Free Agents Thread

[closg00]

Anyone for James Anderson for the next call-up? I suppose there's a reason why he can't stick with a team. OTOH, perhaps it was the numbers game that was not kind to him.

The saying 're-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic' comes to mind...

Houston just signed Anderson, think he's better than Martin? Oh-well.

[Deivy202]

Josh Childress is a FA he would be an upgrade any SF we have and would be worth a look. We should also sign Bibby or another vet PG .

[nate33]

Josh Childress is a FA he would be an upgrade any SF we have and would be worth a look. We should also sign Bibby or another vet PG .

Martell Webster is easily better than Josh Childress.

[Nivek]

Webster is likely better than Childress. Bibby was pretty good, but he's washed up.

[gambitx777]

here is the thing. E.G> made one big error that lead us to here, that was the okariza trade. we should have bought out lewis and used the cap room to go after some cheep young vets. we would have been no worse. We also should have been active on the waiver wire. We could have picked up E'twaun Moore and John Leuer. those two are playing well with now, Moore is playing well with the magic and John is ripping apart the D league.those two would have been good pick ups for us. we just made bad moves. we need to dump okariza and move on, we might be able to work it out there, but we might even need to clean house and go after players that way. either way to get good free agents we need to clean out our front office.

[Deivy202]

Webster is likely better than Childress. Bibby was pretty good, but he's washed up.

Still worth a shot no doubt. I mean how worst can we get?.

[Nivek]

There is absolutely no point in bringing in a 34-year old guy who we KNOW can't play anymore. Sign a Garrett Temple. Sign a Shelvin Mack. Find some other young PG with some promise. Don't waste time finding "veterans" or "experience." Spend time trying to find guys who might play decently now, and have some possibility of playing well in the future.

[closg00]

Paging Kevin, is Daequan Cook better than Cartier Martin?

[nate33]

Paging Kevin, is Daequan Cook better than Cartier Martin?

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Season  MP   FGA   3PA  TRB  AST  STL  BLK  TOV  PTS  TS%  ORtg PER           
2007-08 1441 12.8  5.9  4.4  1.9  0.6  0.2  1.6  12.9 .480  93  7.9           
2008-09 1833 12.7  7.8  3.7  1.4  0.8  0.2  0.8  13.5 .512 104 10.3         
2009-10 691  13.2  6.6  4.3  2.2  0.7  0.5  1.3  11.6 .422  90  7.5           
2010-11 598  10.9  9.3  4.3  1.2  0.8  0.1  1.0  14.4 .630 122 12.8         
2011-12 989  10.8  8.3  4.4  0.5  0.8  0.4  0.6  11.3 .509 106  9.2           
2012-13 165  12.9  6.5  3.9  2.2  1.3  0.4  1.3  12.0 .456  95  8.9     

Hmmm.

He only played significant minutes in his 1st, 2nd and 5th seasons. We should probably throw out seasons 3, 4, and 6 because they were mostly garbage time numbers. Perhaps we should throw out his first 2 years as well since he was such a young player then (he joined the league at age 20).

With that in mind, his 5th season, as a role player for OKC, is probably the best approximation of what he would do in a regular role as a reserve playing meaningful minutes. His numbers aren't that good: an ORtg of 106 on low usage, a 3P% of .346, and a disconcerting FT% of .636..

I'd say Cartier Martin is better. Cook is 3 years younger than Martin, so there's that. But I don't really think SG's improve that much after 5 years in the league.

[closg00]

Anyone for Earl Clark next-year if we don't get Webster back or their is a Singleton trade? Clark is finally getting some playing time and looks beastly.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/461 ... fKbVykvLYF

[jivelikenice]

Ok, if these cap savings do go towards using the MLE, who's out there? Any stretch 4s on the market this offseason?

[AFM]

jive,
http://www.hoopsworld.com/2013-nba-free-agents/

knock yourself out brutha. Names that stand out to me: Elton Brand, Paul Millsap.

Kyle Korver is available too. Wouldn't mind him.

[nate33]

Ok, if these cap savings do go towards using the MLE, who's out there? Any stretch 4s on the market this offseason?

There are no cap savings. We were over the cap and well under the luxtax before the Crawford trade, and we are over the cap and well under the luxtax after the Crawford trade. We have the MLE available. If we wish to resign Webster, we have to use a portion of the MLE to do so, we have no Bird Rights on him.

[closg00]

Aaron Brooks will sign with the Houston Rockets assuming he clears waivers as expected, according to sources.

Brooks will be eligible for the postseason.

Brooks signed a two-year, $6.6 million deal with the Kings last offseason.

Brooks was previously a member of the Rockets before a 2011 trade sent him to the Phoenix Suns for Goran Dragic.

- See more at: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/22 ... JD7gG.dpuf

How-much of an upgrade would Brooks be over Price? Brooks's modest asking price may still be too-rich for Ted.

[nate33]

Hell, Brooks might be an upgrade over Wall, at least the way Wall is playing right now.