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But man, the Sixers gon be tough.
Dre runnin the O with AI 2 and Brand.
Ska its been going on long enough...time to lock....
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But man, the Sixers gon be tough.
Dre runnin the O with AI 2 and Brand.
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[h1]Miami Heat on verge of offer to James Jones[/h1]By Ira Winderman | South Florida Sun-Sentinel 7:49 PM EDT, July 8, 2008
James Jones
ORLANDO - Following through on his vow to bolster his team's depth, Miami Heat President Pat Riley moved closer Tuesday to signing James Jones to a free-agent contract, reaching terms on a deal with the former University of Miami 3-point specialist.
Riley declined comment at the Orlando Pro Summer League.
With the free-agent signing period to commence at midnight, a five-year deal has been worked out with Jones, starting at $4 million for next season. The final three years of the contract would be conditional, to protect the Heat for the 2010 free-agency period.
In addition to signing Jones, the Heat also stood poised at the midnight opening of the free-agent signing period to use part of its salary cap exemptions to sign second-round pick Mario Chalmers.
The Heat opted to offer Chalmers more than the rookie minimum based on his play during summer camp last week at AmericanAirlines Arena and the first two games of the Orlando Pro Summer League, in which Chalmers has averaged 15 points and 7.5 assists, as the Heat's most consistent player. Chalmers has yet to sign.
Jones played last season for the Portland Trail Blazers, after previous stints with the Indiana Pacers and the Phoenix Suns in his five-year career. The 6-foot-8 forward closed this past season ranked third in the league in 3-point percentage at .444.
The Heat has been searching for a 3-point specialist after losing Jason Kapono, James Posey and Damon Jones in recent years.
With the signing of Jones and the added money used to secure Chalmers, it almost certainly means the Heat would now have to turn to the trade market to fill its voids at center and point guard -- unless Chalmers has become viewed as a potential starter.
With Portland loaded in its perimeter rotation, Jones last month opted out of the $3.2 million on the final year of his Blazers contract to become a free agent July 1. His Heat contract will guarantee more than $8 million over the next two seasons, and considerably more over the following three.
Jones, a Miami native, has spent recent weeks working out at the YMCA in Weston, splitting his time between core training at the second-floor weight room and 3-point shooting sessions when summer campers there vacate the gym at midday, often interacting with the youths.
Jones also spent time with Heat forward Michael Beasley, when Beasley last month made his pre-draft visit to AmericanAirlines Arena. Beasley and Jones are represented by the same agent, Joel Bell.
Ira Winderman can be reached at [email protected]
James Jones
ORLANDO - Following through on his vow to bolster his team's depth, Miami Heat President Pat Riley moved closer Tuesday to signing James Jones to a free-agent contract, reaching terms on a deal with the former University of Miami 3-point specialist.
Riley declined comment at the Orlando Pro Summer League.
With the free-agent signing period to commence at midnight, a five-year deal has been worked out with Jones, starting at $4 million for next season. The final three years of the contract would be conditional, to protect the Heat for the 2010 free-agency period.
In addition to signing Jones, the Heat also stood poised at the midnight opening of the free-agent signing period to use part of its salary cap exemptions to sign second-round pick Mario Chalmers.
The Heat opted to offer Chalmers more than the rookie minimum based on his play during summer camp last week at AmericanAirlines Arena and the first two games of the Orlando Pro Summer League, in which Chalmers has averaged 15 points and 7.5 assists, as the Heat's most consistent player. Chalmers has yet to sign.
Jones played last season for the Portland Trail Blazers, after previous stints with the Indiana Pacers and the Phoenix Suns in his five-year career. The 6-foot-8 forward closed this past season ranked third in the league in 3-point percentage at .444.
The Heat has been searching for a 3-point specialist after losing Jason Kapono, James Posey and Damon Jones in recent years.
With the signing of Jones and the added money used to secure Chalmers, it almost certainly means the Heat would now have to turn to the trade market to fill its voids at center and point guard -- unless Chalmers has become viewed as a potential starter.
With Portland loaded in its perimeter rotation, Jones last month opted out of the $3.2 million on the final year of his Blazers contract to become a free agent July 1. His Heat contract will guarantee more than $8 million over the next two seasons, and considerably more over the following three.
Jones, a Miami native, has spent recent weeks working out at the YMCA in Weston, splitting his time between core training at the second-floor weight room and 3-point shooting sessions when summer campers there vacate the gym at midday, often interacting with the youths.
Jones also spent time with Heat forward Michael Beasley, when Beasley last month made his pre-draft visit to AmericanAirlines Arena. Beasley and Jones are represented by the same agent, Joel Bell.
Ira Winderman can be reached at [email protected]
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Just to let everyone know...no bandwagon sixers fans...I remember there being only like 5 real sixers fans on here so anyone else I see with a team 76ers sigshould stop d riding asap
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WOW BRAND TO THE 6ers?!?!?
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Brand=Boozer
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Wow, I hate Elton Brand with a passion. Dude will definitely help the Sixers though, they won't win +%@* because they don't have Rodney Carney anymore
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Azubuike > Maggette
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Considering the price tag concerning each, I'd agree.
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Move like that changes a few things in the east. Wonder if the pistons will make a real move now. So what the hell did baron go to LA for now besides beinghome.
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Damn...brand is getting quite the offers.
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ok lets say brand signs with Sixers, i doubt David will STILL wanna go "home"...whats his other choices???
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Wow Clippers need to rebuild now.
Just wasted that money on Baron.
Just wasted that money on Baron.
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[h1]Sources say Brand will spurn Clippers, sign with 76ers[/h1]
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
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Updated: July 8, 2008, 9:04 PM ET
The Philadelphia 76ers have apparently won the Elton Brand free-agent sweepstakes.
NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday that Brand has informed the Sixers that he will accept a five-year dealworth an estimated $82 million and spurn what was presumed to be a slam-dunk return to the LosAngeles Clippers to hook up with Clipper-to-be Baron Davis.
The Sixers cannot formally sign Brand before midnight, with Wednesday serving as the first day that NBA teams canofficially complete signings and trades after the lifting of a leaguewide moratorium which began July 1.
But Philadelphia has secured Brand's verbal commitment, sources said, after first reaching an agreement in principlewith the Minnesota Timberwolves on a trade that, according to sources, will send Sixers forwardRodney Carney, center Calvin Booth and a future first-round pick to the Wolves without Philadelphia having to takeback any salary. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the Sixers will receive a future second-round pick in return.
That trade will shave nearly $3 million off the Sixers' payroll next season and increase what was already substantialsalary-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 beavailable 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 had described Brand as leaning "70-30" in favor of going to the Sixers and didn't rule outthe possibility that the Clippers could still increase their five-year offer beyond the latest estimate of roughly $75 million. The Clippers are also the onlyteam 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-tenantKobe 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 byBryant's Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 1996, when then-Lakers personnel chief JerryWest sent Anthony Peeler and George Lynch to the then-Vancouver Grizzlies, creating the cap space that made it possible forL.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 anundeniable 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 aslast season progressed. The Sixers extended Detroit to six games in a first-round series more competitive than many anticipated and, if they can formallysecure Brand's signature, would be adding a two-time All-Star to veterans AndreMiller 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 fewertitle 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 bound to be widely brandedas 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) togive 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 averbal 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 spokeoptimistically of Brand signing a deal to "finish his career with the Clippers" if the team could make another significant personnel acquisition ortwo. 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 alsobeen weighing an offer from the Golden State Warriors believed to be worth more than what theClippers 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 millionwith 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.
[h1]With Brand out of picture, Warriors reach verbal agreement with Maggette[/h1]
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
(Archive)
Updated: July 8, 2008, 9:31 PM ET
The Golden State Warriors on Tuesday conceded defeat inthe chase for Elton Brand's signature by quickly moving on to new targets andreaching a faster-than-expected verbal agreement to sign unrestricted free agent CoreyMaggette, according to NBA front-office sources.
Sources told ESPN.com that Maggette decided against waiting to see if the Los Angeles Clippers would lose Brand to the Philadelphia 76ers -- which could have created an opportunity to stay with the Clippers -- to take amultiyear offer from the Warriors at a starting salary above the mid-level exception, which is expected to approach $6 million.
[h4]Corey Maggette[/h4]
Small Forward
Los Angeles Clippers
Profile
[table] 2008 Season Stats [tr][td]GM[/td] [td]PPG[/td] [td]RPG[/td] [td]APG[/td] [td]FG%[/td] [td]FT%[/td] [/tr][tr][td]70[/td] [td]22.1[/td] [td]5.6[/td] [td]2.7[/td] [td].458[/td] [td].812[/td] [/tr][/table]
The Warriors and Clippers are two of the few teams with salary-cap space to spend on free agents above the mid-level,along with Memphis. Philadelphia was on that list before reaching a verbal agreement Tuesday to sign Brand away from the Clippers.
Golden State responded to the loss of BaronDavis to the Clippers by offering Brand a five-year deal worth an estimated $90 million, but the Warriors never came as close to luring Brand away fromL.A. as the Sixers.
Maggette drew serious interest from several top contenders who are over the cap and only had the mid-level exception tooffer, including Boston, San Antonio, Detroit, Utah, Cleveland and Orlando. It was presumed that Maggette was leaning toward signing with the Spurs if hecouldn't secure an offer from a team with cap space.
The Clippers, sources said, expected to respond to the departures of Brand and Maggette by making a hard run at Atlanta Hawks restricted free agent Josh Smith, who was Philadelphia's No. 2 target behind Brand. If the Clippers elect tosign Smith to an offer sheet, Atlanta would have seven days to match.
Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. To e-mail him, click here.
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
(Archive)
Updated: July 8, 2008, 9:04 PM ET
The Philadelphia 76ers have apparently won the Elton Brand free-agent sweepstakes.
NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday that Brand has informed the Sixers that he will accept a five-year dealworth an estimated $82 million and spurn what was presumed to be a slam-dunk return to the LosAngeles Clippers to hook up with Clipper-to-be Baron Davis.
The Sixers cannot formally sign Brand before midnight, with Wednesday serving as the first day that NBA teams canofficially complete signings and trades after the lifting of a leaguewide moratorium which began July 1.
But Philadelphia has secured Brand's verbal commitment, sources said, after first reaching an agreement in principlewith the Minnesota Timberwolves on a trade that, according to sources, will send Sixers forwardRodney Carney, center Calvin Booth and a future first-round pick to the Wolves without Philadelphia having to takeback any salary. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the Sixers will receive a future second-round pick in return.
That trade will shave nearly $3 million off the Sixers' payroll next season and increase what was already substantialsalary-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 beavailable 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 had described Brand as leaning "70-30" in favor of going to the Sixers and didn't rule outthe possibility that the Clippers could still increase their five-year offer beyond the latest estimate of roughly $75 million. The Clippers are also the onlyteam 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-tenantKobe 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 byBryant's Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 1996, when then-Lakers personnel chief JerryWest sent Anthony Peeler and George Lynch to the then-Vancouver Grizzlies, creating the cap space that made it possible forL.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 anundeniable 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 aslast season progressed. The Sixers extended Detroit to six games in a first-round series more competitive than many anticipated and, if they can formallysecure Brand's signature, would be adding a two-time All-Star to veterans AndreMiller 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 fewertitle 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 bound to be widely brandedas 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) togive 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 averbal 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 spokeoptimistically of Brand signing a deal to "finish his career with the Clippers" if the team could make another significant personnel acquisition ortwo. 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 alsobeen weighing an offer from the Golden State Warriors believed to be worth more than what theClippers 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 millionwith 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.
[h1]With Brand out of picture, Warriors reach verbal agreement with Maggette[/h1]
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
(Archive)
Updated: July 8, 2008, 9:31 PM ET
The Golden State Warriors on Tuesday conceded defeat inthe chase for Elton Brand's signature by quickly moving on to new targets andreaching a faster-than-expected verbal agreement to sign unrestricted free agent CoreyMaggette, according to NBA front-office sources.
Sources told ESPN.com that Maggette decided against waiting to see if the Los Angeles Clippers would lose Brand to the Philadelphia 76ers -- which could have created an opportunity to stay with the Clippers -- to take amultiyear offer from the Warriors at a starting salary above the mid-level exception, which is expected to approach $6 million.
[h4]Corey Maggette[/h4]
Small Forward
Los Angeles Clippers
Profile
[table] 2008 Season Stats [tr][td]GM[/td] [td]PPG[/td] [td]RPG[/td] [td]APG[/td] [td]FG%[/td] [td]FT%[/td] [/tr][tr][td]70[/td] [td]22.1[/td] [td]5.6[/td] [td]2.7[/td] [td].458[/td] [td].812[/td] [/tr][/table]
The Warriors and Clippers are two of the few teams with salary-cap space to spend on free agents above the mid-level,along with Memphis. Philadelphia was on that list before reaching a verbal agreement Tuesday to sign Brand away from the Clippers.
Golden State responded to the loss of BaronDavis to the Clippers by offering Brand a five-year deal worth an estimated $90 million, but the Warriors never came as close to luring Brand away fromL.A. as the Sixers.
Maggette drew serious interest from several top contenders who are over the cap and only had the mid-level exception tooffer, including Boston, San Antonio, Detroit, Utah, Cleveland and Orlando. It was presumed that Maggette was leaning toward signing with the Spurs if hecouldn't secure an offer from a team with cap space.
The Clippers, sources said, expected to respond to the departures of Brand and Maggette by making a hard run at Atlanta Hawks restricted free agent Josh Smith, who was Philadelphia's No. 2 target behind Brand. If the Clippers elect tosign Smith to an offer sheet, Atlanta would have seven days to match.
Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. To e-mail him, click here.
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Good pickup for both teams. Maggette & Brand will most definitly help out alot in the situations their in. Im a bit surprised Maggette didn't go to SAor Boston though.
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maggette agreed with the warriors
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^ HAHA, one of my friends has been gloating since the clips signed baron, i never said anything all i said was, "you better hope EB signs back.." tistis tis
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@The posibilty of D. Miles returning to the NBA.
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Bye Bye Bron..... lol Damn G State and the Clippers are losers.....Originally Posted by J0E HUSTLE
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But man, the Sixers gon be tough.
Dre runnin the O with AI 2 and Brand.
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For me being a Big fan of the clippers that always defends them and constantly get ragged on by others. I guess Loyalty means nothing. EB has just pulled aBoozer.
I would like to send out a few messages to Elton %*%## *** Brand.
With a little help from Riley
Hey Elton
Elton **@%* U GAY
I would like to send out a few messages to Elton %*%## *** Brand.
With a little help from Riley
Hey Elton
Elton **@%* U GAY
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damm b diddy is gonna be pissed
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Originally Posted by BILL BUCHANON
Wow, I hate Elton Brand with a passion. Dude will definitely help the Sixers though, they won't win +%@* because they don't have Rodney Carney anymore
Right by your logic we should've won the chip the last 2 years.
I will say it again, good ***%$+ job Ed
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If the Hornets sign Posey, im officially going to say that the Hornets will neva win a championship with him, Mike James, Butler, and Mo-Pete on theroster.....LIKE NEVA EVER....
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philly signed brand
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