Xtravagant

Ben Gordon traded to DET...

That means Iverson is definitely going...

Shocked that BULLS actually released Ben Gordon....

arthur8088

原帖由 Xtravagant 於 2009-7-2 07:24 AM 發表
Ben Gordon traded to DET...

That means Iverson is definitely going...

Shocked that BULLS actually released Ben Gordon....

Besides, Ben Gordon, Piston is going to add Charlie Villanueva.....

but how can Rib Ham and Gordon work together...??they are similar type players~~~

by releasing Gordon, meaning Kirk Hinrich is safe~~~~

Xtravagant

原帖由 arthur8088 於 2009-7-2 09:36 AM 發表


Besides, Ben Gordon, Piston is going to add Charlie Villanueva.....

but how can Rib Ham and Gordon work together...??they are similar type players~~~

by releasing Gordon, meaning Kirk Hinrich is s ...

Don't know, why DET want to persue Gordon. He is just like AI02
CV may finally emerge as a star as he is likely to replace Sheed Wallace and only 24.

abc!@$%

Ron Artest joins the Los Angeles Lakers!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4303679

Free-agent forward Ron Artest says he's leaving the Houston Rockets to join the Los Angeles Lakers.

In a text message to ESPN.com on Thursday night, Artest wrote: "I am happy to say I am goin' to L.A."

ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard reports that Artest and the Lakers have reached a verbal agreement on what is believed to be a three-year contract worth an estimated $18 million. Wednesday is the first day free agents are permitted to sign new deals.

Artest's decision was first reported by CBSSports.com. The mercurial swingman was initially courted by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

In his text message, Artest said that he met Thursday with Lakers owner Jerry Buss and had spoken to coach Phil Jackson about the move to Los Angeles, where Artest has been spending his offseasons.

"He wants to win a ring," David Bauman, Artest's agent, told The Associated Press. "He's a winner and a hard worker and he went looking for a team with whom he could find some justification for what he does. He plays his best when he's in that kind of an environment."

Artest's forthcoming arrival coincided with unrestricted free agent Trevor Ariza, who played such a pivotal run in the Lakers' championship run, making a verbal commitment to sign with the Rockets, according to sources close to the process.

Broussard reported Wednesday that, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations, Ariza was likely to leave the Lakers because L.A. was reluctant to sign him to a contract starting above the league's $5.6 million mid-level exception, even after Ariza's postseason success.

Ariza met Thursday in Las Vegas with Rockets general manager Daryl Morey.

湖人連防守專家都有埋, 下季要連霸呀!!

秋葉林

無咗 Y. Ming 同 R. Artest , 加埋一季唔知打到幾多場嘅 T. McGrady
火箭來季真係無眼睇  

Xtravagant

原帖由 abc!@$% 於 2009-7-3 01:23 PM 發表
Ron Artest joins the Los Angeles Lakers!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4303679

Free-agent forward Ron Artest says he's leaving the Houston Rockets to join the Los An ...

OMG... STUPID LAKERS!!!

But Trevor Ariza is playing so well~ Man Lakers are nutz ~ This line-up of Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Bynum (Bn: Ariza, Odom) is stronger than the Kobe, Shaq, Malone, Payton...

arthur8088

原帖由 Xtravagant 於 2009-7-3 03:16 PM 發表


OMG... STUPID LAKERS!!!

But Trevor Ariza is playing so well~ Man Lakers are nutz ~ This line-up of Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Bynum (Bn: Ariza, Odom) is stronger than the Kobe, Shaq, Malone, Payton... ...

Rockets agree on multiyear deal with Ariza
HOUSTON (AP)—The Houston Rockets have reached a multiyear deal with free agentTrevor Ariza(notes), a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Presson Thursday night.
The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because NBA rulesprohibit announcing free-agent deals until next week, said the Rockets offeredAriza the full mid-level exception for the first year, about $5.6 million.
Ariza is coming to Houston just as Ron Artest(notes) decided to leave and play forthe Los Angeles Lakers. Ariza is likely to take Artest’s spot in the Rockets’starting lineup.

The 6-foot-8 Ariza averaged 8.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists for theLakers last season, which ended with the NBA championship.
The 24-year-old Ariza earned $3.1 million last season and he boosted hisvalue during the playoffs, when he averaged 11.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.3assists.

               
                                Ariza was acquired by the Lakers in a trade from Orlando in November 2007.He just completed his fifth NBA season after being drafted by the New YorkKnicks with the 43rd overall pick in 2004.
Ariza said after the Lakers’ championship run that he was hoping to staythere. But his agent, David Lee, told KRIV-TV in Houston that Ariza got theimpression that the Lakers didn’t want him anymore.

“It was never about the money,” Lee said. “It was about being at a placewhere he felt wanted and appreciated.”
Rockets general manager Daryl Morey did not immediately return a phonemessage on Thursday night.
He flew to Las Vegas on Thursday to meet with Ariza, a sign that he wasalready expecting Artest to leave.

The Rockets will need Ariza’s versatility and perimeter shooting early nextseason, because they know they’ll be missing Tracy McGrady for the bulk of nextseason. The seven-time All-Star is recovering from microfracture surgery on hisleft knee and could be out until February.
The Rockets are also awaiting a definitive prognosis on Yao, who sustained ahairline fracture in his left foot in the playoffs. Morey made an aggressivepitch to free agent center Marcin Gortat
shortly after the free agency periodbegan on Wednesday.


it's a switch~~~Ariza to Rockets....!~~!!~~
but...who's the first attacking point...????

阿感

AK > T-MAC
傾緊啫,成數唔高

Utah Jazz talked Kirilenko for McGrady trade
By Tim Buckley

Deseret News

Published: Saturday, July 4, 2009 12:00 a.m. MDT
The Jazz, it's been learned and confirmed, engaged in recent trade talk with
the Houston Rockets about a possible deal that would have brought seven-time
NBA All-Star swingman Tracy McGrady to Utah for small forward Andrei
Kirilenko.

The Jazz, however, have no current desire to make the trade — for reasons
including, but not necessarily limited to, McGrady's health situation and
contract status.

McGrady, 30, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in May of 2008
and microfracture surgery on the same problematic knee late last February.
He also has a history of back problems, played just 35 games last season,
may or may not be able to play more than that next season and is the subject
of frequent trade rumors.

At $23.23 million in the final year of his existing contract, McGrady also
will be the NBA's highest-paid player next season.

Kirilenko, 28 and a one-time All-Star small forward, is due $16.44 million
in 2009-10 — meaning one or more other players would have to be included to
make such a swap conform to NBA trade rules, which call for next season's
salaries to match within 25 percent.

And unless the Jazz included enough additional salary in such a trade to
trump McGrady's number, Utah — as its payroll stands now — would be taking
on added luxury-tax burden.

But Kirilenko also is due about $17.8 million in 2010-11 — which means the
Jazz, if they did somehow send enough salary to Houston to top McGrady's
figure, could save about $18 million over the next two years by making such
a deal.

The trade talk evidently was conducted quite quietly.

"I know nothing about it," said Kirilenko's agent, Marc Fleisher, who met
with Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor earlier this week to discuss the
contract situation of another his clients, starting center Mehmet Okur. "I
haven't heard from anybody in the Jazz office that they're going to trade
Andrei. . . . They've given me no indication of that."

R-Star

今屆nba o既人事變動不比足球遜色
好多free agent同restricted free agent都實而不華, 但強隊增兵o既同時, 弱隊又好似繼續弱

asurada001

原帖由 R-Star 於 2009-7-6 12:20 PM 發表
今屆nba o既人事變動不比足球遜色
好多free agent同restricted free agent都實而不華, 但強隊增兵o既同時, 弱隊又好似繼續弱

弱隊 want to cut cost and save money due to bad economy.....
only 強隊 are willing to spend money for the championship.....

some teams like NY and NJ are saving for 2010 free agency in trying to get LeBron, Wade and Bosh...
Carter trade is an example of that....