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Wishful thinking. Sadly, I don't think the Spurs could even get Childress with the MLE.
Maybe B. Davis will play here for the MLE.
Wishful thinking. Sadly, I don't think the Spurs could even get Childress with the MLE.
Sorry, I was talking about the Clippers throwing a deal at Smith.
I think he meant the Clippers would go after Josh Smith.
WE'RE FUCT!
clippers could throw a long term deal at jr smith
Sterling's favorite player in the NBA is Maggette. He nixed at least three trades involving Maggette. If Brand leaves, I think the Clippers just re-up Maggette and then build their team around Baron instead of Brand.
Yeah, they talked about it on espn. Bucher came on and said that if Brand leaves the clipps will most likely target Smith.
which would mean if he signs a deal with the clippers then he knows he is stuck there forever
Just so I'm clear, the Clippers can just offer Magette more money because he is there FA? He is not restricted in any way from signing from another team?
He did walk away from a guaranteed 8.6 million this year, is it likely he gets more than that? I think we could still be in the hunt.
spurs can only offer the mle
unless they can work out a sign and trade
If that's the case, then we better pray that if Brand leaves, friggin Sterling throws the remaining caproom at Josh Smith.
If in fact the clippers do go after Josh Smith, then there's only one team who can offer more than the MLE and that's the Warriors.
Believe.
I'm with xtreme.
It was either 7.0 or 7.4 million.. Unless someone else offers him more than that, he'd probably take the same to return.
This reminds me of the old message board when the Spurs were trying to re-sign Derek Anderson and he announced he was committed to Portland. I thought everyone was about to jump off a bridge when that happened.
im sure the spurs FO have thought of every sort of scenario and discused it with CM. hopefully CM will be loyal IF he gave his word to the Spurs
Wait a sec. Can Baron Davis back out of the agreement? Could he choose not to officially sign tommorrow, now that Brand might walk?
has he signed the contract
he can not tell midnight
then he can do whatever he wants
I seriously doubt he gave any sort of word to the Spurs; other than he is waiting to see where the money falls. He'll chase the money.
Too bad Deng had a crappy year or he'd be a target for GS or the Clips
It's only a verbal, so Davis can back out of it. Most likely he wouldn't, but there is that possibility. If GSW decided to go ahead and resign him, he could sign with them.
RC: just do it davis. anywhere is better than the clippers now.
Sources say 76ers confident of signing free agent Brand
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
The Philadelphia 76ers are growing increasingly confident that they will win the Elton Brand free-agent sweepstakes, according to NBA front-office sources.
Sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday that Brand has given the Sixers indications that he is poised to accept a five-year deal worth an estimated $82 million and spurn what was presumed to be a slam-dunk return to the Los Angeles Clippers to hook up with Clipper-to-be Baron Davis.
The Sixers, though, still face a nervous wait until Tuesday bleeds into Wednesday, which is the first day that NBA teams can officially complete signings and trades after the lifting of a leaguewide moratorium which began July 1.
Philadelphia has nonetheless convinced numerous teams around the league that it will soon land Brand after first reaching an agreement in principle with the Minnesota Timberwolves on a trade that, according to sources, will send Sixers forward Rodney Carney, center Calvin Booth and a future first-round pick to the Wolves without Philadelphia having to take back any salary. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the Sixers will receive a second-round pick in return.
That trade will shave nearly $3 million off the Sixers' payroll next season and increase what was already substantial salary-cap space, positioning them to sign Brand to a five-year deal believed to be starting in the $14-to-15 million range. Exact figures are expected to be available later Tuesday evening when the league reveals next season's salary-cap figure to its 30 teams and the media.
Said one source close to the process: "Elton wants to go East."
Another source described Brand as leaning "70-30" in favor of going to the Sixers and didn't rule out the possibility that the Clippers could still increase their five-year offer beyond the latest estimate of roughly $75 million. The Clippers are also the only team in the running with the ability to offer a no-trade clause to Brand, something that only one other player in the league -- Staples Center co-tenant Kobe Bryant -- has in his contract.
Philadelphia's shedding of two salaries to set up a major free-agent signing is reminiscent of the move made by Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 1996, when then-Lakers personnel chief Jerry West sent Anthony Peeler and George Lynch to the then-Vancouver Grizzlies, creating the cap space that made it possible for L.A. to sign Shaquille O'Neal away from Orlando.
Getting Brand away from the Clippers might not quite have a Shaq-sized impact on the Sixers, but it would be an undeniable coup for Philadelphia on a variety of levels.
Brand is the proven power player Philadelphia clearly lacks on an otherwise promising roster that won many admirers as last season progressed. The Sixers extended Detroit to six games in a first-round series more compe ive than many anticipated and, if they can formally secure Brand's signature, would be adding a two-time All-Star to veterans Andre Miller and Andre Iguodala, top youngsters Louis Williams and Thaddeus Young and the considerable wingspan of Samuel Dalembert at center.
A move to the East would also come with on- and off-court benefits for Brand, sending him to a conference with far fewer le contenders and moving him closer to his East Coast-based family with Brand and his wife expecting their first child this fall.
If Brand indeed goes through with his apparent intent to join the Sixers, such an outcome is still bound to be widely branded as a shocker after he and agent David Falk announced last week that Brand was opting out of the final year of his previous contract (worth $16.4 million) to give the Clippers more payroll flexibility to strengthen the team around Brand. Within 24 hours, L.A. responded on the first day of free agency by reaching a verbal agreement with Davis in what easily ranks as the biggest free-agent coup in Clippers history.
Brand told ESPN.com on June 30 that his "intention is to stay" with the Clippers, while Falk spoke optimistically of Brand signing a deal to "finish his career with the Clippers" if the team could make another significant personnel acquisition or two. ESPN.com reported late last week that Davis was the player Brand specifically asked Clippers management to chase in June.
During the ensuing week, while L.A. has been trying to convince its 29-year-old franchise forward to stay, Brand has also been weighing an offer from the Golden State Warriors believed to be worth more than what the Clippers or Sixers can offer him. After Davis informed the Warriors that he was leaving the Bay Area to sign a five-year deal worth an estimated $65 million with his hometown Clippers, Golden State responded by presenting Brand with a five-year offer worth an estimated $90 million.
Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. To e-mail him, click here. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3479059
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