A.k.a. 2012 Restricted Free Agent Watch. The deadline is 11 p.m. central tomorrow (1/25/12). Westbrook has one. Rose has one. Kevin Love is working on one. Wolves would be stupid to let this blow up in their face. But then again, it's the Wolves. Gallinari will most likely get one. Gordon is working on one, but it's by no means certain. Neither of the Rockets guys (Lee and Dragic, I think) will get one. One guy I'm paying attention to is JaVale McGee. My guess is he becomes a free agent. Would be an interesting secondary target for teams that missed out on stars, but Washington will most likely match. Anyone else of interest?
SpearsNBAYahoo Marc J. Spears Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari gets 4 year, $42 million contract extension, source tells Y! Fair deal, Denver GM did good.
SpearsNBAYahoo Marc J. Spears Hornets didnt reach terms with guard Eric Gordon on a contract extension and he will be a restricted free agent this summer NBA sources say. Hornets offered 4-year deal to Gordon after getting NBA clearance Tues. Expect Pacers to make run at the Indianapolis native in off-season.
He will be restricted this summer and the Blazers can match any offer from another team. However, if Batum accepts the qualifying offer, he would be unrestricted the summer of 2013.
