Basketball writing, scouting reports and salary cap analysis from the archive.
- Michael Bramos After going undrafted out of Miami Ohio, Bramos played for the Pistons in summer league, and played pretty well. He then used his Greek heritage and Greek passport to go to Greece, where he is signed with Peristeri. Unfortunately, his first professional season is not…
- Alfred Aboya : In accordance with Murphy's prophecy, we start with the one guy that I've not much on. There's nothing wrong with that, though, since it means we get to learn. Aboya is a 6'9 big man who just finished his senior season at UCLA, a…
A lot of people are called Brown, I've noticed. How fascinating. - Dee Brown started the year with the Wizards , but was then waived when it emerged that he wasn't the answer to Washington's pretty severe outside shooting problems. He then went to a Suns mini-camp,…
After the completion of the Grizzlies's second consecutive poor season, Spanish guard Juan Carlos Navarro immediately returned to his native Spain. Immediately. And why wouldn't he? A free agent this offseason, Navarro has been roundly stiffed by Memphis, who have managed to mismanage his situation rather spectacularly, in…
Players acquired via free agency or trade: Andre Brown (one year minimum) Casey Jacobsen (one year minimum) Darko Milicic (three years, $21.06 million) Juan Carlos Navarro (rights acquired from Washington, signed for one year and slightly above the minimum) Players acquired via draft: First round: Mike Conley…