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NFW Dirk leaves the Mavs.
I was listening to Gambo & Ash this afternoon on KTAR 620 here in Phoenix. KTAR is owned by the Suns. It's their flagship station. Gambo, while being in general a horse patootie knows whence he speaks when it comes to the Suns. They feed him information from downtown. He & Ash spent a goodly portion of today's program discussing the free agency of Amare. Gambo states that money is not the hangup twixt Amare and Sarver. It's the length of the contract that is the sticking point. Amare wants max years (5-6) and the Suns don't want to go more than 2-3. Amare' knee can't be insured, and the Suns aren't convinced it will last thru a long contract.
Anyway, (according to Gambo) if the Suns can't come to terms with Amare and he enters free agency the Suns will go after Dirk Nowitski with a one year offer of about $10 million with a wink & a nod that they'll give what's coming to him once Jason Richardson is off the books next July. Colangelo did something similar with Danny Manning years ago. Gave him peanuts to come for the first year because the money wasn't right in the books, and then took care of him later.
They will not trade for Nowitski. They will not deal with Cuban. There's old beefs their with the Nash thingy and other bad blood according to Gambo.
The third choice will be Boozer if Nowitski goes back to Dallas. They believe they can get Boozer for a reasonable price and would afford them the room to keep their bench intact.
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NFW Dirk leaves the Mavs.
I thought the same thing, Dude, but, these two assholes aren't talking out their asses. They're connected. Their mouths move, but, it's Kerr & Sarver you're hearing.
CBA cir vention. The NBA would be all over this.Anyway, (according to Gambo) if the Suns can't come to terms with Amare and he enters free agency the Suns will go after Dirk Nowitski with a one year offer of about $10 million with a wink & a nod that they'll give what's coming to him once Jason Richardson is off the books next July. Colangelo did something similar with Danny Manning years ago. Gave him peanuts to come for the first year because the money wasn't right in the books, and then took care of him later.
The loophole Colangelo used to sign and re-sign Manning doesn't exist any more. Phoenix wouldn't have Dirk's Bird Rights.
Don't take this guy seriously, he doesn't know what he's talking about.
I got this from some ying-yang over at Sose's Joint:
2010-11 Projected Team Payrolls
Atlanta - $47.63M
Boston - $63.33M
Charlotte - $59.54M
Chicago - $31.86M
Cleveland - $69.15M
Dallas - $84.01M
Denver - $73.36M
Detroit - $51.42M
Golden State - $53.92M
Houston - $58.09M
Indiana - $64.67M
LA Clippers - $33.58M
LA Lakers - $83.94M
Memphis - $47.30M
Miami - $24.28M
Milwaukee - $55.25M
Minnesota - $35.15M
New Jersey - $22.21M
New Orleans - $73.02M
New York - $17.78M
Oklahoma City - $40.25M
Orlando - $79.67M
Philadelphia - $65.82M
Phoenix - $62.83M
Portland - $50.16M
Sacramento - $33.22M
San Antonio - $65.99M
Toronto - $63.48M
Utah - $54.79M
Washington - $29.18M
Point Guards:
J.J. Barea (Team Option - $1.8M)
Mario Chalmers (Team Option - $847K)
Keyon Dooling (Team Option - $3.8M)
Sergio Rodriquez (Restricted - Qualifying Offer - $2.8M)
Jordan Farmar (Restricted - Qualifying Offer - $2.8M)
Mardy Collins (Restricted - Qualifying Offer - $2.7M)
Raymond Felton (Unrestricted)
Luke Ridnour (Unrestricted)
Steve Blake (Unrestricted)
Chris Duhon (Unrestricted)
C.J. Watson (Unrestricted)
Nate Robinson (Unrestricted)
Shaun Livingston (Unrestricted)
Earl Watson (Unrestricted)
Will Bynum (Unrestricted)
Derek Fisher (Unrestricted)
Antonio Daniels (Unrestricted)
Acie Law (Unrestricted)
Travis Diener (Unrestricted)
Jannero Pargo (Unrestricted)
Shooting Guards:
Dwyane Wade (Player Option - 17.0M)
John Salmons (Player Option - $5.8M)
Peja Stojakovic (Player Option - $15.3M)
Michael Redd (Player Option - $18.3M)
Shannon Brown (Player Option - $2.2M)
Mo Evans (Player Option - $2.5M)
J.J. Re (Restricted - Qualifying Offer - $3.8M)
Randy Foye (Restricted - Qualifying Offer - $4.8M)
Ronnie Brewer (Restricted - Qualifying Offer - $3.7M)
Joe Johnson (Unrestricted)
Ray Allen (Unrestricted)
Kyle Korver (Unrestricted)
Roger Mason (Unrestricted)
Raja Bell (Unrestricted)
Luther Head (Unrestricted)
Quentin Richardson (Unrestricted)
Eddie House (Unrestricted)
Tony Allen (Unrestricted)
Marquis Daniels (Unrestricted)
Small Forwards:
LeBron James (Player Option - $17.2M)
Paul Pierce (Player Option - $21.5M)
Grant Hill (Player Option - $3.3M)
Matt Barnes (Player Option - $1.6M)
Jared Jeffries (Player Option - $6.8M)
Chris Douglas-Roberts (Team Option - $854K)
Josh Howard (Team Option - $11.8M)
Rudy Gay (Restricted - Qualifying Offer - $4.4M)
Mike Miller (Unrestricted)
Tracy McGrady (Unrestricted)
Travis Outlaw (Unrestricted)
Josh Childress (Restricted)
Rasual Butler (Unrestricted)
Craig Smith (Unrestricted)
Wes Matthews (Unrestricted)
Dorell Wright (Unrestricted)
Stephen Graham (Unrestricted)
Ime Udoka (Unrestricted)
Bobby Simmons (Unrestricted)
Rodney Carney (Unrestricted)
Power Forwards:
Chris Bosh (Player Option - $17.1M)
Amar'e Stoudemire (Player Option - $17.7M)
Dirk Nowitzki (Player Option - $21.5M)
Kenyon Martin (Player Option - $16.5M)
Darius Songaila (Player Option - $4.8M)
Kris Humphries (Player Option - $3.2M)
Chris Wilcox (Player Option - $3M)
Chuck Hayes (Team Option - $2.3M)
Jonas Jerebko (Team Option - $762K)
Tyrus Thomas (Restricted - Qualifying Offer - $6.2M)
Josh Boone (Restricted - Qualifying Offer - $2.9M)
Carlos Boozer (Unrestricted)
David Lee (Unrestricted)
Udonis Haslem (Unrestricted)
Al Harrington (Unrestricted)
Drew Gooden (Unrestricted)
Hakim Warrick (Unrestricted)
Joe Alexander (Unrestricted)
Joe Smith (Unrestricted)
Anthony Tolliver (Unrestricted)
Oleksiy Pecherov (Unrestricted)
Shelden Williams (Unrestricted)
Kurt Thomas (Unrestricted)
Matt Bonner (Unrestricted)
Juwan Howard (Unrestricted)
Sean May (Unrestricted)
Kenny Thomas (Unrestricted)
Ike Diogu (Unrestricted)
Brian Cook (Unrestricted)
Centers:
Yao Ming (Player Option - $17.7M)
Channing Frye (Player Option - $2.1M)
Tyson Chandler (Player Option - $12.8M)
Joel Przybilla (Player Option - $7.4M)
Brandan Haywood (Unrestricted)
Luis Scola (Unrestricted)
Louis Amundson (Unrestricted)
Amir Johnson (Unrestricted)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Unrestricted)
Jermaine O'Neal (Unrestricted)
Shaquille O'Neal (Unrestricted)
Brad Miller (Unrestricted)
Ben Wallace (Unrestricted)
Fabricio Oberto (Unrestricted)
Johan Petro (Unrestricted)
Hilton Armstrong (Unrestricted)
Kwame Brown (Unrestricted)
Sean Williams (Unrestricted)
Theo Ratliff (Unrestricted)
Etan Thomas (Unrestricted)
Kyrylo Fesenko (Unrestricted)
Joel Anthony (Unrestricted)
Mikki Moore (Unrestricted)
Adonal Foyle (Unrestricted)
Primo Brezec (Unrestricted)
Aaron Gray (Unrestricted)
Steven Hunter (Unrestricted)
Dirk taking a one year contract in order to wait out JRich isn't cir venting, Mo. It's an accomodation between the parties.
be odd seeing Dirk in anything other than a Mavs uni ........ maybe it is time to part way and go in a different direction, especially if the Mavs could land LeBron but I just don't see dude coming out west.
The chance of Dirk going to the Suns is the same as LeBron going to the Spurs...ZERO.
dude is staying in the East
and more than likely, he'll remain a Cav ..... can you imagine Cleveland without him, that's there biggest attraction and it's still a hole.
That's my thought on this as well. LeBron will stay with the Cavs.
I'm not sure why Dirk would be interested. Phoenix is not truly a contender right now, and simply swapping Amare with Dirk wouldn't change that.
Yes, accommodation between the parts with the fit of cir venting the CBA.
Anyway, it still wouldn't work, Phoenix wouldn't acquire Dirk's Bird rights. It takes 3 years now (precisely because of the Danny Manning situation).
Lebron wouldn't come to the Mavs if they didn't have dirk. He would only come here to win now.
Dallas or Chicago.
tbh the whole Dirk/Nash buddy thing is way overblown. I've heard they're not that close of friends anymore.
^If there is a better poster on this burg, I'll eat my hat.
Phoenix is more a contender than Dallas.
True. Next year they wont be though.
Phoenix wouldn't need his Bird Rights to resign Nowitzki in that hypothetical. They only have $19 million in committed salary for 2011-12.
Goran > you
Cubby lives in Phoenix?
Ipso facto, the Suns are only paying Amare lip service. Their lone goal is to get Nowitski here on the cheap, pair him with Nash, still have Richardson for another year and go for it again, ostensibly stronger and more qualified for this attempt. It keeps Nash engaged and not stove up like when Daddy was here. Nash teaches The Machine's (what's his face) the finer points of point guarding and perhaps moves to the bench as a super sub/Suns head coach in training season after next.
Understand rubberband?
They wouldn't need bird rights. Once J-Rich's contract expires a year from now, they'll have enough to give Dirk the max.
EDIT: already mentioned, my bad
sorry but...
tbh
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