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With the signings, I can't see how we can retain him. Is that still possible? And if we can't retain him; where do you think he goes?
 
Oh and retaining him doesn't mean keeping him. I was just thinking about using him in a sign and trade.
 
HOU still a posibility, or BOS, DAL, LAL. He isn't going to get the 8.5 MIL or more that people kept saying he would though. Still will be a nice signing for someone if they get him as first big off the bench.
 
KeepOnRollin said:
HOU still a posibility, or BOS, DAL, LAL. He isn't going to get the 8.5 MIL or more that people kept saying he would though. Still will be a nice signing for someone if they get him as first big off the bench.
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To be honest, Houston makes the most sense for him. I would say lakers second, but they don't have the space to sign him anything more than min mle.
 
Are there any teams with Cap space that has a back up PG we could do a sign and trade with JJ? Is that still a possibility?
We could save them 3-4 million......
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Are there any teams with Cap space that has a back up PG we could do a sign and trade with JJ? Is that still a possibility?
We could save them 3-4 million......
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I don't think that's possible because we must renounce hickson in order to get Lopez and Robinson
 
What if he has to come back here for cheap again? Our bench would be amazing.
 
magnifier661 said:
To be honest, Houston makes the most sense for him. I would say lakers second, but they don't have the space to sign him anything more than min mle.
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But they can't pay him with Howard.

I doubt he'll get picked up for even $6 million.
 
Do the Blazers still have any cap room? They could sign JJ to 120% of last year's salary, if they don't renounce him.

You'd need $4.8M in cap space for hat. His cap hod, unsigned, was probably a lot higher...
 
I have to say even I am surprised that Hickson, a 12/10 player from last year, is going to be lucky to get the MLE. Looks like Olshey knew what he was doing by not offering him the Q.O.
 
Denny Crane said:
Do the Blazers still have any cap room? They could sign JJ to 120% of last year's salary, if they don't renounce him.

You'd need $4.8M in cap space for hat. His cap hod, unsigned, was probably a lot higher...
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JJ said last year that he would like the chance to start. Can't say I blame him for it, but I don't think it's realistic.

Hickson said having a chance to start will be at or near the top of his offseason priority list.

“That’s just me being a competitor,’’ Hickson said. “I think everyone in this league wants to start, so of course I want to start, of course I want to play a lot of minutes to help my team as much as possible. That’s definitely one of the factors going into free agency - whether I start or not. Other than that, I’m just looking to win ball games and have fun doing it.’’
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That said, he has a bunch of positive quotes regarding his time in Portland in this article.

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i..._on_the_wall_jj_hickson_and_the_trail_bl.html
 
PapaG said:
I have to say even I am surprised that Hickson, a 12/10 player from last year, is going to be lucky to get the MLE. Looks like Olshey knew what he was doing by not offering him the Q.O.
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It's the opposite. Olshey caused Hickson's problem by waiting to renounce him until teams ran low on money. Had Hickson been available earlier, he'd have gotten more.
 
JJ can really help some teams out there. Surprised he hasn't been picked up.
 
HCP said:
JJ can really help some teams out there. Surprised he hasn't been picked up.
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This is the best part of free agency, when guys like Hickson get picked up on the cheap, and teams that gave guys like Zaza Pachulia huge deals feel stupid...

If I were a team like Dallas, with a lot of roster holes and $8 mill in cap left, I'd just wait until no other team has cap room and have a feeding frenzy on all the unsigned FA's for 1-year deals.

I also wonder where Bynum's going to go... does anyone have any legitimate cap to pick him up after the Mavericks' Harris signing?
 
NOVoodoo said:
This is the best part of free agency, when guys like Hickson get picked up on the cheap, and teams that gave guys like Zaza Pachulia huge deals feel stupid...

If I were a team like Dallas, with a lot of roster holes and $8 mill in cap left, I'd just wait until no other team has cap room and have a feeding frenzy on all the unsigned FA's for 1-year deals.

I also wonder where Bynum's going to go... does anyone have any legitimate cap to pick him up after the Mavericks' Harris signing?
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I assume only sixers can resign him. Maybe a sign and trade?
 
magnifier661 said:
I assume only sixers can resign him. Maybe a sign and trade?
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Has anyone floated the idea of Bynum making a return to Los Angeles, or have those bridges been burned?

The Lakers have a ton of expiring contracts... what if they just turned back the clocks and brought back Bynum and Phil Jackson? All of a sudden, things would be looking a lot brighter in Los Angeles.
 
We can still work out a S/T before 7/10 with a team over the cap that wants him. Might be a good idea as we could probably poach a few seconds in the deal to replenish Neil's neverending stock.
 
NOVoodoo said:
Has anyone floated the idea of Bynum making a return to Los Angeles, or have those bridges been burned?

The Lakers have a ton of expiring contracts... what if they just turned back the clocks and brought back Bynum and Phil Jackson? All of a sudden, things would be looking a lot brighter in Los Angeles.
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Kobe's achilles is going to be a major problem for the Lakers this year. Even if he had a superhuman recovery timetable he wouldn't be able to play (effectively) until probably January at the absolute earliest.
 
B-Roy said:
We can still work out a S/T before 7/10 with a team over the cap that wants him. Might be a good idea as we could probably poach a few seconds in the deal to replenish Neil's neverending stock.
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That's what's delaying interest from other teams. That deflates his value. For all we know, Olshey has received calls but is playing hardball.
 
jlprk said:
That's what's delaying interest from other teams. That deflates his value. For all we know, Olshey has received calls but is playing hardball.
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Isn't Jeff Teague in a similar situation? I'm surprised he's also not a hotter commodity at this point in free agency.
 
NOVoodoo said:
Isn't Jeff Teague in a similar situation? I'm surprised he's also not a hotter commodity at this point in free agency.
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Well the Dwight saga has finished and there are teams with a lot of cap space still around. The dominoes should start falling soon but for someone like Teague I don't' see him getting a great offer and will probably stick around at 5/40 with Atlanta. He is a good point guard but he isn't star level.
 
NOVoodoo said:
This is the best part of free agency, when guys like Hickson get picked up on the cheap, and teams that gave guys like Zaza Pachulia huge deals feel stupid...
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Darren Collison is the steal of FA so far. Clippers are killing it.
 
NOVoodoo said:
Isn't Jeff Teague in a similar situation? I'm surprised he's also not a hotter commodity at this point in free agency.
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Teague is like the others on this list--a large number of talented, unsigned players. All we've heard about so far have been the glamorous diamonds. Many solid players like Hickson remain.

http://www.nba.com/freeagents/2013/
 
craigehlo said:
Darren Collison is the steal of FA so far. Clippers are killing it.
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The Clippers really are killing it...

Retained: Matt Barnes, Ryan Hollins
Let Go: Grant Hill, Chauncey Billups (likely)

Traded for: J.J. Redick, Jared Dudley
Traded out: Eric Bledsoe, Caron Butler

Signed: Darren Collison

PG - Chris Paul/Darren Collison
SG - J.J. Redick/Jamal Crawford/Willie Green
SF - Matt Barnes/Jared Dudley/Reggie Bullock
PF - Blake Griffin
C - DeAndre Jordan/Ryan Hollins

I'm sure I'm forgetting some players, but that's still an improved core versus what they had last season...
 
In that link I gave, I just counted the players with a blank in the right-most column. 94.

That's an enormous amount of experienced talent not yet spoken for. Teague, Hickson...FA decisions have only begun.
 
will he go back to cleveland? They have 10 million with the possibility of 13 million.
 
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