NBA Free Agent finalized transactions thread

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by ads_2006:

Originally posted by WillisWillKilYou:

Originally posted by StOnEy333:
Lakers officially sign Ron Artest and Shannon Brown.

wow theyre set up for the next 2-3 years

if phil coaches for the next 2-3 years

I honestly don't think it will matter much if Phil coaches or not. Kobe, Artest, Paul, and Bynum (seriously, Lakers shouldn't be allowed to resign Odom, it ain't fair) will strike fear in the opposition. I hate to say it, but Lakers are gonna be one hell of a team for next 2-3 years. Honestly, I don't see a team in the West that can beat them in a 7 game series. Spurs are good, but they really need a player next to Duncan.

What about their personalities though?

A lot of lakers fans were saying that artest wasnt a bad signing cause Phil could keep him under control.

Kobe = diva, great player though

Artest = Headcase

Pau = Emo

with phil gone, i pretty sure something would happen

Originally posted by LA9erFan:
The personality angle is overrated. This past season, the Lakers got along very, very well. Is Artest going to single-handedly destroy that? Very unlikely, especially considering that he and Kobe have been friends and had mutual respect for each other's games for a long time now. It's not like Artest ruined Houston or Sacramento.

The league should be a lot more concerned about having two of the most competitive personalities on the same team.

Originally posted by Dino:
Pacers land Dahntay Jones

Originally posted by crzy:
Dahntay Jones to Pacers. 4 yrs, $11m.

I think they slightly overpaid him because of his performance in the playoffs.

But I like the idea.

Jones is a decent backup 2/3.

Originally posted by LA9erFan:

Originally posted by Dino:
Pacers land Dahntay Jones

Does a team really "land" Dahntay Jones?

I mean, that's like saying you dropped 7 on someone.

Originally posted by LA9erFan:

Originally posted by crzy:
Dahntay Jones to Pacers. 4 yrs, $11m.

I think they slightly overpaid him because of his performance in the playoffs.

But I like the idea.

Jones is a decent backup 2/3.

Considering that the average NBA contract is something like $5.6M, I actually think that's a really good deal. It's hard to get a contributing player for less than $3M per.

Originally posted by crzy:

Originally posted by LA9erFan:

Originally posted by crzy:
Dahntay Jones to Pacers. 4 yrs, $11m.

I think they slightly overpaid him because of his performance in the playoffs.

But I like the idea.

Jones is a decent backup 2/3.

Considering that the average NBA contract is something like $5.6M, I actually think that's a really good deal. It's hard to get a contributing player for less than $3M per.

Matt Barnes is available. I bet he gets less than $2 million per year.

And I think he's much better than Jones.

Originally posted by Arminini:

Originally posted by crzy:

Originally posted by LA9erFan:

Originally posted by crzy:
Dahntay Jones to Pacers. 4 yrs, $11m.

I think they slightly overpaid him because of his performance in the playoffs.

But I like the idea.

Jones is a decent backup 2/3.

Considering that the average NBA contract is something like $5.6M, I actually think that's a really good deal. It's hard to get a contributing player for less than $3M per.

Matt Barnes is available. I bet he gets less than $2 million per year.

And I think he's much better than Jones.

I definitely lead the Barnes bandwagon. Solid player. Any team would be lucky to have a scrappy guy that plays both ends and can stick a 3 pointer. Not sure why he doesnt get more love.