Official 2009 NBA Free Agency Thread?

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Whoe exactly is Toronto not interested in?

[Kuzzy Powers]

Whoe exactly is Toronto not interested in?

Yeah I didnt expect us to be so active in free agency.. pleasant surprise.

[Whatupdoe44]

I hate the way people say this . How much trouble was Artest in Houston last year? None . By all accounts he actually took on some what of a leadership role when Yao got hurt.

He will be quiet if you put him on a legit contending team

so one year of his career he didnt cause chemistry problems that means he will never do it again????

he was in a contract year last season, players are known to either up there numbers in a contract year or try to be on there best behavior to get a new long term deal. Whats to think a team with Shaq who is totally opposite of yao ming personality wise wont rub artest the wrong way?

gimme a break, you have no idea what he will do on this team if he goes there, it is just my opinion it wont work

[Vinsane]

gimme a break, you have no idea what he will do on this team if he goes there, it is just my opinion it wont work

And it's his opinion, myself included that Artest would work in Cleveland. Will it happen? Probably not.

Take Artest/Ariza and add Houston and you get...

According to Twitter posts from Adrian Wojnarowski, the Rockets met with Trevor Ariza in Las Vegas on Thursday and are expected to offer a multi-year deal at the mid-level exception.

The deal would not preclude Houston from also keeping Ron Artest, according to sources.

[krulmichael]

Celtics interested in Sheed.

Celtics reportedly make offer to Wallace

[Dan The Man]

Artest to the Lakers according to Sportsline...

bye bye Ariza

REPEAT

[Vinsane]

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60288/20090702/miami_contacts_iverson_and_artest/

Allen Iverson and Ron Artest have been contacted by Pat Riley in the opening days of free-agency negotiations, league sources said Thursday.

Riley entered the start of the free agency negotiating period Wednesday saying he would be reluctant to spend the $5.5 million mid-level exception because the Heat already was past the league's anticipated dollar-for-dollar luxury tax on excessive payrolls.

This is negated as far as Artest is concerned, its been mentioned. Artest going to L.A. That pushes Ariza out the door I would think?

[Vinsane]

wtf????

Yeah Iverson and "Youth Movement" don't belong in the same sentence.

[mfbmike]

Holy shit I busted out laughing at that Iverson to Memphis post.

[SuperNova854]

ZBO + AI would be price less

[Bear Pand]

If AI goes to Memphis does Rudy Gay commit suicide?

[LC AAU]

Iverson in Miami.. uhm, not sure what to say about that.

[The Messenger]

If Memphis adds Ivo, we are desperately trying to sell tickets lol (which I guess we need to be doing haha).

Fuck this is weird. Me and my friend were talking about this just a couple of hours ago.

[Sean]

go to the Bobcats AI, they aint got much there, and i'm sure Jordan would love to let you have the ball in your hands, unless he wants to just end his career in Phily, which he should do, play some more with the other AI

[The Messenger]

Iverson is a great fit in Miami (much sarcasm intended). Would kill the Heat.

Memphis? He showed everybody in Detroit he cant play the point. If im the Grizzlies, I dont care about tickets. Id rather have no attendance opposed to Gay, Mayo, Gasol, and Thabeet wanting to commit sucicide because Iverson wont pass the ball to them.

But if Memphis is trying to seriously stunt Mayo and Gays growth, Iverson is their man.

Iverson is going to have to go to a team where he will come off the bench because the offense needs to revolve around him in order for him to be a positive addition.

Iverson wouldn't start at PG in Memphis either way. He would come off the bench if we did sign him. He most likely wouldn't see much game time with Rudy and Mayo either. Gasol and Thabeet's offense is null either way.

I'd love to see AI and Z-Bo wrestle for the ball at halfcourt. Would definitely up attendance lolz. (last sentence is a joke of course)