Basketball writing, scouting reports and salary cap analysis from the archive.
I was going to write a separate post to describe ways that the Hornets can avoid the luxury tax without trading away David West or anyone important, but I've decided that I won't. Here's a shorthand version: 1) On trade deadline day, trade Hilton Armstrong and $1.1 million…
- Earl Barron : Barron had played three straight seasons with the Miami Heat from 2005-2008, but his luck with that ran out last offseason. He next signed with Upim Bologna in Italu, but got injured before the season started and never played for the team. Barron didn't…
- Malick Badiane was an exciting thing for Houston Rockets fans for a few years. They could pretend that his underwhelming numbers in less-than-stellar European leagues were not as important as the idea of having a seven-foot young, athletic, defensive minded centre, who could grow into some weird…
Players acquired via free agency or trade: Mark Blount (acquired from Minnesota) Ricky Davis (acquired from Minnesota) Smush Parker (signed, two years, $4,680,000) Joel Anthony , Brian Chase , Devin Green , Penny Hardaway , Alexander Johnson , Jeremy Richardson and Marcus Slaughter (all signed to the minimum…