Golden State reached out to Maggette, Brand visits Philadelphia

by cantthinkofagoodname on Jul 3, 2008 8:59 PM PDT

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/03/SPV611JS76.DTL

Interesting article, Are the warriors possibly interested in a sign and trade with Maggette and Davis? Also, did anyone ever figure out if you can include other contracts in a sign and trade to make salaries work? Even without a sign and trade they can get maggette outright though because they have enough room under the cap. I guess if they are going to let baron go, they might as well get someone in return. At the very least if they don’t sign maggette to a bad contract, they have a piece they can trade away later if another point guard becomes available.

The article also goes on to state that the clippers can only offer Brand 5 years because they have to renounce Brands rights to make room for Davis. Maybe John R or CS can explain why that’s the case.I dont think we're too worried about the 76ers because they have less money to offer than the warriors and clippers right?

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Boom

http://www.contracostatimes.com/sports/ci_9782374?nclick_check=1

Brand stays?

by Redmosa on Jul 4, 2008 12:39 AM PDT reply actions

LOL, Phase Two has begun

GSW believes Maggette would be a good fit. It would allow them to trade Harrington, perhaps to the Bulls for Hinrich. I’ll let the Dubs worry about all that.

Is there a way that EB and Falk can pull Philly in to make the dollars work? I’m not sure how a deal like that would look, but I am just wondering if working with a team with cap space can allow the Clips to offer Brand more.

By the way, there is a report from the San Jose paper that the Clippers would like to give Elton a 6 yr deal, but that it is EB who is insisting on a 5 year deal. Apparently he wants to do this so that he can be a FA again after the current CBA contract expires. Who knows? Here is the link: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2008/07/03/free-agent-chaos-update-i-hear-that-brand-is-the-one-insisting-on-5-years-and-i-dont-know-why/

Also mention of a Clips/GSW sign and trade.

by mikey p on Jul 4, 2008 9:19 AM PDT reply actions