Post by bucksgm on Aug 2, 2005 21:17:51 GMT -4
From Ron Tillery of the Commercial Appeal:
Complicated deal here. Miami is the big winner, with a lineup that will include Shaq, DWade, and Antoine Walker along with capable backups like JWill and Posey.
The Grizzlies needed cap flexibility in the future, and Eddie Jones' contract is up after two seasons--leaving almost 16 million dollars of cap space.
As for the other teams, they are not significantly affected, although I think Rasual Butler will do well in NO.
Big, interesting move here.
The Grizzlies are among the teams in a five-team deal that would send Williams, James Posey and Andre Emmett to the Miami Heat for swingman Eddie Jones, The Commercial Appeal has learned.
With league approval and the completion of a sign-and-trade deal that will ship Antoine Walker from Boston to Miami, the complicated transaction could be announced as soon as Wednesday morning, several NBA sources confirmed.
Boston, Utah and New Orleans are the other teams involved.
The breakdown is as follows:
# Memphis would receive Jones, who is scheduled to earn more than $30 million over the next two seasons.
# Miami would get Williams, Posey, Emmett and Walker.
# Utah would receive Greg Ostertag from Memphis, which acquired him – along with Bobby Jackson -- in a separate deal fro Bonzi Wells.
# New Orleans would get Utah’s Kirk Snyder and Miami’s Rasual Butler.
# Boston would receive Curtis Borchardt (Utah), Qyntel Woods (Miami -- and Carver High School in Memphis) and the Heat’s $1.9 million trade exception as well as draft picks.
The Griz are also expected to sign free-agent point guard Damon Stoudamire once the trade is completed. Stoudamire is expected to replace Williams in the starting lineup with Jackson serving as the backup.
With league approval and the completion of a sign-and-trade deal that will ship Antoine Walker from Boston to Miami, the complicated transaction could be announced as soon as Wednesday morning, several NBA sources confirmed.
Boston, Utah and New Orleans are the other teams involved.
The breakdown is as follows:
# Memphis would receive Jones, who is scheduled to earn more than $30 million over the next two seasons.
# Miami would get Williams, Posey, Emmett and Walker.
# Utah would receive Greg Ostertag from Memphis, which acquired him – along with Bobby Jackson -- in a separate deal fro Bonzi Wells.
# New Orleans would get Utah’s Kirk Snyder and Miami’s Rasual Butler.
# Boston would receive Curtis Borchardt (Utah), Qyntel Woods (Miami -- and Carver High School in Memphis) and the Heat’s $1.9 million trade exception as well as draft picks.
The Griz are also expected to sign free-agent point guard Damon Stoudamire once the trade is completed. Stoudamire is expected to replace Williams in the starting lineup with Jackson serving as the backup.
Complicated deal here. Miami is the big winner, with a lineup that will include Shaq, DWade, and Antoine Walker along with capable backups like JWill and Posey.
The Grizzlies needed cap flexibility in the future, and Eddie Jones' contract is up after two seasons--leaving almost 16 million dollars of cap space.
As for the other teams, they are not significantly affected, although I think Rasual Butler will do well in NO.
Big, interesting move here.