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Rashard Lewis signs with Orlando, Darko becomes unrestricted free agent.
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Big Cuz 15
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offer mle??
nbrans
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ESPN is confirming:
Top free agent Lewis to leave Sonics for Magic
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
(Archive)
The NBA's most sought-after free agent is going to the Magic Kingdom.
Rashard Lewis has given the Orlando Magic a verbal commitment to leave the Seattle SuperSonics and sign a max contract on July 11, according to NBA front-office sources.
That's the first day free agents are allowed to officially sign new contracts.
Unless a sign-and-trade arrangement is worked out with Lewis' old team or unless it can otherwise shed payroll between now and July 11, Orlando will have to renounce the rights to restricted free agent Darko Milicic to create the salary-cap space needed to sign Lewis to a deal believed to be in the $15 million-a-year range.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2924228
Top free agent Lewis to leave Sonics for Magic
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
(Archive)
The NBA's most sought-after free agent is going to the Magic Kingdom.
Rashard Lewis has given the Orlando Magic a verbal commitment to leave the Seattle SuperSonics and sign a max contract on July 11, according to NBA front-office sources.
That's the first day free agents are allowed to officially sign new contracts.
Unless a sign-and-trade arrangement is worked out with Lewis' old team or unless it can otherwise shed payroll between now and July 11, Orlando will have to renounce the rights to restricted free agent Darko Milicic to create the salary-cap space needed to sign Lewis to a deal believed to be in the $15 million-a-year range.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2924228
AleksandarN
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If this is true I want Petrie to fly to Serbia and offer the mle to Darko personally.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Does he know Vlade? Because otherwise I am trying to figure out if he has to take the MLE why its not going to be in Houston, to create Twin Towers part deux with Adelman and Yao. All the minutes he could want, a contending team...
AleksandarN
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I think Darko wants to go to a team where he could be the number 1 big man..
And to work with a coach whom I am sure has picked up a smattering of Serbian over the years.
ParniValjak
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He does know Vlade and Pedja so hopefully those guys are in his ear about how great Sacramento is.
Getting Darko with our MLE would ba step in the right direction IMHO. He is still young and has plenty of upside and bring some of the things that we need.
This would be a MUCH smarter move than freaking Mo Peterson.
AleksandarN
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it is now on ESPN Darko is good as gone. Wow i thought Pedja was over paid last year Lewis 15 million per year? That is franchise money.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2924228
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2924228
supamari0
Bench
They'll be fine. They have more expirings that come off next year and have his bird rights so they can sign all the way up to the luxury tax threshold.
Also, remember they used to have 2 max contracts (Grant Hill and T-Mac) so they can manage it just fine.
Dwight Howard will make $6,061,273 in 2007/2008 and will be a restricted free agent in 2008/2009 with a qualifying offer of $7,879,656.
yes, but it seems like they are going to make him sign a contract worth $80,000 for 5 years. the magic did a very bad move by offering that much money to lewis and letting darko walk. darko is already a very good player. he was handled in a very conservative way last year by the then coach brian hill. he has a vlade-like game with a sweet mid range jumper, low post game, good vision with great passing skills. if only he had a coach who knew how to handle international wisdom.
by the way, this trade will also mean that hedo becomes expandable, as the magic will probably have ariza backing up lewis. will be interesting where he ends up as well.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
They are likely signing Leiws to plug the hole at OG. Hedo should remain the SF (if his health permits).
Fresno King
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Why in the world does everyone want Darko so much? I wouldn't cringe at the idea, but he seems to be a European version of...
Spencer Hawes.
When I think of Darko, I don't think "rebounder." Do you?
We don't need another soft 7 footer!
Give me a 6 foot 9 inch rebounding monster over another 7 foot albatross any day of the week!
Spencer Hawes.
When I think of Darko, I don't think "rebounder." Do you?
We don't need another soft 7 footer!
Give me a 6 foot 9 inch rebounding monster over another 7 foot albatross any day of the week!
AleksandarN
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Huh? How is he an European Spencer Hawes?
interesting; every magic fan seems to be excited to see lewis play at the sf slot with some time at the pf. lewis is already a very bad defender, he would make each opposing sg have a career night against the magic. still, an interesting take, i must admit.
ParniValjak
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He is white and he is from europe so thats automatically enough for some "hommies"
ParniValjak
All-Star
Not so sure about that. I could definetly see Magic shopping Hedo for a legit SG rather than play with 2 SFs.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Its possible. I certianly don't know their thoughts ont eh matter. But wiht an established SF, and a crap backcourt, having Lewis play OG (which he has played in his career) does not seem out of the question. His post game in particular would be devastating from that positon.
Problem is that by renouncing Darko, they now have very limited ways to go about getting a real OG. Trading Hedo sure. But worst case Hedo would make a nice 6th man again. But they no longer have Darko to use as an asset, and their other moveable assets are of relatively little worth. Some ending contracts, so they could get SOMEBODY, but anybody they'd want? And with the cap room gone, no room for free agents either.
Problem is that by renouncing Darko, they now have very limited ways to go about getting a real OG. Trading Hedo sure. But worst case Hedo would make a nice 6th man again. But they no longer have Darko to use as an asset, and their other moveable assets are of relatively little worth. Some ending contracts, so they could get SOMEBODY, but anybody they'd want? And with the cap room gone, no room for free agents either.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
The rebounding is a concern, and it might be what keeps Darko from being the NBA's most sought after non-superstar FA here. But while he's not a strong rebounder, he's not godawful either. Just should be better. He's kind of indifferent. Floated at about 11.0/48 last year, which is right about the cutoff between acceptable big man rebounders and poor ones. For comparison, Reef managed all of 9.5/48. Now that's weak. Darko...is he tough enough? Scrappy enough? Dunno. But he's got a lot of talent, and while he may be an indifferent rebounder, he's a major shotblocker.
Pairing him and Hawes would be a concern: Put Darko next to Dwight Howard and being an indifferent rebounder does not matter so much. Put him next to a poor rebounder, and its a problem. But not so much that a team in need of a young power forward with potential should turn its back on one of Darko's caliber however.
TaxMan
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I'm sure this must have had something to do with his weak rebounding. Howard is such a beast it would seem he might see one or two more rebounds (per 48) fall into his hands once he's on a different team.
Always hard to figure how much a dominating rebounding presence on a team affects his teammates rebounding stats. I've seen people make similar arguments with Hawes in college (i.e. his stats deflated by a strong rebounding forward.) I guess you could just as easily conclude that without the dominant rebounder those boards could into the hands of an opponent. Does anyone know how often in history a team has ended up with two double digit rebounders in the same season? Or, two top ten rebounders. It would seem pretty rare.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Knicks used to ahve it all the time with Ewing and Oakely. We had it in the first year of the Vlade/Webb years. San Antonio must have had it a few times in the Robinson/Duncan and Roninson/Rodman pairings. Hakeem and Thorpe most liekly a few times. Moses and Barkely were together for ayear or two. Probably Eaton and Mailman. Tehre may be some very minor effect there, but you put two good rebounders together and I think they pretty much end up looking like two good rebounders in there together.
So I'm not quite saying poppycock, but...poppycoick. I think its largely an excuse unless you have some absolute freak involved like a Rodman able to rebound the ball way way out of his own position. That and the comical "oh he's blocking out so somebody else can get the board". Right. Sometimes guys just suck on the glass. Darko...young, big, does not full fledge suck...I think he could still be respectable. But I'm not really buying that big meanies have been taking the ball away from him when it should rightfully have been his.
So I'm not quite saying poppycock, but...poppycoick.
I think its largely an excuse unless you have some absolute freak involved like a Rodman able to rebound the ball way way out of his own position. That and the comical "oh he's blocking out so somebody else can get the board". Right. Sometimes guys just suck on the glass. Darko...young, big, does not full fledge suck...I think he could still be respectable. But I'm not really buying that big meanies have been taking the ball away from him when it should rightfully have been his.
LPKingsFan
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I hear Memphis is supposed to be interested more in Varejao than Darko. Would figure we'd be in the mix if he's looking at MLE deals, and we can still offer Bibby in a Darko/Arroyo S&T package if the Magic want to go all out.
Ryle
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But, in order to get Lewis in a max deal the Magic will have to renounce the rights to Darko as he counts about 15 mill against the cap. Once they rescind the qualifying offer he is no longer the property of the Magic and so a sign and trade is impossible.
Ryle
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Florida Today's John Denton is reporting that Orlando has indeed agreed to a sign-and-trade deal with the Sonics that will allow Lewis to make $126.4 million over the next six seasons, according to NBA sources who requested anonymity. The Magic will send back a second-round pick to the Sonics.
Unbelievable
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