Basketball writing, scouting reports and salary cap analysis from the archive.
(originally published elsewhere) In a trade agreed to last night, and perhaps already to have been made official by the time this sentence is finished, the Toronto Raptors agreed to trade John Salmons and his partially guaranteed contract to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Louis Williams and…
Several years ago, I wrote a piece called Creative Financing in the NBA , that sought to address and highlight a few quirky salaries and salaries mechanisms handed about that season. In that piece, I also spent a long time addressing the difference between team options and unguaranteed…
Antiphon With apologies to their combined 34-87 record, the Toronto Raptors and the New Jersey Nets had not played an interesting game all season heading into last weekend. It was known in advance that the two teams would struggle this season, and any optimism to the contrary has…
Solomon Alabi If you read my draft recap, you'll know how I feel about the Alabi pick. I'm pretty much all for it, and believe he has a chance to be a good contributor in the NBA. At #50, I think he was a steal. Even with hepatitis.…
The cheerful-looking person in this picture is former Utah Jazz and Toronto Raptors big man, Robert Whaley . You may remember him, or you may not. But if you do, it's probably because either: a) you're a Cincinnati Bearcats fan who remembers Whaley for the one underwhelming year…
It's been roughly two months since summer league started, and most of the players involved have been rehomed now. The following is a list of where everybody currently is, or where they might be going. This list gets a bit long, so if you want to just skip…
February 13th, 2008. Wednesday. Raining. The Dallas Mavericks are tootling along with a 34-17 record. They're pretty good, and perhaps they know it, because they're suddenly overwhelmed with the urge to do something drastic. A veteran team with only one good young player decides on a plan to…
- Paul Davis : Davis was waived by the Clippers to save some money, after being brought back for no obvious reason. Strangely, he didn't sign anywhere after that, but he did appear on Millionaire Matchmaker, where it was determined that he showed an "immature" attitude towards sex.…
1) As you may know, Houston traded Steve Francis , a 2009 second-round draft pick and cash to Memphis for a conditional 2011 second-round pick. Memphis's end of this is simple - they got their pick back for free. Houston gave them Francis, enough money to pay him…
Why aren't NBA players loyal to their teams, such as how the fans are, and such as how the fans think that they should be? Ask Fred Jones . Jonesy signed with Toronto for three years and $9.9 million in July 2006, as a part of the Raptors'…