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A week of NBA transactions (13/07/06 - 20/07/06)

July 13th, 2006

- Chicago signs unrestricted free agent Ben Wallace.

- Dallas signs free agent Greg Buckner and re-signs DJ Mbenga.

- L.A. Clippers sign unrestricted free agent Tim Thomas and second-round pick Paul Davis.

- L.A. Lakers sign free agents Vladimir Radmanovic and Shammond Williams.

- Memphis signs rookie free agent Tarence Kinsey.

- Miami signs Dwyane Wade to long-term extension.

- Minnesota signs unrestricted free agent Mike James.

- Orlando signs restricted free agent Keith Bogans.

- Phoenix signs unrestricted free agent Eric Piatkowski.

- Toronto signs unrestricted free agent Anthony Parker and waives Andre Barrett.

- Utah re-signs unrestricted free agent Jarron Collins.

July 14th, 2006

- Golden State waives Will Bynum.

- Houston acquires Kirk Snyder from New Orleans/Oklahoma City for a conditional 2008 second-round pick.

- New Orleans/Oklahoma City acquires Tyson Chandler from Chicago for P.J. Brown and J.R. Smith.

- Toronto signs Chris Bosh to long-term extension.

July 15th, 2006

- Washington signs coach Eddie Jordan to a contract extension.

July 17th, 2006

- Boston signs Paul Pierce to a contract extension.

- Charlotte names Fred Whitfield president and chief operating officer.

- Portland signs Joel Pryzbilla to a contract extension.

July 18th, 2006

- Boston signs second-round pick Leon Powe.

- Charlotte re-signs restricted free agent Kevin Burleson.

- Detroit signs unrestricted free agents Nazr Mohammed and Flip Murray.

- Milwaukee signs unrestricted free agent Lynn Greer to a multi-year contract.

July 19th, 2006

- Charlotte signs unrestricted free agent Othella Harrington.

- Detroit re-signs unrestricted free agent Lindsey Hunter.

- Houston signs 2004 second-round draft pick Vassilis Spanoulis to a multi-year contract.

- Washington signs unrestricted free agent Darius Songaila.

July 20th, 2006

- Denver re-signs restricted free agent Nenê; acquires J.R. Smith via trade from Chicago for Howard Eisley and two 2007 second-round draft picks.

- Phoenix signs unrestricted free agent Marcus Banks to multi-year contract.

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Isaac
Years ago

Any thoughts from the experts on this deal?

Denver acquires J.R. Smith via trade from Chicago for Howard Eisley and two 2007 second-round draft picks.

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Anonymous
Years ago

The theory is that Eisley can be waived without penalty so expect the Bulls to do this soon to create more cap space for the resigning of Hinrich.

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ezekiel
Years ago

Actually its so they can waive eisley in order to sign adrian griffin back from dallas. He has already accepted a 3year offer, just need the cap space.

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Isaac
Years ago

I wondered if that might be the case. Just feels a bit weird with these NBA deals being done just to offload big contract burdens.

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Anonymous
Years ago

And they don't even involve off loading to the Knicks ... Eddie Curry who!?

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3
Years ago

Good pickup of more draft picks for Chicago in the deal. Can use the second rounders to take a punt on some long shots with potential possibly.

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Years ago

With the contract thing, it's always going to happen as longs as a guy's ability never matches their contract. To be fair to Howard Eisley, he's never been much more than an average NBA player, so I don't know why he would have ever been given such a contract (in value and length) to begin with. I suppose it's just the idiot GMs who feel they need to stroke player's egos by paying what the player thinks he's worth.

Since word got out about Nene's big contract (about $10 million per year reportedly), every big with decent ability (e.g. Chris Wilcox) thinks he's worth the same. The GMs will cave and pay up usually, and then they'll regret it for years to come.

Maybe the NBA should make the 'Allan Houston rule' and annual thing, so that clubs get a bit of an out if a player on big moneys ends up coming up small. This would ensure to an extent that player's are always valued in trades for their ability, and not for their contracts.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Denver need a off guard, why not roll the dice and try with a former high school all usa. Yes he has attitude, perhaps Caremelo can mentor him (joke). Can dunk and shoot and is young.

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Years ago

J.R. Smith needs to learn to do more than just shoot. He's also got to stop having such a quick trigger on the outside shot. Have a look at his per 40 minute stats to see what I mean:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithjr01.html

Smith really should be entering his junior season in college at the moment. As a general rule, I'd give players until 6 years after their high school graduation to decide whether they're a player in the NBA or not. That's usually around 24-25 years of age. Smith is 4 whole seasons away from that type of judgement, so he's got plenty of time to work out the kinks in his game.

This time last year the Hornets surely wouldn't have ever thought of getting rid of him so quickly. After his fairly successful rookie season, Smith started to believe his own hype and had an inflated sense of his own importance. By complaining about minutes last season, he instantly labelled himself as a troublemaker, so he'll need to beat that wrap now too.

Smith has all the physical tools, he just needs to get the mental aspects in order. If he fully commits to working hard, playing defense and being a team player he'll do well in the NBA.

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