Market Adjustment: Good NBA big men are bargains right now

August 27th, 2018

It took nearly a month of free agency to do it, but the last big free agency name was eventually taken off the board at the end of July. The Houston Rockets finally agreed to re-sign free agent centre Clint Capela to a deal reported to cost them only five years and $90 million, of which only five years and $80 million is guaranteed.

My use of the world “only” there was very deliberate. That is not a lot …

30 teams in 36 or so days: Atlanta Hawks

September 12th, 2007

Atlanta Hawks

Players acquired via free agency or trade:

None

Players acquired via draft:

First round: Al Horford (3rd overall), Acie Law IV (11th overall)

Players retained:

None

Players departed:

Royal Ivey (unsigned), Slava Medvedenko (unsigned), Esteban Batista (unsigned)

Bobbins:

The Hawks got lucky, I think they would admit that. The Joe Johnson trade of 2005 left the Hawks owing two first-round picks to Phoenix. One of these had already been conveyed, and was …