Official NBA Offseason/Player Movement Thread

[Vince]

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The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday they have signed free-agent center Rasho Nesterovic. Per team policy, financial details were not disclosed.

"Rasho brings us back a great veteran presence who has a familiarity with our coaching staff and several players. His leadership and personality will be great assets for this team," said Bryan Colangelo, Raptors President and General Manager.

Rasho is very underrated...

It's been known for a while he will be back...Glad it has finally been made official.

[ZB9]

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im curious about something. Do you guys think a trade of Bass and Gortat for Hedo is a good trade for the Magic?

[Stumbleweed]

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Nah, I still think they lost a lot of their versatility, which was what allowed them to get so many clean looks from deep. Having Hedo (who is 6''10" and has great vision) handling the ball opened up so much of their offense... and simply having 3 guys 6'10" or greater in the starting lineup caused matchup issues for the vast majority of teams. Now they have a very traditional positional lineup and added a guy in Bass who can only play PF and is limited on both ends of the ball.

Most of their advantage from last year that allowed those barrages of 3PTers is gone with the traditional lineup... and a starting 5 including Bass/Gortat (which I'm guessing is what they're doing.. with Shard at the 3) is a downgrade shooting-wise from a lineup that had Shard at the 4 and Turk at the 3, both very capable 3PT shooters. Now they've got VC, who is nice from deep but not great, and two bigs who can't spread the floor at all. Shard is just so deadly as a PF, I don't understand why they gave that up. I like Bass and he'll develop some more, but he's a prototypical PF...

I hope they run a Nelson-VC-Pietrus-Shard-Dwight lineup most of the time, because that will at least give them the Shard-at-PF advantage back and some additional floor spacing.. having 2 bigs who can't score from beyond 12 feet makes it hard on the guards...

[Cebby]

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im curious about something. Do you guys think a trade of Bass and Gortat for Hedo is a good trade for the Magic?

No, but I think both are overpaid and the Magic should have avoided them.

Turk would have been a great resigning if he was willing to sign for 3 years or so, but for 5 at 10 million a pop they would be paying an old, slow man.

On the other hand, the Gortat signing still baffles me.

Gun to my head, I'd take 3 years of a productive Turk over 0 productive years of Gortat.

[Vince]

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Raptors Brass: "Nesterovic? He's European right?"

Check.

It's his second stint with the team.

[Stumbleweed]

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I know, I was just following up on my comment above. Another Euro player to the Raps.. hilarious.

[ZB9]

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Nah, I still think they lost a lot of their versatility, which was what allowed them to get so many clean looks from deep. Having Hedo (who is 6''10" and has great vision) handling the ball opened up so much of their offense... and simply having 3 guys 6'10" or greater in the starting lineup caused matchup issues for the vast majority of teams. Now they have a very traditional positional lineup and added a guy in Bass who can only play PF and is limited on both ends of the ball.

Most of their advantage from last year that allowed those barrages of 3PTers is gone with the traditional lineup... and a starting 5 including Bass/Gortat (which I'm guessing is what they're doing.. with Shard at the 3) is a downgrade shooting-wise from a lineup that had Shard at the 4 and Turk at the 3, both very capable 3PT shooters. Now they've got VC, who is nice from deep but not great, and two bigs who can't spread the floor at all. Shard is just so deadly as a PF, I don't understand why they gave that up. I like Bass and he'll develop some more, but he's a prototypical PF...

I hope they run a Nelson-VC-Pietrus-Shard-Dwight lineup most of the time, because that will at least give them the Shard-at-PF advantage back and some additional floor spacing.. having 2 bigs who can't score from beyond 12 feet makes it hard on the guards...

No, but I think both are overpaid and the Magic should have avoided them.

Turk would have been a great resigning if he was willing to sign for 3 years or so, but for 5 at 10 million a pop they would be paying an old, slow man.

On the other hand, the Gortat signing still baffles me.

Gun to my head, I'd take 3 years of a productive Turk over 0 productive years of Gortat.

I agree with both of ya'll. Signing a role player to that contract who happens to play behind your best player was crazy, and I dont see how adding Bass and subtracting Turk is an upgrade for Orlando. They got a lot smaller bringing in Bass. Who knows if the Magic still matchup with the Cavs with a smaller, more conventional lineup.

Ryan Anderson might be a good addition, but they lost Courtney Lee. If VC doesnt stay healthy and have an all-star caliber season, I dont see the Magic being better than last season. Carter and Turk together might have been great.

anyway, the East is going to be interesting.

[ex carrabba fan]

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How do CLE fans feel about adding Hakim Warrick? That'd be a steal IMO


Cavaliers To Land Warrick?

Jul 31, 2009 4:06 AM EST

imageMarc Stein has written on his twitter account that he believes that former Grizzly forward Hakim Warrick will land in Cleveland.

Stein also mentions that Ramon Sessions will most likely sign an offer sheet with the New York Knicks, and the Bucks may let him go now that they have rookie guard Brandon Jennings.

Stein previously reported that the Bucks may let Sessions walk and then use the money on Warrick.

Via Twitter.com

[Stumbleweed]

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Agh dammit, I was hoping the Nuggets would try to pick him up. That would be a steal.. very talented guy.

They're tlaking about AI in NYC too... Walsh met with Leon Rose and they talked about it, but D'antoni will have to approve it. They're basically deciding whether to go for 1 year (and maybe more if it works) with a cheap mid-level AI or commit longer-term to Sessions..

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Ryan Anderson might be a good addition, but they lost Courtney Lee. If VC doesnt stay healthy and have an all-star caliber season, I dont see the Magic being better than last season. Carter and Turk together might have been great

VC has pretty much been healthy as can be for the last 4 years, so I doubt his health will be a factor.

I don't think he needs to have an "All Star Caliber Season" for the Magic to be successful. Maybe in New Jersey he had to be, but when you're playing with a Top flight PG, one of the top Centers in the league, and another big threat at the 4, then there's really no need for him to try and get 25 PPG. That being said, they probably won't have the same record they had this past season, but I can see them floating around 60 wins again next season.

[Kully]

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How do CLE fans feel about adding Hakim Warrick? That'd be a steal IMO


Cavaliers To Land Warrick?

Jul 31, 2009 4:06 AM EST

imageMarc Stein has written on his twitter account that he believes that former Grizzly forward Hakim Warrick will land in Cleveland.

Stein also mentions that Ramon Sessions will most likely sign an offer sheet with the New York Knicks, and the Bucks may let him go now that they have rookie guard Brandon Jennings.

Stein previously reported that the Bucks may let Sessions walk and then use the money on Warrick.

Via Twitter.com

Warrick joined the Bucks.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/52196297.html

Maybe helps NY in getting Sessions?

[Stumbleweed]

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Yeah, makes sense taking that spot and having the chance to start for a bad team instead of bring a bench contributor for a contender... at least at this point in his career. He'll probably work his way into a nice contract... solid player.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Warrick joined the Bucks.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/52196297.html

Maybe helps NY in getting Sessions?

That would have been great for CLE.

[WTF]

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How do CLE fans feel about adding Hakim Warrick? That'd be a steal IMO


Cavaliers To Land Warrick?

Jul 31, 2009 4:06 AM EST

imageMarc Stein has written on his twitter account that he believes that former Grizzly forward Hakim Warrick will land in Cleveland.

Stein also mentions that Ramon Sessions will most likely sign an offer sheet with the New York Knicks, and the Bucks may let him go now that they have rookie guard Brandon Jennings.

Stein previously reported that the Bucks may let Sessions walk and then use the money on Warrick.

Via Twitter.com

Warrick joined the Bucks.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/52196297.html

Maybe helps NY in getting Sessions?

This may have been the quickest emotional rollercoaster ever for me. Logged on to see that we may be getting Warrick... get excited as I've been a Warrick fan for a while (since the SLAM poster) and scroll down only to find that he's signed elsewhere, haha.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Salim Stoudamire waived again :-((

NBA.com - 07/31 - 5:08 PM EST (AP Photo)
The Milwaukee Bucks have requested waivers on guard/forward Bruce Bowen and guard Salim Stoudamire, General Manager John Hammond announced today. Bowen was acquired from San Antonio on June 23 as part of the three-team trade that also brought the Bucks Kurt Thomas from San Antonio and Amir Johnson from Detroit. Richard Jefferson was sent to San Antonio while Fabricio Oberto went to Detroit to complete the trade.