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[The Bad Blood]

New Orleans, Louisiana.

[arv]

New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Thanks ;)

[ProkhoLov]

O Bosh parece ser o mais serio deles todos :laugh:

[Odom]

 

 

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o wade tambem ta esquisito :lol:

 

[Nuk]

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[Kendrick Lmao]

tive aqui a procura destas noticias para ver umas cenas mas afinal nao as tinham aqui portanto

 

Reports: Arenas agrees to six-year, $111M contract to help Wizards' future

 

WASHINGTON -- Gilbert Arenas is accepting less money from the Washington Wizards, invoking an attitude far, far removed from the world of his working-class fans.

 

"What can I do for my family with $127 million that I can't do with $111 million?" he told The Washington Post.

 

The unpredictable three-time All-Star point guard, in vintage Agent Zero fashion, told the Post and the Washington Times on Thursday that he has agreed to re-sign for $111 million over six years, considerably less than the maximum deal he said the Wizards offered him when the free agency period began on Tuesday.

 

Arenas negotiated the deal from China, where is traveling as part of promotional tour for a shoe company, and did so without an agent.

 

"I'm basically giving back $16 million," Arenas told the Washington Times. "This is in line with what I've been saying the whole time. You see players take max deals and they financially bind their teams. I don't wanna be one of those players and three years down the road your team is strapped and can't do anything about it."

 

Arenas became a free agent after opting out of the final year of his six-year, $65 million contract at the end of last season. He initially said he was opting out to receive a max contract, but he later indicated he would be flexible in negotiations.

 

Arenas also said that he would not re-sign unless the team retained two-time All-Star forward Antawn Jamison. The Wizards lived up to that part of the bargain Monday by giving Jamison a four-year, $50 million deal.

 

Arenas has proven to be one of the most dynamic players in the NBA when healthy, but a major knee and an overzealous rehabilitation sidelined him for most of the last season. He had a first surgery on the knee in April 2007, tried to come back too soon and had a second operation in November. He missed 66 games before returning late in the season, but he had to shut himself down again during the first-round playoff series against Cleveland.

 

Arenas has vowed to be more cautious about his rehab this time, and the state of his knee didn't appear to devalue his worth in talks with the Wizards.

 

The Wizards cannot comment on talks with Arenas or announce the deal until a league-mandated moratorium expires next week.

 

Arenas has averaged 22.8 points, 5.5 assists and 4.2 rebounds in his seven-season NBA career. He was known as much for his tantrums as for on-court play when he came to Washington from Golden State in 2003, but he began to display more maturity as he developed into a take-over-the-game player with a knack for hitting buzzer-beating shots. Although he still has his many quirks -- yelling "Hibachi!" after making a big shot is just one of many -- he has helped the Wizards became a playoff regular.

 

Arenas' deal means the Wizards will have room to sign other players -- including free agent guard Roger Mason -- and still remain under the league's luxury tax.

 

"It's a relief," Arenas told the Washington Times. "It was a burden at the same time. Your whole city is depending on you, wondering if you're going to make the right decision. I'm a franchise player and sometimes franchise players need to make franchise decisions."

Paul agrees on four-year, $68M deal to keep him in New Orleans

 

NEW ORLEANS -- Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets reached a contract agreement Thursday that could keep the All-Star point guard with the team for at least the next four seasons.

 

Lance Young, Paul's agent, said Paul agreed to a three-year extension with a player's option for a fourth year. The total value of the deal is $68 million.

 

Paul, who recently completed his third NBA season and has been selected to play for the United States in the Olympics, has one season remaining on his current contract. Under league rules, the first day the Hornets can formalize Paul's new contract is July 9.

 

Paul and Young met with Hornets general manager Jeff Bower at the team's training center in suburban New Orleans on Wednesday, but Young, who is based in the Washington, D.C., area with the sports management and marking company Octagon, flew home Thursday morning without the final details nailed down.

 

Young said he had a conference call with Bower in the afternoon and a final agreement was reached a few hours later.

 

The Hornets will pay Paul the maximum allowable under the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, starting at 25 percent of the salary cap for the first year of the extension, with 10 percent raises thereafter.

 

Last season, Paul led the NBA with averages of 11.6 assists and 2.7 steals. He was the Hornets' second-leading scorer, averaging 21.1 points in helping the Hornets reach a franchise-record 56 regular season victories.

 

His performance landed him in his first All-Star game, which was hosted by New Orleans.

 

Paul's play on the court, combined with his charismatic presence at numerous community events, may have saved pro basketball in a city that was in danger of losing its professional teams after Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005.

 

The New Orleans Arena routinely sold out during the second half of last season and the playoffs.

 

The Hornets also have sold more than 5,000 new season tickets for next season. The Hornets now have about 10,000 season-ticket holders, the most they've had since moving to New Orleans from Charlotte for the 2002-03 season.

 

With Paul's future in New Orleans secure, the Hornets expect to be busy in free agency, having traded their only draft choice last week to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for $3 million, which they intend to spend on a proven player.

 

The hope is that top available players will seize the chance to join Paul, a proven playmaker who has helped teammates David West and Tyson Chandler flourish while leading the Hornets to within one victory of reaching the Western Conference finals.

 

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

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[ProkhoLov]

Gilberto :prayer: :lol:

[Kendrick Lmao]

Maggette gets offer from Boston

 

Clippers free agent forward Corey Maggette said he is seriously considering an offer to join the NBA champions.

 

Maggette said he is still in awe about being contacted by the Celtics and has been mulling over their contract offer as well as interest from several other teams.

 

An NBA source said the Celtics offered Magette the full midlevel exception, expected to be worth $5.8 million.

 

The Celtics have made offers to their own forward, James Posey, and Maggette, but it's doubtful they can accommodate both. While there is no news regarding Posey, Maggette said he could be coming to Boston in the near future to visit with the Celtics. Free agents can't sign until Wednesday.

 

"I don't want to hold the Celtics up or [general manager] Danny Ainge," said Maggette in a telephone interview. "I talked to Doc . . . I'm not going to hold them up. I know they are still looking at James Posey. But I'm still weighing my options."

 

Maggette averaged a team-best 22.1 points as well as 5.6 rebounds for the Clippers last season. The 6-foot-6-inch, 228-pounder played for Rivers in Orlando during the 1999-2000 season.

 

Maggette said Rivers, his fellow Chicago native, called Wednesday.

 

"We shot the breeze," said Maggette. "He asked about my family. My mom went to the same high school [as Rivers]. My family has known his family for a long time. I'm very comfortable with him."

 

Even with Maggette's scoring ability, he would be expected to come off the bench with Boston behind All-Star wing players Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. Maggette said he would have no problems with a reserve role.

 

"I don't mind," he said. "If you want to win, you have to make sacrifices. With their caliber of players, that's what you have to do.

 

"Going to a championship team would be exciting to me. Going to a team that can win and has tradition is exciting."

 

The Clippers aren't expected to re-sign Maggette after they landed free agent guard Baron Davis Tuesday with a five-year, $65 million contract. But if Golden State gets Clippers free agent forward Elton Brand, the Clippers could have a change of heart regarding Maggette. Clippers owner Donald Sterling is a big fan of Maggette. Other teams interested in Maggette include the Spurs, 76ers, Warriors, Hornets, Magic, Jazz, and Cavaliers.

 

As for the Clippers' situation, Maggette said, "I'll know soon. If not, that's the nature of the business and I'll move on. If not, I'll definitely want to call to thank [Clippers] coach Mike Dunleavy and [GM] Elgin Baylor and let them know I appreciated my eight years there."

 

Maggette was a teammate of Celtics free agent guard Sam Cassell with the Clippers from 2005-08. They recently shared some Celtics talk.

 

"He said to come out to get a ring," Maggette said.

 

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/ce...ostPop_Emailed7

 

 

[Carson Wentz]

:medinho:

[Kaz]

$5.8 million, ele aceita ganhar só isto? :-|

[Kendrick Lmao]

sabe-se lá :S

[The Bad Blood]

Não me parece que ele já esteja naquela fase da carreira em que aceita ganhar uns trocos para ir para um contender.

[Gavazzo]

lulz, o homem faz tudo por um anel, neste momento.

[Kaz]

Circula um forte rumor que a nova equipa será Oklahoma City OUTLAWS.

 

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Jogos de hoje para a Summer League:

 

1st game: Indiana vs. Oklahoma City

 

2nd game: Chicago vs. Miami

 

3rd game: Orlando vs. New Jersey

 

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Elenco do Indiana:

 

Miguel "Ali" Berdiel, Stanley Burrell, Earl Calloway, Josh Davis, Andre Emmett, Vladimir Gulobovic, Stephen Graham, Justin Gray, Aleks Maric, Courtney Sims, David Teague, Shawne Williams

 

 

Elenco do Oklahoma City:

 

Russell Westbrook, Devin Green, D.J. White, Mykal Riley, Ndudi Ebi, Aaron Bruce, Ronald Dupree, Jeff Green, Ronell Taylor, Justin Williams, Brian Randle, Nick Lewis, DeVon Hardin

[What]

Bo e Travis em Oklahoma? :mrgreen:

[Gavazzo]

Então eles não se mantiveram como Seattle Supersonics mas em Oklahoma?

[Kaz]

não, vão deixar o nome, os equipamentos, os nº retirados e os troféus em Seattle durante 5 anos, se no final desses 5 anos Seattle não tiver recolocado uma equipa na NBA, Oklahoma terá o direito de os reclamar.

[What]

Então eles não se mantiveram como Seattle Supersonics mas em Oklahoma?

Nope, eles agora com a mudança para Ok. perederam o direito ao nome, que ficou em Seattle...

[#24]

entao e hoje jogam com que equipamento?

coletes como nos usamos na escola ? :lol:

[Kaz]

entao e hoje jogam com que equipamento?

coletes como nos usamos na escola ? :lol:

 

 

falam que vão é estrear os novos.

[#24]

entao vao apresentar o nome, cores e equipamento no jogo.. certo?

 

[Kaz]

não, peço desculpa, eles só vão jogar com uns simples equipamentos a dizer NBA-OKC, a expectativa é que a cor escolhida seja a cor da equipa. :wink:

[#24]

na boa ;)

é provavel que assim o façam... veremos.

[NIkeL]

Miami - Chicago é as 22 né?

 

Dá para ver os jogos em directo no site da nba.

[arv]

Miami - Chicago é as 22 né?

 

Dá para ver os jogos em directo no site da nba.

 

Já tou a ver.