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Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:47 pm**

Well considering cap space in the event the Bucks are unable to move any big salaries which of these guys are worth a flyer and will come cheap

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/stor ... freeagents

Atlanta Hawks

Restricted: Josh Childress, Jeremy Richardson, Josh Smith, Salim Stoudamire, Mario West

Unrestricted: None

Limited Salary Protection: None

Boston Celtics

Restricted: Tony Allen

Unrestricted: P.J. Brown, Sam Cassell, Eddie House, Scot Pollard, James Posey (P)

Limited Salary Protection: Leon Powe

Charlotte Bobcats

Restricted: Jermareo Davidson (T), Ryan Hollins, Emeka Okafor

Unrestricted: Derek Anderson, Earl Boykins, Othella Harrington (T)

Limited Salary Protection: None

Chicago Bulls

Restricted: Luol Deng, Demetris Nichols, Ben Gordon

Unrestricted: Shannon Brown, Chris Duhon

Limited Salary Protection: JamesOn Curry

Cleveland Cavaliers

Restricted: Daniel Gibson, Dwayne Jones, Delonte West

Unrestricted: Devin Brown

Limited Salary Protection: Lance Allred, Billy Thomas

Dallas Mavericks

Restricted: Jose Juan Barea

Unrestricted: Malik Allen, Devean George, Eddie Jones (P), Juwan Howard, Tyronn Lue, Jamaal Magloire, Antoine Wright

Limited Salary Protection: Brandon Bass

Denver Nuggets

Restricted: Yakhouba Diawara, J.R. Smith

Unrestricted: Anthony Carter, Allen Iverson (ETO), Eduardo Najera

Limited Salary Protection: Bobby Jones, Taurean Green

Detroit Pistons

Restricted: Alex Acker, Walter Herrmann

Unrestricted: Juan Dixon, Jarvis Hayes, Lindsey Hunter, Theo Ratliff

Limited Salary Protection: None

Golden State Warriors

Restricted: Kelenna Azubuike (P), Andris Biedrins, Monta Ellis, C.J. Watson

Unrestricted: Matt Barnes, Austin Croshere, Baron Davis (ETO), Patrick O'Bryant, Mickael Pietrus

Limited Salary Protection: None

Houston Rockets

Restricted: Carl Landry, Steve Novak (T)

Unrestricted: Steve Francis (P), Dikembe Mutombo

Limited Salary Protection: Mike Harris, Loren Woods

Indiana Pacers

Restricted: Stephen Graham (T), David Harrison, Andre Owens

Unrestricted: Flip Murray, Jermaine O'Neal (ETO), Kareem Rush

Limited Salary Protection: None

Los Angeles Clippers

Restricted: Paul Davis, Nick Fazekas, Shaun Livingston, Marcus Williams

Unrestricted: Elton Brand (ETO), Dan Dickau, Corey Maggette (ETO), Smush Parker, Quinton Ross

Limited Salary Protection: Josh Powell

Los Angeles Lakers

Restricted: DJ Mbenga, Ronny Turiaf, Sasha Vujacic

Unrestricted: Trevor Ariza (P), Chris Mihm (P), Ira Newble

Limited Salary Protection: Coby Karl

Memphis Grizzlies

Restricted: Andre Brown, Juan Carlos Navarro

Unrestricted: Kwame Brown, Casey Jacobsen

Limited Salary Protection: Aaron McKie

Miami Heat

Restricted: Blake Ahearn, Chris Quinn, Kasib Powell, Dorell Wright

Unrestricted: Earl Barron, Ricky Davis, Shawn Marion (ETO), Alonzo Mourning, Jason Williams

Limited Salary Protection: Joel Anthony, Alexander Johnson, Stephane Lasme

Milwaukee Bucks

Restricted: Ersan Ilyasova, Awvee Storey (T)

Unrestricted: Royal Ivey, Michael Ruffin, Jake Voskuhl

Limited Salary Protection: Ramon Sessions

Minnesota Timberwolves

Restricted: Ryan Gomes, Craig Smith, Chris Richard, Kirk Snyder, Sebastian Telfair

Unrestricted: Michael Doleac

Limited Salary Protection: None

New Jersey Nets

Restricted: Nenad Krstic

Unrestricted: Darrell Armstrong, DeSagana Diop, Bostjan Nachbar, Stromile Swift (P)

Limited Salary Protection: Keith Van Horn

New Orleans Hornets

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Chris Andersen, Ryan Bowen, Melvin Ely (P), Jannero Pargo (P), Bonzi Wells

Limited Salary Protection: None

New York Knicks

Restricted: Randolph Morris

Unrestricted: Fred Jones, Stephon Marbury (ETO)

Limited Salary Protection: None

Orlando Magic

Restricted: James Augustine

Unrestricted: Carlos Arroyo, Keith Bogans (P), Keyon Dooling, Maurice Evans, Adonal Foyle (P), Pat Garrity

Limited Salary Protection: Marcin Gortat

Philadelphia 76ers

Restricted: Louis Amundson, Herbert Hill, Andre Iguodala, Shavlik Randolph, Louis Williams

Unrestricted: Calvin Booth (P), Kevin Ollie

Limited Salary Protection: None

Phoenix Suns

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Gordan Giricek, Grant Hill (P), Linton Johnson, Sean Marks, Eric Piatkowski, Brian Skinner

Limited Salary Protection: D.J. Strawberry

Portland Trail Blazers

Restricted: Von Wafer

Unrestricted: James Jones (P), Raef LaFrentz (ETO)

Limited Salary Protection: None

Sacramento Kings

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Ron Artest (ETO), Kenny Thomas (ETO), Beno Udrih, Anthony Johnson, Lorenzen Wright

Limited Salary Protection: None

San Antonio Spurs

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Brent Barry (P), Michael Finley, Robert Horry, DerMarr Johnson, Damon Stoudamire, Kurt Thomas, Jacque Vaughn (P)

Limited Salary Protection: None

Seattle SuperSonics

Restricted: Mickael Gelabale, Robert Swift

Unrestricted: Ronald Dupree, Francisco Elson

Limited Salary Protection: Adrian Griffin

Toronto Raptors

Restricted: Jose Calderon, Carlos Delfino

Unrestricted: Primoz Brezec, Rasho Nesterovic (P)

Limited Salary Protection: Jamario Moon

Utah Jazz

Restricted: C.J. Miles, Paul Millsap (T)

Unrestricted: Jason Hart (P)

Limited Salary Protection: None

Washington Wizards

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Gilbert Arenas (ETO), Antawn Jamison, Roger Mason

Limited Salary Protection: None

Personally I'd like to see James Posey, Kurt Thomas or Brian Skinner (back again).

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:59 pm**

Ryan Gomes or Dorrell Wright.

Either one could start at SF for us next year.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:03 pm**

Ryan Gomes (Like ESBF said could start at SF for us)...Keyon Dooling (we could have him for cheap I would imagine and he instantly would become our best defender at the PG position...I know thats not saying much but he is a very good defender.) And Craig Smith (Minnesota will probably match any offer but its worth a shot)

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:06 pm**

Andrew34r wrote:Ryan Gomes (Like ESBF said could start at SF for us)...Keyon Dooling (we could have him for cheap I would imagine and he instantly would become our best defender at the PG position...I know thats not saying much but he is a very good defender.) And Craig Smith (Minnesota will probably match any offer but its worth a shot)

We could target MN and go after one or both of them.

Make Gomes an offer, if it's matched, then make Smith an offer.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:12 pm**

EastSideBucksFan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

We could target MN and go after one or both of them.

Make Gomes an offer, if it's matched, then make Smith an offer.

Thats a good idea. I forgot that Gomes is on Minnesota too. I think Hammond should explore that possibility. Thats one thing Harris did not do much and that was force other teams into situations like that.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:16 pm**

I'd be interested in Barnes, POB and Antoine Wright for fractions of the MLE.

I could also justify throwing the full MLE at Childress to see if the Hawks flinch, and if they do match, trying to get Marvin from them, who would certainly then be on the block.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:26 pm**

Full MLE: Josh Childress; DeSagana Diop.

Part of MLE: Carl Landry; Louis Williams; Chris Duhon; Ryan Gomes; Dorell Wright; Fred Jones; Kurt Thomas.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:28 pm**

emunney wrote:I'd be interested in Barnes, POB and Antoine Wright for fractions of the MLE.

I could also justify throwing the full MLE at Childress to see if the Hawks flinch, and if they do match, trying to get Marvin from them, who would certainly then be on the block.

Yep, I forgot them both. Marvin or Josh would be nice for us, but I believe Childress gives us more defensive talent.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:33 pm**

Can Childress develop into Prince?

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:34 pm**

crkone wrote:Can Childress develop into Prince?

To me, he can.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:49 pm**

crkone wrote:Can Childress develop into Prince?

Ersan can... :wink:

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:56 pm**

Unless we can move a few of our big contracts, I don't see how we have room for a MLE offer.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:05 pm**

I want Diop for a backup C.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:41 pm**

I'd prefer to not use the MLE until we had a player to build around.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:00 pm**

It's nice to look at upcoming free agents, but it's kind of hard to decide who to target when we have no idea what our roster will look like next season (other than Yi and Bogut).

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:03 pm**

Maurice Evans was a former Piston, not sure if Hammond would have an interest there.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:17 pm**

I like Trevor Ariza's game.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:42 pm**

Pietrus is another nice option.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:20 pm**

I wouldn't have any problems throwing a ML deal at Childress just to see if the Hawks really will sign him no matter what.

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:31 pm**

Childress, with Ariza as a fallback option. I like Ariza a lot, he's still pretty young too (I think early entry after freshman year?).

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Free agency - MLE type guys you'd like to see

Free agency - MLE type guys you'd like to see