here are some FA i was looking at rather cheap but very helpful, just look at Detroit. Sign some cheap vets who already knows how to play the game to help support Yao and TMAC. Robert Horry, Spurs (missing link to lakers, smart player) Troy Hudson, T'Wolves Derek Fisher, Lakers (Rings) Antonio McDyess, Suns (perfect for vet min) Gary Payton, Lakers (everybody leaving LA) possibility Anthony Peeler, Kings Brian Skinner, Bucks Charlie Ward, Spurs (good backup cheap) Oliver Miller, T'Wolves (backup yao) Lee Nailon, Cavaliers Greg Ostertag, Jazz (backup yao WILL BE cheap) Marcus Fizer, Bulls (love to have this guy) Stromile Swift, Grizzlies Wesley Person, Hawks (cheap gunner) Steve Smith, Hornets (cheap vet ) Rod Strickland, Raptors (cheap backup) we dun have ne PGs Robert Traylor, Hornets (cheap) Gary Trent, T'Wolves Etan Thomas, Wizards Rodney White, Nuggets (Maybe Starting SF or good backup) Chris Whitney, Wizards Eric Williams, Cavaliers (good vet ) Scott Williams, Mavericks Shammond Williams, Hornets Wang Zhi Zhi, Heat (GREAT WALLS yeah rite ) Kenny Anderson, Pacers Stacey Augmon, Hornets (D-Man) Brent Barry, Sonics (Im Praying) Jon Barry, Nuggets Calbert Cheaney, Warriors (Cheap vet) Lindsey Hunter, Pistons (hustle like crazy) Mike James, Pistons (hustle like crazy) DerMarr Johnson, Knicks Damon Jones, Bucks (great backup) Brevin Knight, Bucks RESTRICTED Courtney Alexander, Hornets Chris Anderson, Nuggets Carlos Arroyo, Jazz Lonny Baxter, Wizards J.R. Bremer, Warriors Jamison Brewer, Pacers Jarron Collins, Jazz Jamal Crawford, Bulls (Yeah Rite like we can get him) Marquis Daniels, Mavericks Keyon Dooling, Clippers Marcus Fizer, Bulls Gordan Giricek, Jazz Chris Mihm, Celtics Mehmet Okur, Pistons Morris Peterson, Raptors Zeljko Rebraca, Hawks DeShawn Stevenson, Magic Stromile Swift, Grizzlies Etan Thomas, Wizards Hidayet Turkoglu, Spurs Loren Woods, Heat UNRESTRICTED UNRESTRICTED Rafer Alston, Heat Kenny Anderson, Pacers Stacey Augmon, Hornets Brent Barry, Sonics Jon Barry, Nuggets Travis Best, Mavericks Calbert Cheaney, Warriors Keon Clark, Suns Omar Cook, Blazers Michael Curry, Raptors Hubert Davis, Nets Michael Doleac, Nuggets Adonal Foyle, Warriors Tremaine Fowlkes, Pistons Kendall Gill, Bulls Dion Glover, Raptors Horace Grant, Lakers Tom Gugliotta, Jazz Darvin Ham, Pistons Lindsey Hunter, Pistons Steven Hunter, Magic Mark Jackson, Rockets Mike James, Pistons Avery Johnson, Warriors DerMarr Johnson, Knicks Damon Jones, Bucks Brevin Knight, Bucks Toni Kukoc, Bucks Darrick Martin, T'WolvesWesley Person, Hawks Steve Smith, Hornets Rod Strickland, Raptors Robert Traylor, Hornets Gary Trent, T'Wolves Antonio McDyess, Suns Oliver Miller, T'Wolves Lee Nailon, Cavaliers Greg Ostertag, Jazz Scott Padgett, Rockets Jacque Vaughn, Hawks Samaki Walker, Heat John Wallace, Heat Rasheed Wallace, Pistons Rodney White, Nuggets Chris Whitney, Wizards Eric Williams, Cavaliers Scott Williams, Mavericks Shammond Williams, Hornets Wang Zhi Zhi, Heat TEAM OPTIONS (team has choice to terminate contract or enforce it for next season) Carlos Boozer, Cavaliers Robert Horry, Spurs PLAYER OPTIONS (player can choose to terminate next season - the final one - and become a free agent) Bruce Bowen, Spurs Troy Hudson, T'Wolves Karl Malone, Lakers Gary Payton, Lakers Anthony Peeler, Kings Brian Skinner, Bucks Charlie Ward, Spurs EARLY TERMINATION (player can terminate the remainder of his contract which has one or more seasons remaining) Kobe Bryant, Lakers Marcus Camby, Nuggets Erick Dampier, Warriors Derek Fisher, Lakers Penny Hardaway, Knicks Steve Nash, Mavericks Vitaly Potapenko, Sonics Latrell Sprewell, T'Wolves Nick Van Exel, Warriors Antoine Walker, Mavericks http://www.thestate.com/mld/charlot.../printstory.jsp
PG: Barry, Ollie SG: Tracy "Freakin" McGrady, Calbert Cheaney SF: JJ, Boki, Robert Horry, E. Griffin PF: Howard, Antonio McDyess, MoT C : Yao, Greg Ostertag Horry mite cost a lil more than mininum but smart smart player Barry = TE McDyess = Vet min E Griffin = Vet min (everyone deserves another chance ESPECIALLY when u spent 3 picks for him) Cheaney (Vet min) Ostertag (Vet)
I think we'd be smart to look to acquire vets via trade. I posted this in another thread, but it fits well here too. My proposed linuep for next year: Snow/Lue/Ollie McGrady/McKie JJ/Eric Williams/Boki Howard/Taylor Yao/Foyle Trade Spoon, Griff, and part of the trade exception for Snow and McKie. Sign Eric Williams to the minimum, and use the MLE on Adonal Foyle (who isn't on your list but becomes a FA in July). Based on salaries from last season (other than Williams, who would be making essentially what AGriff made) our salary is around $55.4million, the same as it was last season. If Maloney's contract comes off the books, it's at about 52.4. Oh, and we get a bunch of intelligent veterans who hustle and play great defense, to boot.
