Complete 2008 NBA Free Agent List

hoopinmadness · Post #1 » by **hoopinmadness** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:48 am

Here's the complete breakdown by team ...

http://www.hoopsvine.com/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=48

Vindicater · Post #2 » by **Vindicater** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:52 am

nice, alot of good free agents this year, not such a huge spread of Superstars, but lots of important role type players

Texas Longhorns · Post #3 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:19 am

Link doesn't work right now.

KobeFan · Post #4 » by **KobeFan** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:37 am

worked for me (just takes a while to work)

Can somebody explain to me the difference between restricted and unrestricted.

Thanks

noxe · Post #5 » by **noxe** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:31 pm

KobeFan wrote:worked for me (just takes a while to work)

Can somebody explain to me the difference between restricted and unrestricted.

Thanks

Restricted - cannot be signed out right, the current team the player is with still holds his right and can match any offer other teams makes to keep him in town

Unrestricted - no strings attached, any team in the league has a fair shot in signing him without having to worry about his current team matching the offer

KobeFan · Post #6 » by **KobeFan** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:03 pm

Noxe, thanks for the clarification. I had a vague idea only.

TheKingNbooby · Post #7 » by **TheKingNbooby** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:25 pm

Well im pretty sure JO will use his opt out and so will Gilbert, so im wondering who will try for them

Silk Wilkes · Post #8 » by **Silk Wilkes** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:07 pm

TheKingNbooby wrote:Well im pretty sure JO will use his opt out and so will Gilbert, so im wondering who will try for them

Why is NYK the first thing that comes to mind? It was also rumoured the two LA teams were gonna try for Agent Zero.

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #9 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:52 pm

I dont see LAL trying to sign Zero, they'd have to give up a lot of there depth for another scorer.

giberish · Post #10 » by **giberish** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:16 pm

TheKingNbooby wrote:Well im pretty sure JO will use his opt out and so will Gilbert, so im wondering who will try for them

Arenas' "I'm going to opt out for a larger contract in 08" talk made more sense before he lost essentially the entire season to injury. Still, with his relatively small current salary (for a star player) he'll probably do ok on his next deal anyway. Washington likely offers a new contract at something like what he currently makes, with more years. The Clippers could make a run as well, at least if Maggette opts out. They wouldn't be able to offer a MAX contract, but I think they could offer close to what he currently makes.

JO giving up a $20M salary to become a free agent after several years of missing a lot of time due to injury, and even when on the court not playing near the standard expected of a $20M/yr player would be delusional. Maybe he gets $60M/5yr as a FA (from either Philly or Indy) but no more and likely less.

Post #11 » by **TNBT** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:45 am

Unrestricted: Chris Duhon, Shannon Brown

Restricted: Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Demetris Nichols

I'm pretty sure Duhon is gone, but we have the guard depth to cover it. I would really like to see us keep Shannon Brown around, because he wont cost much and I think with time he could develop into a really nice player for us. With the restricted free agents, I'd love to keep both Gordon and Deng, but unfortunately it doesn't look likely. If I had to keep one, I'd choose Deng. As for Nichols, I wouldn't mind keeping him around either. He is essentially the same as Brown and Cedric Simmons in that I think it wont cost us much to keep them, but I think all 3 could develop into quality players.