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I still think if the Clippers lose Brand, they will throw out big money at Josh Smith. I know Ric Bucher said something to that extent on ESPN earlier today.
Clippers have the same amount of cap space than Sixers and can offer a longer contract with bigger raises.
All what happens could be done with the goal that Clippers offers more money to Brand.
Wait and see.
I still think if the Clippers lose Brand, they will throw out big money at Josh Smith. I know Ric Bucher said something to that extent on ESPN earlier today.
Who knows.... maybe if Brand leaves, Baron will abandon ship too. He'd be crazy to waste the last 5 years of his prime in Clipperland, with even less hope than he had in Golden State. Damn, there's a uva lot of drama tonight!
I don't know what will happen if Brand signs with Sixers but I'm not optimistic at all on Spurs' chances to get Maggette in this case.
How can the Clippers do that?
They have his bird rights.
I thought they renounced his rights?
I feel ill.
I hope Sterling isn't a complete idiot and can somehow lure Brand back to LA
That's what the article on Realgm said.
Philly with Brand looks awfully good, and has a nicer path to the Finals. This is better than draft night!
Clippers Renounce Brand To Get Davis?
According to a report in the L.A. Times, in order for the Clippers to sign Baron Davis to the agreed contract, the team had to renounce their bird rights to Elton Brand, ruling out the possibility of a sign and trade and also restricting the Clippers to the maximum five contract years that the Sixers and Warriors are also binded to.
With bird rights the Clippers could have offered Brand a six year deal.
The Clippers still desperately want to keep their former All-Star power forward, but can offer at most a 5 year, $70 million contract, according to the article.
The Sixers are believed to be preparing an offer which will push the value up to around $80 million, while it is believed that the Warriors have offered a contract close to $90 million for the same number of years.
A decision on Brand's future is expected to come soon.
I highly doubt it, the July moratorium hasn't even ended.
Clippers can sign first Brand using their bird rights and then sign Davis.
clippers should up their offer and offer 6 years
But then I thought they wouldn't be able to afford to sign Davis if they renounced Brand's rights.
The Clipps are door knobs for not offering Brand the max from the get go.
I'm 99.9% sure no rights have been renounced yet. It would be really ing stupid for a team to do it before they could sign a player.
First, Clippers can sign brand before Davis. None has signed for the moment.
Second, the $70M figure is BS. Clipper can offer Brand more, even on a 5 years contract.
Brand's no innocent here. Supposedly he said he'd take less if the Clips would bring in Baron. If true now he's going back on his word and screwing his buddy and the Clips.
They woudln't. But they don't have to afford him until they can sign him which they can't do yet so why would they throw away bargaining chips until they had to?
I hope cheap ass Donald Sterling opens his wallet and pays the only player that mattered on his team for the past few years. If not, what numbder do you think J.R. Smith would like to wear?
Davis hasn't signed anything so I can't believe the rest of that report after that error.According to a report in the L.A. Times, in order for the Clippers to sign Baron Davis to the agreed contract
The Clippers are pretty damn dumb but renouncing players before July 9 is too dumb for even the Clippers.
I heard Stein on ESPN radio today say that Elton Brand was oddly the one that was only wanting a 5yr deal, and not a sixth year.
Dammit...just dammit. I will hate Clippers forever for this.
I'm almost positive Brand is trying to get more money from LA. I think he's using extreme measures to get it and its Sterling so I doubt he does so we may very well see him in Philly next season.
Amazing.
And I agree with FWD. If Clippers screw that and don't re-sign Brand, they are beyond pathetic.
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