General Free Agent Signings/Trades

[underdawg]

Former face of the franchise Michael Finley sparked a bit of a stir himself sitting in a baseline seat next to longtime Mavs courtside fixture Neil Hawks for Dallas’ 98-89 victory over Steve Nash’s Phoenix Suns. Catching a Dirk vs. Nash duel, though, is not the only reason Finley’s in town this week. The 38-year-old has worked out for the past two days with newly signed Mavs forward Yi Jianlian under the watchful eye of Texas Legends coach Del Harris, as Finley continues his comeback after a year away from the game. ESPN.com

Ime Udoka will sign with Spanish club UCAM Murcia. TuBasket.com

Former first round pick Luther Head signed a D-League contract on Wednesday, according to a league source, enabling him to clear waivers on Friday and join his new team ahead of next week's Showcase. Head appeared in 36 games for the Sacramento Kings last season after previously spending time with the Houston Rockets, Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers. Ridiculous Upside

[ace3g]

SpearsNBAYahoo Marc J. Spears
Nets announce signing of guard Keith Bogans.

[TimmehC]

LOL Nets

[Mel_13]

http://twitter.com/EyeOnBasketball
Report: Rockets pursuing trade of Chris Kaman while the Sixers are out.

http://twitter.com/SeanDeveney
Agent Bill Duffy also said that Joel Przybilla will choose between the #Heat and #Bulls by week's end.

[Robz4000]

http://twitter.com/eyeonbasketball
report: Rockets pursuing trade of chris kaman while the sixers are out.

http://twitter.com/seandeveney
agent bill duffy also said that joel przybilla will choose between the #heat and #bulls by week's end.

in the meantime, at the spurs' front office...

[xmas1997]

I admit, it gets very frustrating after a while to watch all the other teams make the necessary changes they need to make with trades and free agents while nothing ever seems to happen with the Spurs making the changes they need to make.
The main question I have is: WHY????????????

[ChumpDumper]

Trades are more difficult that most think.

[EricD]

Trades are more difficult that most think.

No really?

Let me break it down for y'all..


1) Spurs have to find a team willing to part with a specific player for salary or skill-set purposes.

2) Spurs have to have a player(s) that is/are attractive to the potential trading partner, which Spurs don't really have outside of the Big 3, Tiago, Green and Leonard.

3) Salaries have to match.

It's a lot tougher than most think.

[ace3g]

AlexKennedyNBA Alex Kennedy
The Orlando Magic have waived Larry Hughes and called up Ish Smith from the NBA D-League.

[underdawg]

Hornets sign F Lance Thomas
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/75...n-lance-thomas

[Mel_13]

Earl Barron is back on the market:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...,4196626.story

[GSH]

Earl Barron is back on the market:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...,4196626.story

Barron showed a couple of flashes, but I guess nothing came of it. As desperate as GS is for a big man, it's tough to believe that they overlooked a gem - even a gem in the rough. It seems like he's another player whose talent doesn't translate from D-League to the big show.

Still, watching Blair at times it would really be nice to have a 7-foot body on the roster.

[Mel_13]

The bottom of the barrel:

http://hoopshype.com/free_agency.htm

[Mel_13]

The bottom of the barrel:

http://hoopshype.com/free_agency.htm

[Mel_13]

In addition to Malcolm Thomas and Earl Barron, these players were waived over the last few days:

Mychel Thompson-CLE
DeMarre Carrol-DEN
Derrick Caracter-Lakers
Josh Davis-MEM
Mickell Gladness-MIA
Solomon Jones-Clippers
Hamady Ndiaye-Wizards

There are also reports that Houston will sign Greg Smith from the D-League. If true, Jeff Adrien is the likely roster cut as he is the only player on the Rockets without a guaranteed deal. Adrien had a real nice game last night in Denver.

[outmap]

Keith Benson is available.

[Sense]

Spurs should go after Fesenko and Przybilla..

[DesignatedT]

I read somewhere that Pryzbilla is choosing between the Bulls and the Heat. I'm not sure if this is because those are the only two destinations he's interested in or if we never even picked up the phone. Guy could have definitely helped though.

[DesignatedT]

I'm thinkin JR Smith to LAC now after the Billups injury.

[E-RockWill]

Earl Barron is back on the market:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...,4196626.story

Barron showed a couple of flashes, but I guess nothing came of it. As desperate as GS is for a big man, it's tough to believe that they overlooked a gem - even a gem in the rough. It seems like he's another player whose talent doesn't translate from D-League to the big show.

Still, watching Blair at times it would really be nice to have a 7-foot body on the roster.

What could it hurt?!

[timtonymanu]

Joel Przybilla has chosen to resign with the Blazers:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...blazers_022212

[Duncan2177]

What a lameass

[jermaine]

Don't the Blazers already have like 5 bigs?

[crc21209]

Good luck getting a ring and good playing time there Przybilla....

[TD 21]

Chris Johnson will probably be cut to make room for Pryzbilla. Long, athletic, slender shot blocker. Could be a potential 10 day candidate. Then again, he's 6-11, so I'm sure they'd view him as more of a center than a power forward and bypass him for some 6-9 or under big, with sub par physical tools.