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2007 NBA offseason review




For 2006 review, click here


NOTE: Review taken as of a certain moment in time (opening day of the 2008 season, 30th October 2007), detailing the roster changes between then and the last day of the team's season prior.. Anything that happened after that isn't listed......because then it's no longer in the offseason, and thus not a part of any self-respecting offseason review. If a player was on a roster for a short period of time during the offseason but didn't make the opening day roster - like, say, Steve Francis with Portland, or multiple dozen training camp players - they aren't listed.





Players acquired via free agency or trade:


Mario West (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Al Horford (3rd overall), Acie Law (11th overall)
Second round: None


Players retained:

None


Players departed:

Esteban Batista (signed with Boston), Royal Ivey (signed with Milwaukee)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Brandon Wallace (two year minimum)
Kevin Garnett (acquired from Minnesota)
Ray Allen (acquired in draft night trade from Seattle)
Eddie House (1 year, $1.5 million)
James Posey (2 years, $6.68 million)
Scot Pollard (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: None
Second round: Gabe Pruitt (32nd overall), Glen Davis (35th overall, acquired in draft night from Seattle)


Players retained:

None


Players departed:

Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair, Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson (all traded to Minnesota), Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, rights to Jeff Green (all traded to Seattle), Allan Ray (waived), Michael Olowokandi (euthanised)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Jason Richardson (acquired from Golden State)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Jared Dudley (22nd overall)
Second round: Jermareo Davidson (36th overall, acquired in draft night trade)


Players retained:

Derek Anderson (re-signed, 1 year minimum)
Jeff McInnis (re-signed, 1 year minimum)
Ryan Hollins (exercised team option)
Matt Carroll (re-signed, six years, $26,900,000)
Gerald Wallace (re-signed, six years, $57,000,000)
Walter Herrmann (opted in)
Primoz Brezec (exercised team option)


Players departed:

Brevin Knight (waived), Jake Voskuhl (signed with Milwaukee), Alan Anderson (signed in Italy)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Joe Smith (2 years, $10 million)
Thomas Gardner (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Joakim Noah (9th overall)
Second round: Aaron Gray (49th overall), JamesOn Curry (51st overall)


Players retained:

Andres Nocioni (re-signed, 6 years, $45 million)


Players departed:

Malik Allen (signed with New Jersey), Andre Barrett (signed in D-League), Michael Sweetney (unsigned), Martynas Andriuskevicius (signed in Spain), P.J. Brown (unsigned)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Devin Brown (1 year, $1.2 million)
Anthony Tolliver (one year minimum)
Cedric Simmons (acquired from New Orleans)
Demetris Nichols (claimed off waivers from New York)


Players acquired via draft:

None


Players retained:

Ira Newble (opted in)
Dwayne Jones (re-signed, 1 year minimum)


Players departed:

Anderson Varejao (holding out), Sasha Pavlovic (also holding out), Scot Pollard (signed with Boston), David Wesley (traded to New Orleans)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Brandon Bass (two year minimum)
Trenton Hassell (acquired from Minnesota)
Eddie Jones (2 years, $3,806,400)
Juwan Howard (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

Second round: Nick Fazekas (34th overall, signed two year minimum), Reyshawn Terry (44th overall, unsigned), Reinaldas Seibutis (rights acquired from Orlando, 50th overall, unsigned)


Players retained:

Devean George (re-signed, 1 years, $2,369,111 for some reason)
DeSagana Diop (exercised team option)
Jerry Stackhouse (re-signed, 3 years, $21 million)
Devin Harris (signed 5 year extension for loads)


Players departed:

Didier Ilunga-Mbenga (waived), Greg Buckner (traded to Minnesota), Kevin Willis (unsigned), Austin Croshere (signed with Golden State), Pops Mensah-Bonsu (waived)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Steven Hunter (acquired from Philadelphia)
Bobby Jones (acquired from Philadelphia)
Chucky Atkins (1 year, $3 million)


Players acquired via draft:

None


Players retained:

Anthony Carter (waived then re-signed, one year minimum)
Eduardo Najera (opted in, or rather, didn't opt out)


Players departed:

Steve Blake (signed with Portland), DerMarr Johnson (signed in Italy), Jamal Sampson (signed with Dallas, then waived), Reggie Evans (traded to Philadelphia)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Jarvis Hayes (1 years, $1.2 million)
Cheikh Samb (previous draft pick, signed two year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Rodney Stuckey (17th overall), Arron Afflalo (27th overall)
Second round: Sammy Mejia (57th overall, signed then waived)


Players retained:

Chauncey Billups (opted out, re-signed, 5 years, $60.5 million)
Amir Johnson (re-signed, 3 years, $11 million)
Ronald Dupree (opted in)
Antonio McDyess (opted in, signed two year extension)
Ronald Murray (opted in)


Players departed:

Will Blalock (team option declined, signed in Israel), Dale Davis (unsigned), Chris Webber (unsigned), Carlos Delfino (traded to Toronto)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Austin Croshere (one year minimum)
Troy Hudson (one year minimum)
Kosta Perovic (previous draft pick, 3 years, $5,832,000)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Brandan Wright (8th overall, acquired in draft night trade with Charlotte), Marco Belinelli (18th overall)
Second round: Stephane Lasme (46th overall, signed one year minimum),


Players retained:

Kelenna Azubuike (re-signed, two year minimum)
Matt Barnes (re-signed, 1 year, $3 million)
Mickael Pietrus (re-signed, one year qualifying offer, $3,470,771)


Players departed:

Zarko Cabarkapa (unsigned), Sarunas Jasikevicius (opted out, bought out, signed in Greece), Josh Powell (signed with Clippers), Jason Richardson (traded to Charlotte), Adonal Foyle (bought out, signed with Orlando)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Steve Francis (2 years, $5,073,813)
Mike James (acquired from Minnesota)
Luis Scola (rights acquired from San Antonio, signed 3 years, $9.45 million)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Aaron Brooks (26th overall)
Second round: Carl Landry (31st overall, rights acquired the day after draft night), Brad Newley (54th overall, unsigned, rights acquired on draft night)


Players retained:

Chuck Hayes (re-signed, 4 years, $8,102,500)
Dikembe Mutombo (re-signed, 1 year minimum)
Bonzi Wells (opted in)


Players departed:

Bob Sura (waived), Juwan Howard (traded to Minnesota), John Lucas III (waived), Vassilis Spanoulis (traded to San Antonio), Jake Tsakalidis (signed in Greece)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Stephen Graham (two year minimum)
Kareem Rush (one year minimum)
Andre Owens (one year minimum)
Travis Diener (3 years, $4.86 million)
Courtney Sims (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

Second round: Stanko Barac (39th overall, unsigned, rights acquired on draft night)


Players retained:

None


Players departed:

Macy O'Baston (opted out, signed offer sheet with Toronto, unmatched, Orien Greene (waived), Darrell Armstrong (waived), Rawle Marshall (signed with Phoenix, then waived), Keith McLeod (unsigned, dire)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Josh Powell (3 years, $2.592 million)
Brevin Knight (two years, $3.728 million)
Ruben Patterson (one year minimum)
Dan Dickau (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Al Thornton (14th overall)


Players retained:

Quinton Ross (team option exercised)


Players departed:

Yaroslav Korolev (re-signed, then waived), James Singleton (team option declined, signed in Spain), Jason Hart (signed with Utah), Will Conroy (waived), Daniel Ewing (waived)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Derek Fisher (3 years, unknown)
Coby Karl (two year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Javaris Crittenton (19th overall)
Second round: Sun Yue (40th overall, unsigned), Marc Gasol (48th overall, unsigned)


Players retained:

Chris Mihm (re-signed, 2 years, $5,262,500)
Luke Walton (re-signed, 5 years, $30.3 million)


Players departed:

Aaron McKie (became a coach with Philadelphia), Smush Parker (signed with Miami), Shammond Williams (signed in Spain)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Darko Milicic (3 years, $21.06 million)
Juan Carlos Navarro (rights acquired from Washington, signed one year, $538,090)
Andre Brown (one year minimum)
Casey Jacobsen (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Mike Conley Jr (4th overall)


Players retained:

Tarence Kinsey (team option exercised)


Players departed:

Dahntay Jones (signed with Boston, then waived), Lawrence Roberts (signed in Greece), Chucky Atkins (signed with Denver), Junior Harrington (unsigned), Alexander Johnson (waived)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Penny Hardaway (one year minimum)
Smush Parker (2 years, $4.68 million)
Alexander Johnson (two year minimum)
Joel Anthony (two year minimum)
Mark Blount (acquired from Minnesota)
Ricky Davis (acquired from Minnesota)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Daequan Cook (21st overall, acquired in draft night trade)


Players retained:

Earl Barron (re-signed, one year qualifying offer, $973,328)



Players departed:

Eddie Jones (signed with Dallas), Jason Kapono (signed with Toronto), James Posey (signed with Boston), Michael Doleac (opted in, traded to Minnesota), Antoine Walker (traded to Minnesota), Wayne Simien (traded to Minnesota), Gary Payton (unsigned)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Jake Voskuhl (1 year, $3 million)
Desmond Mason (2 years, $10.4 million)
Awvee Storey (two year minimum)
Royal Ivey (one year minimum)
Michael Ruffin (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Yi Jianlian (6th overall)
Second round: Ramon Sessions (56th overall, signed two year minimum)


Players retained:

Charlie Bell (signed a 5 year $18,014,800 offer sheet with Miami, matched)
Maurice Williams (re-signed, 6 years, $51.263 million)


Players departed:

Ruben Patterson (signed with Clippers), Damir Markota (bought out), Jared Reiner (signed in Spain), Ersan Ilyasova (signed in Spain, rights retained), Brian Skinner (signed with Phoenix), Lynn Greer (bought out), Earl Boykins (opted out, unsigned)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Theo Ratliff (acquired from Boston)
Sebastian Telfair (acquired from Boston)
Ryan Gomes (acquired from Boston)
Gerald Green (acquired from Boston)
Al Jefferson (acquired from Boston)
Michael Doleac (acquired from Miami)
Antoine Walker (acquired from Miami)
Greg Buckner (acquired from Dallas)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Corey Brewer (7th overall)
Second round: Chris Richard (41st overall, signed one year minimum)


Players retained:

Al Jefferson (signed 5 year, $65 million extension)


Players departed:

Bracey Wright (signed in Greece), Kevin Garnett (traded to Boston), Mike James (traded to Houston), Justin Reed (traded to Houston), Troy Hudson (bought out), Mark Blount (traded to Miami), Ricky Davis (traded to Miami), Trenton Hassell (traded to Dallas)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Malik Allen (one year minimum)
Darrell Armstrong (one year minimum)
Jamaal Magloire (1 year, $4 million)
David Wesley (acquired from New Orleans)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Sean Williams (17th overall)


Players retained:

Vince Carter (opted out, re-signed, 6 years, $80.616 million)


Players departed:

Mikki Moore (signed with Sacramento), Eddie House (signed with Boston), Hassan Adams (waived), Mile Ilic (traded to New Orleans), Bernard Robinson (traded to New Orleans), Cliff Robinson (waived)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Morris Peterson (4 year, $22.4 million)
Melvin Ely (two year minimum)
Ryan Bowen (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Julian Wright (13th overall)
Second round: Adam Haluska (43rd overall, signed two year minimum)


Players retained:

Jannero Pargo (opted out, re-signed, 2 years, $3,806,400)


Players departed:

Marc Jackson (signed in Greece), Linton Johnson (signed in Spain), Cedric Simmons (traded to Cleveland), Brandon Bass (signed with Dallas), Devin Brown (signed with Cleveland), Desmond Mason (signed with Milwaukee)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Zach Randolph (acquired from Portland)
Fred Jones (acquired from Portland)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Wilson Chandler (23rd overall)


Players retained:

Malik Rose (didn't opted out)


Players departed:

Kelvin Cato (unsigned), Steve Francis (traded to Portland), Channing Frye (traded to Portland)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Rashard Lewis (6 years, $112,753,504)
Adonal Foyle (two year minimum)
Marcin Gortat (previous draft pick, two year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

Second round: Milovan Rakovic (60th overall, acquired in draft night trade, unsigned)


Players retained:

Keyon Dooling (opted in)
Pat Garrity (didn't opt out)
Bo Outlaw (re-signed, one year minimum)
Jameer Nelson (signed five year extension)
Dwight Howard (signed five year maximum extension)


Players departed:

Travis Diener (signed with Indiana), Grant Hill (signed with Phoenix), Darko Milicic (signed with Memphis)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Calvin Booth (two year minimum)
Reggie Evans (acquired from Denver)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Jason Smith (20th overall, acquired in draft night trade), Thaddeus Young (12th overall)
Second round: Herbert Hill (55th overall, acquired in draft night trade, signed two year minimum)


Players retained:

Shavlik Randolph (opted in)
Louis Williams (team option exercised)


Players departed:

Alan Henderson (unsigned), Joe Smith (signed with Chicago), Steven Hunter (traded to Denver), Bobby Jones (traded to Denver)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Brian Skinner (one year minimum)
Grant Hill (2 years, $3,806,400)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Alando Tucker (29th overall)
Second round: D.J. Strawberry (59th overall, signed two year minimum)


Players retained:

Sean Marks (re-signed, one year minimum)


Players departed:

Pat Burke (signed with Golden State, waived), Jalen Rose (unsigned), Kurt Thomas (traded to Seattle), Jumaine Jones (unsigned), James Jones (traded to Portland)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

James Jones (acquired from Phoenix)
Steve Blake (3 years, $13.77 million)
Channing Frye (acquired from New York)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Greg Oden (1st overall), Rudy Fernandez (24th overall, acquired in draft night trade, unsigned), Petteri Koponen (30th overall, acquired in draft night trade, unsigned)
Second round: Josh McRoberts (37th overall, signed two year minimum), Taurean Green (52nd overall, signed two year minimum)


Players retained:

Travis Outlaw (re-signed, 3 years, $12 million)


Players departed:

Luke Schenscher (signed in Germany), Ime Udoka (signed with San Antonio), Zach Randolph (traded to New York), Fred Jones (traded to New York), Dan Dickau (traded to New York), Jamaal Magloire (signed with New Jersey)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Mikki Moore (3 years, $17,353,440)
Mustafa Shakur (one year minimum)
Orien Greene (one year minimum)
Darryl Watkins (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Spencer Hawes (10th overall)


Players retained:

Kevin Martin (signed 5 year, $52 million extension)
Justin Williams (re-signed, one year qualifying offer, $862,456)
Mike Bibby (didn't opt out)


Players departed:

Vitaly Potapenko (unsigned), Corliss Williamson (retired), Ronnie Price (signed with Utah)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Ime Udoka (two years, $2.08 million)
Darius Washington (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Ian Mahinmi (28th overall pick, 2005), Tiago Splitter (28th overall, unsigned)


Players retained:

Jacque Vaughn (re-signed, two year minimum)
Michael Finley (opted in)
Fabricio Oberto (opted out, re-signed, 3 years, $10.5 million)
Matt Bonner (re-signed, 3 years, $8,950,500)
Tim Duncan (signed two year, $40 million extension)
Bruce Bowen (signed two year, $8 million extension)


Players departed:

Melvin Ely (signed with New Orleans), Beno Udrih (traded to Minnesota), Jackie Butler (traded to Houston), James White (waived)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Delonte West (acquired from Boston)
Wally Szczerbiak (acquired from Boston)
Kurt Thomas (acquired from Phoenix)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Kevin Durant (2nd overall), Jeff Green (5th overall, rights acquired in draft night trade)


Players retained:

None


Players departed:

Andre Brown (signed with Memphis), Mike Wilks (signed with Denver, waived), Rashard Lewis (signed and traded to Orlando), Ray Allen (traded to Boston), Randy Livingston (unsigned), Danny Fortson (unsigned)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Jamario Moon (two year minimum)
Carlos Delfino (acquired from Detroit)
Jason Kapono (5 years, $23,994,880)
Maceo Baston (2 years, $3,806,400)


Players acquired via draft:

Second round: Giorgis Printezis (58th overall, rights acquired in draft night trade, unsigned)


Players retained:

Kris Humphries (signed 3 year extension)
Darrick Martin (re-signed, one year minimum)


Players departed:

Morris Peterson (signed with New Orleans), Luke Jackson (waived), Uros Slokar (signed in Russia), Pape Sow (signed in Italy)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Jason Hart (2 years, $4,784,000)
Ronnie Price (2 years, $2,288,000)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Morris Almond (25th overall)
Second round: Kyrylo Fesenko (38th overall, acquired in draft night trade, signed 3 years, $2.43 million)


Players retained:

C.J. Miles (re-signed, one year qualifying offer, $945,610)


Players departed:

Rafael Araujo (signed in Russia), Dee Brown (signed in Turkey), Derek Fisher (bought out)





Players acquired via free agency or trade:

None, bizarrely.


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Oleksiy Pecherov (18th overall, 2006), Nick Young (16th overall)
Second round: Dominic McGuire (47th overall, signed 3 year minimum)


Players retained:

Andray Blatche (re-signed, 5 years, $15 million)
Roger Mason (re-signed, one year minimum)
DeShawn Stevenson (re-signed, 4 years, $15 million)


Players departed:

Calvin Booth (signed with Philadelphia), Mike Hall (re-signed, waived), Donell Taylor (re-signed, waived), Michael Ruffin (signed with Milwaukee), Jarvis Hayes (signed with Detroit)


 














 
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