July 27, 2005

Top 20 Remaining Free Agents

1. Joe Johnson (Restricted) Likely Destination: Atlanta
Atlanta has offered a max contract, Phoenix may not be able to match.

2. Eddy Curry (Restricted) Likely Destination: Chicago
Curry is vastly overrated around the league, but he's big. Chicago won't allow him to leave for nothing.

3. Tyson Chandler (Restricted) Likely Destination: Chicago
Chicago will match just about any offer.

4. Antoine Walker (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Sacramento
Another bad move by the Knicks could be in the cards. A sign and trade with the Kings is most likely.

5. Marko Jaric (Restricted) Likely Destination: Cleveland
Jaric and Wilcox to Cleveland for Drew Gooden is the hot rumor.

6. Vladamir Radmonovic (Restricted) Likely Destination: Seattle
Vlad won't garner much interest simply because of his restricted status. Look for him to resign a 1 year deal and be unrestricted next year.

7. Earl Watson (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Memphis
If Jayson Williams is being dealt, then they have to keep Watson.

8. Damon Stoudamire (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Atlanta
With Sarunas to Indy and Jaric likely to Cleveland, a 2 Stoudamire backcourt in Atlanta may not be so far fetched.

9. Brevin Knight (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Charlotte
Charlotte has all the money in the world to resign Knight.

10. Latrell Sprewell (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Detroit
Detroit was rewarded for taking a risk on McDyess, they will see if lighting strikes twice.

11. Gary Payton (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Boston
Tons of younger PG's on the market, Payton will quietly resign in Boston.

12. Steven Hunter (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Utah
What a difference a year makes. Hunter's size and athletic ability makes him an interesting risk.

13. Gerald Wallace (Restricted) Likely Destination: Charlotte
Wallace is a lot like VladRad, in that if he were an unrestricted free agent, there would be far more interest. He will likely resign for one more year and be unrestricted next year.

14. Jay Williams (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Houston
Could be the steal of this free agent class if he can come back and play like he did before his horrific crash. Chicago will resign Duhon, so Houston makes the most sense.

15. Chris Duhon (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Chicago
Duhon was a real surprise last season and he will be kept around in Chicago. I hear this deal is a s good as done.

16. Reggie Evans (Restricted) Likely Destination: Seattle
Seattle loved this Ben Wallace knockoff last year, he is a great rebounder and dirty work guy. With Jerome James gone to NY, Evans will stay in Seattle.

17. Zaza Pachulia (Restricted) Likely Destination: Milwaukee
Some teams have interest in Zaza, including Orlando. None will likely pay his enough to keep Milwaukee from matching the offer.

18. Damon Jones (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Miami
All this guy does is win basketball games. He is like the Rodney Dangerfield of the NBA, no respect. Jones will stay in Miami, cause he and Shaq are buddies. What Shaq wants, Shaq gets.

19. Juan Dixon (Unrestricted) Signed By: Portland

20. Danny Fortson (Unrestricted) Likely Destination: Dallas
Dallas needs big tough guys to battle in the West, Cuban will outbid all for this bruiser.

1 Comments:

At September 08, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am a big Chicago Bulls fan, but I have to admin I am getting quite tired of this Eddy Curry situation. Not only that I hear he has not been working out at all and has ballooned. Not the best way to push for a max contract.

 

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