Warrick's qualifying offer rescinded

[Bill Lumbergh]

From the Memphis board, though I did not see a link:

The Grizzlies recinded Warrick's QO today making him an unrestricted free agent.

I'd sure like to get him on the cheap to be our big backup 3 in limited minutes.

Here's a link for it, btw:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4354901

Oh, and I didn't notice the Williams or Warrick thread that predated this withdrawal of the qualifying offer, so if you want to delete... delete away.

[SonicYouth34]

I still don't think he'll come cheap. He's looking for his first real payday.

[Bluewhale]

27 years old 11/5 PF (in 24 minutes. Almost no improvement in past 3 years).

It's hard to think he could get more than BBD

[Bill Lumbergh]

27 years old 11/5 PF (in 24 minutes. Almost no improvement in past 3 years).

It's hard to think he could get more than BBD

I think he's out of position at PF. I think he's a tweener, but he'd be better as a backup big SF. He's certainly not good enough to merit 24 minutes, at least not here. I think he'd be good for about 10-12 minutes here. Kind of a utility guy. If we could get him for dirt cheap, I'd be for it. Otherwise, some other team will likely pay him a little more than LLE.

[NashtyNas]

He's not a SF in any way shape or form, he's a tweener PF and nothing else.

[celtxman]

He could play some minutes at SF and be the 4th big, but the problem is money. He left the Grizzlies $3 million per offer on the table. So let's say Tony Allen is the sign and trade for Daniels at $2.5 million, how would you justify that to Daniels with a more prominent role who originally was slated for $7.3 million? If Warrick wasn't content at $3 million (he's publicly stated he likes the Grizzlies) how much does he want? Or does he want more years? He might have been a nice fit, but the money will be too high.

[Zin5]

He'd be the ideal guy to bring off the bench to play some minutes at the 3 and the 4, when Daniels and Sheed are either still on the bench or playing the 2 or the 5 respectively. He'd get plenty of minutes, especially if we lost Baby, and I think I'd rather have him over Baby, just because of his ability to come off the bench for multiple positions. Maybe S&T him for 3 years, 4-5 million per, and move Scal and one of Pruitt, Giddens, Walker and maybe a second rounder for him, or S&T Baby back to Memphis for him on a similar deal.

[Cyclical]

Yup. This ain't happening. After the Pacers potential S&T for Daniels all we have left is a 1.9 mil LLE which is not enough for Warrick and will likely be spent on a backup PG. Any SF we get at this point won't see any significant playing time. Any cheap PF won't either if we keep BBD, which I think is highly likely.

[Bad-Thoma]

I think Daniels kind of kills wanting Warrick at the 3 and I'd rather just keep bbd to play minutes at the 4, but I've always liked Warrick. He'll be getting some minutes somewhere.

[theman]

I'd love to get Warrick at the LLE if Daniels is a S&T. I doubt he accepts it but it could happen. LLE for 5 years, every year a player option so if he can do better, he can leave.

[armageddon]

This could be DA's big3 (as opposed to the Big 3) he's always wanted.

However, this doesn't match DA's M.O. He likes to get guys whom he couldn't draft because they went too high. Warrick he already passed on for GG. Which was a weird draft considering who else went ahead of Warrick - Martell Webster, Fran Vasquez, Yaroslav Korolev, and of course GG.