Yeah, and if Dwight signs with Hou, Asik will be out there for cheap. Plus Big Al probably gets more attention. Here's hoping Pek comes cheap. Looking good so far.

How long do teams have to sign Pek? if no one signs him then what?

That surprises me. KMart has a reputation as a bad defender. Maybe he's so efficient offensively that it makes up for it.

That does not surprise me.

I think free agency goes through september. If nobody makes him an offer (unlikely) he can still take our $6M qualifying offer. That's guaranteed.

~ the end of September. We'll sign him before then I think/hope. The longer it takes, the more nervous I am.

Incompetence:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--ce...t-process.html

In case you weren't aware how bad Rivers is: http://www.basketball-reference.com/...riverau01.html

vjl and the boys at Canis predicted that type of *cough* production from Rivers prior to last year's draft.

Trade proposal someone floated that I like:

OKC sign & trade KMart (~$7-8mil) to us, we give them Rindover & Steamer, they keep Ridnover (~$4.3mil) & cut Steamer (team option for ~$2.7mil). We likely have to give up other considerations, but I'm fine with that.

OKC gets a backup PG that can shoot and a little cap relief. We get a starting SG and it leaves us more money to sign other FAs.

oj mayo seems like hes going to clippers from what im hearing

sign n trade for eric bledsoe to the mavs for mayo .. grrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

twolves better go after reddick or gary neal hard!!!... if we go without a 2guard this year it just wont end well!!!

p.s i dont see okc giving up k.mart, he was a key piece in the james harden trade & hes a big part of okc rotation, i dont see why he wouldn't be happy over there

I found out that OKC cant pay much more than the league minimum for KMart without it putting them over the cap, and they will not do that. They have something like $2.x mil under the cap and they need to use that for two players or they wont have the league minimum number of players on their roster.

With that in mind, they cant do a sign & trade and take any salary back unless they're dumping other contracts.

Rumors blog on espn.

The Minnesota Timberwolves currently have just one shooting guard and one small forward under contract and they reportedly have offers on the table to add depth at both positions.

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Wolves have tendered Chase Budinger and J.J. Redick four-year contracts. The Wolves are likely offering Redick a first year salary around $6 million, while Budinger's could be in the $3 million range.

Redick has said on a few occasions that money is a factor, however playing for a contender is more important, which could knock out the Wolves.

Budinger likes Minnesota, especially head coach Rick Adelman, which leads most to think he'll re-sign.

The Wolves are also checking out Kevin Martin and he might be next on the board if they miss out on Redick.

meh. I dont trust Woj. If hes right and if those two guys sign for those amounts, I guess that's fine. It seems like a discount on Bud and overpaying Redick, but together I guess its a wash. We'll see what happens.

Assuming we dont re-sign AK, Aminu is a pretty good we could probably get for cheap to play 3.

There is a glimmer of hope for AK:


although:
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...-on-mayo-ak-47

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2013/07/k...medium=twitter

On Mayo:

Mavs looking for more defense from O.J. Mayo

Darius Soriano

Oct 19, 2012

ugh.

http://allball.blogs.nba.com/2013/07...w-ricky-rubio/

Ricky

Aminu suckkkkkss, please no wing players who can't dribble/shoot/score.

I would love to get Bud back, he seems really important to me. Kid can play.

Splitter agreed to a 5 year deal with the Spurs. I would assume this means no AK for them.

yeah, I was thinking about a cheap AK47 substitute defensive guy. I want AK back.

yeah, at the right price. There are a lot of teams that want him apparently.

Sounds good - I hope you're right. I think he'd fit in great as a starting 4 there:

Duncan
AK
Leonard
Green
Parker

I dont think Miami would want to face that team in the finals.

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webster got 22mill hahahahah i swear, i mean he did improve though so ill give him that

& again cha you have just no faith in bazz??, u want us to sign bud + another s.f?.... i think twolves gotta work with what they have & not load up when we have talent at certain positions already.... d.williams can play some 3 + bazz gonna be a combo 2-3, if not only a 3 or 2 depending i guess what he shows on the nba level & in training camp


btw i really hope that rubio is serious about what hes saying about working out cause i mean for such a big guy hes quite small/skinny.... 6'4 with a 6'9 wingspan & only 190lbs is abit concerning... but no lie his jump shot is what he needs to work on more than anything else

p.s if im spurs no way im re-signing splitter + manu... both guys just were not playable in the finals & that's where you want to get back to, both guys need to go imo....

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...5-million-deal

^^^ looks like spurs officially out of the ak47 run, he probably gonna be back on the wolves.... buddinger might be the odd man out


but yea dont know why spurs paying splitter 4years 36mill, seems so bad... parker getting like 12mill a year no?... just dont get that deal... but good for the wolves

Bud agrees to 3y/16m w/the wolves.

reddick gone ughhh

no more ridnour plz!!!!!!

come on wolves sign or trade for somebody!!