Players to stay *most likely*
Lin *he just has the ability to make too much $ for Dolan to let go off, just from a business point of view*
Iman *many forget how much players like Westbrook and Rose improved after their rookie years, as Iman has a lot of potential to improve as well*
Melo *hope he stays in shape and improves, I like him playing at the 4 if we have the shooters to spread him out, against many teams but not all*
Chandler *no doubt he is the anchor of our defense, a candidate of being Defensive player of the year, as we are nothing without his presence*
2nd round pick this year and the 2 European players we attained from the Mavericks with Tyson Chandler are 3 wild carts.
Amare *he just doesn't fit in with Melo and TC, while we should still look to add an athletic PF, a better defensive/rebounding PF, and a stretch 4 to insure him*
Fields *while he has his flaws, we have his early bird rights, while we don't have to use any exemptions to retain him*
Jorts *I see him more as a 3rd string Center and while he plays decent defense, he will unlikely be a good shot blocker/help defender to be the 2nd center unless we have a athletic PF to be that type of player*
Jerome Jordan *he can still improve but it looks unlikely he will be a player of Greg Stiemsma or Omar Osik typoe*
TD *a wild card, while I think he needs a new brain, will never be a PG, he has the physical tools to be a spark player of the bench, capable of hitting 3s and D*
Players most likely gone with some having a slight chance of returning..
JR Smith
JJ
Davis
Novak
CHEAP TARGETS *assming we only have the Bi Annual Exemption to use, I think we have to use it on a center or find a player to replace JR Smith's caliber, while looking for the Veteran minimum to offer...
Sundiata Gaines, New Jersey Nets – $0.9 million – Unrestricted*
A.J. Price, Indiana Pacers – $0.9 million – Unrestricted*
John Lucas, Chicago Bulls – $0.9 million – Unrestricted
Mike James, Chicago Bulls – $0.6 million – Unrestricted
Donald Sloan, Cleveland Cavaliers – $0.2 million – Unrestricted*
Manny Harris, Cleveland Cavaliers – $0.4 million – Unrestricted*
Jannero Pargo, Atlanta Hawks – $1.1 million – Unrestricted
Delonte West, Dallas Mavericks – $1.1 million – Unrestricted
Lester Hudson
Carlos Delfino, Milwaukee Bucks – $3.5 million – Unrestricted
Anthony Parker, Cleveland Cavaliers – $2.3 million – Unrestricted
Mickael Pietrus, Boston Celtics – $1.2 million – Unrestricted
Michael Redd, Phoenix Suns – $1.3 million – Unrestricted
Jason Kapono, Cleveland Cavaliers – $1.2 million – Unrestricted
Donte’ Greene, Sacramento Kings – $2.0 million – Restricted ($3.0 million Qualifying Offer)
C.J. Miles, Utah Jazz – $3.7 million – Unrestricted
Shannon Brown, Phoenix Suns – $3.5 million – Unrestricted
Josh Howard, Utah Jazz – $2.2 million – Unrestricted
Gerald Green, New Jersey Nets – $0.4 million – Unrestricted
Willie Green, Atlanta Hawks – $1.2 million – Unrestricted
Keith Bogans, New Jersey Nets – $0.8 million – Unrestricted
AK47
Anthony Tolliver, Minnesota Timberwolves – $2.1 million – Unrestricted
Ivan Johnson, Atlanta Hawks – $0.5 million – Unrestricted*
Ryan Hollins, Boston Celtics – $0.3 million – Unrestricted
Kyrylo Fesenko, Indiana Pacers – $0.3 million – Unrestricted
Omer Asik, Chicago Bulls – $1.9 million – Unrestricted*
Greg Stiemsma, Boston Celtics – $0.5 million – Unrestricted*
Hamed Haddadi, Memphis Grizzlies – $1.3 million – Unrestricted
Marcus Camby, Houston Rockets – $12.9 million – Unrestricted
Aaron Gray, Toronto Raptors – $2.5 million – Unrestricted
Jeremy Evans, Utah Jazz – $0.8 million – Unrestricted*
Lance Thomas, New Orleans Hornets – $0.5 million – Unrestricted*
Semih Erden, Cleveland Cavaliers – $0.8 million – Unrestricted*
Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons – $2.2 million – Unrestricted
Hasheem Thabeet, Portland Trail Blazers – $5.1 million – Unrestricted*
Jason Collins, Atlanta Hawks – $1.3 million – Unrestricted
Greg Oden, Portland Trail Blazers – $1.5 million – Unrestricted
4/21/2012 1:46 PM
