Offseason Thread Part VII: The Fall of The Lockout

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stevekylerNBA Steve Kyler

Magic saved $3.68 mil in Luxury tax trading Rashard Lewis for Gil Arenas last year.. waiving Gil today cost $62.4 mil vs Lewis' $43.8 mill

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Any insiders?

 

johnhollinger Boston completely tooled around Orlando in the Davis-Bass trade. Here's why (Insider) es.pn/ryVWy5

 

Hollinger believes PER is the be-all-end-all of player analysis. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the only aspect he focuses on.

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Magic sign Hughes and Pruitt

 

http://www.nba.com/magic/news_hughespruitt_120911.html

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Rip Hamilton being bought out.

That might be a good consolation prize. Realize he hasn't been blowing the doors off the scoring charts the last few years, but he's a clutch free throw shooter, knows how to get fouled, and, most important, knows how to win championships.

 

Speaking of the Pistons, anyone heard anything about Prince? HE'D be a stellar pick-up.

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Magic sign Hughes and Pruitt

 

http://www.nba.com/magic/news_hughespruitt_120911.html

 

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WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski

Thaddeus Young is nearing agreement on a 5 year, $42 million contract to stay with the 76ers, league sources tell Y! Sports.

 

IGGY!!

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ESPNSteinLine Sources say league-owned Hornets on Friday afternoon were given clearance to re-open phone lines to all teams interested in Chris Paul

 

 

OOOOO Im so GIDDY with hope and positive thoughts!!!! lol!

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That might be a good consolation prize. Realize he hasn't been blowing the doors off the scoring charts the last few years, but he's a clutch free throw shooter, knows how to get fouled, and, most important, knows how to win championships.

 

Speaking of the Pistons, anyone heard anything about Prince? HE'D be a stellar pick-up.

Resigned with Detroit.

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Well.. I sure hope everything is going to be fine for Magic.

 

I´m outta here.. it´s midnight in Estonia, sleep-time!

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That might be a good consolation prize. Realize he hasn't been blowing the doors off the scoring charts the last few years, but he's a clutch free throw shooter, knows how to get fouled, and, most important, knows how to win championships.

 

Speaking of the Pistons, anyone heard anything about Prince? HE'D be a stellar pick-up.

 

Last I heard (yesterday I think) Prince was signing on to a long-term good-money deal to stay in Detroit.

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Here is Hollinger's piece on the Davis-Bass swap.

 

This trade is basically a good organization running circles around a mediocre one, and in a year it's going to become obvious what a steal Boston got with this deal.

 

Faced with a situation in which the Celtics didn't want to lose an asset (Davis) but still wanted to preserve cap space for the summer of 2012, the Celtics did the only thing they could -- sign-and-trade him for a one-year rental. Bass technically is signed through 2012-13, but he has an opt-out after this season, and since he makes only $4 million per annum he's likely to take the out.

 

We don't know the details on Davis' contract yet, but I suspect it's four years, $26.05 million. The biggest clue is that the only reason he would go for it is if it paid him more than the midlevel exception. With the Magic using the amnesty clause on Gilbert Arenas to put themselves under the luxury tax, they can take back 150 percent of Bass' pay plus $100,000, which would be a deal starting at $6.1 million. Add in 4.5 percent raises and the full deal is likely four years, $26.05 million.

 

For his one-year rental in Beantown, Bass will be perfect as a first big man off the bench. While he isn't on Davis' level as a team defender, he's strong enough to play as an undersized 5 just as Davis did. And offensively, these guys aren't even close. Bass and Davis both shoot a lot of midrange jumpers; the difference is that Bass makes them. He has had a TS% of 56 for four straight seasons and averaged over 17.0 points per 40 minutes the past three.

 

Although he's a good team defender who willingly takes charges and can defend post players, I consider Davis one of the league's most overrated players. Offensively, he's really not very good -- a pick-and-pop 4 who mostly shoots 2-point jumpers and mostly misses them. Davis' true shooting percentages the past three years are 50.2, 50.0 and 49.9 -- which is terrible for a power forward -- and he scores and assists at a fairly low rate.

 

So basically, the Celtics got a better player who makes less money while preserving all their cap flexibility, and the Magic get another iffy contract. About the only benefit to Orlando is that Davis is friends with Dwight Howard, but we saw how far that got the Hornets when they traded for Jarrett Jack.

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Resigned with Detroit.

Gah, lame.

 

Well, I'd still take Iggy.