2013 General Free Agent Signings/News and Trades

[ace3g]

Michael Lee @MrMichaelLee
(http://twitter.com/MrMichaelLee)In addition to SF Josh Childress, hearing #wizards (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23wizards) will also have SG Xavier Silas, C D'or Fischer & PF Pops Mensah-Bonsu in training camp...

[lmbebo]

So, no childress then most likely. Shame.

[ace3g]

Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
(http://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine)Hearing: Free agent big man Lou Amundson is going to training camp with the getting-richer Clippers

HoopsHype @hoopshype
(http://twitter.com/hoopshype)Earl Barron has signed with Qingdao DoubleStar, agent Derrick Powell tells HoopsHype. po.st/0Ich3v (http://t.co/ANSMxNoiCc) That's T-Mac's former team.

Mavericks may fill out training camp roster with Balkmanhttp://mavsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/09/mavericks-may-fill-out-training-camp-roster-with-balkman.html/

[ace3g]

Hoops Rumors @HoopsRumors
(http://twitter.com/HoopsRumors)Ognjen Kuzmic Close To Joining Warriors dlvr.it/42DGBL (http://t.co/BKkzW3v9Pf) #nba (http://twitter.com/search?q=%23nba)


Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA
(http://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA)Source: former bucks first round pick Joe Alexander has received a camp invite from golden state.

[Bruno]

Mavs still have 15 players with guaranteed contract. Not a lot of appeal for a player like Balkman unless they told him that they could waive a player with a guaranteed contract if he is doing well.

[ace3g]

Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne
(http://twitter.com/ramonashelburne)Lakers have invited Dan Gadzuric to camp, according to sources.

[NickiRasgo]

Sam Young?

:stirpot:

[ace3g]

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Bill Oram (http://twitter.com/tribjazz) @tribjazz (http://twitter.com/tribjazz) now (http://twitter.com/tribjazz/statuses/383358188231217152)
Jazz officially add Scott Machado, as well as F Mike Harris and F Dominic McGuire.



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Keith Pompey (http://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers) @PompeyOnSixers (http://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers) about 9 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers/statuses/383356052072189954)
Report: Utah Jazz expected to sign former @Sixers (http://twitter.com/Sixers) guard Justin Holiday. philly.com/philly/blogs/d… (http://t.co/1qa79ZaDA8)



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[NickiRasgo]

lol Sacramento
lol Cousins

[Ice009]

lol Sacramento
lol Cousins

lol Cousins?

[NickiRasgo]

lol Cousins?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--demarcus-cousins-agrees-to--62-million-extension-with-kings-050230969.html

I think dude is overpaid but yeah somehow Splitter is overpaid too. Unless he proves that he's worth it for that esp. with that attitude. And yes, at the end of this day, Cousins will be receiving his $62M for the next 4 years so... :depressed

[benefactor]

:lol...so much for new owners making a difference in Sacto.

[cd98]

We signed Maggette to a camp deal? He's about 4 years too late. He shouldn't have shunned us the last time he was a legit free agent.

[benefactor]

You would have shunned the Spurs too if another team was giving you 10 million a year.

[ace3g]

Josh Robbins (http://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins) @JoshuaBRobbins (http://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins) 1 minute ago (http://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins/statuses/383645064205189120)
Magic have announced they've signed Romero Osby, Mickell Gladness, Manny Harris, Solomon Jones and Kris Joseph.



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Alex Kennedy (http://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA) @AlexKennedyNBA (http://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA) 1 hour ago (http://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/statuses/383615902627143680)
The Chicago Bulls signed Patrick Christopher, Mike James, Dahntay Jones, Kalin Lucas, Dexter Pittman and D.J. White to their camp roster.



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Keith Pompey (http://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers) @PompeyOnSixers (http://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers) about 2 hours ago (http://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers/statuses/383602829413208064)
.@Sixers (http://twitter.com/Sixers) sign former Georgetown swingman Hollis Thompson. philly.com/philly/blogs/d… (http://t.co/ofy8HV3lRb)



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[Baam]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA)27m (https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/383640258597756928)
Upon leaving Texas and going undrafted, Myck Kabongo goes to camp w/ Spurs and will likely be assigned to D-League in Austin, sources tell Y

Edit : didn't see the dedicated thread...

[DrunkTXLabrat]

i like the spurs fishing the ut market. bummer, they let pittman go to camp with the bulls.

[td4mvp2k]

:tu Kabongo good pg needs to get betta tho... Has had a alot of sh*t goin on...

[xmas1997]

i like the spurs fishing the ut market. bummer, they let pittman go to camp with the bulls.


I'm hoping they don't do the same thing with Nunnally maybe going to Memphis.

[bklynspursfan]

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[cd98]

383655272029642753

Aweseome. He sucks. If only he was on their team last year.

[td4mvp2k]

Aweseome. He sucks. If only he was on their team last year.i try to X dem yrs out he waz a spur

[TheCerebral1]

Kabongo is an interesting invite.

[Bruno]

383570647655251969

I know some people here wanted him...

[ace3g]

Don't want him now after his Eurobasket performance but:

Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
(http://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins)Hedo remains on the roster, but he and the team have agreed that Hedo won't be with the team when it convenes for camp.

[racm]

Don't want him now after his Eurobasket performance but:

Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins
(http://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins)Hedo remains on the roster, but he and the team have agreed that Hedo won't be with the team when it convenes for camp.




I'd rather have Maggette's corpse than Hedo again.

[ace3g]

Pietrus....


Without a contract into the start of training camp, free agent forward Mickael Pietrus will scour the market over the next few weeks in hopes – and expectation – of a full salary guarantee to sign with an NBA team, a league source told RealGM.


Pietrus has worked out with several teams, including the San Antonio Spurs two weeks ago, and the 31-year-old recently rejected a training camp invitation from a team, a source said.



http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/230014/Mickael-Pietrus-Seeking-Guaranteed-Free-Agent-Deal

[xmas1997]

Did he reject the Spurs?

[exstatic]

Did he reject the Spurs?

Wouldn't shock me. They only have one spot left.

Pietrus cracks me up. I'm not sure if there's a player who overplayed his hand or overestimated his worth the last TWO summers like MP has. He thought he was worth more than minimum last year, yet ended up signing for just that. This year, it seems no one is willing to even offer minimum, guaranteed.

[Holden_Caulfield]

i like the kabongo invite. hopefully this spells the end for de colo

[xmas1997]

6'9" Undrafted forward Wesley Witherspoon, and 6' veteran guard Tre Kelley have received camp invites by the Spurs according to Spurs Nation.
I'll try to post the link.

Kelley, Witherspoon get camp invites

With training camp set to begin next week, the Spurs have added a couple more more warm bodies to the mix: 6-9 rookie forward Wesley Witherspoon and 6-0 veteran guard Tre Kelley.

Not to go all negative, but with the 15-man roster almost set for this season, they both have about as much chance of making the team as I do. That said, they might catch the team’s eye and earn an apprenticeship in Austin. Indeed, that’s where Kelley played in 2010-11, averaging 9.4 points and 3.4 assists in 11 games.

Among other spots, the former South Carolina standout also had a one-week stop with Miami in 2008 and a brief training camp stint with Memphis in 2010.

Witherspoon went undrafted after averaging 7.2 points and 3.7 rebounds last season at Memphis. It was his second straight season of regression after being pegged as a potential first-round pick following a breakout sophomore campaign (12.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 43 3-point %).

[NickiRasgo]

Oh. Witherspoon again.

[Bruno]

They are last year training camp invites.

[xmas1997]

They are last year training camp invites.

:lol
Oops, my bad.

[ace3g]

6'9" Undrafted forward Wesley Witherspoon, and 6' veteran guard Tre Kelley have received camp invites by the Spurs according to Spurs Nation.
I'll try to post the link.

Kelley, Witherspoon get camp invites

With training camp set to begin next week, the Spurs have added a couple more more warm bodies to the mix: 6-9 rookie forward Wesley Witherspoon and 6-0 veteran guard Tre Kelley.

Not to go all negative, but with the 15-man roster almost set for this season, they both have about as much chance of making the team as I do. That said, they might catch the team’s eye and earn an apprenticeship in Austin. Indeed, that’s where Kelley played in 2010-11, averaging 9.4 points and 3.4 assists in 11 games.

Among other spots, the former South Carolina standout also had a one-week stop with Miami in 2008 and a brief training camp stint with Memphis in 2010.

Witherspoon went undrafted after averaging 7.2 points and 3.7 rebounds last season at Memphis. It was his second straight season of regression after being pegged as a potential first-round pick following a breakout sophomore campaign (12.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 43 3-point %).

This is from 2012:

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2012/09/26/kelley-witherspoon-get-camp-invites/

[xmas1997]

This is from 2012:

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2012/09/26/kelley-witherspoon-get-camp-invites/

I thought it looked familiar. No wonder.
I should have looked at the date in tiny letters underneath.

[xmas1997]

Pietrus....



http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/230014/Mickael-Pietrus-Seeking-Guaranteed-Free-Agent-Deal

Too bad Pietrus rejected the Spurs because they didn't offer him some guarantees. He would have been better than either Maggette or Young.

[Bruno]

Too bad Pietrus rejected the Spurs because they didn't offer him some guarantees. He would have been better than either Maggette or Young.

Report said that Pietrus turned down a training camp invite but didn't specify that it was coming from Spurs.

[Sean Cagney]

Too bad Pietrus rejected the Spurs because they didn't offer him some guarantees. He would have been better than either Maggette or Young.
I agree with you.

[xmas1997]

Kabongo is an interesting invite.


i like the kabongo invite. hopefully this spells the end for de colo

According to the Toronto Star he has been invited to camp.
And after reading about him, I have to change my opinion and agree he seems to have more upside, play making, passing, and defensive ability than Cojo even though he is shorter by at least an inch.

[ace3g]

Adrian Wojnarowski (http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA) @WojYahooNBA (http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA) about 28 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/384498077748314112)
Free agent guard E||iot Williams, a 2010 first-round pick, will go to Cleveland's camp on a non-guaranteed deal, league sources tell Yahoo.




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[mountainballer]

According to the Toronto Star he has been invited to camp.
And after reading about him, I have to change my opinion and agree he seems to have more upside, play making, passing, and defensive ability than Cojo even though he is shorter by at least an inch.

I don't agree on that. Cory is taller, the slightly better athlete and most of all, the better shooter. Kabongo might display better playmaking abilities, but we don't know yet, if this translates to NBA level play. but it would be interesting to see both on the team. (something that won't happen considering Spurs don't have a roster spot open and, even if they had, I can't see them go with two pretty green PGs)