got their man yesterday, and it was only because Shareef Abdur-Rahim is less greedy than his former employer.

The free-agent forward agreed to accept the lesser of two contract offers yesterday -- a five-year deal that will total $27 million to $30 million -- after the Nets failed to negotiate a better contract in a sign-and-trade scenario with the Portland Trail Blazers. The agreement, which cannot be announced until Friday -- ostensibly the day the new collective bargaining agreement is signed -- was confirmed by agent Aaron Goodwin, whose 28-year-old client is expected to step right into the Nets' starting lineup at power forward.

After two weeks of enlisting the Trail Blazers' help in trying to land Abdur-Rahim a better deal, one based on a $4.9 million trade exception, both the Nets and Goodwin grew tired of waiting. The Trail Blazers continue to demand second-round draft pick Mile Ilic along with the trade exception as compensation, which would enable the Nets to give Abdur-Rahim a six- year, $38 million contract.

But if necessary, he will settle for the midlevel exception, the extra fund that capped-out teams can use for free agents, which calls for a starting salary of $4.9 million to $5.2 million, and can be stretched out over a maximum of five years.

Reached by phone in the early afternoon, Abdur-Rahim said a move was imminent.

"The only holdup has been the Portland-New Jersey thing, and I think they're going to talk more," he said. "But before the day is out, Aaron and I will talk. Something else could develop."

It developed only a few hours later, when Goodwin informed Nets officials that his client is willing to play for the midlevel exception.

The deal is a major triumph for team president Rod Thorn, general manager Ed Stefanski and coach Lawrence Frank, who were relentless in their recruitment of the former All-Star. But while they are now able thumb their noses at Portland, which gets nothing for their departing player, the Nets are still hoping to get Abdur-Rahim the extra year before their trade exception expires July 29.

Before Abdur-Rahim's announcement, Portland GM John Nash maintained that it wasn't going to happen if the Nets continue to offer nothing but a future second-round pick along with the trade exception.

"It's Ilic or no deal," Nash said. "(Blazers president) Steve Patterson talked to Rod today and stated that position. It's not like we're denying Shareef an opportunity to make a living. We played him extensively at the end of the season, and probably assisted him in regaining his value.

"At some point, (the Nets) have to realize they're getting Shareef at a reasonable amount of money for a reasonable price. There has to be give and take. If they feel it's unreasonable, that's their prerogative. It's also ours to say we won't change our position, so either they come around or don't."

Nash added that it's "a gamble on our part" if Abdur-Rahim settled for the midlevel, which leaves the Blazers with nothing. He lost that gamble, and one Eastern Conference GM found the Blazers' tactic "absurd ... all they're doing is screwing him out of $8 million. He was a good soldier for them, and this is the way they treat him?"

The Nets, meanwhile, gain a superbly talented forward, a career 20-and-10 man until he played a reduced role in Portland, and essentially one of the most under-the- radar players of his generation. Though he may only be a fourth option on a team that already includes two stars (Jason Kidd and Vince Carter) and a potential star (Richard Jefferson), Abdur-Rahim can help turn the Nets into one of the most formidable offensive teams in the league, with quality scorers at every position.

The one drawback is that the Nets can no longer use their midlevel exception on Keyon Dooling, their second target. Though they can still use the trade exception -- or a piece of it, anyway, as Dooling figures to be worth about three years and $9 million -- there is no guarantee that Miami will be amenable to a sign-and-trade deal.

[ Last edited by shaqkobe on 2005-7-20 at 10:18 PM ]
Guess Nets can reach at least Eastern Final next season ^_^
Originally posted by Chenjinnan at 2005-7-20 22:43:
Guess Nets can reach at least Eastern Final next season ^_^
too difficult to do it..
East is pretty strong in the top 4
and remmeber the young Bulls is growing up
Also, Watch out for Bobcats
This team will be really strong, maybe not this year, but the year next.
We are blessed that we can watch sports, to do many things...
so be happy!
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