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. Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Portland Trail Blazers



Status: Unrestricted, turns 30 on Dec. 11 and is entering his 10th season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 54 games, 34.6 minutes, 16.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists; .503 FG; .385 3-point; .866 FT.
Suitors: New Jersey, Orlando, Miami, Cleveland, Washington, and more.
Final destination: Abdur-Rahim has reportedly been headed to the Nets for a couple of year now and this is the most logical time. He'll want more money than the mid-level exception to start, and they'll try to arrange a sign-and-trade, but the Nets don't have much in the way of contracts or players to make this work, so expect a compromise in some form of a player option.

2. Antoine Walker, Boston Celtics



Status: Unrestricted, turns 30 on Aug. 12, and is entering his 10th season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 77 games, 38.4 minutes, 19.1 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists; .422 FG; .323 3-point; .539 FT.
Suitors: Celtics, New York, Indiana, Orlando and others.
Final destination: Both the Knicks and Pacers have made noise about landing Walker for years, and now is the most opportune time. But neither team has more than the mid-level exception. It's logical for the Celtics to out-bid the others to retain his services.

3. Stromile Swift, Memphis Grizzlies



Status: Unrestricted, will be 26 on Nov. 21 and is entering his sixth season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 60 games, 21.3 minutes, 10.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.53 blocks. .449 FG; 3-point: 0-4; .758 FT.
Suitors: Atlanta, New Jersey, Cleveland, Seattle, Orlando and others.
Final destination: The Hawks are loaded with money, are athletic and want to run everyone out of the gym, which makes 'Stro the perfect middle-man to block shots and crash the boards. He's not a conventional power player, but the Hawks are hardly a conventional team.

4. Bobby Simmons, Los Angeles Clippers



Status: Unrestricted, turned 25 on June 2 and is entering his fifth season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 75 games, 37.3 minutes, 16.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists; .466 FG; .435 3-point; .846 FT.
Suitors: Clippers, Chicago, New Orleans, Charlotte and others.
Final destination: Last season's most improved player will get what he wants because he's just the kind of overachiever everybody wants and needs. Does he want to stay with the Clipper because they developed him? Does he want to go home to Chicago, where he also played at DePaul and has a chance to win? Or does he just take the most money? Here's guessing the Clippers won't let him go.

5. Kwame Brown, Washington Wizards



Status: Restricted, turned 23 on March 10 and entering his fifth season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 42 games, 21.6 minutes, 7.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, and .36 blocks; .460 FG; no 3-point attempts; .574 FT.
Suitors: Wizards, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks and Portland.
Final destination: The Blazers are the sleeper team in this deal, desperate to get young and big, with a number of sign-and-trade possibilities. And trade prospects are precisely why the Wizards have backed off their hard-line stance with the underachieving Brown, who was suspended the last seven games of the playoffs for a bad attitude. The best guess is a sign and trade somewhere, unless the Hawks just offer him ridiculous money.

6. Udonis Haslem, Miami Heat



Status: Restricted, turned 25 on June 9, and is entering his third season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 80 games, 33.4 minutes, 10.9 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists; .506 FG; 0-4 3-point; .779 FT.
Suitors: Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Charlotte and New Orleans.
Final destination: The odds are microscopic that this Miami native leaves and the word is they've already got a $30 million package in the works. But you never know with Atlanta and Charlotte capable of throwing crazy money at him.

7. Vladimir Radmanovic, Seattle SuperSonics



Status: Restricted, turns 25 on Nov. 19, and is entering his fifth season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 63 games, 29.5 minutes, 11.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists; .409 FG; .389 3-point; .786 FT.
Suitors: Seattle, Atlanta, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland, Miami, Charlotte and others.
Final destination: It's hard to fathom that the Sonics won't match whatever offer sheet he signs, but like Brown, he could also be an ideal sign-and-trade prospect if the Sonics find themselves boxed into a corner should they lose Ray Allen for nothing.

8. Donyell Marshall, Toronto Raptors



Status: Unrestricted, turned 32 on May 18 and is entering his 12th season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 65 games, 25.3 minutes, 11.5 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists; .443 FG; .416 3-point; .791 FT.
Suitors: Toronto, New Jersey, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Cleveland and others.
Final destination: He'll land somewhere and make somebody very happy, with Houston a strong candidate, as is New Jersey and maybe even Cleveland if other top choices fall through.

9. Eddie Griffin, Minnesota Timberwolves



Status: Unrestricted, turned 23 on May 30 and is entering his fourth season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 7.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.69 blocks; .387 FG, .328 3-point, .718 FT.
Suitors: Timberwolves, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Atlanta and others.
Final destination: He did fine after a nightmarish couple of seasons off the basketball court and too often lost in the civil court. Long-range, who knows? He should stay put under Kevin Garnett's watchful eye, but they could lose him to a team with money and one that's desperate for big young talent. Eddie and the Big Easy is a match made in heaven ... or that other place.

10. Robert Horry, San Antonio Spurs



Status: Unrestricted, turns 35 on Aug. 25 and is entering his 14th season.
The numbers from 2004-05: 75 games, 18.6 minutes, 6.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists; .419 FG; .370 3-point; .789 FT.
Suitors: Spurs, Miami and any other contending team.
Final destination: Sure, he's intrigued by the prospect of rejoining Shaq Diesel, only this time in Miami. Should they win a title together there, Horry would become the first player ever to win a championship on four different teams (following two with the Rockets, three with the Lakers and one with the Spurs). But don't expect the Spurs to go down without a fight for Big-shot Bob.
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This is good reading on FA power forwards

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