The Dribble

Now that the inital wave of the player movement has passed it would be a fine time to visit the

Transaction board :

Thursday
July 14

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.


Thu,
July 13

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 unrestricted 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.


Wed,
July 12

Atlanta signed free-agent guard Speedy Claxton and second-round pick Solomon Jones.

Cleveland signs LeBron James to long-term extension.

Dallas acquires Austin Croshere from Indiana for Marquis Daniels.

Denver signs Carmelo Anthony to long-term extension.

Golden State acquires Devin Brown, Keith McLeod and Andre Owens from Utah for Derek Fisher.

Indiana re-signs Peja Stojakovic and trades him to New Orleans/Oklahoma City in exchange for the draft rights to Andrew Betts.

L.A. Clippers re-sign free agent Sam Cassell.

Memphis aquires Stromile Swift and draft rights to Rudy Gay from Houston for Shane Battier; signs Rudy Gay.

New Jersey signs first-round picks Marcus Williams and Josh Boone.

New Orleans/Oklahoma City waives Arvydas Macijuaskas.

Philadelphia re-signs restricted free agents Willie Green and Shavlik Randolph.

San Antonio signs free agent Jacque Vaughn.

Seattle signs 2005 second-round pick Mickael Gelabale.

Utah re-signs unrestricted free agent Matt Harpring.



so wadda ya like the best....?

• i like the Claxton in Atlanta now if only the Magloire for Murphy sign and trader for Harrington three way could materialize.
  
• the fact that despite the lack of big names among the free agent class Colangelo is focussing on players from overseas
• James gives the Wolves some needed scoring but wanted veto power in Houston who then settle for Kirk Snyder...?
  
• not sure about essentially replacing Tyson Chandler with a combo of P.J. Brown and Been... I mean Ben Wallace but gaining (a hopefully chippy) J.R. Smith in the backcourt is a plus
  
• Radmanovic in Kobe-land should either click or flicker right from the start and should be an improvement from the Devean George / Brian Cook combo
• Derek Fisher to Utah to hopefully mentor Deron Williams and Dee Brown (even Brewer) could be interesting but does he have anything left?
  
• can Swift return to form in Memphis despite facing a look alike in Warrick...does Eddie Jones have anything left in tank... and can Rudy Gay have more of an offensive game than Battier for the Grizz who so far seem to be stalling
  

and how does this set up the table for what is to come...?

could it be the Iverson trade...?



in the meantime ESPN talks about what they're doing on peeping in on other peoples' Summer Vacation