Fa Class 2011

From what I understand – expiring contracts are most desirable at the trading deadline, so I don’t see anything happening w/ Redd & Gadz before then.

But you make a good point that teams aren’t going to be willing to take on big $$$ for a coveted FA in the off season. At least not like this past season.

It’s definitely a weaker class in 2011, so there will be fewer teams desperate to clear cap space to sign FAs. That said, you always have teams paying the luxury tax or otherwise looking to shed salary to make their budgets a bit more rational.

I agree with Victor that it’s unlikely we see a Redd/Gadz deal until we’re into the season a bit. That’s especially of true of Redd since we have no idea if/when he’s going to try to come back. If we knew for sure that he wasn’t coming back this season then it’d be helpful since his contract will be 80% covered, but as of now it seems like no one knows for sure what will happen with him.

I think if a player misses more than half a season [41games] insurance covers 80% of the players salary – but his salary still counts against the cap.

I think : )

let’s sign him and pair Yao and Bogut in the middle…. Twin Towers!!

jk of course…

although most of them are restricted FA’s…

I wouldn’t mind overpaying a little for Wright in 2011 because he still hasn’t had a chance to really prove his worth but I think he will be pretty good…

Landry-great guy but we have enough great guys who are undersized……if you like Landry you can get Craig Smith for half the price

Jeff Green-looks a lot better when he is playing next to Durant
Perkins-someone will overpay him hope its not us

I was wondering if anyone would bring up Prince & Hamilton……….any interest in taking a huge punt on their pedigree and ignoring their ridiculous Im now getting paid for my stellar play 5 years ago contract………..for the Bucks no but I could see Hamilton fitting in nicely in Orlando’s set up

I like Rip, too – but isn’t he old w/ a huge contract???

I agree.

Doesn’t Andersen have a similar game as Rip’s?

guy was an efficient shooter………killer off those screens…….Id still be tempted to have a flirt

Yeah…. maybe 2 or 3 yrs ago – even a year ago – but not now. Too old.

Agreed… but he gets a slight mulligan as he pretty much built the 2004 title team from trades.

Chauncey – trade [i think]
Rip – trade
Prince – the only player he actually drafted
Rasheed – trade
Wallace – trade

Did he get McDyess in a trade??

mcDyess was drafted by the Clippers, and both were FAs signed by Detroit

So there ya go….. all the starters, except for Prince, were acquisitions by Dumars – and McDyess was too – AD was HUGE for them, if i remember correctly

So give Joe D a bit of a Mulligan on the AI and Rip deals.

Of course, then he also over payed for Charlie V and Ben Gordon, so he may have used all his Mulligans : )

okay he took a chance and traded Billups, which has proved to be the wrong deal but at the time alot of the press was saying it was a sage move as iverson was expiring as well

then he re-ups Rip, which is a terrible deal but sometimes you reward a guy for past championship deals I guess…….kinda like Ginobli just got………..but then the kick in the backside is using that cap space to sign Gordon/Charlie V combo yikes………………stranger than fiction

How many of the fans that were all over Hammonds for not offering him a contract maintain that stance now?

I say his cost is to much for whereabouts we are and what he brings to the table………I like his versatility and his team first game………but he isnt especially a great shooter or scorer right? he is a decent defender has some great length etc etc and if we were more advanced and you thought he would be a great guy off the bench to push you into the conference finals say Id take a swing…………

but I feel for where we are look at working on the draft and maybe a guy like Travis Outlaw who has some potential on the right team to be a like for like contributor but at a much cheaper price?

Personally, I don’t think he’s leaving Houston, but if there’s any free agent I’d like to have, it would be that guy. He seems perfect for the Bucks.

guys like Childress, Battier are great to have on the team but as we saw game 4 its nice to have some guys on the bench who can be an X factor the Bucks kinda lack that at the moment some scoring punch, its a bit predictable I feel………..I know someone mentioned a guy like Eddie House a while back, also Bill Walker in NY could be interesting someone who can bring some scoring punch

Nate Robinson???

He’d be cheaper than Ridnour – and Skiles might be the coach that he needs to tap his potential….. but then again, Skiles might strangle him, too.

He’s a big-time sparkplug…. but I can’t tell if he’s just silly, and a good guy – or if he’s a selfish head-case. Maybe both.

But it’d be fun to watch : )