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Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:09 am
by batkins182
Brent Barry is off the Phoenix Suns radar. Darius Miles and Devin Brown are on the periphery. And Tyronn Lue remains the favorite to be Steve Nash’s backup at point guard.
As he was last March, the 36-year-old Barry showed interest in signing with the Suns — even though they could only offer him the $1.262 veteran minimum salary. But all indications now are that Barry will wind up in Houston, where the Rockets can offer him their bi-annual exception of $1.9 million.
The Suns weren’t in a position to match or beat the offer. If they fill their remaining roster spots with rookie Robin Lopez and nothing other than veteran minimum contracts, their payroll will be $76.1 million for the 2008-09 season. That’s a shade under $5 million over the luxury tax, leaving the Suns with a payroll and tax bill over $80 million ($81.1 million) — the highest in franchise history.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120427
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:33 am
by skbucks1985
It certainly looks that way right now, but who knows what could happen. I had no idea the Warriors were even intested in Maggette.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:42 am
by BigSkyBlazerFan
Barry would help the Rockets very much.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:34 pm
by Iggyemu
Our championship puzzle is complete.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:46 pm
by moofs
Barry adds exactly what I wanted the team to have, that much is for sure. Good to have a Barry Boy back. Any word if we're gonna subsidize his dentures?
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:22 pm
by YaoZai
If the Barrys have sons in the NBA in future, they will surely retire in Houston for sure. lol.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:26 pm
by Tmac_125
w00t!!! Another piece to the seemingly neverending puzzle...
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:22 pm
by Guy986
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:38 pm
by A.J.
WOOOO!
Here comes our title.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:42 pm
by Transistor
I see visions of Yao getting doubled, kicking it out, the ball swinging to an open Barry on the wing for a 3....SPLASH!!
Mmmm..mmmm..please let it be true
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:27 pm
by RaoulDuke79
Transistor wrote:I see visions of Yao getting doubled, kicking it out, the ball swinging to an open Barry on the wing for a 3....SPLASH!!
Mmmm..mmmm..please let it be true
Indeed. I like the addition of Barry. I've actually wanted to see him here for several years. I had visions(more like nightmares) of seeing Luther Head come off the bench for significant minutes this year, and hopefully now Barry takes his place, thank Buddha.
The missing piece to a championship? Obviously not, but how can anyone not like the addition of another Barry?
In Morey I trust.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:45 pm
by wadero
Why is everyone so pump up about Barry? His brother was a great addition but do we need another old player to come off bench ? only thing he can bring in 17 mins per game last year for San Antonio was 7.1 PpG and 1.7 Assit? 6years ago he would have been a great pick up but he been in the league know for 13years the best season he had was in 01-02 when he average 14 PpG for the Sonics.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:05 pm
by moofs
Look at it like Raoul mentioned and I was about to mention before realizing it had already been done:
Barry replaces Head.
Take Head's wasted minutes from last year and replace them with a guy who is capable of being productive and hitting shots when needed. Definite improvement, but if we really weren't championship calibre before, he's not likely to push us over the top. We can freely cut Head's salary after this since we have a better replacement at the same price.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:10 pm
by HTown_TMac
Barry can play 1-3 spots on the floor he will help us alot.. No he won't be the third scorer but he will be ALOT helpful and he has alot of experience. SO good bye head, finally...
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:30 pm
by King Roosk
Iggyemu wrote:Our championship puzzle is complete.
I know you're being sarcastic, but the addition of Barry would be great for this team. If we can end this offseason by keeping Scola (is that Panathanaikos offer legit) and Landry, and signing Barry, then we'll have a very solid rotation heading into the upcoming season:
Yao/Dorsey/Deke
Scola/Landry/Hayes
Battier/Greene/Novak
Mcgrady/Barry/Head
Alston/Jackson/Brooks
If Greene can be a contributing 3rd scorer, then we could be set. If not, then we still have some valuable expirings come trade deadline. Once again, if we can head into this next season with the above roster, then I'll be very happy as long as we can stay healthy.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:53 pm
by Crackfool
This just in. Luther Head found beaten to death in an alleyway. No signs of defensive struggle found.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:34 pm
by Baller 24
I want him to be the backup, great ball handler, can play PG and has. Great shooter, can do pretty much everything anything where looking for, I think this means bye to Jackson, but I could be wrong.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:14 pm
by PurpleTestament
I heard on the 610am Sportsflash that Barry told Phoenix he was signing with us. Based on the uncertainty with Landry it's a good acquisition. I think it was pretty clear from the beginning as Morey said that we weren't going to be able to do much free agency wise. Upgrading Luther Head should be looked at as nothing less than an improvement. He also brings some handles and spot pg sprinkled in.
I hope we retain Landry. If that happens we can trim the fat when/if they make a higher profile move as I expect.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:40 pm
by tisbee
I was going thru my tapes of last yr,trying to label them after putting it off forever,and Head was a pretty decent player during the regular season. Too bad he collapses in the Playoffs.
Re: Brent Barry to sign with Houston?
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:55 pm
by cbs134679
King Roosk wrote:Iggyemu wrote:Our championship puzzle is complete.
I know you're being sarcastic, but the addition of Barry would be great for this team. If we can end this offseason by keeping Scola (is that Panathanaikos offer legit) and Landry, and signing Barry, then we'll have a very solid rotation heading into the upcoming season:
Yao/Dorsey/Deke
Scola/Landry/Hayes
Battier/Greene/Novak
Mcgrady/Barry/Head
Alston/Jackson/Brooks
If Greene can be a contributing 3rd scorer, then we could be set. If not, then we still have some valuable expirings come trade deadline. Once again, if we can head into this next season with the above roster, then I'll be very happy as long as we can stay healthy.
The only way that Im happy with this lineup is if artest stays with the kings, cause if he goes to lakers or another west contender, I woundt like our chances ,dude was really killen us last season because we didnt have anybody to matchup up with him, they even tried putting chuck hayes on him.
