NBA Off-Season 2013 Trades/Signings (Dwight-->Rockets)

[HowHigh]

Smith to the Pistons is a weird one imo.
They've got Drummond and Monroe already and Smith should be playing at PF, can't really see him as a SF (if that's what they intent on doing at times). Depends on the rotation they use I guess.

As for Houston, I know I should hate them being a Texas and division rival but I'm actually looking forward to seeing them play next season.

Suck shit to Dallas scum missing out on Howard lol.

 

[skeepe]

Darren Collison has apparently signed on to be Chris Paul's backup at LAC... not a bad signing.

 

[Ridders]

Darren Collison has apparently signed on to be Chris Paul's backup at LAC... not a bad signing.

Yeah two year deal with a player option for the second year. First year salary is $1.9 mill. Pretty cheap tbh.

Link

 

[Ridders]

In other news, Josh Smith has signed with the Pistons for 4 years $56m....

I'm surprised he didn't get more than that tbh.

Yeah same. That's actually probably fair value for him.

 

[simostorm]

The Houston Rockets have agreed to trade forward Royce White and the rights to Turkish forward Furkan Aldemir to the Philadelphia Sixers for future draft considerations, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.

 

[Nth-Qld-Raider]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Y! Sources: Denver reaches agreement with J.J. Hickson on three-year, $15 million-plus deal.

 

[Nth-Qld-Raider]

That's a good deal for Hickson, he was very impressive last season, Denver will have a nice front court with Hickson and JaVale McGee.

 

[Nth-Qld-Raider]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 1h
Y! Sources: The Lakers and free agent center Chris Kaman have mutual interest.

 

[Big Mick]

Denver with Hickson is interesting.

Both athletic big men. Would be interesting to see if he play's PF or C

 

[Big Mick]

Lakers lose Howard and get Chris Kaman...makes sense

 

[simostorm]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have joined the Dallas Mavericks as a prime team to watch in the race to sign free-agent center Andrew Bynum.

Bynum
Sources close to the process told ESPN.com that the Cavaliers are legitimate contenders to sign Bynum after his lost season in Philadelphia, especially if the former Los Angeles Lakers All-Star is willing to sign a one-year deal.

Initial indications are that the Cavaliers won't offer more than a one-year deal to Bynum to preserve all of their projected salary-cap space in the summer of 2014 and the expected free-agent pursuit of LeBron James. But Cleveland does still have roughly $15 million in available salary-cap space to use this summer and, sources say, they have legitimate interest in Bynum.

The Mavericks are also actively pursuing Bynum in the wake of Dwight Howard's decision to sign with the Houston Rockets, sources previously told ESPN.com. The Mavs, though, have launched what sources describe as an "exhaustive" evaluation process regarding Bynum's problematic knees, wanting to be sure that the 25-year-old's health can justify a long-term contract after he failed to log a single second of court time for the 76ers in 2012-13.

The Atlanta Hawks, as ESPN.com reported Saturday night, are the only other known suitors for Bynum, but sources say that free-agent guard Monta Ellis is their priority ahead of Bynum.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9...allas-mavericks-race-andrew-bynum-sources-say

 

[Ridders]

I'm fascinated to see what Bynum gets.

 

[Ridders]

f**k Kaman. This is what I want to see;

ESPN reports that the Lakers have interest in bringing back free agent Lamar Odom who spent seven seasons in Los Angeles, the most productive of his career. Reportedly the interest is mixed on both sides, but the idea itself is intriguing.

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Let's get the band back together! I also want to bring back Farmar, Sasha, Mbenga, Morrison.

 

[simostorm]

That would be awesome if they brought back Odom.

 

[ceagle]

Odom is washed up, doesnt anyone remember how poor he was before the Lakers traded him that season?

 

[Ridders]

Odom is washed up, doesnt anyone remember how poor he was before the Lakers traded him that season?

Oh yeah for sure.

On the other hand no matter what the Lakers do (with the limited cap options they have), next year is probably going to be a throw away season.

Since we're going to suck regardless of what we do, we might as well do it in style .

 

[simostorm]

I reckon Odom can still contribute enough for them.. I hope he goes back to the Lakers.

 

[ByRd]

I'd love Odom back with us, he obviously wouldn't be the Lamar of old but the chemistry he has with Pau and Kobe will see him improve on last year and with a more consistent role with us, why not!!! We have nothing to lose this year so like Ridders said bring them all back, Farmer, Sasha, Morrison and Lukeeeeeeeeee

 

[simostorm]

Lakers sign Kaman on a one year deal.

 

[simostorm]

I like all the moves made so far from teams except the Nets.. I loved the Nets this past season.. but them having Garnett and Pearce hasn't been sitting well with me.. I dislike them now..
Hope they get smashed by Bulls or Heat in the playoffs.

I guess the obvious top 4 for East are.. Heat, Bulls, Pacers, Nets..

For West, OKC, Rockets, Spurs, And I with Iguadala and a hopefully a healthy Bogut I like the Warriors.

How good would it be to see Warriors in the finals next year!

Edit:
NBA Salary cap - $58.044 million and the luxury tax threshold will be $70.307 million
Nets combined team salary - $100,480,102