Misc Signings and Trades

[fairweatherfan]

Sam Amick is now reporting that Thornton's deal is actually 4 years, $31 million.  That still seems a bit high but much more reasonable.

[LooseCannon]

It could have been worse but he still played 38 minutes per game. As a starter didn't Gerald Green average around 18 ppg? If you play enough minutes and have talent you will score points. Doesn't necessarily mean you're a quality player.

Thornton is a quality player and obviously not on Gerald's level but not worth that much. He should be getting more like 5 years 32 mill. To me he hasn't proven himself yet but I've only watched him play maybe 5 or 6 games.

A quick look at some advanced metrics suggests that Thornton's value on offense is similar to that of Rudy Gay.

Actually, his career stat line per 36 minutes looks a lot like Joe Johnson with a couple fewer assists and a couple more points and a tad more turnovers.

[barefacedmonk]

Magic have also signed former Celtic Gabe Pruitt.

Gabe!  Nice to see him get another shot.

Do the Bulls have any trade exceptions?  Wondering who else they'd have to include to make an S+T with Crawford work.

Here are the trade exceptions held by every team. Bulls don't have any.

http://shamsports.com/content/pages/data/salaries/tradeexceptions.jsp

EDIT: Bogans and Brewer are the two names that I've read in S&T scenarios.

[Cman]

bfmonk -- thanks for all the updates.

always interesting to hear about former celtics
(Green and Pruitt in this case)

[barefacedmonk]

Warriors are making a hard push for DeAndre Jordan...waived Jeremy Lin and are holding off rookie signings to preserve cap space...rumoured to be 10 mil/yr.

[barefacedmonk]

Breaking: Blazers determine center Greg Oden has suffered setback, and restructure his one-year deal for a lesser amount

@jwquick

I hope its nothing serious.

EDIT: Doesn't sound good for him or Blazers' fans. First Roy retires and now this.

Oden on Thursday was examined by Dr. Steadman in Vail, and said he was given the nod to expand his activity, indicating he had made progress

But the Blazers, who didn't comment Thursday after his appointment, determined that he is less likely to return to the court this season

[snively]

Undrafted free agent Julyan Stone has signed with the Denver Nuggets.

- Alex Kennedy


Never heard of him.

IIRC, Stone is a massive PG from I believe UTEP.  Can do everything but score and defend his position.  I'm intentionally not googling him just to show how knowledgable I am.

[barefacedmonk]

Hearing Tyson Chandler's deal w/Knicks WILL end up as sign-and-trade w/Mavs, but Dallas will take back TBA low-salaried player Knicks choose

-Marc Stein

[slamtheking]

Breaking: Blazers determine center Greg Oden has suffered setback, and restructure his one-year deal for a lesser amount

@jwquick

I hope its nothing serious.

EDIT: Doesn't sound good for him or Blazers' fans. First Roy retires and now this.

Oden on Thursday was examined by Dr. Steadman in Vail, and said he was given the nod to expand his activity, indicating he had made progress

But the Blazers, who didn't comment Thursday after his appointment, determined that he is less likely to return to the court this season

I missed the Roy retirement news.  when did that happen?

[barefacedmonk]

Pacers re-sign big man Jeff Foster with 1-year deal, source tells @YahooSports.

-Marc Spears

[barefacedmonk]

Breaking: Blazers determine center Greg Oden has suffered setback, and restructure his one-year deal for a lesser amount

@jwquick

I hope its nothing serious.

EDIT: Doesn't sound good for him or Blazers' fans. First Roy retires and now this.

Oden on Thursday was examined by Dr. Steadman in Vail, and said he was given the nod to expand his activity, indicating he had made progress

But the Blazers, who didn't comment Thursday after his appointment, determined that he is less likely to return to the court this season

I missed the Roy retirement news.  when did that happen?

Saw it this morning...there is a thread on it.

[kn 99]

celtics sign Chris Wilcox to 1 year vet minimum deal. What do we do with the mini-mle another big man?

[Lucky17]

MikeWellsNBA Mike Wells
James Posey is not in camp w Pacers. Front office looking at options to see what they can do w him. Foster will sign a 1-year deal 2morrow.

[barefacedmonk]

The New York Knicks are in serious negotiations with Mike Bibby, according to sources close to the situation. No details yet.

- Alex Kennedy on Twitter.

[Who]

The New York Knicks are in serious negotiations with Mike Bibby, according to sources close to the situation. No details yet.

- Alex kennedy on twitter.

Awful fit in their offense