Ripper 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 Well, Charlotte got 18 wins (same as the old Charlotte team, the Hornets), 5 more than Atlanta, and they were a true expansion team. I mean, who did they have besides Emeka Okafor? As for the Hawks, though, Josh Smith was badass in the dunk contest. Bring back Dominique Wilkins, Steve Smith, and Spud Webb! Brevin Knight, Gerald Wallace and Breznioghlg(who ever the fuck that Center is) were all incredible this year. Then from game in to game out they would get help from someone else like Jason Hart or Kapano. Charlotte and Atlanta were both expansion teams, only Charlotte got the better pickups because they got to go first. Atlanta had to start signing Jason Collier and Kevin Willis, and Kenny Anderson and anyone else left in the free agent pool after Charlotte got to pull a player from every team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 Actually it was more of Atlanta trading anyone they could to get cap space and then finding... no one wants to play there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 hell, they only offered Kenyon Martin a contract. When he went to the Nuggets, they just traded everyone for draft picks and said FUCK IT!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt Angle Mark 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 EDIT: Wrong NBA thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 These are the free agents this summer, according to InsideHoops.com. When we start an offseason thread, I'll repost this in there. ATL: Tony Delk (player option), Obinna Ekezie, Tom Gugliotta, Tyronn Lue, Michael Stewart, James Thomas, Kevin Willis BOS: Gary Payton, Antoine Walker CHA: Cory Alexander, Malik Allen, Keith Bogans, Matt Carroll, Jason Kapono, Brevin Knight, Theron Smith, Gerald Wallace CHI: Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curry, Chris Duhon, Lawrence Funderburke, Adrian Griffin, Othella Harrington, Jannero Pargo, Jared Reiner CLE: DeSagana Diop, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Jeff McInnis, Scott Williams DAL: Tariq Abdul-Wahad (player option), Darrell Armstrong, Alan Henderson, Keith Van Horn (player option) DEN: Greg Buckner (player option), Luis Flores, Dermarr Johnson, Wesley Person, Mark Pope, Bryon Russell DET: Elden Campbell, Darvin Ham, Horace Jenkins GS: Calbert Cheaney (player option) HOU: Vin Baker (player option), Jon Barry, Ryan Bowen, Torraye Braggs, Dikembe Mutombo, Scott Padgett IND: Austin Croshere (player option), Dale Davis, John Edwards, James Jones LAC: Rick Brunson, Marko Jaric, Kerry Kittles, Mikki Moore, Zeljko Rebraca, Bobby Simmons LAL: Tony Bobbitt, Tierre Brown, Devean George (player option), Brian Grant (player option), Luke Walton MEM: Stromile Swift, Earl Watson MIA: Shandon Anderson, Keyon Dooling (player option), Udonis Haslem, Damon Jones (player option), Eddie Jones (player option), Christian Laettner, Alonzo Mourning, Shaquille O'Neal (player option), Steve Smith, Wang Zhizhi, Qyntel Woods MIL: Dan Gadzuric, Anthony Goldwire, Marcus Fizer, Toni Kukoc, Zaza Pachulia, Michael Redd (player option), Daniel Santiago, Erick Strickland MIN: Anthony Carter, Eddie Griffin, Ervin Johnson, Mark Madsen, Latrell Sprewell, John Thomas NJ: Travis Best, Rodney Buford, Brian Scalabrine, Jabari Smith, Billy Thomas NO: Chris Andersen (player option), Lee Nailon NY: Jackie Butler, Jermaine Jackson, Bruno Sundov ORL: Stacey Augmon (player option), Andre Barrett, Tony Battie (player option), Andrew DeClercq, Grant Hill (player option), Brandon Hunter, Mark Jones PHI: Matt Barnes, Michael Bradley (player option), Samuel Dalembert, Josh Davis, Willie Green, Kyle Korver, Jamal Mashburn (player option), Rodney Rogers PHO: Steven Hunter (player option), Joe Johnson, Walter McCarty (player option), Bo Outlaw, Jake Voskuhl (player option) POR: Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Richie Frahm, Ha Seung-Jin, Damon Stoudamire SAC: Erik Daniels, Maurice Evans, Eddie House, Bobby Jackson, Cuttino Mobley (player option), Greg Ostertag (player option), Darius Songalia (player option) SA: Devin Brown, Robert Horry (player option), Linton Johnson, Sean Marks, Tony Massenburg, Glenn Robinson, Mike Wilks SEA: Ray Allen, Mateen Cleaves, Antonio Daniels (player option), Maurice Evans, Danny Fortson (player option), Jerome James, Ronald Murray, Vitaly Potapenko, Vladmir Radmanovic, Damien Wilkins TOR: Matt Bonner, Omar Cook, Donyell Marshall, Milt Palacio, Aaron Williams (player option) UTAH: Raja Bell, Howard Eisley, Ben Handlogten, Randy Livingston, Keith McLeod WAS: Steve Blake, Damone Brown, Kwame Brown, Larry Hughes, Anthony Peeler, Laron Profit, Michael Ruffin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted April 25, 2005 LAL: Tony Bobbitt, Tierre Brown, Devean George (player option), Brian Grant (player option), Luke Walton PLEEEEEEEASE do it, Brian. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 When I first saw the name "Tony Bobbitt", I thought you guys had picked up the guy who did the commentary on NBA Street. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt Angle Mark 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 LAL: Tony Bobbitt, Tierre Brown, Devean George (player option), Brian Grant (player option), Luke Walton PLEEEEEEEASE do it, Brian. Man when I saw that in a recent L.A. Times article I just shook my head and laughed. Grant said that the Lakers are probably not even going to ask him because they know there is no way in hell will he consider not picking up his option. How a man can live with himself knowing he is making 15 million dollars averaging 4 points and 4 rebounds per game. I will never know? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nogoodnick 0 Report post Posted April 25, 2005 Brian Grant deserves $15 mil more than almost any player in the NBA. Hes far from the most talented, but he is by far one of the nicest, classiest players in the league. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
