NBA Rumors and Signings…
Some very good players remain unsigned for the coming season as teams decide on priorities and how much money they have left. It was a time like this a couple years ago where Latrell Sprewell was offered a nice contract and responded with the famous quote “i need to feed my family.” We haven’t seen or heard from Latrell since. PJ has had more pub during the same time frame.
Espn is reporting that the Miami Heat are in talks with Sacramento about Mike Bibby. Jason Williams and possibly Udonis Haslem would be going to Sacramento. This is interesting because Williams basically was booted out of Sacramento when Bibby came on board and now the same thing would be happening again but this time bringing Williams back to Sacramento. Other names in the mix are Abdur-Rahim and Kenny Thomas. We’ll keep on eye on this one.
The Miami Heat are still interested in getting Pietrus from Golden St. Since Penny Hardaway signed a non guaranteed deal it doesn’t tie up any cap. You tell me, would you rather have Pietrus or Penny? I know who i would pick. If I’m Penny, I’m begging Miami not to acquire Pietrus or that means the end of the Penny experiment.
Juwan Howard, who was recently acquire from Houston for Mike James, is wanting out of Minnesota before he even gets there. He won’t have to ask for too long. Minnesota is going young and Juwan doesn’t fit their plans at all. He’ll be traded soon to a team in need of a veteran presence.
Lastly, I wanted to cover the rumored movement of the Sonics to Oklahoma City. I’ve been to both places and they are both wonderful. However, if the owners want to make money then they need to stay in Seattle. I think Oklahoma City is a great short term choice and proved to do wonders for the New Orleans franchise when Katrina hit. However, Seattle has a history and stability and just signed one of the most exciting young players to come into the league in years. Now quite comparable to when Lebron signed with hometown Cleveland, but Durant will create value for the franchise like Carmelo did with Denver. I’d stick around. The owners have said that they wouldn’t mind even not making money if they moved the franchise, but I can’t see David Stern going for it for the sake of the league. Players love Seattle and have always loved playing there, why risk that for the sake of a new city. Stay in Seattle please.
