Official Free Agency Thread

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Lakers meeting with Dwight Howard in person

Sac King sign Aaron Brooks

Wizards to amnesty Blatche

Shout out to Dallas to signing OJ Mayo.

That's a STEAL, Mayo is a player and will show case his skill in Dallas.

[NYk_Reloaded718]

^ Agreed, Hill is a d*ck to the Knicks.

Kris Humphries signed a 24 million contract for 2 years with the Nets.

Talk about being overpaided....NBA fails.

smh wow 12 mill a year, he's def not worth that at all.. now that i think about it, i think all 5 starters on the Nyets have Max contracts lol.

[Rob Low]

Shout out to Dallas to signing OJ Mayo.

That's a STEAL, Mayo is a player and will show case his skill in Dallas.

I agree. People don't realize how good of a player Mayo is

[NYk_Reloaded718]

Marco Belinelli nearing a decision
The Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks have interest


Both the Los Angeles Clippers and Marco Belinelli were interested in a deal but the Clippers had just their Bi-Annual Exception to offer. The Clippers, with the lobbying of Chris Paul, made overtures to the New Orleans Hornets but the Hornets refused to take on Ryan Gomes via sign and trade. Now that the Clippers have gone with Grant Hill, Marco is looking at other teams. The Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks have interest.

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[Paul1355]

Marco Belinelli nearing a decision
The Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks have interest


Both the Los Angeles Clippers and Marco Belinelli were interested in a deal but the Clippers had just their Bi-Annual Exception to offer. The Clippers, with the lobbying of Chris Paul, made overtures to the New Orleans Hornets but the Hornets refused to take on Ryan Gomes via sign and trade. Now that the Clippers have gone with Grant Hill, Marco is looking at other teams. The Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks have interest.

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Bellineli would be perfect fit on this team...hits the 3 and spreads the floor.

But I still think Kidd will be the starting 2 with J.R off the bench.

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[NYk_Reloaded718]

Bellineli would be perfect fit on this team...hits the 3 and spreads the floor.

But I still think Kidd will be the starting 2 with J.R off the bench.

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I agree Bellineli is the perfect sniper for this team.

[NYk_Reloaded718]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine
Another 11th-hour amnesty manuever: Clippers have released Ryan Gomes to become NBA team No. 15 to use their amnesty clause

[Tokie420]

Bellineli would be perfect fit on this team...hits the 3 and spreads the floor.

But I still think Kidd will be the starting 2 with J.R off the bench.

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Yea real smart. So we gunna rely on Felton and pablo at 1. Kidd Jr AND white at 2?????

If Felton and/or Kidd get hurt before shump gets backed were royally ****ed. Our downfall past 2 years have been lack of pg depth. Why on earth would you wear down Kidd at the 2??? So we can rely on the nbas oldest rookie??? Get ****ing real dude. The knicks better sign a semi legit 2(Not the flight white) or were taking a huge chance going into next season.

[CA7]

We need a guy who can defend and hit the corner 3 as our new SG, Shane Battier like

Raja Bell would be ideal but who knows, hopefully within a week we add a guy

[Paul1355]

Yea real smart. So we gunna rely on Felton and pablo at 1. Kidd Jr AND white at 2?????

If Felton and/or Kidd get hurt before shump gets backed were royally ****ed. Our downfall past 2 years have been lack of pg depth. Why on earth would you wear down Kidd at the 2??? So we can rely on the nbas oldest rookie??? Get ****ing real dude. The knicks better sign a semi legit 2(Not the flight white) or were taking a huge chance going into next season.

Ok ill get real...name me one SG at the veteran minimum that can make an impact on this team???

Please enlighten me..DUDE

We have 3 point guards and 1 SG so it only makes sense to save the one SG on the bench in J.R. You need to spread the minutes for the point guards and we should expect all 3 to get minutes every game.

We used all of our assets on Camby and Felton. AS of right now we are going to wait until Shump gets back to refill the hole at SG and in the meantime, MOST LIKELY I can see Kidd being used at the 2 because of his size as a 6'4 guard that is older and will guard SG's easier than quicker PG's.


Wear down Kidd? This isn't a 66 game season with back to back to back games. Kidd will be fine as long as he doesn't play 40 min a game. He said he expects to play 20-30 min and that is exactly what he will play. Maybe a few times he will have to play more until Shump gets back.

Prigioni is going to get spot minutes so Kidd doesn't play too much and you know J.R is getting over 20 min a game since Woodson loves him.

So right now, YES I see Kidd possibly starting at the 2....if you don't start him at the 2 then you would have a bench backcourt of Prigioni and Kidd....I would rather have J.R off the bench with a PG since J.R is more suited off the bench so he can fill up his stat sheet when the stars are sitting and/or too tired to be as aggressive on offense.

Marc Berman also reported that Felton was promised a starting role on the team.

Kidd should start with the star players and J.R should come off the bench....so it makes sense having a lineup of:

Felton
Kidd
Melo
Amare
Chandler

[CA7]

Ok ill get real...name me one SG at the veteran minimum that can make an impact on this team???

Please enlighten me..DUDE

We have 3 point guards and 1 SG so it only makes sense to save the one SG on the bench in J.R. You need to spread the minutes for the point guards and we should expect all 3 to get minutes every game.

We used all of our assets on Camby and Felton. AS of right now we are going to wait until Shump gets back to refill the hole at SG and in the meantime, MOST LIKELY I can see Kidd being used at the 2 because of his size as a 6'4 guard that is older and will guard SG's easier than quicker PG's.


Wear down Kidd? This isn't a 66 game season with back to back to back games. Kidd will be fine as long as he doesn't play 40 min a game. He said he expects to play 20-30 min and that is exactly what he will play. Maybe a few times he will have to play more until Shump gets back.

Prigioni is going to get spot minutes so Kidd doesn't play too much and you know J.R is getting over 20 min a game since Woodson loves him.

So right now, YES I see Kidd possibly starting at the 2....if you don't start him at the 2 then you would have a bench backcourt of Prigioni and Kidd....I would rather have J.R off the bench with a PG since J.R is more suited off the bench so he can fill up his stat sheet when the stars are sitting and/or too tired to be as aggressive on offense.

Marc Berman also reported that Felton was promised a starting role on the team.

Kidd should start with the star players and J.R should come off the bench....so it makes sense having a lineup of:

Felton
Kidd
Melo
Amare
Chandler

damn a shooting guard who impact our team at the vet minimum

Raja Bell
Deshawn Stevenson- if released
Mickael Pietrus
Kelenna Azubuike- if he recovered fully from that injury
Terrence Williams- wont got more than the min. because of his attitude problems

[Wargames]

Who know WTF grunwald is planning.... I got no faith in that GM. Pietrus would be a good pick Up though.

[Tokie420]

Ok ill get real...name me one SG at the veteran minimum that can make an impact on this team???

Please enlighten me..DUDE

We have 3 point guards and 1 SG so it only makes sense to save the one SG on the bench in J.R. You need to spread the minutes for the point guards and we should expect all 3 to get minutes every game.

We used all of our assets on Camby and Felton. AS of right now we are going to wait until Shump gets back to refill the hole at SG and in the meantime, MOST LIKELY I can see Kidd being used at the 2 because of his size as a 6'4 guard that is older and will guard SG's easier than quicker PG's.

eDIT: I love how everyone is talking about pablo prigoni as a legit backup PG. Hes NEVER PALYED IN THE NBA. INTERNETIONAL PLAY IS DIFFERENT. Hes an unknown next season. He could be good, or he could be a TO machine. Nothing is a given.
Wear down Kidd? This isn't a 66 game season with back to back to back games. Kidd will be fine as long as he doesn't play 40 min a game. He said he expects to play 20-30 min and that is exactly what he will play. Maybe a few times he will have to play more until Shump gets back.

Prigioni is going to get spot minutes so Kidd doesn't play too much and you know J.R is getting over 20 min a game since Woodson loves him.

So right now, YES I see Kidd possibly starting at the 2....if you don't start him at the 2 then you would have a bench backcourt of Prigioni and Kidd....I would rather have J.R off the bench with a PG since J.R is more suited off the bench so he can fill up his stat sheet when the stars are sitting and/or too tired to be as aggressive on offense.

Marc Berman also reported that Felton was promised a starting role on the team.

Kidd should start with the star players and J.R should come off the bench....so it makes sense having a lineup of:

Felton
Kidd
Melo
Amare
Chandler

Youre right there isnt an option. But you dont put wear down your 39 yr old, ONLY VIABLE BACKUP PG(dont give me pablo crap), at the 2. You do everything in your power to convince a Ronnie Brewer, Michael Redd Courtney Lee(not happening) someone. You dont run down your only other proven PG at the 2. Play him there at times? Yes but no way should he be starting. Havent you guys learned that PG depth HAS KILLED THIS TEAM?!?!

[NYk_Reloaded718]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Lakers has to agreed to terms to sign free agent forward Antawn Jamison to a one-year deal paying the minimum, source tells Y! Sports.

[Kidd Karma]

Ok ill get real...name me one SG at the veteran minimum that can make an impact on this team???



Marc Berman also reported that Felton was promised a starting role on the team.

Kidd should start with the star players and J.R should come off the bench....so it makes sense having a lineup of:

Felton
Kidd
Melo
Amare
Chandler

I love that the Knicks promised this guy a starting role, when he comes waddling down court, all 250 of him, "nope we got to start him, we promised."