Birdman staying put....

[pauls931]

Dammit Kerr....

DENVER -- Chris "Birdman" Andersen has reached a five-year deal to keep his high-flying, shot-blocking act with the Denver Nuggets, the team he revived his career with last season.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4312934

[JMarkJohns]

Suns already have a cheaper version in Amundson.

[JustBlaze]

^^ Nene's ?

[Findog]

five years for a guy who is 31 and relies on his legs so much? NO thanks.

[pauls931]

five years for a guy who is 31 and relies on his legs so much? NO thanks.

That's funny coming from a mavs fan....

edit: for those that don't get it, Marion is 31....

[Muser]

five years for a guy who is 31 and relies on his legs so much? No thanks.

+1

[JustBlaze]

five years for a guy who is 31 and relies on his legs so much? NO thanks.

Birds don't rely on their legs, they fly fool.

[JamStone]

Can you imagine how much dope and smack he can buy now?

[Findog]

That's funny coming from a mavs fan....

edit: for those that don't get it, Marion is 31....

Shawn Marion is also way better than the Birdman. I like the Bird as a LLE guy, not a full MLE for 5 years at the age of 31 guy.

[Findog]

At least the Nugz weren't dumb enough to give Dahntay Jones 4 years, $11-13 mil or whatever it was.

[JamStone]

Andersen isn't making the full MLE. He could make up to $26 million over the 5 years with incentives. The article says next year's salary will start $3.65 million. And, the contract is backloaded, but even backloaded, the last year of his contract will likely be just under $7 million.

[ChickHearnMic]

But Linus and Dahntay will not be there for sure.

IS Denver finally gonna start J.R Smith???

[Culburn369]

You don't have to guard him. Once the Lakers figured that out, it was a cakewalk.

[VivaPopovich]

dont know why he would go anwyhere, he was great in the LA series