What has everyone heard about all the NBA free agents this year? Here's what I've heard so far:
The following are less than rumors as agreements have been reached:
Players said to be re-signing w/ their teams:
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Cleveland)
Michael Redd (Milwaukee)
Udonis Haslem (Miami)
Ray Allen (Seattle)
Dan Gadzuric (Milwaukee)
Robert Horry (San Antonio)
Players said to be signing with a new team:
Larry Hughes (Washington to Cleveland)
Bobby Simmons (L.A. Clippers to Milwaukee)
Players traded:
Quentin Richardson (Phoenix) for Kurt Thomas (New York); I wish Q was still with the Clippers!
Players waived:
Rodney White (Golden State)
Mamadou N'Diaye (L.A. Clippers)
Obinna Ekezie (Atlanta)
James Thomas (Atlanta)
Now for the rumors (no agreements have been reached yet):
Players to be signing with a new team:
Joe Johnson (Phoenix to Atlanta)
Cuttino Mobley (Sacramento to L.A. Clippers)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Portland to either L.A. Clippers or New Jersey) C'mon Clippers you can do it!
Stromile Swift (Memphis to New Jersey or Houston)
Donyell Marshall (Toronto to Washington)
Players to be traded:
Caron Butler (L.A. Lakers) for Kwame Brown (Washington); Caron can finally get back on a decent team.
The following unrestricted free agents I haven't heard anything about
:
Gary Payton (Boston)
Antoine Walker (Boston)
Travis Best (New Jersey)
Matt Barnes (Philadelphia)
Samuel Dalembert (Philadelphia)
Willie Green (Philadelphia)
Kyle Korver (Philadelphia)
Matt Bonner (Toronto)
Tyson Chandler (Chicago)
Edyy Curry (Chicago)
Chris Duhon (Chicago)
Jannero Pargo (Chicago)
Jeff McInnis (Cleveland)
Dajuan Wagner (Cleveland); Will he ever play again?
Toni Kukoc (Milwaukee); Time to retire?
Tyronn Lue (Atlanta)
Keith Bogans (Charlotte)
Jason Kapono (Charlotte)
Brevin Knight (Charlotte)
Kareem Rush (Charlotte)
Steve Smith (Miami); Time to retire?
Wang Zhizhi (Miami); Come back to the Clippers!
Damon Jones (Miami)
Christian Laettner (Miami); Time to retire?
Steve Blake (Washington)
Juan Dixon (Washington)
DerMarr Johnson (Denver)
Bryon Russel (Denver); Time to retire?
Mark Madsen (Minnesota); The greatest hustler of all time! :-p
Latrell Sprewell (Minnesota); I wonder if any team can pay him enough money to feed his family, as he complained Minnesota wasn't doing. :/
Damon Stoudamire (Portland)
Ronald 'Flip' Murray (Seattle)
Vladimir Radmanovic (Seattle)
Raja Bell (Utah)
Keith McLeod (Utah)
Rick Brunson (L.A. Clippers); Showed us that he can actually ball this past season.
Kerry Kittles (L.A. Clippers); Did NOTHING for us this past season.
Mikki Moore (L.A. Clippers); Hope he stays!
Marko Jaric (L.A. Clippers); Jaric is my boy! He better stay!
Luke Walton (L.A. Lakers)
Eddie House (Sacramento)
Darrell Armstrong (Dallas)
Dikembe Mutombo (Houston)
Chris Anderson (New Orleans)
Dan Dickau (New Orleans)
Bostjan Nachbar (New Orleans); Why did Houston ever get rid of him? He straight ripped Karl Malone's jersey and was able to get away with it!
Devin Brown (San Antonio)
Glenn Robinson (San Antonio); Really needs to bring his game back to what it was 3 years ago.