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Slippy · #51 (**permalink**) 07-03-2007, 01:50 AM

RealGM: Wiretap Archives: Report: Lewis Agrees To Sign With Magic

Magic snubs darko into unrestricted free-agency

**mikhail1973** · #52 (**permalink**) 07-03-2007, 12:04 PM

SportingNews.com - NBA - How the math works in free agency

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NBA free agency is a bit different. At this time of year, general managers and agents begin throwing around the legal terms set out in the collective bargaining agreement as if they were the ABCs. Those of us in the media then spit them back out to you, the fans, as if you're all experts on the league's labor agreement. Granted, the more business-oriented fans out there probably know collective bargaining back and forth (the thing is 345 pages long, with 10 'exhibits' in its appendix), but for most, the terms mean little.
So, with free agency in its infancy here, let's have a look at four important terms you're going to hear, and what they mean to the players and teams involved.

DeetroitDynasty-e · #53 (**permalink**) 07-03-2007, 01:43 PM

» The Stephon Marbury video - SLAM ONLINE

This is really weird Stephon Marbury on some local sports program, wait till the end he starts dancing in his chair, wow

**mikhail1973** · #54 (**permalink**) 07-05-2007, 03:00 PM

FOX Sports on MSN - NBA - Trio of GMs make all the wrong moves

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With some NBA general managers, you don't even wonder what they are thinking.

You wonder if they are thinking.
I'm talking about you, Otis Smith. And you, Kevin McHale. And to a lesser extent, I'm talking about you, too, Danny Ainge. (I know what Ainge is thinking. I just think it's foolish.)

**mikhail1973** · #55 (**permalink**) 07-05-2007, 03:15 PM

The Answer? Danny Ainge

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Before the NBA draft, I posted on the bigdaveonsports.com's message board the question, "What GM would screw up the most on draft night?" Of course, it was a trick question. The answer, as always, was Danny Ainge.

**mikhail1973** · #56 (**permalink**) 07-05-2007, 03:21 PM

Practice makes for perfect scenarios on ChicagoSports.com

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DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright calls and starts talking about Blue Demons Wilson Chandler and Sammy Mejia, whom the New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons, respectively, selected in last week's NBA draft.

He mentions their unselfishness and their versatility, their commitment to the program and, most pointedly, their work ethic even when not in the spotlight.

He recalls other players he has coached, the Spurs' Tim Duncan the most prominent among them, when Wainwright was an assistant at Wake Forest. And then he says of his more recent pair: "They are two of the top-five practice players I've ever had. They never had a bad practice. Never. ... Talk about guys who came in every day and won every drill. You never had to talk about effort with them. They were throwback guys."

**mikhail1973** · #57 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 01:55 AM

In Vegas: Sammy Mejia was Worth the Wait | HOOPSWORLD.com | NBA News and Information | powered by Basketball News Services

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As time ran out in overtime with the score still tied, Sammy Mejia threw up a three. In less than a second, the 57th pick in this year’s draft had won his very first game in an NBA uniform. It was the last minute pick who hit the last second shot.

56 players were selected before the Detroit Pistons chose the 6’6” guard from DePaul. On Saturday at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Mejia proved he was worth the wait. The Pistons walked away with a 91-89 overtime victory over the Phildelphia 76ers.

**mikhail1973** · #58 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 01:56 AM

In Vegas: Rodney Stuckey a Modern Day Dumars? | HOOPSWORLD.com | NBA News and Information | powered by Basketball News Services

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Player comparisons are common around draft time and when the summer league kicks off a week or so later. During this time, we are forced to hear this guy or that guy is going to be the next Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, or Larry Bird. Usually these comparisons simply don't carry much weight. However, when the guy making the comparison is named Joe Dumars and he's comparing himself to his new first round draft pick Rodney Stuckey... well, people tend to listen a little more closely.

**mikhail1973** · #59 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 01:58 AM

In Vegas: Maxiell Making it Happen | HOOPSWORLD.com | NBA News and Information | powered by Basketball News Services

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Going into his third season in the league, Maxiell has long been called a player cut from the same mold as former Piston All-Star Ben Wallace. He's physically imposing with a nasty streak, can get to the rim, defend, and rebound. Unlike Wallace though, Maxiell has a pretty decent offensive game and a little bit of range on his jumper. In fact, one of the reasons the Pistons let Wallace walk last season to the Chicago Bulls was Maxiell.

**mikhail1973** · #60 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 02:01 AM

Magic working on cap room | floridatoday.com | Serving Brevard County and Florida’s Space Coast

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Hoping to clear enough salary-cap space so they can retain center-power forward Darko Milicic, the Orlando Magic continued sign-and-trade negotiations Friday with the Seattle SuperSonics.The Magic have already convinced small forward Rashard Lewis, 27, to sign with a five-year, $75 million deal with them on Wednesday. Now, Orlando is looking to maneuver so that it can hang on to the 7-foot Milicic to fortify the frontline.
Keeping Milicic is of importance because the Magic have only Dwight Howard, Tony Battie, Pat Garrity and James Augustine along the frontline.
The Magic are trying to peddle the expiring contracts of Carlos Arroyo ($4 million), Garrity ($3.8 million) and Keyon Dooling ($3.5 million) to the Sonics. They are willing to sweeten the deal by including one or more future first- and second-round draft picks.

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