I just realgm Sixers board where a reliable insider post infos.
Sixers will make an offer sheet to Josh Smith on July 9th. It will be for their whole cap space. It should be around $70M/5years.
If they don't get him, they will try to sign Childress or Maggette.
So if Maggette want to receive a bigger than the MLE offer from Philly, he will have to wait until July 16th to maybe receive one.
What I don't understand is I've been on a few other boards and I'm not hearing much about Maggette and the Spurs.
And just a thought, how can the Warriors make a strong push for Maggette when Ellis will command a lot of money from them and they still need to resign Biedrins?
They can renounce Baron Davis and have many millions in cap room (maybe 20+?). The reason is that Biedrins and I presume Ellis have Qualifying Offers extended which only count for so much against the cap. The Warriors can spend any free cap money first, then sign Biedrins and Ellis to extensions over the cap.
... and while he's waiting he won't even know if he or Childress will be the next guy waiting on a seven day period.
Everything I have been reading today seems to indicate that its gonna come down to us or Boston...with GS at a distant third. Man its gonna be a long weekend.
yeaaa but maggette aleady said hes tired of losing... he wants a winning team... its down to spurs and celtics.... unless brand signs with clips... then he'll probably stay
Boston not even a chance.....he will never sign. He want to start and he will not start in boston...if he goes to the warriors, he will never see the playoffs agian.....GS really undervalued B Davis value to that team....next year even with Corey they will not win 35 games. Monta Ellis is goning to be a disaster at point guard......it will be between us, Orl and N Orleans.........slight chance Philly gets involved but I doubt it
Manu's entire career, apparently.
Thats what I'm thinking regarding playing time in Boston...but from what Spears reported he was awfully buddy buddy with Rivers and there is a family connection there too...so don't count them out. I have heard/seen nothing about NO being interested or him being interested in them...and I think the Magic may have run him off after they made a push for Duhon.
Uh, there's one reason Corey was traded from Orlando to the Clips, and that reason's name is Rivers.
Manu's not injury prone. If anyone's injury prone its Maggette. He's missed 112 games in the last 6 years. Manu has missed 58. I don't see anyone talking about limiting his minutes.
What have Manu's major injuries been ?
Basically it comes down to Maggette deciding if he wants to play for a 45 win team in Orlando that loses in the first or 2nd round, the Sixers who are years away from being a contender, the Celts where he'll get buried on the bench, the Warriors who'll suck without Davis orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
the 4 time champs, who are always a fluke shot or nagging injury away from winning it all. seems easy to me.
If Maggette moves to ORL they will win a of a lot more games than 45.
IMHO they will be the second best team in the EC behind BOS. Their entire core will be under 30, and in a few short years they could definitely find themselves at the top of the heap when the Celtics decline.
One could argue his chances of making it to the Finals are greater in the East where there is only one real compe or. In the West there are no guarantees, with teams like HOU/LAL/NOH/UTA/POR all getting better.
Hmm...didn't know that. It seems by his comments that all of that must be water under the bridge though....
Article"We shot the breeze," said Maggette. "He asked about my family. My mom went to the same high school [as Rivers]. My family has known his family for a long time. I'm very comfortable with him."
Ankle injuries, mostly. And they linger for months and months. He may not miss as many games, but his game is severely affected just like this season.
He just can't play the way he plays for much over 30 mpg.
Period.
I hope this doesn't turn out to be Lamond Murray part 2
Old news maybe, but looks like we'll hear soon about Magz and the Celtics. Celtics look like they are in a hurry to decide between him and Posey and Maggette is willing to give them some answer sooner than later.
My view is if they want an answer now, it's gotta be no. Why? The Spurs offer is still there and he can fall back on that if the bigger money falls through (GSW, Philly).
Full article:A day after talking with Celtics coach Doc Rivers, a longtime family friend, Clippers free agent forward Corey Maggette said he is seriously considering an offer to join the NBA champions.
The Celtics have made offers to their own forward, James Posey, and Maggette, but it's doubtful they can accommodate both. While there is no news regarding Posey, Maggette said he could be coming to Boston in the near future to visit with the Celtics. Free agents can't sign until Wednesday.
"I don't want to hold the Celtics up or [general manager] Danny Ainge," said Maggette in a telephone interview. "I talked to Doc . . . I'm not going to hold them up. I know they are still looking at James Posey. But I'm still weighing my options."
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketb...maggette_call/
Magette will play where he will get the most money. Pure and simple. Forget about luring him with the promise of getting his first championship.
As for his many suitors, Maggette said he was in no hurry to make a choice and that he has talked with Boston Coach Doc Rivers and current Celtic and former teammate Sam Cassell.
"Boston is really good," he said. "You've got a lot of great players there That's a great opportunity. San Antonio is something that's very interesting. So we'll see what happens. I'm not keeping anybody off the list. You never know."
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...,3694098.story
Sounds like this could drag out for a while... and he called the Spurs offer just "intersting"; while sounding more excited about the Celtics...
Actually, that reason's name is cap space creation. (As Casey Stengel would say, you can look it up).
You must have missed the "very".
I think the fact that Maggette has an established relationship with Doc is what will determine things...sucks.
Then again, he'd definitely be coming off the bench over there. Man, there's just no clear cut favorite. He even said, "You never know".
MAKE UP YOUR ING MIND ASSHOLE.
He will never sign with boston, he and doc didnt get along great in orlando for 1 and the Cs already have PAUL AND RAY and just drafted SG in the first round and traded for another. I cant see him comming of the bench and the Cs have had thier last le for a while....the next 3 or 4 will be from west coast teams.....San Ant, Portland, Houst and dare I say the L word
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