Possible free agents signings and moves summer 2007!

#1
hey,
i was just thinking who we could pick up via free agency, and draft picks, do you guys think we can get some descent players, there are lots of trade talk but incase the trades don't fall through who or what can we possibly get???
 
#2
Mo Williams
Darko Milicic
Vince Carter(opt out clause)
Mike Bibby(opt out clause)
Rashard Lewis(opt out clause)


those are a few of the bigger names off the top of my head
 
#3
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2654216

Key: ETO = Early Termination Option, P = Player Option, T = Team Option


Atlanta Hawks

Restricted: Esteban Batista, Royal Ivey

Unrestricted: Stanislav Medvedenko

Limited Salary Protection: None


Boston Celtics

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Michael Olowokandi

Limited Salary Protection: Ryan Gomes, Leon Powe, Allan Ray


Charlotte Bobcats


Restricted: Ryan Hollins (T)

Unrestricted: Derek Anderson, Primoz Brezec (P), Matt Carroll, Jeff McInnis, Jake Voskuhl (P), Gerald Wallace (P)

Limited Salary Protection: Brevin Knight


Chicago Bulls


Restricted: Martynas Andriuskevicius, Andre Barrett, Andres Nocioni, Mike Sweetney

Unrestricted: Malik Allen, P.J. Brown

Limited Salary Protection: None


Cleveland Cavaliers


Restricted: Dwayne Jones, Sasha Pavlovic, Anderson Varejao

Unrestricted: Ira Newble (P), Scot Pollard

Limited Salary Protection: David Wesley


Dallas Mavericks


Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Austin Croshere, DeSagana Diop (T), Devean George (P), Jerry Stackhouse

Limited Salary Protection: Jose Juan Barea, Pops Mensah-Bonsu


Denver Nuggets


Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Earl Boykins (P), Julius Hodge, DerMarr Johnson, Eduardo Najera (ETO), Jamal Sampson

Limited Salary Protection: None


Detroit Pistons


Restricted: Will Blalock (T), Amir Johnson

Unrestricted: Chauncey Billups (ETO), Dale Davis, Ronald Dupree (P), Antonio McDyess (P), Flip Murray (P)

Limited Salary Protection: None


Golden State Warriors


Restricted: Kelenna Azubuike, Zarko Cabarkapa, Mickael Pietrus

Unrestricted: Matt Barnes, Keith McLeod

Limited Salary Protection: Monta Ellis


Houston Rockets


Restricted: Chuck Hayes

Unrestricted: Dikembe Mutombo, Scott Padgett, Bonzi Wells (P)

Limited Salary Protection: John Lucas, Bob Sura


Indiana Pacers


Restricted: Maceo Baston (P), Sarunas Jasikevicius (P), Rawle Marshall, Josh Powell

Unrestricted: None

Limited Salary Protection: Darrell Armstrong, Orien Greene


Los Angeles Clippers


Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Yaroslav Korolev, Quinton Ross (T)

Limited Salary Protection: Paul Davis, Daniel Ewing, Zeljko Rebraca, James Singleton


Los Angeles Lakers

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Aaron McKie, Chris Mihm, Smush Parker, Luke Walton, Shammond Williams

Limited Salary Protection: Ronny Turiaf


Memphis Grizzlies


Restricted: Dahntay Jones, Tarance Kinsey (T), Lawrence Roberts

Unrestricted: Chucky Atkins, Eddie Jones, Jake Tsakalidis

Limited Salary Protection: Alexander Johnson


Miami Heat


Restricted: Earl Barron

Unrestricted: Michael Doleac (P), Jason Kapono, Gary Payton, James Posey

Limited Salary Protection: Robert Hite, Alonzo Mourning, Chris Quinn


Milwaukee Bucks


Restricted: Charlie Bell, Ersan Ilyasova

Unrestricted: Steve Blake, Ruben Patterson, Brian Skinner (T), Mo Williams

Limited Salary Protection: None


Minnesota Timberwolves


Restricted: Bracey Wright

Unrestricted: Eddie Griffin (P)

Limited Salary Protection: Craig Smith


New Jersey Nets


Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Vince Carter (ETO), Eddie House, Mikki Moore

Limited Salary Protection: Hassan Adams, Cliff Robinson


New Orleans Hornets


Restricted: Brandon Bass

Unrestricted: Devin Brown, Marc Jackson, Linton Johnson, Desmond Mason, Jannero Pargo (P)

Limited Salary Protection: None


New York Knicks


Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Kelvin Cato, Malik Rose (ETO)

Limited Salary Protection: None


Orlando Magic


Restricted: Travis Diener, Darko Milicic

Unrestricted: Keyon Dooling (P), Pat Garrity (ETO), Grant Hill, Bo Outlaw

Limited Salary Protection: James Augustine


Philadelphia 76ers


Restricted: Shavlik Randolph (P), Louis Williams (T)

Unrestricted: Alan Henderson, Kevin Ollie (P), Joe Smith

Limited Salary Protection: Bobby Jones


Phoenix Suns


Restricted: Pat Burke

Unrestricted: Jumaine Jones, Sean Marks, Jalen Rose, Kurt Thomas (P)

Limited Salary Protection: None


Portland Trail Blazers


Restricted: Travis Outlaw

Unrestricted: Jamaal Magloire, Ime Udoka

Limited Salary Protection: None


Sacramento Kings


Restricted: Ronnie Price

Unrestricted: Mike Bibby (ETO), Jason Hart, Vitaly Potapenko, Maurice Taylor, Corliss Williamson

Limited Salary Protection: None


San Antonio Spurs


Restricted: Fabricio Oberto (P)

Unrestricted: Matt Bonner, Michael Finley (P), Jacque Vaughn, Eric Williams

Limited Salary Protection: Bruce Bowen, Robert Horry, James White


Seattle SuperSonics


Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Danny Fortson, Rashard Lewis (ETO), Mike Wilks

Limited Salary Protection: None


Toronto Raptors


Restricted: Uros Slokar, Pape Sow, P.J. Tucker (T)

Unrestricted: Darrick Martin, Morris Peterson

Limited Salary Protection: None


Utah Jazz


Restricted: Dee Brown, C.J. Miles

Unrestricted: Rafael Araujo

Limited Salary Protection: None


Washington Wizards


Restricted: Andray Blatche, Jarvis Hayes, Donell Taylor

Unrestricted: Calvin Booth, Roger Mason, Michael Ruffin, DeShawn Stevenson (P)

Limited Salary Protection: James Lang
 
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#4
Mo Williams
Darko Milicic
Vince Carter(opt out clause)
Mike Bibby(opt out clause)
Rashard Lewis(opt out clause)


those are a few of the bigger names off the top of my head
Why he is a big name is beyond me. Career 4.0pts 2.5 rbs 1.0 blocks
 
#6
If you want d, then diop would be the way to go. Mind you he has NO offense. But he will clog the lane in a good way. (Ostertag being the example of bad).
 
#7
Boston Celtics
Limited Salary Protection: Ryan Gomes


Charlotte Bobcats

Unrestricted: Primoz Brezec (P), Gerald Wallace (P)

Limited Salary Protection: Brevin Knight


Chicago Bulls


Restricted: Andres Nocioni, Mike Sweetney


Cleveland Cavaliers


Restricted: Anderson Varejao


Dallas Mavericks

Unrestricted: DeSagana Diop (T),


Denver Nuggets

Unrestricted: Earl Boykins (P)

Detroit Pistons


Unrestricted: Chauncey Billups (ETO)

Golden State Warriors


Limited Salary Protection: Monta Ellis


Los Angeles Lakers

Limited Salary Protection: Ronny Turiaf


Miami Heat


Limited Salary Protection: Alonzo Mourning

Milwaukee Bucks


Unrestricted: Steve Blake, Brian Skinner (T), Mo Williams
New Jersey Nets

Unrestricted: Vince Carter (ETO)


New Orleans Hornets


Unrestricted: Desmond Mason, Jannero Pargo (P)

Sacramento Kings


Unrestricted: Mike Bibby (ETO)

Seattle SuperSonics


Unrestricted: Rashard Lewis (ETO)
those are the guys I would love to see on the Kings
 
#12
It is the "Gilbert Arenas Rule." No team can pay more than the league average salary for the first year. There is more to it as well. Check it out http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#37

Cool thanks for the 411. This is great news...lol.

Here's my next question.

Let's say Mike Bibby opts out of his contract at the end of the season thus making him a UFA, can the Kings use that plus the other 12ish million coming off the books on Corliss/Mo/Ronnie/Pot/Hart to get approximately 12-13 million under the salary cap.

Would it be possible then to offer say a contract on the average from the example in the link of an average of 11 million over 5 years to someone like Monta Ellis(imagine Ellis and Martin in the backcourt together that'd be quite the show!) IMO there's NO WAY GS could match that offer. With the mega deals of Murphy/Dunleavy/Richardson/Davis/Foyle etc...they'd be hardpressed to MATCH that type of money and honestly with just their MLE I don't think they'd be able to actually and legitimately match(with the big spike in salary in the 3rd, 4th, 5th season).

I dunno if that's right or not, but in the event that something like that DOES occur, could the Kings still go over the cap to re-sign Bibby using his Bird Rights? Maybe in a front-loaded deal that off-sets Ellis' deal?

Just some food for thought.
 
#13
It is the "Gilbert Arenas Rule." No team can pay more than the league average salary for the first year. There is more to it as well. Check it out http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#37
Actually, I'm pretty sure Limited Salary Protection just means that the guy's contract isn't guaranteed for the full year. So Monta Ellis, for example, isn't a free agent, his contract is just only partially guaranteed next year. I'm guessing Mullin learned his lesson from the Gilbert Arenas fiasco by signing Monta to a three year deal -- after next year they'll have his Bird rights and can pay him whatever they want.
 
#14
^I think you may be right. I should have looked a little deeper at the list. It just seemed that most listed were recent 2nd round picks. I want to say they are related, but have no evidence as such.
 

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#16
The problem with making any kind of predictions in January, especially with what's going on currently, is that we have no idea what Petrie will decide to do. Personally, I think it's just about time to set the fuse, step back, and wait for the loud bang... And that might be what happens. If so, trying to pick one player or another for next year's team is a true fantasy exercise.
 
#17
Man.. Kings should just throw away their season purposely in 07-08 and just try to draft OJ Mayo if he plays well in college. Maybe move farther up the draft this year and get the "next Yao Ming" guy.

Of course I'm basing this all on hype :)

But seriously, a pure superstar in my opinion is what the team lacks.

Maybe our only worry is to find our "LeBron".
 
#19
I wouldn't mind Chris Mihm. That would be a great pickup for this team.

You are leaving off two very important players that *may* be on the market this summer.

Kevin Garnett and Jermaine O'neal.

IMO Garnett is the more likely to opt out and I think he does opt out at the end of the year. O'neal I am not so sure about because he'd be leaving 40 million + on the table for the two years remaining on his deal.
 
#20
I wouldn't mind Chris Mihm. That would be a great pickup for this team.

You are leaving off two very important players that *may* be on the market this summer.

Kevin Garnett and Jermaine O'neal.

IMO Garnett is the more likely to opt out and I think he does opt out at the end of the year. O'neal I am not so sure about because he'd be leaving 40 million + on the table for the two years remaining on his deal.

Their options actually aren't untill 08 offseason, but they both might demand a trade this offseason...
 
#21
I wouldn't mind Chris Mihm. That would be a great pickup for this team.

You are leaving off two very important players that *may* be on the market this summer.

Kevin Garnett and Jermaine O'neal.

IMO Garnett is the more likely to opt out and I think he does opt out at the end of the year. O'neal I am not so sure about because he'd be leaving 40 million + on the table for the two years remaining on his deal.
yea i've definitely heard about the possibility of a trade going down that could bring KG here but I really don't think it would happen and we NEED a big guy...so I say Chris Mihm lol. People are gonna hate him cuz he's a Laker, but oh well he's a big guy, and a decent one at that, so it couldn't hurt to get him over here.
 
#26
As for the 2007 FA market, I think the Kings should focus on signing young, promising, and cheap talent. This would be great for rebuilding & allowing cap space should a superstar or two become available. Additionally, this strategy would really get Arco more enthused with a bunch of ambitious upstarts playing their heart out on the floor.

Mo Williams has been mentioned here before. I bet we could get him for half the price of Bibby and get better or equal PG performance down the road. Anderson Varaejo would give the Kings much needed size and defensive prowess. Chuck Hayes could give us rebounding and shot efficiency (although I haven't really seen him play, his stats look promising). I wouldn't mind seeing Sarunas Jasikevicius coming off the bench - imagine, a decent backup PG! Signing Darko would be great if we could only draft a passing PF like Josh McRoberts...but odds are that won't happen and another team will overpay the Orlando big man.

This coming market is promising because of the quality and likely high value (ahem, smaller contracts) that these players may bring. The Kings have some expiring contracts and desirable players to trade. I feel this summer is a time to make some moves...for Geoff's sake.