Official 2008 NBA Offseason Trades/FA Signings Thread

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He looks like my man from Reading Rainbow

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Clippers Sign Free Agent Brian Skinner

The Los Angeles Clippers signed veteran forward Brian Skinner, Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor announced today. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not announced.
Originally drafted by the Clippers in the first round (22nd overall pick) of the 1998 NBA Draft, Skinner is a 10-year NBA veteran who returns to Los Angeles after playing 66 games last season with the Phoenix Suns. Skinner averaged 3.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.2 assists for Phoenix in 2007-08.

“Brian Skinner is a veteran NBA player who will give us both size and depth in the middle,” Baylor said. “We are familiar with Brian, and know that he will be a good fit in his return to the Clippers.”

Skinner has averaged 4.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 538 career NBA games with eight different teams. The six-foot-nine forward started his career with the Clippers in 1998-99 and played three seasons in Los Angeles.

“We are very pleased to add Brian to our front line,” Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy said. “He adds great size, presence and veteran experience to our team.”

In addition to the Clippers and Suns, the Texas native has also played for Cleveland, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Sacramento and Portland during his NBA tenure and has played in 21 career playoff games

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Lou Williams agrees to 5yr deal with the Sixers

[OSUFan_88]

Quote: Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

Yea Will is my 2nd favorite player of all time behind Mark Price.

I knew there was something about you, DC, that I liked. My man is a Mark Price fan!

[DC]

Quote: Originally Posted by ex carrabba fan

The one with Eddy Curry? Who else was in that?? That was the bomb show

Sean Dockery
Eddy Currey
Will Bynum
Luther Head
Jason Straight
Cappie Poindexter

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The Bulls and Ben Gordon's camp remain far apart in their negotiations. According to sources, the Bulls are offering an average salary in the $8 million to $9 million range, while Gordon is looking for something in the $12 million range. Luol Deng's deal averages $11.8 million.

Who does Ben Gordon think he is? I mean, this is another guy that regressed last year in basically every statistical category. This was also after he declined a salary of 10m per. It just doesn't add up to me.

[BigO32]

Ben Gordon is a Kuncklehead he don't deserve big money

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i dont like this offseasons FA's. All of these guys want franchise player money and are not franchise players.

Igudoula of the sixers is pissing me off....cuz he played terrible in the playoffs and still wants franchise money. Thaddeus seemed more effective then him and he was a ROOKIE.

[Phillmattic]

Quote: Originally Posted by ZigZag

i dont like this offseasons FA's. All of these guys want franchise player money and are not franchise players. Igudoula of the sixers is pissing me off....cuz he played terrible in the playoffs and still wants franchise money. Thaddeus seemed more effective then him and he was a ROOKIE.

I like this entry from Gilbert Arenas' blog:

Quote: Originally Posted by Glibert Arenas

I know after A.I. left, you were supposed to be that No. 1 guy, but, the way he plays the game, he doesn’t have that. He’s not that type of player. He’s a second guy. An assistant coach told me a great story about him. When he was in Arizona, he said he was like 9-for-11 from the field and he apologized to the team for shooting 11 shots. From that day on, I just called him Scottie Pippen. He’s a Scottie Pippen type of player. A great, overall player. He’s your glue player. You need a superstar and then you need him. So $12 million is good for you. Nothing more and nothing less. Be happy with the $12 million.

Iguodala must still think he has tremendous upside. Or he has a terrible agent.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Glibert Arenas I know after A.I. left, you were supposed to be that No. 1 guy, but, the way he plays the game, he doesn’t have that. He’s not that type of player. He’s a second guy. An assistant coach told me a great story about him. When he was in Arizona, he said he was like 9-for-11 from the field and he apologized to the team for shooting 11 shots. From that day on, I just called him Scottie Pippen. He’s a Scottie Pippen type of player. A great, overall player. He’s your glue player. You need a superstar and then you need him. So $12 million is good for you. Nothing more and nothing less. Be happy with the $12 million.

Gilbert needs to stop talking about other people's money. That's an outright no-no. You just don't do that.