June 30th: Stuff what happened when the season changed over
- Player/Early Termination Options
These fellas opted in:
Dallas:
Eddie Jones
Denver:
Allen Iverson
Houston:
Steve Francis
Indiana:
Jermaine O'Neal
L.A. Lakers:
Chris Mihm,
Trevor Ariza
Miami:
Shawn Marion
New Jersey:
Stromile Swift
New Orleans:
Melvin Ely
New York:
Stephon Marbury
Orlando:
Keith Bogans
Philadelphia:
Calvin Booth
Phoenix:
Grant Hill
Portland:
Raef LaFrentz
Sacramento:
Kenny Thomas,
Ron Artest
San Antonio:
Jacque Vaughn
Toronto:
Rasho Nesterovic
Utah:
Jason Hart
These fellas opted out:
Boston:
James Posey
Golden State:
Kelenna Azubuike,
Baron Davis
L.A. Clippers:
Elton Brand,
Corey Maggette
New Orleans:
Jannero Pargo
Orlando:
Adonal Foyle
Portland:
James Jones
San Antonio:
Brent Barry
Washington:
Gilbert Arenas
- Team options
Exercised:
Charlotte:
Jermareo Davidson
Houston:
Steve Novak
Indiana:
Stephen Graham
Utah:
Paul Millsap
Declined:
Charlotte:
Othella Harrington
Milwaukee:
Awvee Storey
- Who got qualifying offers?
Click
this.
Also:
Washington trades the rights to
Antawn Jamison to a 4 year extension.
June 26th - draft day
Draft night trades:
Miami
trades the rights to
Darnell
Jackson ro
Cleveland
for a second-round pick in 2009.
Minnesota
trades the rights to
Mario
Chalmers to
Miami
for two future second-round picks and cash.
Minnesota
trades
Marko
Jaric,
Antoine
Walker,
Greg
Buckner and the rights to
O.J.
Mayo to
Memphis
for
Mike
Miller,
Brian
Cardinal,
Jason
Collins and the rights to
Kevin
Love.
New
Jersey trades
Richard
Jefferson to
Milwaukee
for
Yi
Jianlian and
Bobby
Simmons.
New
Orleans trades the rights to
Darrell
Arthur to
Portland
for cash.
Portland
trades the rights to
Mike
Taylor to the
L.A.
Clippers for a second-round pick in 2009.
San
Antonio trades the rights to
Goran
Dragic to
Phoenix
for the rights to
Malik
Hairston, a second-round pick in 2009 and cash.
Seattle
trades the rights to
Sasha
Kaun to
Cleveland
for cash
Seattle
trades the rights to
Walter
Sharpe and
Trent
Plaisted to
Detroit
for the rights to
D.J.
White.
Washington
trades the rights to
Bill
Walker to
Boston
for cash.
DIRTY SEXY THREEWAYS, NUMBER 1:
Portland
trades the rights to
Darrell
Arthur - which they had only just acquired from
New
Orleans - and the rights to
Joey
Dorsey
Portland
receives the rights to
Nicolas
Batum
Memphis
trades the rights to
Donte
Greene and a second-round pick in 2009
Memphis
receives the rights to
Darrell
Arthur
Houston
trades the rights to
Nicolas
Batum
Houston
receives the to
Donte
Greene, the rights to
Joey
Dorsey and Memphis's second-round pick in 2009
DIRTY SEXY THREEWAYS, NUMBER 2:
Chicago
trades the rights to
Sonny
Weems,
New
York's 2009 second round pick, and Chicago's own 2010 second pound
pirck
Chicago
receives the rights to
Omer
Asik
Denver
trades their 2009 second-round pick
Denver
receives the rights to
Sonny
Weems
Portland
trades the rights to
Omer
Asik
Portland
receives all three future of the second-round picks
Also on June 26th:
Chicago
extends qualifying offers to
Ben
Gordon,
Luol
Deng and
Demetris Nichols
Grant
Hill of the
Phoenix
Suns exercises his player option for the 2008-09 season
June 25th
Charlotte
acquires the 20th pick in the 2008 Draft from
Denver
for a future protected first-round pick.
Miami extends qualifying offers to
Dorell Wright,
Chris Quinn and
Kasib
Powell
Philadelphia extends qualifying offers to
Andre Iguodala and
Louie Williams
June 23rd
Denver suspends
Carmelo Anthony for two games.
Detroit hires
Darrell Walker, Pat Sullivan and Harold Ellis as
assistant coaches
Miami
waives
Alexander
Johnson
New Jersey hires
Doug Overton as assistant coach.
June 20th
New York hires
Phil Weber, Dan D’Antoni and
Herb Williams
as assistant coaches
Phoenix
hires
Alvin Gentry, Bill Cartwright, Dan Majerle and
Igor
Kokoskov as assistant coaches
Toronto extends qualifying offers to
Jose Calderon and
Carlos Delfino.
Trevor Ariza of the
L.A. Lakers
exercises his player option for the 2008-09 season
June 19th
Juan Carlos Navarro of
Memphis
signs with Barcelona
June 18th
Toronto waives
Jorge Garbajosa
June 17th
Memphis
hires
Kevin O'Neill as assistant coach
June 13th
Atlanta
signs head coach
Mike Woodson to a contract extension
Miami hires
David Fizdale as assistant coach
June 11th
Chicago hires
Vinny Del Negro as head coach
June 10th
Detroit
hires
Michael Curry as head coach
Gilbert
Arenas of the
Washington
Wizards exercises his early termination option for 2008-09.and becomes
a free agent
June 9th
Phoenix
hires
Terry Porter as head coach
June 6th
Calvin Booth of the
Philadelphia 76ers
exercises his player option for the 2008-09 season
June 4th
Charlotte hires
Dave Hanners, Phil Ford and
Jeff Capel as
assistant coaches
New
Orleans signs head coach
Byron Scott to an extension
June 3rd
Detroit fires head coach
Flip Saunders
June 2nd
Orlando
signs general manager
Otis Smith and assistant general manager
Dave Twardzik to contract extensions
