SAR Officially a King!!!
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So when will we find out the length of his contract? Does anyone, even Petrie, know how long it is? There are different reports everywhere. SI.com has an article with the title "Kings sign Abdur-Rahim: Sacramento Quickly Signs Forward to one-year deal." But then states in the article, "The Kings signed Abdur-Rahim to a multiyear contract Friday,"
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/basketball/nba/08/12/bc.bkn.kings.abdur.rahim.ap/index.html
It may not seem like a big deal, but it will affect how I feel about it. One year is a waste, IMHO.
I am just curious as to the exact length.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/basketball/nba/08/12/bc.bkn.kings.abdur.rahim.ap/index.html
It may not seem like a big deal, but it will affect how I feel about it. One year is a waste, IMHO.
I am just curious as to the exact length.
Kings sign Abdur-Rahim to 5-year, $29.3 million deal
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Published 9:12 pm PDT Friday, August 12, 2005
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Shareef Abdur-Rahim walked in the room as a $100 million man before the purple ink had been signed. Before his deal with New Jersey fell through on Tuesday, and even before he hit the free agent market after leaving Portland last season, the 28-year-old had achieved the sort of feats that bring in dreamy kinds of cash, but nothing in the way of priceless legacies.
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So when the Kings introduced Abdur-Rahim as their own Friday, the nine-year veteran looked very content for someone who will be supremely underpaid by market value.
When it came official, the Kings and their new player, who made $14.6 million last year alone, agreed to a five-year, $29.3 million contract. The Kings, who are over the salary cap, used their mid-level exception to add the one-time All-Star, with the first year worth $5 million and 8 percent increases every year thereafter. This deal was nothing like the 6-year, $38 million he lost out on with New Jersey, or the 5-year, $47 million contract he turned down from Milwaukee in the early summer. Then again, Abdur-Rahim said, it's not just about the money anymore.
He's never been in the playoffs, will never forget the six seasons in which his team couldn't break the 30-win barrier, and never plans to return to those days.
"The biggest thing for me was just getting on a team to win, and win big and compete at a high level," Abdur-Rahim said. "That's what I want to do for the rest of my career, and the guys that are already here are used to winning."
The question that will loom for the next half-decade is whether the $100 million man can be Bionic Man too. Abdur-Rahim only came the Kings' way because New Jersey lost faith in Abdur-Rahim's longevity and nixed a sign-and-trade with Portland three days before. Scar tissue popped up during Abdur-Rahim's physical with the Nets, leading team president Rod Thorn to fear arthritis in the long term and, in general, pass on what he perceived as a dangerous investment.
Abdur-Rahim was miffed by the whole ordeal. He said the Nets nearly convinced him that his body wasn't right, if only because one team doctor out of four, according to his agent Aaron Goodwin, threw up the red flag. The Kings doctors performed their own extensive medical checkup when Abdur-Rahim came to Sacramento on Thursday, including multiple MRIs. Goodwin said Abdur-Rahim has a bone spur in his right knee that's been there since he had arthroscopic surgery when he was 15, but there were no signs of imminent danger.
"It's like anybody if you go to the doctor and the doctor tells you your sick, you think, 'Well it's a doctor so he must know,'" said Abdur-Rahim, who has never missed time because of the knee. "But I'd always go back to the fact that I knew how I felt, I knew I hadn't hurt myself, I hadn't missed games. ... I'm just happy, I'm thankful, I'm grateful that this situation was here for me and I'm just ready to go."
The clincher, Goodwin said, was the Kings' confidence in Abdur-Rahim amid so much doubt.
"They easily could've said, 'What's wrong with your knee, maybe we'll bring you in, check you out, offer you a one or two year deal," Goodwin said. "They didn't. They immediately said, 'We know how good you are. ... We want you. Whether you want a one year deal or a five year deal, we want you. I think that meant a lot to him."
Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie said the knee was a non-issue.
"He took an extensive physical here, and he passed," Petrie said. "We're comfortable with his future as a player and his productivity."
The Bee's Sam Amick can be reached at (916) 326-5582 or samick@sacbee.com.
Now that sounds very interesting to me. we always say GP thinks years ahead. Maybe next year is what this signing was about especially since Ben Wallace is a FA next year and so is Amare Stoudimire. Now if we can just dump KT for an expiring contract and take that and Peja off the books going into Free Agency next year we could offer some $ to somebody.
By the way i have a feeling that role player will be Matt Barnes. He is a great role player that fully accepts his role.
By the way i have a feeling that role player will be Matt Barnes. He is a great role player that fully accepts his role.
BobbyJ_for3! said:
the prob is taht barnes did that last year and got traded...maybe he'll just ask for a no-trade clause along with it...which i think is reasonable
and about the yahoo thing, yeah i saw that too....good stuff, but eh, most ppl r idiots anyway...
we just have to wait and see (although i voted yes
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and about the yahoo thing, yeah i saw that too....good stuff, but eh, most ppl r idiots anyway...
we just have to wait and see (although i voted yes
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I think Corliss will be moved too. Rebraca? No, he already re-signed with Clippers. Francisco Elson (unresrtricted free-agent from Nuggets) would be a fine choice for back-up center, is a 2-year player. Denver's only mentioned they "want to keep him". But that was early in the off-season. Nothing else since really.
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/francisco_elson/index.html
http://www.hoopshype.com/players/francisco_elson.htm
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/francisco_elson/index.html
http://www.hoopshype.com/players/francisco_elson.htm
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Yeah, but what if he is traded (though I don't think he will be), we can and should get someone bigger. Ostertag was slated to be Brad's back-up, he was a 7 footer. Skinner I think would play PF more anyways if he stays, which is more his position. From potential trades/pick-ups we could have:
Skinner at C, Evans at PF.
Etan at C, Skinner at PF. With the two switching, as both are PF/C players.
Elson at C, Skinner at PF.
Or the least possible ones: Etan at center, Evans at PF. Elson at C, Etan or Evans at PF.
Hell, even Eddie Griffin at PF, though he is the least possibility to be had. Or Melvin Ely.
Skinner at C, Evans at PF.
Etan at C, Skinner at PF. With the two switching, as both are PF/C players.
Elson at C, Skinner at PF.
Or the least possible ones: Etan at center, Evans at PF. Elson at C, Etan or Evans at PF.
Hell, even Eddie Griffin at PF, though he is the least possibility to be had. Or Melvin Ely.
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