2010 Free agents by Position:

[bajaden]

Since I just love redundancy, I decided to list all the free agents by position and seperate them into three groups. Unrestricted, Restricted, and Player option or Early Termination Option. The last two being different in only how their applied in the contract, but both have the same result as far as freeagency goes. The player can opt out.

Point Guards
Unrestricted
Raymond Felton (Signed with New York for 15.8 mil and 2 years)
Steve Blake (Signs with Lakers for 16 mil and 4 years)
Chris Duhon (Signs with Orlando for 15 mil and 4 years)
Allen Iverson
Earl Watson
Eddie House (Signed with Miami for the league minimun and 2 years)
Derrick Fisher (Resigned with the Lakers for 10.5 mil and 3 years)
Luke Ridnour (Signed with Minnesota for 16 mil and 4 years)
Jamal Tinsley
Rafer Alston
Jannero Pargo (Signed with Golden State for 2.5 mil and 2 years)
Carlos Arroyo (Signed with Miami for the league minimun and 1 year)
Acie Law (Signed with Memphis for the league minimun and 1 year)
Mike James
Royal Ivey (Signed with Oklahoma for league minimun and 1 year)
Jason Williams (Resigned with Miami for the league minimun)
Chucky Atkins
Keyon Dooling (Signed with Milwaukee for 2 years)
Kevin Ollie
Chris Quin
Marcus Williams
Anthony Carter (Signed with Denver for the league minimun and 1 year)
Travis Diener
Shaun Livingston (Signed with Charlotte for 10.5 mil and 3 years)
Nate Robinson (Resigned with Boston for 9 mil and 2 years)

Player Option or ETO
T.J. Ford
Shannon Brown (Resigned with the Lakers for 4.6 Mil and 2 years)
Sebastian Telfair

Restricted
Kyle Lowery (Resigns with Houston for 24 mil and 4 years)
Jordan Farmer (Signs with Nets for 12 mil and 3 years)
C. J. Watson (Signed wtih Chicago for 10.2 mil and 3 years)
Sergio Rodiguez (Signed with Real Madrid)

Shooting Guards

Unrestricted
Joe Johnson (Agreed to resign with Hawks for 119 mil for 6 years)
Manu Ginobili (resigned with the Spurs)
Ray Allen (Resigned with Celtics for 20 mil and 2 years)
Roger Mason (Signed with the Knicks for 1.4 Mil and 1 year)
Mike Miller (Signed with Miami for 30 mil and 5 years)
Ronald Murray
Marquis Daniels (Signed with Boston for 2.5 mil and 1 year)
Raja Bell (Signed with Utah for 10.5 mil and 3 years)
Michael Finley
Larry Hughes
Rodney Carney
Keith Bogans
Tony Allen (Signed with Memphis for 9.5 mil and 3 years)
Luther Head
Jarvis Crittenton
J.R. Giddens
Devin Brown
Cuttino Mobley

Player Option or ETO
Kobe Bryant (Did not exercise his ETO)
Dwyane Wade (Resigned with the Heat for 108 mil and 6 years)
Michael Redd-ETO
Maurice Evans
Quinton Ross
Willie Green

Restricted
Randy Foye (Signed with Clippers for 8 mil and 2 years)
DeShawn Stevenson
J.J. Redick (Resigned with Orlando for 19 mil and 3 years)
Mardy Collins
Wesley Mathews (Signed with Portland for 34 mil and 5 years)
Anthony Morrow (signed with Nets for 12 mil and 3yrs.)
Josh Childress (Signed with Suns for 33 mil and 5 years)

Small Forwards

Unrestricted
Tracy McGrady (Signed with Detroit for league minimum and 1 year)
Kyle Korver (Signed with the Bulls for 15 mil and 3 years)
Travis Outlaw (Signed with Nets for 35 mil and 5 years)
Rasual Butler (Signed with the Clippers. No details)
Quentin Richardson (Signed with Orlando for 8 mil and 3 years)
Jarvis Hayes
Sasha Pavlovic
Antoine Wright (Signed with Sacramento. No details)
Dorrell Wright (Signed with Golden State for 10 mil and 3 years)
Trenton Hassell
Joe Alexander
Joey Graham (Signed with Cleveland for the league minimum and 2 years)
Damien Wilkins
James Jones (Signed with Miami for the league minimun and 1 year)
Alando Tucker
Ryan Gomes (Signed with the Clippers for 13 mil and 3 years)
Bobby Simmons
Stephen Graham
Ime Udoka
Matt Harpring
Devean George
Yakhouba Diawara
Dominic McGuire (Signed with Bobcats for 825 thousand and 1 year)

Player Option or ETO
LeBron James (Signed with the Heat for 110 mil and 6 years)
Paul Pierce-ETO (Resigned with Boston for 61 mil and 4 years)
Richard Jefferson (Resigned with San Antonio for 38.9 mil and 4 years)
Kelenna Azubuike
Grant Hill
Valdimir Radmanovic-ETO
John Salmons-ETO (Resigned with Milwaukee for 39 mil and 5 years)
Matt Barnes (Signed with the Lakers for 3.6 mil and 2 years)
Jason Kapono

Restricted
Rudy Gay (Agreed to resign with Memphis for 82 mil)
Ronnie Brewer (Signed with Chicago for 12.5 mil and 3 years)
Linis Kleiza (Signed with Toronto for 18.8 mil and 4 years)
Adam Morrison

Power Forwards

Unrestricted
Carlos Boozer (Signed with Chicago for 80 mil and 5 years)
David Lee (Signed with Golden State for 80 mil and 6 years)
Al Harrington (Signed with Denver for 34 mil and 5 years)
Udonis Haslem (Signed with Miami for 20 mil and 5 years)
Drew Gooden (Signed with Milwaukee for 32 mil and 5 years)
Hakim Warrick (Signed by the Suns for 18 mil and 4 years)
Joe Smith
Craig Smith (Signed with Clippers. No details yet)
James Singleton
Louis Amundson
Amir Johnson (Resigned with Toronto for 34 mil and 5 years)
Malik Allen
Oleksiy Pecherov
Sean May (Signed with New Jersey for the league minimum and 1 year)
Ike Diogu
Tim Thomas (Signed with Dallas for the league minimum and 1 year)
Brian Cardinal
Matt Bonner (Signed with San Antonio for 13 mil and 4 years)
Fabricio Oberto
Josh Powell (Signed with Atlanta for the league minimun and 1 year)
Brian Cook (Signed with the Clippers for 2.5 mil and 2 years)
Jwan Howard (Signed with Miami for the league minimun and 1 year)
Brian Scalabrine
Steve Novak
Sheldon Williams (Signed with Denver for the league minimun and 1 year)

Player Option or ETO
Dirk Nowitzki-ETO (Resigned with Dallas for 80 mil and 4 years)
Amare Stoudemire-ETO (Signed with Knicks for 99.7 mil and 5 years)
Chris Bosh (Signed with the Heat for 110 mil and 6 years)
Kenyon Martin-ETO
Darius Songaila-ETO
Chris Wilcox
Kris Humphries
Jared Jeffries

Restricted
Tyrus Thomas (Signed with the Bobcats for 40 mil and 5 years)

Centers

Unrestricted
Shaquille O'Neal (Signed with Boston for the league minimum and 2 years)
Marcus Camby (Resigned with Denver with a 3 year extension)
Jermaine O'Neal (Signed with Boston for 11 mil and 2 years)
Brad Miller (Signed with Houston for 15 mil and 3 years)
Brendan Haywood (Resigned with the Mav's for 55 mil and 6 years)
Rasho Nesterovic
Darko Milicic (Resigned with Minn. for 20 mil and 4 years)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Signed with Miami for the league minimun and 2 years)
Kurt Thomas (Signed with Chicago. No details)
Luis Scola (Resigned with Houston for 47 mil and 5 years)
Etan Thomas
Ben Wallace (Signed with Detroit for 3.8 mil and 2 years)
Kwame Brown (Signed with Charlotte for the league minimum and 1 year)
Tony Battie (Signed with Philadelphia for the league minimun and 1 year)
Jamaal Maglorie (Signed with Miami for the league minimun and 1 year)
Patrick O'Bryant
Theo Ratliff (Signed with Lakers for the league minimun and 1 year)
Mark Blount
Johan Petro (Signed with Nets for 10 mil and 3 years)
Brian Skinner
Primoz Brezec
Ian Mahinmi (Signed with Dallas for the league minimun and 2 years)
Jason Collins (Signed with Atlanta for the league minimum and 1 year)
Jarron Collins
Sean Marks
Randolph Morris
Kyrylo Fesenko
Adonal Foyle (Retired)
Jerome James
Francisco Elson
Didier LLunga Mbenga

Player Option or ETO
Yao Ming-ETO (Did not exercise option and remains with Houston)
Tyson Chandler-ETO
Joel Przybilla-ETO
Channing Frye (Resigned with Suns for 30 mil and 5 years)
Eddie Curry
Nazr Mohammed-ETO
Joel Anthony (Resigned with Miami for 18 mil and 5 years)

Restricted
Josh Boone
Hilton Armstrong (Signed with Washington for the league minimum and 1 year)


*I ommited Josh Howard in the small forward list because he has a team option. But its reported that Washington won't pick up his option. Therefore he'll more than likely be an unrestricted free agent. I also ommited all unguaranteed contracts. I read till my eye's bleed trying to figure out who the power laid with, and decided that it must lay with the team as an option on whether to guarantee it or not.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

The name "Chris Bosh" appears to be missing from this list.

 

[Bricklayer]

I normally start one of these up every offseason and then track signings with it. Would you be interested in doing the same with this one when the time comes?

 

[Bricklayer]

The name "Chris Bosh" appears to be missing from this list.

Already in our bag.

 

[bajaden]

The name "Chris Bosh" appears to be missing from this list.

Hmmm! I got this info from Shamsports and they're usually pretty accurate. I'll go back and check...Thanks..

 

[bajaden]

I normally start one of these up every offseason and then track signings with it. Would you be interested in doing the same with this one when the time comes?

Sure, I'd be happy to..

 

[bajaden]

There, I fixed it. It was my bad. They had him on the list, and somehow I didn't get him transfered to my list..

 

[91sickness]

There, I fixed it. It was my bad. They had him on the list, and somehow I didn't get him transfered to my list..

cause you knew you shouldnt even bother writing his name...his gonna be a king and thats that right??

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Already in our bag.

One can only hope!

 

[Sptsjunkie]

Well, aside from the big name players, a few names I wouldn't mind seeing on the Kings if the asking price/years wasn't too high are:

Steve Blake - Good backup, great passer, can hit 3s, solid defender
Jordan Farmar - Terrible fit for the triangle, but could be a solid backup PG in a different system
Travis Outlaw - Good wing defender who can hit 3s and create a bit, although I am not to keen on another 2/3 not named Turner
Amir Johnson - Young big who can rebound and block shots, but who has underachieved so far
Ian Mahinmi - Intriguing young big the Spurs drafted awhile back, has looked competent in his minutes this season

 

[Sptsjunkie]

Come on Baja, no Kenny Thomas? That's akin to leaving Wade off the list. Pretty sure the Knicks have been clearing cap space to make a run at KT this offseason. The whole Kings James thing is just a smokescreen.

 

[bajaden]

Come on Baja, no Kenny Thomas? That's akin to leaving Wade off the list. Pretty sure the Knicks have been clearing cap space to make a run at KT this offseason. The whole Kings James thing is just a smokescreen.

Yeah I noticed that he wasn't on the list. Not sure why, except that maybe he's not currently with a team. I figured it didn't matter where we were concerned. I can stick him in there if it makes you happy..

 

[FakeInjury]

I have to believe that the Kings are going to completely ignore Wade, Bosh and Lebron and throw a max deal at Rudy gay and spend the rest on David Lee, while extending Landry and foregoing the mid-level exception to take an extended look at our FA's. i forgot, we have a offer hawes a low ball deal for good measure.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

I have to believe that the Kings are going to completely ignore Wade, Bosh and Lebron and throw a max deal at Rudy gay and spend the rest on David Lee, while extending Landry and foregoing the mid-level exception to take an extended look at our FA's. i forgot, we have a offer hawes a low ball deal for good measure.

No we don't, Fakey. He'll still be under his rookie contract next season.

 

[bajaden]

No we don't, Fakey. He'll still be under his rookie contract next season.

I was looking at contracts and Landry has one more year on his contract which is a team option. He orginally signed in oct of 2007. So that would make it a four year contract. So if I've read things correctly, the Kings can pick up his option for next season and then offer him an extension if they desire to do so. Which might be a smart thing to do if they want to avoid bidding in free agency for him after next season. I'm sure that there are downsides to doing this as well, as it might affect our freeagent money.

 

[bajaden]

Since there have been a lot of questions about who the Kings might aquire through freeagency to play center, I decided to go back and take a look. The pickings are pretty slim, but there are a few worth taking a look at.

As unrestricted free agents you have.
Brendan Haywood, Marcus Camby, and Kyrylo Fesenko.

Reasonable players with an early termination option are.
Tyson Chandler and Nazr Mohammed.

In the first group you have a real mix of experience and youth and inbetween. Camby is still a good player, but at age 35 I doubt we would be interested. Haywood is a defensive presence as well but is only 30 years old. So one could feel a little safer giving him a three or four year contract. Fesenko is the baby of the group and your betting on potential. Fesenko would probably be the cheapest, and perhaps the best fit on a young team.

In the second group I really like Tyson Chandler, but with all his injuries it would be a risky investment. Mohammed is what he is. A decent big man that fills the middle and can play some defense. He's also turned himself into a decent offensive player that at least you have to guard now.

Anyone else in the unrestricted group is a career backup center, or an aging center. AKA Shaq.

Anyone else in the ETO group is probably too expensive, or not worth the money.

 

[Kingster]

Since there have been a lot of questions about who the Kings might aquire through freeagency to play center, I decided to go back and take a look. The pickings are pretty slim, but there are a few worth taking a look at.

As unrestricted free agents you have.
Brendan Haywood, Marcus Camby, and Kyrylo Fesenko.

Reasonable players with an early termination option are.
Tyson Chandler and Nazr Mohammed.

In the first group you have a real mix of experience and youth and inbetween. Camby is still a good player, but at age 35 I doubt we would be interested. Haywood is a defensive presence as well but is only 30 years old. So one could feel a little safer giving him a three or four year contract. Fesenko is the baby of the group and your betting on potential. Fesenko would probably be the cheapest, and perhaps the best fit on a young team.

In the second group I really like Tyson Chandler, but with all his injuries it would be a risky investment. Mohammed is what he is. A decent big man that fills the middle and can play some defense. He's also turned himself into a decent offensive player that at least you have to guard now.

Anyone else in the unrestricted group is a career backup center, or an aging center. AKA Shaq.

Anyone else in the ETO group is probably too expensive, or not worth the money.

And that's why it's more likely they go for Gay. Bosh ain't going to happen. The big namers ain't going to happen. That leaves Gay, and maybe Warrick and Tyrus Thomas on your list. Who else is worth considering after you throw out the older guys?

 

[Kings Faithful]

My NBA2k10 franchise has Rudy Gay and Dirk Nowitzki teaming up in Minnesota with Love and Flynn. Something like this would probably never happen but it gives me a interesting perspective of how it could.

Then again my NBA2k10 franchise also has us acquiring Al Jefferson and going 59-23 in the 2012 season...

 

[Section 101]

I was looking at contracts and Landry has one more year on his contract which is a team option. He orginally signed in oct of 2007. So that would make it a four year contract. So if I've read things correctly, the Kings can pick up his option for next season and then offer him an extension if they desire to do so. Which might be a smart thing to do if they want to avoid bidding in free agency for him after next season. I'm sure that there are downsides to doing this as well, as it might affect our freeagent money.

Incorrect. Landry was a 2nd round draft pick. He will be an unrestricted FA. They also cannot extend him because of his contract length. Why would he take an extention on his $3 mil per year deal anyways? He would only get like an 8% raise per year.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Incorrect. Landry was a 2nd round draft pick. He will be an unrestricted FA.

I'm not sure when you are implying Landry will be unrestricted. Landry was signed to a three-year offer sheet by Charlotte in the summer of 2008. Houston matched it. The team (now Sacramento) holds an option on the third year of the contract for $3M. He will be an unrestricted FA in 2011.

They also cannot extend him because of his contract length.

Correct. If Sacramento picks up the option, Landry will have been under contract without being a free agent for three years. However, only contracts of four years or longer may be extended, so Landry's contract cannot be extended.

Why would he take an extention on his $3 mil per year deal anyways? He would only get like an 8% raise per year.

That's the raise per year after the first year, not the base, and it's 10.5%. If he were able to sign an extension, he would be eligible for the maximum salary (about $13.5M for a 4-year veteran) in the first year of the extension, and raises of 10.5% of $3M (or $315K per year). Compare to his maximum raise for a free agent contract, which would be 10.5% of the first year's salary. Since he's not a max player, I'd say $8M is probably his ceiling for the first year of a FA contract (or a non-allowed extension), or a raise of about $840K per year. So his raises could be, say, $500K more per year. However, since he's not a max player, he wouldn't be getting a max contract at any rate, and the size of the raise is immaterial. He and the team could negotiate a contract for total dollar value without worrying about max raises.

Max raises only matter if a player is getting a max (or near-max) deal, or if the signing team is up against the salary cap. Look at it this way. Let's say a player's max salary for the first year of a contract is $15M. A team with $15M of cap space wants to sign him to a 3-year, $33M contract, and he's OK with that because it's his best offer. The team could offer $10M, $11M, and $12M with a raise of 10% per year. Or they could offer $11M, $11M, $11M with a raise of 0% per year. Same total dollars, the size of the raise doesn't matter.

 

[UKRAINE]

Since there have been a lot of questions about who the Kings might aquire through freeagency to play center, I decided to go back and take a look. The pickings are pretty slim, but there are a few worth taking a look at.

As unrestricted free agents you have.
Brendan Haywood, Marcus Camby, and Kyrylo Fesenko.

Reasonable players with an early termination option are.
Tyson Chandler and Nazr Mohammed.

In the first group you have a real mix of experience and youth and inbetween. Camby is still a good player, but at age 35 I doubt we would be interested. Haywood is a defensive presence as well but is only 30 years old. So one could feel a little safer giving him a three or four year contract. Fesenko is the baby of the group and your betting on potential. Fesenko would probably be the cheapest, and perhaps the best fit on a young team.

In the second group I really like Tyson Chandler, but with all his injuries it would be a risky investment. Mohammed is what he is. A decent big man that fills the middle and can play some defense. He's also turned himself into a decent offensive player that at least you have to guard now.

Anyone else in the unrestricted group is a career backup center, or an aging center. AKA Shaq.

Anyone else in the ETO group is probably too expensive, or not worth the money.

I have been intrigued by Fesenko since I first saw his size and power. He is still very raw and clumsy but he is a 300lb lumberjack in the paint.

 

[CaminoChaos]

I think one of our downfalls is that Tyreke would average 10+ assist if we had better shooters. What about a shooter like Korver, Mike Miller, Outlaw or Mason Jr.?

 

[Kingstime]

I think one of our downfalls is that Tyreke would average 10+ assist if we had better shooters. What about a shooter like Korver, Mike Miller, Outlaw or Mason Jr.?

Out of all those guys I like Mike Miller the most, plus he sometimes can create his own shot, he's juist injury prone as hell.

 

[bajaden]

I'm not sure when you are implying Landry will be unrestricted. Landry was signed to a three-year offer sheet by Charlotte in the summer of 2008. Houston matched it. The team (now Sacramento) holds an option on the third year of the contract for $3M. He will be an unrestricted FA in 2011.



Correct. If Sacramento picks up the option, Landry will have been under contract without being a free agent for three years. However, only contracts of four years or longer may be extended, so Landry's contract cannot be extended.



That's the raise per year after the first year, not the base, and it's 10.5%. If he were able to sign an extension, he would be eligible for the maximum salary (about $13.5M for a 4-year veteran) in the first year of the extension, and raises of 10.5% of $3M (or $315K per year). Compare to his maximum raise for a free agent contract, which would be 10.5% of the first year's salary. Since he's not a max player, I'd say $8M is probably his ceiling for the first year of a FA contract (or a non-allowed extension), or a raise of about $840K per year. So his raises could be, say, $500K more per year. However, since he's not a max player, he wouldn't be getting a max contract at any rate, and the size of the raise is immaterial. He and the team could negotiate a contract for total dollar value without worrying about max raises.

Max raises only matter if a player is getting a max (or near-max) deal, or if the signing team is up against the salary cap. Look at it this way. Let's say a player's max salary for the first year of a contract is $15M. A team with $15M of cap space wants to sign him to a 3-year, $33M contract, and he's OK with that because it's his best offer. The team could offer $10M, $11M, and $12M with a raise of 10% per year. Or they could offer $11M, $11M, $11M with a raise of 0% per year. Same total dollars, the size of the raise doesn't matter.

I stand corrected. For some reason I had it in my mind that he was finishing up a four year contract. Thats what I get for not doing my homework...

 

[bajaden]

Out of all those guys I like Mike Miller the most, plus he sometimes can create his own shot, he's juist injury prone as hell.

Gatta agree with you. I've always liked Mike Miller. He's also an underrated defender. But the injury thing is troublesome. I also agree on the shooting of the Kings. Very inconsistant from the outside. Noc is either on or off. Ditto Greene and Casspi. Beno has probably been our most consistant outside shooter and most of his shots are midrange. Maybe drafting someone like Jimmy Fredette from BYU in the second round might not be a bad idea. He's a terrific spot up shooter, and he's not bad at creating his own shot as well. His weakness would be defense, but he is a PG, so he wouldn't be a bad player to come off the bench.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Thats what I get for not doing my homework...

You can always claim that the dog ate your copy of the Larry Coon FAQ.

 

[bajaden]

You can always claim that the dog ate your copy of the Larry Coon FAQ.

I would, but unfortunately, my dog died last week. Its been pretty sad around here. Besides, I have more than one copy. Its taped on the wall right next to the U.S. constitution.... You do have to read it once in a while though......

 

[kennadog]

I would, but unfortunately, my dog died last week. Its been pretty sad around here.

So sorry. That's hard.

 

[bajaden]

So sorry. That's hard.

Yeah it was tough. We have three dogs, or did, and Pico was the oldest and had been with us the longest. The shocker was that it happened so quickly. She was looking great one day and had a hard time standing the next. We had blood tests run while trying to save her. Turns out she had diabietes and both her kidney's were failing. She had a good home for most of her life, and she certainly made our home happier with her presence..

 

[Warhawk]

Yeah it was tough. We have three dogs, or did, and Pico was the oldest and had been with us the longest. The shocker was that it happened so quickly. She was looking great one day and had a hard time standing the next. We had blood tests run while trying to save her. Turns out she had diabietes and both her kidney's were failing. She had a good home for most of her life, and she certainly made our home happier with her presence..

So sorry to hear that.

Our last dog (before the one we have now) was diabetic for years (gave her insulin shots twice daily) and had pancreatitis. Man, that was hard. She passed away a couple years ago......