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Drew Gooden was neither waived nor traded this week. Therefore, for all that fuss about his 'novel' contract , nothing actually happened with it. Now, he's just a plain old expiring. - Curtis Borchardt Borchardt left Spain for the French league this summer, but he did so…
Simple question: Did the tough economic climate affect NBA team's spending plans as much as MSM scaremongers would have you believe? Not-so-simple answer: Kind of. This summer saw a team that could have had nearly eight figures of cap room opt not to use any of it. The…
Players acquired via free agency or trade: Morris Peterson (four years, $22.4 million) Melvin Ely (two year minimum) David Wesley (acquired from Cleveland, to be waived) Ryan Bowen (one year minimum) Trey Johnson (two year minimum) Players acquired via draft: First round: Julian Wright (13th overall) Second…