wow wanna see the Miami Swingman team play the Knicks Tweener power forward team, should be a good match-up
The real question now is, what does this do to our Houston/Atlanta/Miami trade speculation? Here is the answer: Atlanta trades: C Nazr Mohammed (4.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 0.2 apg in 12.8 minutes) PF Alan Henderson (4.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 0.5 apg in 18.2 minutes) PF Shareef Abdur-Rahim (19.9 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 3.0 apg in 38.1 minutes) Atlanta receives: SF Glen Rice (9.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.1 apg in 24.7 minutes) PG Moochie Norris (4.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.4 apg in 16.8 minutes) SG Eddie Jones (18.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.7 apg in 38.1 minutes) Change in team outlook: +2.5 ppg, -7.7 rpg, and +3.5 apg. Houston trades: C Kelvin Cato (4.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 0.3 apg in 17.1 minutes) PF Maurice Taylor (8.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.0 apg in 20.6 minutes) SF Glen Rice (9.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.1 apg in 24.7 minutes) PG Moochie Norris (4.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.4 apg in 16.8 minutes) Houston receives: C Nazr Mohammed (4.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 0.2 apg in 35 games) PF Shareef Abdur-Rahim (19.9 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 3.0 apg in 81 games) PF Brian Grant (10.3 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 1.3 apg in 82 games) SF Sean Lampley (4.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 0.9 apg in 35 games) SF Rasual Butler (7.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.3 apg in 72 games) Change in team outlook: +20.9 ppg, +13.5 rpg, and +1.9 apg. Miami trades: SG Eddie Jones (18.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 3.7 apg in 38.1 minutes) PF Brian Grant (10.3 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 1.3 apg in 32.2 minutes) SF Sean Lampley (4.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 0.9 apg in 13.9 minutes) SF Rasual Butler (7.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.3 apg in 21.0 minutes) Miami receives: PF Alan Henderson (4.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 0.5 apg in 82 games) C Kelvin Cato (4.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 0.3 apg in 73 games) PF Maurice Taylor (8.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.0 apg in 67 games) Change in team outlook: -23.4 ppg, -5.8 rpg, and -5.4 apg. TRADE ACCEPTED
It seems to me that Dunleavy negotiated only for the two Dukies to stay in order to accept the coaching job... I would take Odom and A.Miller over Maggette any day...
Odom is on his last strike.....I think one more positive MJ test and he gets banned for 2 years...right? So, the Clips did the right thing by letting him go. DD
no such thing. No one has been suspended for more than 5 games for pot use. I don't know why people keep persisting in spreading this supposed rumor around. You only get the long suspensions for the hard stuff.
Not me, the Clips were very smart. They kept there two best players from last year, two with the best work habits/team orientation, and both guys are on the up and up in individual skills. There is a reason other teams threw big dollars at Brand and Maggette and the Clips matched. Dre and Odom IMO have much more uncertain futures as whether they will warrent the contracts they received.
I'm glad the Clips didn't match. It'll be cool to see Odom in Miami. I expect him to start slow but be well-worth it by the end of next season.
i dont think they are going to match it. here's what i found on espn.com Monday, August 25, 2003 ESPN.com news services LOS ANGELES -- Lamar Odom is free to join the Miami Heat after the Los Angeles Clippers refused Monday to match the Heat's offer worth nearly $67 million. "In the final analysis, the decision was based on issues of character and other risks involved,'' Clippers vice president Elgin Baylor said in a statement. Heat spokesman Tim Donovan declined to comment until the team received official notice from the NBA that the Clippers dropped their offer. The offer sheet expires at 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday. After more than two decades without signing a high-priced free agent or retaining a marquee player, Clippers owner Donald Sterling has committed $124 million this off-season by matching offers to restricted free agents Elton Brand (six years, $82 million from Miami) and Corey Maggette (six years, $42 million from Utah). Letting Odom go to Miami represented significant savings for Sterling, but it made Odom the fourth significant L.A. free agent this summer -- along with center Michael Olowokandi, point guard Andre Miller and sharpshooter Eric Piatkowski -- to leave the club without compensation. Odom averaged 14.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 49 games last season. In 230 career games, he has averaged 15.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists. Taken by the Clippers with the No. 4 draft pick in 1999, Odom was suspended for five games in March 2001, then again for eight games that November for violating the league's anti-drug policy. Odom, 23, has also frequently been sidelined by injuries over the past two years. He missed 45 games last season with wrist and ankle injuries after playing in just 29 games the previous season. The 6-foot-10, 221-pounder signed a six-year offer sheet worth $67 million with the Heat on Aug. 11. The Clippers had 15 days to match the offer, as they did to keep Elton Brand and Corey Maggette earlier this summer. Matching the Odom offer, however, came with potential risks as well, besides taking Sterling's summer spending to an unprecedented $190 million. Because of Odom's recent injury history, and two substance-abuse suspensions in four NBA seasons, he represents a $65 million gamble for the Heat. "I'm just trying to let the Clippers understand it's my time to move on," Odom told ESPN.com earlier this month, saying his main motivation is the chance to realize his long-held goal of playing for Heat coach Pat Riley. "It's in my best interests and it's in their best interests. "I'm looking forward to a fresh new start, playing for the Heat and coming back home to the East Coast. I think it's about time that I get my career off the ground and I think Miami is where I need to go. Hopefully the Clippers will understand where I'm coming from." Senior NBA writer Marc Stein and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
He's got the talent to be worth it, but can he/will he deliver the goods? This is a great test for LO as it is for the once great Riley.
Perhaps, but you really can't slam the guy for wanting out of the Clippers aka the NBA's version of basketball hell. I can't blame anyone for that especially after watching how Sterling has run that franchise into the ground.
