Hawks Fail to Get Brand, Sign Lewis & Others
Rashard Lewis Signs Multi-Year Contract With Hawks
Atlanta, GA - Just hours after Ryan Thompson met the media regarding Elton Brand's potential decision, he got a disappointing phonecall from NEM stating that Elton Brand would not be joining the Atlanta Hawks. Of course, the Hawks were very high on Brand and did everything they could to make him part of the roster, but in the end failed to do so. Thompson commented on the situation, "It's just part of the business. Of course we wanted him on our team, who wouldn't?" Thompson said, "We just have to move on. We still have a very talented team that is going to compete for the playoffs."
Earlier in the week the signing of Rashard Lewis was announced...
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Portland Polishes Offseason
Portland Polishes Offseason
Signed J-Dubb For 1 Year.
Portland, Oregon - The Portland Trailblazers had one of its busiest offseason in its franchise history. Almost 1 year after pursuing a rebuilding phase for the team, the Blazers General Manager was very busy attending phone calls for the team to strengthen its youth movement and future. "Now I can get more relax and see how will this players get along in training camp though I may still pull minor moves so we will how it goes." GM JJ said in a press conference.
The Portland Trailblazers had one player coming in the last hours of the free agency deadline, they have signed point guard Jason Williams to a one year deal worth $6 million. They have addressed their needs for a playmaker and at the same time a move for their future...
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Big Z and Danny G! Coming soon to Toronto!
Big Z finds a home!
Toronto, Canada - The Toronto Raptors have kept quiet all off season but time has finally come to make a trade and a signing. In the first trade of the offseason the Raptors were able to obtain 25 year old SF Danny Granger from the Suns. Granger is some young blood that the Raptors have been craving all off season. They were also able to make a huge free agent signing literally huge with signing 7"3 Center formerly from the Hawks Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Big Z was courted by the Seattle Supersonics also but Toronto was able to pull ahead and sign him with some private talks and visits with his Agent Matt Hill. Toronto took...
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Foye Stays!
Foye signs a 62 million deal!
With 3 days before the end of the NLL Free Agency Period, Indiana star guard finally decided to stay with Indiana signing a lucrative 5 year deal that projected him to earn close to 62 million in 5 years.
It's been really a quiet two weeks for the star guard with teams anticipating that he'll stay with his mother team especially with the arrival of Z-Bo which pretty much sealed the deal.
Indiana have shown their commitment to me since the time they got me and I'm happy I was given the chance to prove myself and also I want to thank them for realizing my worth. Besides I want to play with a guy like Z-Bo. This is going to be a helluva season for Indy, said the 2008-2009 Most Improved Player of the Year.
Foye have improved every aspect of...
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Chicago Bulls: Done for the Off-Season
Chicago Bulls
Jackson Acquisition Wraps it Up
Luke and Wally teammates for the first time expect to bring lethal offense to the perimeter.
Chicago, IL- Soon after winning their first NLL championship, the Bulls made an effort to improve yet again. Their first acquisition was former Szczerbiak and Tim Thomas teammate, Tayshaun Prince. Responsible for help winning rings in Phoenix, Prince brings the championship and defensivey savvy to the Bulls.
Along with Prince came Desagna Diop who adds his size & defensive presence to the team in the reserves behind Bynum & Boozer. On to the draft, where the Bulls landed four big men but chose to retain only three; Kryrylo Fesenko, Joey Dorsey, and Semih Erden....
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Sonics Insiders: All quiet on the Western front,
but not for long...
Seattle is still waiting on the decision that can hugely improve their fotunes this brand new season, and hopefully for Seattle, it's a positive response for them, it's the signing of lithuanian bigman Zydrunas Ilgauskas that would mean alot both on and off the court for this franchise. Even though older, you can get some good mileage out of Zydrunas and he's a big guy with offensive skills on the block and outside, he's got a rebounding game and he's a shotblocker, an intimidating figure to say the least sporting a 7'3" frame and he can change the fortunes for many teams. Hi, this is Spencer Haywood back again for the Sonics Insiders. So why this team? Well simply cause Seattle is a franchise set up to win for many years, the average age is still very low for a playoff-team,...
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| Rumors |
 Lamar Odom
Odom's considereably getting generous (max) offers from other teams. Kings may want to do a sign and trade deal for a big name player? |
 Jawad Williams
With Jawad William playing big on the FA market, the hype may have lulled a Texas GM to offer the same MLE amount to JW. Williams is the first windfall of the offseason |
 Gilbert Arenas
Aside from mother team Magic, the Hornets and the Hawks are the top teams with cap space gunning for BBI's heralded player. At this point, we do not know where Arenas' mind is. |
| Bulls Complete Sweep. takes Ring! |
 After four years of being on the top of the East, the Chicago Bulls finally went over the top to be the best of the best. Andrew Bynum, Carlos Boozer, and Chris Paul rode the supreme shooting of Wally Sczcerbiak to counter Peja and the MAvs attack, 99-91. Chris Paul finished his last game of the season with 17 assists and 5 steals. The branded best PG of the game will continue to lead the young Bulls to multiple championship caliber seasons. Discuss. |
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| West |
| Clippers |
60 |
22 |
-- |
| Nuggets |
54 |
28 |
6.0 |
| Mavs |
50 |
32 |
10.0 |
| Kings |
60 |
22 |
-- |
| Lakers |
54 |
28 |
6.0 |
| Wolves |
48 |
34 |
12.0 |
| Rockets |
44 |
38 |
16.0 |
| Sonics |
42 |
40 |
18.0 |
| Grizzlies |
37 |
45 |
23.0 |
| Warriors |
31 |
51 |
29.0 |
| Hornets |
30 |
52 |
30.0 |
| Jazz |
26 |
56 |
34.0 |
| Suns |
22 |
60 |
38.0 |
| Spurs |
18 |
64 |
42.0 |
| Blazers |
17 |
65 |
43.0 |
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| East |
| Pistons |
62 |
20 |
-- |
| Raptors |
59 |
23 |
3.0 |
| Heat |
48 |
34 |
14.0 |
| Bulls |
55 |
27 |
7.0 |
| Cavs |
54 |
28 |
8.0 |
| Celtics |
51 |
31 |
11.0 |
| Knicks |
49 |
33 |
13.0 |
| Hawks |
46 |
36 |
16.0 |
| Nets |
44 |
38 |
18.0 |
| Sixers |
36 |
46 |
26.0 |
| Bobcats |
33 |
49 |
29.0 |
| Bucks |
31 |
51 |
31.0 |
| Magic |
27 |
55 |
35.0 |
| Pacers |
23 |
59 |
39.0 |
| Wizards |
19 |
63 |
43.0 |
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| Player Feature: NLL Awards |
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MVP: Tim Duncan (SAS)
DPOY: Andrei Kirilenko (DET)
MIP: Randy Foye (IND)
ROY: Nick Smith (SEA)
6MOY: Manu Ginobili (CHI)
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