rival free agents' worth

[Mr October]

what are these players worth to our rivals? Do you think they'll go to another team? I'm particularly interested in your thoughts on the Lakers, as we haven't discussed their value much.

CLE
Wally Szczerbiak 32
Anderson Varejao 27
Joe Smith 34
DET
Rasheed Wallace 35
Allen Iverson 34
Jason Maxiel 26
Antonio McDyess 35
LAL
Lamar Odom 30
Trevor Ariza 24
ORL
Hedu Turkoglu 30

[Mr October]

I'll start:

CLE
Wally Szczerbiak 32   $10/3 resign in Cle
Anderson Varejao 27   $40/5 resign in Cle (overpaid)
Joe Smith 34         $6/2 resigns in Cle
DET
Rasheed Wallace 35   $13/2 goes elsewhere by choice
Allen Iverson 34     $20/2 goes elsewhere (his era in det is over)
Jason Maxiel 26      $15/4 resigns in Det
Antonio McDyess 35   $2/1 goes elsewhere for LLE by choice
LAL
Lamar Odom 30       $40/4 resigns in LA
Trevor Ariza 24     $30/5 resigns in LA
ORL
Hedu Turkoglu 30   $36/4 resigns in Orl

[Celtic]

Would love to snatch up Rasheed, he would really fit right in.

[Mr October]

I figure it might be interesting to look at rivals' free agents from the point of view of our rivals.

As CLE, ORL, SAN, LAL, BOS should be the hottest title destinations this summer.

SAN's only FA of note is Gooden. And i didn't put him in this list as San Antonio wont be able to truely evaluate his worth until the playoffs get going.

[Mr October]

Would love to snatch up Rasheed, he would really fit right in.

I honestly think the C's will be able to pick up a really nice vet big. Sheed should be at the top of the list.

I think that the number of quality bigs on the market looking for a ring could benefit us, also affect the values of Powe/Davis as well as the  free agents on our rivals' rosters. Should be a VERY interesting summer.

[Mr October]

Actually I dont think Cleveland is going to go beyond 1 year for Szczerbiak or Smith - to maintain 2010 flexibility.

The C's could swoop in for either player. I won't mind Wally come back cheap.

[Who]

Here are my early guesses:

Cleveland

Wally -- Around the LLE. Maybe more if they wish to be nice and also have an expiring contract worth dealing around the trade deadline, in that case maybe he can get up near $4mil. But I think they'll try to hold him down around $2mil.

Varejao -- Around $7mil per annum

Joe Smith -- Minimum contract to LLE type contract

Detroit

Rasheed Wallace -- MLE contract for 2-3 years. Hard to say if he'll stay in Detroit, Joe D has been very supportive of him in the past so maybe.

Allen Iverson -- MLE. There will be teams willing to offer more in a sign and trade scenario, but I think Joe D will likely seek more than those teams are willing to give up, and force AI back to the MLE ... but maybe Iverson gets lucky and somebody parts with significant talent and gets Joe's attention.

Jason Maxiell signed an extension last summer. I think it was $20mil over four years.

Antonio McDyess -- He'll wait and see what Joe does with the free agency money. If Joe does well, then McDyess will sign and the contract could be anything between the minimum and $5mil per annum. If Joe fails to convince Dice that Detroit is a contender, I think McDyess will take a 1 or 2 year MLE somewhere else.

Los Angeles Lakers

Trevor Ariza -- Signs for the MLE, likely with LA.

Lamar Odom -- Signs a contract worth $7.5-8.5mil per annum, on a 3-4 year deal, with the Lakers. Odom's situation could change greatly based on Bynum's return, and on how well Bynum plays in the playoffs. He could either make, or lose, a lot of money in a very short period.

Orlando

Hedo Turkoglu -- $10-11mil per annum

San Antonio

Drew Gooden -- Too early to say. If he's successful he will get the MLE from them. If not, he'll likely get the MLE elsewhere.

[CoachBo]

Given the spending patterns established by the Celtics front office since June, I'd be cautious about making a free agent wish list. I really doubt that Grousbeck is going to spend what it will take to sign any of these guys.