[JP]

Atlanta Hawks

Restricted: Anthony Grundy

Unrestricted: Al Harrington, Donta Smith

Limited Salary Protection: Esteban Batista (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to $150,000 if not waived before 7/15/06; to $250,000 if not waived before 8/15/06)


Boston Celtics

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Michael Olowokandi

Limited Salary Protection: None


Charlotte Bobcats

Restricted: Melvin Ely, Bernard Robinson

Unrestricted: Lonny Baxter, Kevin Burleson, Jumaine Jones, Jake Voskuhl

Limited Salary Protection: None


Chicago Bulls

Restricted: Luke Schenscher, Darius Songaila

Unrestricted: Randy Livingston, Jannero Pargo, Eric Piatkowski

Limited Salary Protection: Eddie Basden (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if on opening day roster for the 06-07 regular season), Othella Harrington (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived before 7/16/06)


Cleveland Cavaliers

Restricted: Drew Gooden

Unrestricted: Alan Henderson, Ronald "Flip" Murray

Limited Salary Protection: Stephen Graham (no salary protection for 06-07)


Dallas Mavericks

Restricted: DJ Mbenga

Unrestricted: Darrell Armstrong, Jason Terry, Keith Van Horn

Limited Salary Protection: Rawle Marshall (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived before 8/8/06), Josh Powell (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived before 10/2/06)


Denver Nuggets

Restricted: Francisco Elson, Nenê Hilario

Unrestricted: Greg Buckner, Howard Eisley, Reggie Evans, DerMarr Johnson

Limited Salary Protection: None


Detroit Pistons

Restricted: Alex Acker

Unrestricted: Kelvin Cato, Tony Delk, Lindsey Hunter, Ben Wallace

Limited Salary Protection: None


Golden State Warriors

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Calbert Cheaney

Limited Salary Protection: Will Bynum (no salary protection for 06-07 if waived before 7/17/06, thereafter protection is full)


Houston Rockets

Restricted: Keith Bogans

Unrestricted: Rick Brunson, Richie Frahm, Maciej Lampe, David Wesley

Limited Salary Protection: None


Indiana Pacers

Restricted: Fred Jones

Unrestricted: Eddie Gill, Scot Pollard, Peja Stojakovic

Limited Salary Protection: None


Los Angeles Clippers

Restricted: Boniface N'Dong

Unrestricted: Vin Baker, Sam Cassell, Walter McCarty, Vladimir Radmanovic

Limited Salary Protection: Daniel Ewing ($200,000 salary protection for 06-07 if waived before 8/2/06, thereafter protection is full)


Los Angeles Lakers

Restricted: Devin Green

Unrestricted: Devean George, Jim Jackson

Limited Salary Protection: Smush Parker (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived on or before the day prior to the start of the 06-07 season), Ronny Turiaf ($50,000 salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to $100,000 if not waived on or before the day prior to the start of the 06-07 season), Von Wafer (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived on or before the day prior to the start of the 06-07 season)


Memphis Grizzlies

Restricted: Antonio Burks

Unrestricted: Chucky Atkins, Bobby Jackson, Lorenzen Wright

Limited Salary Protection: Anthony Roberson (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived before 8/1/06), Lawrence Roberts (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived before 8/2/06)


Miami Heat

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Shandon Anderson, Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton

Limited Salary Protection: Earl Barron (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived before 7/29/06), Jason Kapono (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived before 7/1/06)


Milwaukee Bucks

Restricted: Jiri Welsch

Unrestricted: Reece Gaines, Ervin Johnson, Jermaine Jackson, Toni Kukoc

Limited Salary Protection: None


Minnesota Timberwolves

Restricted: Justin Reed

Unrestricted: Marcus Banks, Anthony Carter, Ronald Dupree

Limited Salary Protection: None


New Jersey Nets

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Lamond Murray, Cliff Robinson, John Thomas, Jacque Vaughn


New Orleans Hornets

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Rasual Butler, Speedy Claxton, Marcus Fizer, Aaron Williams

Limited Salary Protection: Linton Johnson (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived before 7/1/06), Moochie Norris (no salary protection for 06-07)


New York Knicks

Restricted: Jackie Butler

Unrestricted: Qyntel Woods

Limited Salary Protection: Ime Udoka (no salary protection for 06-07)


Orlando Magic

Restricted: Trevor Ariza, Mario Kasun

Unrestricted: Stacey Augmon, Bo Outlaw, DeShawn Stevenson

Limited Salary Protection: Travis Diener (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to $50,000 if not waived before 7/8/06; to $125,000 if not waived before 8/1/06)


Philadelphia 76ers

Restricted: Willie Green, Shavlik Randolph, John Salmons

Unrestricted: Matt Barnes, Michael Bradley

Limited Salary Protection: None


Phoenix Suns

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Eddie House, Tim Thomas, Dijon Thompson


Portland Trail Blazers

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Voshon Lenard, Joel Przybilla

Limited Salary Protection: Nikoloz Tskitishvili (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to full if not waived before 8/1/06)


Sacramento Kings

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Jamal Sampson, Bonzi Wells

Limited Salary Protection: None


San Antonio Spurs

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Sean Marks, Nazr Mohammed, Nick Van Exel

Limited Salary Protection: Melvin Sanders (no salary protection for 06-07)


Seattle SuperSonics

Restricted: Chris Wilcox

Unrestricted: Mikki Moore (P), Mike Wilks

Limited Salary Protection: Noel Felix (no salary protection for 06-07)


Toronto Raptors

Restricted: None

Unrestricted: Mike James, Darrick Martin, Loren Woods

Limited Salary Protection: Andre Barrett (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to 25% if not waived before 9/1/06; to 50% if not waived before 10/31/06), Alvin Williams


Utah Jazz

Restricted: Andre Owens

Unrestricted: Jarron Collins, Matt Harpring, Greg Ostertag, Milt Palacio

Limited Salary Protection: Devin Brown ($500,000 salary protection for 06-07)


Washington Wizards

Restricted: Jared Jeffries

Unrestricted: Awvee Storey, Billy Thomas

Limited Salary Protection: Peter John Ramos (no salary protection for 06-07, but will increase to $372,276 if not waived before 8/16/06. If on team's active or injured list on the first day of the 06-07 season salary protection increases to full), Donell Taylor (no salary protection for 06-07)

Offseason Transactions

July 3
Ben wallace signs with the Bulls.

July 2
Portland guard Steve Blake had his entire 2006-07 salary guaranteed since he was not waived before July 2.

July 1
Dallas signed Maurice Ager.
Toronto signed Andrea Bargnani.

June 30
Atlanta exercised their team option on Royal Ivey for 2006-07. Declined their team option on Donta Smith and did not tender a qualifying offer. He is now an unrestricted free agent. Did not tendered a qualifying offer to Anthony Grundy. He is now an unrestricted free agent.

Boston waived Orien Green. Ryan Gomes had his entire 2006-07 salary guaranteed since he was not waived before July 1.

Cleveland tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Drew Gooden.

Dallas tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent DJ Mbenga.

Denver tendered qualifying offers to restricted free agents Francisco Elson and Nenê. Greg Buckner declined his player option. He is now a free agent. Ruben Patterson did not exercise his ETO. He remains under contract.

Detroit exercised their team option on Amir Johnson for 2006-07. Tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Alex Acker. Tony Delk declined his player option. He is now a free agent.

Houston tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Keith Bogans. Declined the team option on Maciej Lampe. He is now an unrestricted free agent.

L.A. Clippers forward James Singleton had his entire 2006-07 salary guaranteed since he was not waived before July 1.

L.A. Lakers tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Devin Green.

Miami forward Jason Kapono had his entire 2006-07 salary guaranteed since he was not waived before July 1. James Posey exercised his player option for 2006-07.

Milwaukee traded T.J. Ford to Toronto for Charlie Villanueva.

Minnesota exercised their team option on Bracey Wright for 2006-07. Tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Justin Reed. Did not tendered a qualifying offer to Ronald DuPree. He is now an unrestricted free agent.

New Jersey waived Scott Padgett. Declined their team option on Cliff Robinson.

New Orleans center Marc Jackson did not exercise his ETO. He remains under contract.

New York tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Jackie Butler. Maurice Taylor did not exercise his ETO. He remains under contract.

Philadelphia forward Chris Webber did not exercise his ETO. He remains under contract.

Phoenix waived Nikoloz Tskitishvili. Eddie House declined his player option. He is now a free agent.

Portland claimed Nikoloz Tskitishvili off waivers from Phoenix.

Sacramento exercised their team options on Francisco Garcia and Kevin Martin for 2007-08. Jason Hart exercised his player option for 2006-07. Corliss Williamson did not exercise his ETO. He remains under contract.

Utah exercised their team option on Keith McLeod for 2006-07.

Washington tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free Jared Jeffries. Did not tendered qualifying offers to Awvee Storey or Billy Thomas. They are now unrestricted free agents.

June 29
Chicago exercised their team option on Malik Allen for 2006-07.

Milwaukee exercised their team option on Andrew Bogut for 2007-08.

Philadelphia tendered qualifying offers to restricted free agents Willie Green, Shavlik Randolph and John Salmons.

June 28
Boston traded Dan Dickau and Raef LeFrentz to Portland for Theo Ratliff and Sebastian Telfair.

Detroit traded Maurice Evans to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Los Angeles Clippers tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free Boniface Ndong. Exercised their team option on Randy Livingston for 2007-08.

Indiana tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Fred Jones.

Orlando tendered qualifying offers to restricted free agents Trevor Ariza and Mario Kasun.

Phoenix traded Brian Grant to Boston. He exercised his player option for 2006-07.

June 27
Chicago forward Darius Songaila declined his player option. He is now a free agent.

Toronto exercised their team options on Joey Graham and Charlie Villanueva 2007-08.

June 26
Indiana forward Peja Stojakovic exercised his ETO. He is now a free agent.

June 24
Charlotte exercised their team options on Raymond Felton and Sean May for 2007-08. Tendered qualifying offers to restricted free agents Melvin Ely and Bernard Robinson. The team did not tender a qualifying offer to Kevin Burleson. He is now an unrestricted free agent.

New Jersey guard Jeff McInnis exercised his player option for 2006-07.

Phoenix declined their team option on Dijon Thompson for 2006-07 and will not tender a qualifying offer. He is now an unrestricted free agent.

June 23
Miami guard Derek Anderson exercised his player option for 2006-07.

Seattle tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Chris Wilcox.

June 21
San Antonio acquired Matt Bonner, Eric Williams and a 2009 second-round pick from Toronto via New Orleans for Rasho Nesterovic. Eric Williams exercised his player option for 2006-07.

Toronto waived forward Robert Whaley.

June 19
Phoenix center Pat Burke exercised his player option for 2006-07.

June 16
Philadelphia guard Willie Green declined his player option for 2006-07. He is now a free agent.

June 15
L.A. Clippers forward Quinton Ross had his entire 2006-07 salary guaranteed since he was not waived before June 15.

Orlando guard DeShawn Stevenson declined his player option for 2006-07. He is now a free agent.

June 14
Indiana waived Jonathan Bender

Washington center Calvin Booth exercised his player option for 2006-07.

June 13
Houston exercised their team option on Chuck Hayes for 2006-07.

New Orleans exercised their team option on Brandon Bass for 2006-07.

June 8
Toronto acquired Kris Humphries and Robert Whaley from Utah for Rafael Araujo.

May 2
Charlotte exercised their team options on Matt Carroll and Alan Anderson for 2006-07.


Please post any trades reports,thoughts,rumours in this thread

[JP]

Report: Wade Agrees to Five-Year Extension
"It looks like the Heat will sign Dwyane Wade to a maximum contract extension with little fuss," reports Michael Cunningham of THE SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL. "Agent Henry Thomas said Monday he expects Wade to sign the extension, for five years and between $75 million and $85 million, on July 12. That's the first day teams can sign free agents, who have been free to negotiate deals since Saturday."

[JP]

Free agent center Nazr Mohammed of the Spurs has agreed to a five-year, $30 million deal with the Detroit Pistons, ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher is reporting.

Nazr Mohammed
Mohammed

Mohammed replaces Ben Wallace, who told the team Monday that he was leaving to join the Chicago Bulls.

Wallace, who agreed to a four-year, $60 million deal with Chicago, helped Detroit advance to four straight conference finals -- the first team to do so since the Bulls of the early 1990s.

Mohammed started 30 games last season for the Spurs, averaging 6.2 points and 5.2 rebounds. The 6-foot-10, 250-pound center most likely will replace Wallace in the starting lineup, allowing Rasheed Wallace to remain a power forward.

Mohammed, who turns 29 on Sept. 5, probably will not be able to rebound, block shots and provide energy as Ben Wallace did -- but he will cost about $9 million less next season.

[Suffy]

sry detroit no matter how hard u try u cannot replace the spirit that was big ben, it wanst only his shot blocking that made him great it was the energy he brought to the court

[JP]

Over the past few years, the Utah Jazz have assembled a quality frontcourt. It looks like they want a backcourt to match it.

The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that the Jazz have reached agreement in principle on a four-player trade with the Golden State Warriors that would bring point guard Derek Fisher to Utah.

Derek Fisher
Point Guard
Golden State Warriors

Profile
2006 SEASON STATISTICS
GM PPG RPG APG FG% FT%
82 13.3 2.6 4.3 .410 .833

Utah's backcourt was a revolving door last season, with 2005 first-round pick Deron Williams coming along slowly at the point, and journeyman Devin Brown and his 6.3 career scoring average earning starts at shooting guard. Things will be different this season.

According to the Tribune, the Jazz will ship Brown and guards Keith McLeod and Andre Owens to the Warriors for Fisher. That comes after the Jazz drafted combo guard Ronnie Brewer out of Arkansas and Williams' former teammate, point Dee Brown from Illinois, in this year's draft.

The trade with the Warriors will not become official until Owens signs a free-agent contract with the Jazz, something he can't do until July 12.

Fisher was a first-round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996. He spent the first eight years of his career in L.A., reaching his peak with a game-winning, buzzer-beating shot against the Spurs in Game 5 of the 2004 Western Conference finals. The Lakers won the series but lost in the NBA Finals.

Fisher was shipped out in the offseason and has spent the last two seasons with the Warriors. Although his scoring averages had been in decline for a number of years, Fisher found new life in the Bay Area. Backing up Baron Davis last season, he registered career highs in scoring (13.3) and assists (4.3).

[JP]

The Chicago Bulls and New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets on Wednesday reached a verbal agreement on the widely expected trade that will send Bulls center Tyson Chandler to the Hornets for veteran forward P.J. Brown and swingman J.R. Smith.

Tyson Chandler
Center
Chicago Bulls

Profile
2006 SEASON STATISTICS
GM PPG RPG APG FG% FT%
79 5.3 9.0 1.0 .565 .503

NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com that the players involved have been notified that the deal will officially go through July 12, which is the first day NBA teams can officially complete signings and trades after the league announces the salary cap for the 2006-07 season.

The ability to deal away Chandler, who has five years and $54 million left on his contract, was crucial for the Bulls in their pursuit of Ben Wallace. They likely couldn't have offered Wallace as much as they did -- nearly $60 million over four years -- without receiving Brown's much friendlier contract in return.

"It was just a matter of when and where," Chandler told the Chicago Tribune from his California home last night.

The willingness to take on Chandler's contract, meanwhile, represents the third bold move from the traditionally quiet Hornets in the space of a week, after years of criticism endured by Hornets owner George Shinn for his reluctance to spend.

"It's my understanding that the trade is going to happen," said Mark Bartelstein, Brown's agent. "P.J. is very excited. He feels like the Bulls have an opportunity to compete for a championship. He really enjoyed his time with the Hornets, but he has so many fond memories of his days in Miami and contending every year that Chicago is a really good situation for him to get back to."

New Orleans/Oklahoma City commenced its aggressive summer makeover by offering Peja Stojakovic a five-year deal worth more than $60 million to entice the sharpshooting former All-Star to leave the Indiana Pacers. That was Saturday.

On Sunday, Shinn followed the Stojakovic coup by sanctioning a three-year commitment worth more than $15 million to Memphis Grizzlies guard Bobby Jackson.

"It's a great basketball opportunity to play with a bunch of young, up-and-coming guys," Chandler said to the Tribune. "That's the thing I'm excited about. They're moving the team in a direction that fits me well. I can help a team make the playoffs. I'll get a chance to play with a great, young point guard [Chris Paul]."

The venerable Brown, who turns 37 in October, has only one season left on his contract at $8 million. Swapping Brown and the out-of-favor Smith for Chandler means New Orleans/Oklahoma City has committed to well over $120 million in new contracts since free agency began Saturday at 12:01 a.m.

J.R. Smith
Smith
P.J. Brown
Brown

It adds up to the most unexpected outlay ever seen from Shinn, even more unexpected than the big contracts he awarded Baron Davis and Jamal Mashburn in the club's Charlotte days. Those moves were contract extensions. The Hornets have never been known for making offseason splashes such as these.

Yet this deal holds obvious appeal on both sides.

Hornets coach Byron Scott, himself the recipient of a three-year contract extension just before the draft, wants to play an up-tempo game and will inevitably see the more athletic Chandler, at 7-foot-1 and turning 24 in October, as a better fit than Brown alongside Rookie of the Year point guard Chris Paul, Stojakovic and power forward David West.

The trade makes even more sense for the Bulls. They don't want to play two non-scorers together (Chandler and Wallace) and moving out Chandler's expensive contract for Brown's expiring deal makes it much easier to absorb Wallace's deal.

Brown, furthermore, is regarded as one of the best locker-room influences in the league and, along with Wallace, would provide legitimate size ... as well as the veteran know-how lacking in Chicago since the breakup of Michael Jordan's Bulls after their sixth and final championship in 1998.

Smith has at least three players ahead of him in Chicago's swing rotation -- Andres Nocioni, Ben Gordon and Luol Deng -- but the 20-year-old has attracted significant trade interest since falling out of Scott's rotation halfway through the season. Smith, then, figures to be a valuable trade chip for the Bulls if he can't crack coach Scott Skiles' rotation, although league restrictions on trades would make it difficult for Chicago to move him until 60 days after this trade is officially consummated.

[Suffy]

yay bulls are goign to rock the socks off the east this year

big ben and a solid backcourt and some clutch shooters in gorden, a great point guard in heinrich, jr and deng amazing

[JP]

Somebody had to pay for Dallas' collapse in the NBA Finals. The Mavericks started with someone they owed a lot of money.

Marquis Daniels
Guard-Forward
Dallas Mavericks

Profile
2006 SEASON STATISTICS
GM PPG RPG APG FG% FT%
62 10.2 3.6 2.8 .480 .754

NBA front-office sources told ESPN's Marc Stein Wednesday night that the Mavs have agreed to trade forward Marquis Daniels to the Indiana Pacers for veteran forward Austin Croshere. The Dallas Morning News also reported that the deal was confirmed by Mavericks officials.

Daniels, who averaged 10.2 points and 3.6 rebounds last year in his third season in Dallas, signed a six-year, $36.8-million contract before the 2004 season. He has three guaranteed years remaining at $6 million per year and a fourth-year team option at $7 million.

Austin Croshere
Power Forward
Indiana Pacers

Profile
2006 SEASON STATISTICS
GM PPG RPG APG FG% FT%
50 8.2 5.3 1.2 .463 .882

Since he had fallen down the depth chart behind Jerry Stackhouse and Josh Howard in the small forward rotation, he became an expensive luxury. He averaged only 3.4 points per game in this season's playoffs. Dallas' drafting of swingman Maurice Ager out of Michigan State was a very visible sign that the 6-foot-6 Daniels might not be in the Mavs' plans.

The 6-foot-10 Croshere, who averaged 8.2 points and 5.3 rebounds last season, has just one year remaining on his contract at $7 million. He helps the Mavs hedge their bets on Keith Van Horn, who is a free agent and appears to be drawing interest around the league.

Daniels is the Pacers' first acquisiton since sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic reached a verbal agreement Saturday to leave Indiana and sign with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. The 25-year-old was not selected in the 2003 draft but promptly earneda big contract after a strong rookie season under Don Nelson.

Nelson viewed Daniels as a player with three-position potential -- point guard, shooting guard and small forward. But when Nelson was re-signed in March 2005 and replaced by Avery Johnson, Daniels gradually faded out of favor.

The Pacers were drawn to Daniels' versatility and will try to reignite his career after finally finding a taker for Croshere, who has been shopped for years after struggling to live up to the sizable contract he received after a strong performance in the 2000 NBA Finals.

Croshere affords Dallas some future salary-cap flexibility as well as frontcourt experience and proficiency from the perimeter. He is likely to claim minutes as a backup to Dirk Nowitzki, minutes that last season went to Van Horn.

[JP]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Bobcats on Thursday signed forward Adam Morrison, the third overall pick of last week's draft.

Under the rookie salary scale, Morrison will make $6.25 million in the first two years of the deal that runs through 2007-08. The Bobcats hold club options for the next two years of the contract.

"We are pleased to sign Adam and to get him on the basketball court with our team," Bobcats general manager Bernie Bickerstaff said. "He is a quality young man and a fine talent who we are excited to have as part of our organization. We have already seen how his skills will benefit our team and how competitive he is on the court."

The 6-8, 205-pound Morrison will play for the Bobcats in the Orlando Summer League next week. On July 19, he will begin training camp with Team USA, hoping to be among 23 players selected to the squad that will compete for the FIBA World Championship in Japan.

"I am glad to sign my first contract and start my NBA career here in Charlotte. It has been a lifelong dream to play in the NBA," said Morrison, who led the nation in scoring at 28.1 points per game as a junior with Gonzaga. "I look forward to doing whatever I can to help the Bobcats take the next step as we build towards a championship."

[kaneshow]

That is pretty cool that Adam has signed his contract already shows he has some class and is not going to hold out. It also shows that he is comited to the Bobcats. I think this guy is going to be a very good player in the NBA.