SB Nation User Blog: rtgunn

Charlotte interested in Big Baby?

rtgunn — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:29:35 -0000

The following come from the Boston Globe, obtained through SI.com

Restricted free agent forward Glen Davis probably will have to continue to be patient before he learns where he will play next season. San Antonio had expressed interest, according to an NBA source, but backed off after agreeing to a contract with Pistons free agent forward Antonio McDyess yesterday. The Pistons are expected to take a serious look at Davis and have the financial ability to offer most of their midlevel exception. Boston is still very interested, as are New Orleans, Cleveland, and Charlotte.

The fact that the franchise is financially strapped right now will probably mean no Big Baby for us. Still, the prospect of having Davis as our backup PF seems interesting. I haven't seen a lot of Celtic games (mostly by choice), so i don't know his game very well. But he seems like a capable big body who might have the multi faceted skill set that Brown would view favorably. Thoughts?

More on Dalembert

rtgunn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:51:42 -0000

Ok, so this time I wont plagerize anyone's work. I was just browsing around on ESPN and clicked on the rumor mill. The report comes directly from ESPN and here is the update they provided:

Earlier today, word from Philly had the Sixers in talks with the Charlotte Bobcats, sending C Samuel Dalembert and the 17th overall pick in the Thursday's draft for F Vladimir Radmanovic, C Nazr Mohammed, and the 12th pick in the draft.

But when we checked in with ESPN.com's Marc Stein, he said his sources say the rumor doesn't have any legs. At least not yet. A hang-up might be that the deal doesn't do much for the Philly cap situation, and a jump to No. 12 from No. 17 is a mystery for value in a draft that still is loaded with questions even in the No. 2 to No. 7 range. We'll let you know when we hear more.

I can see why this would make sense for both teams. Obviously for us, we get out of not only Nazi's terrible contract, but we get out of RadMan's as well. While I appreciated RadMan's efforts last year, I definitely wouldnt mind seeing him go, especially when he's got at least 3 years left on his contract. Meanwhile, we get a decent center in Dalembert who, in my opinion, his very underrated right now due to his poor season and attitude this past season. Also, there could be someone that Brown covets in the draft that could be available later. You never know.

Meanwhile, Philly, while not doing much for their cap, gets rid of a disgruntled center who didnt mesh with there allstar PF acquisition Elton Brand. They get a decent outside shooter in Vlad (which I believe is a need for them) and they get a higher draft pick. My theory is that they want to have a higher pick to hopefully target one of the better PG's in the draft, such as Flynn or Jennings, to probably replace Andre Miller. Miller left after the playoffs without speaking to anyone, and never attended the exit meeting (neither did Dalembert, I believe), leaving one to believe that Miller may be on his way out of Philly.

Its interesting, to say the least

Trade Raja Bell for Azubuike and Belinelli?

rtgunn — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:01:27 -0000

(From the FanPosts)

Just thought I'd pass this along....I like it for the Cats

RUMOR: Warriors and Bobcats discussing Kelenna Azubuike and Marco Belinelli for Raja Bell

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Note: The original post here was directly copy-pasted from a post on Golden State of Mind, and I did a bad job of not noticing that. DO NOT copy other people's work verbatim. That is plagiarism. If you want to post a snippet and a link, that's cool, but copying enough of another person's work that there's no point reading the original is out of bounds, and if I see it, I'll cut it. Cool? Cool.

-DA