ShoogarBear
12-04-2005, 02:06 PM
Only because I am imagining the MB/timvp followups when they read this:
Unemployment line
How's this for a Celtics alumni team: Curtis Borchardt, Rodney Rogers, Tom Gugliotta, Qyntel Woods, and Erick Strickland? What do they have in common? They're all unsigned free agents, although Borchardt may have landed a job overseas. There are more attractive names out there, such as Christian Laettner, Latrell Sprewell, and George Lynch. Another reason they may still be looking for work: the number of open roster spots. Agent Steve Kauffman, who represents Lynch, said there are only nine roster openings in the entire league, two of them on the Spurs. ''You may start to see some movement when contracts need to be guaranteed [next month] but, right now, teams are reluctant to go sign free agents if it means cutting the kid who made the team in training camp," Kauffman said. Another possible issue: money. There's a shocker. Sprewell's agent has made it clear that his client, who turned down a $21 million extension from Minnesota, won't lower himself to play for the veteran minimum of around $1 million. That would, however, feed Spree's family.
Link (http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2005/12/04/rocky_road_ahead_for_celtics/?page=4)
Unemployment line
How's this for a Celtics alumni team: Curtis Borchardt, Rodney Rogers, Tom Gugliotta, Qyntel Woods, and Erick Strickland? What do they have in common? They're all unsigned free agents, although Borchardt may have landed a job overseas. There are more attractive names out there, such as Christian Laettner, Latrell Sprewell, and George Lynch. Another reason they may still be looking for work: the number of open roster spots. Agent Steve Kauffman, who represents Lynch, said there are only nine roster openings in the entire league, two of them on the Spurs. ''You may start to see some movement when contracts need to be guaranteed [next month] but, right now, teams are reluctant to go sign free agents if it means cutting the kid who made the team in training camp," Kauffman said. Another possible issue: money. There's a shocker. Sprewell's agent has made it clear that his client, who turned down a $21 million extension from Minnesota, won't lower himself to play for the veteran minimum of around $1 million. That would, however, feed Spree's family.
Link (http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2005/12/04/rocky_road_ahead_for_celtics/?page=4)