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Wow, that sounds really light. He's lucky as hell other then the fact that his basketball career is finished

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Alan Anderson to Cleveland?

On Wednesday, former Bobcat Alan Anderson will work out for the Cleveland Cavaliers , according to Hoopsworld, where he says has reason to believe he'll get more than just an invite to camp. He's hoping to be playing alongside LeBron James and playing for a championship next season.

"You can't ask for more than that - a team that's always in the playoffs, a team that's right there on their way to winning a championship, and then playing with one of the greatest players in the league - you can't ask for more than that. I'm looking forward to working out for them, I'll do my best, and hopefully they take me."

LINK

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I think that would be a great move for Anderson.Here he's going to be buried at the only position where we have real depth.In Cleveland he could earn some serious PT.Daniel Gibson and Pavlovic are pretty good players,but Anderson can compete with those guys for PT.They were even using Larry Hughes at the point last year...Anderson might be as good as Hughes and he's just as much a point guard as Hughes is.I don't know of any team in the league with a weaker backcourt than Cleveland.I hope he really does well.I don't think a great deal of his ability(not since we have Richardson for the bulk of the minutes),but he always gave us a good effort and never caused any trouble.

Other news of relevance to the Bobcats Charlie Bell and the Bucks still haven't reached an agreement and his agent is talking about going to Europe.He's also talking about the sort of money Kapono and some other guys got.Too bad for him that all the guys he mentioned were UFAs and Bell is an RFA.I got the impression that Milwaukee is really lowballing him.The QO is only 900K.Apparently only one other NBA team is talking to him and I hope it's us.He'd be the very best we could hope for,but the only way we'll get him is to seriously overpay.
I don't have the link,but it's from the milwaukee paper jsonline.com is their URL.

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Melvin Ely signs with New Orleans.I think it's a good pick up for them.Under the circumstances Melvin would have been a decent option for us if we could have gotten him cheap,but who knows how a year on the bench has affected him.He could have backed up at PF and C which one have helped some.He's hardly played since the year our entire frontline was out,but he was pretty good then.I think he's only 27 or 28 too.

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Restricted free agent guard Charlie Bell has received a five-year, $18 million offer from the Miami Heat, according to National Basketball Association sources.

The Milwaukee Bucks will have one week to match the offer or relinquish the rights to Bell.

Bell said on Saturday that he did not wish to return to the Bucks. Milwaukee had offered a three-year, $9 million contract to the former Michigan State player.

Bell's agent, Mark Bartelstein, confirmed the Miami offer sheet and said Bell had visited with Heat officials in Miami on Friday and Saturday. Bell met with Heat president and head coach Pat Riley.

"I think he's excited about it," Bartelstein said. "He had a real good visit. Now it's obvious the Bucks have to make a hard decision. I'm frustrated it came to this point, but it did."

Bell is the second Bucks guard pursued by Miami during the current off-season. The Heat made a strong run at unrestricted free agent guard Mo Williams, offering him a five-year, $31 million contract. But Williams eventually signed a six-year, $52 million contract with the Bucks, who were able to offer him a significantly larger deal.

Bartelstein said Bell no longer will consider any European contract offers and will either be with the Heat or the Bucks. On Saturday, Bell said it was "time to move on" and that he no longer had the passion required to remain with Milwaukee.

"I believe it's a privilege for every player to play in the NBA, and the last thing you want is to have a player say he doesn't want to be somewhere," Bartelstein said.

"But all you can do is be honest about how you feel. Most people choose where they want to work, and his heart is just not in Milwaukee. He doesn't mean to be disrespectful or arrogant; he's just being honest."

http://blogs.jsonline.com/bucks/arch...from-heat.aspx

I wouldn't have any problem with making this sort of crazy offer to Bell if not for the length of the contract.That's probably what it'll take to get him away from Milwaukee.If we could overpay Bell for three years that would be one thing,he's infinitely better than McGinnis,but then there are probably guys in junior high who are better than McGinnis ever was.Five years is just way too long a committment and since we've already made a committment to sucking this season we may as well do it without overpaying Charlie Bell.

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He's what 28? Yeah, 5 years is too long. I'm guessing were stuck with McInnis as our backup PG unless we bring in DA or a D-Leaguer. Ah, let's just be done with offseason and start the season

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http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/15316/180/item

Virtus Bologna tabs swingman Anderson

Virtus Bologna added a fourth foreigner to its roster when the club announced the two-year agreement with swingman Alan Anderson, who will make his debut in Europe. Anderson (198, 24) played two seasons with the Charlotte Bobcats in the NBA, last year averaging 5.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists with 25% three-point shooting in 17 games. Anderson also played three months in the NBDL with the Tulsa 66ers, from whomo Virtus also hired point guard Will Conroy recently. In 26 games at Tulsa, Anderson posted 15.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 45% three-point shooting. At the university level, Anderson played for Michigan State, putting up 13.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in his final season there.

Thursday, September 13, 2007 Marco Martelli, Bologna

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Five years is just way too long a committment and since we've already made a committment to sucking this season we may as well do it without overpaying Charlie Bell.

Wish you'd back that one up instead of simply repeating it ad nauseum and ignoring those who question you about it.

Who's to say that last year isn't a player option? 4 years (or even 5) at a little over 3 million isn't a lot for a guy who plays good D and consistently shoots in the mid 40s range as well as being able to play 3 positions. Hopefully the Bucks match; I know some think we "suck", but I'd rather our division rivals continue the downward trend vs. getting any help.

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Name one team in the NBA that has a worse bench than we do.

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Orlando, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Detroit, Minnesota, Miami, Sacramento, Indiana...do I need to go on?

Not that we're going to put the entire 2nd unit on the floor at one time, but I'm looking at:

Touche'
Hammer
Morrison/Dudley
May/Davidson
Primoz/Hollins

Hammer started for us last year and would this year if JRich hadn't been added (y'know...that team that won 33 games?). Duds is considered one of the most NBA ready college players to come out and May (if he can stay healthy...and according to Coach V he's coming along great) is VERY good offensively. Primoz pretty much sucks defensively, but when on he's pretty deadly from outside.

Most of our starters will be playing 35+ minutes...so you're talking subbing in one or at most two guys with the rest of the starters.

Think maybe JRich won't be able to hit the basket if it's Touche' passing it to him vs. Felton?

You do realize o'course that most teams only play a 8 or 9 man rotation thru the latter part of the season and into the playoffs, right?

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Complete nonsense and just as indefensible as our FO's offseason moves.Most of those guys aren't even real NBA players and May does not count for anything at this point.

Anyone who expects anything from May is a fool.
Anyone who goes into the season expecting to play all their starters 35 to 40 minutes should put the pipe down.It's just idiotic to expect that they'll make it through an 82 game like that.

We have the worst bench in the league andthe first injury we have will be the end of any hopes for a winning season

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Originally Posted by Diable

Complete nonsense and just as indefensible as our FO's offseason moves.

ok...I'm editing. Looks like I jumped in while you were re-writing your post.

The 2nd unit, do you think Matt Carroll "sucks"? Should we have let him walk? Who would you have brought in to replace him? I know you didn't like the McInnis signing, and honestly I'd have preferred another route...but we're talking 10-14 minutes here. McInnis can pass the ball so we should at least break even or just lose a basket or so...like I said this isn't UNC and there is no blue team.

May? I'd like to move him myself, but it's kind of hard to trade someone when they have a cast on their leg throughout the offseason. They're giving him another shot...and if he can stay healthy (big if) he IS one of the best offensive weapons we've ever had. Rookie contract too. Regardless, we drafted 2 guys to cover the PF position. Should we have taken someone instead of Dudley? I think Dudley will challenge for PT this year. The organization said that he was taken to push May.

Guess the JRich trade was "indefensible" since that was the FO's biggest move. What would you have prefer us do...keep Wright? Offer 20 per for Vince Carter? Try to outbid the Magic for Lewis?

Let Gerald Wallace walk?

Ammo wasn't this offseason. I didn't like the choice, but he's here now. Hopefully he'll up his value and actually become a tradable asset.

Not re-up Herrmann? Re-sign Brevin Knight?

Most of us do hope we add more depth, but this is just fringe stuff...we're still only a four year team! They're looking for another big for banging, and Coach V said that he'd like Anderson to come back. That's solid depth...a lot of which hopefully we won't even use.

We're better than last year...MUCH better.

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Anyone who goes into the season expecting to play all their starters 35 to 40 minutes should put the pipe down.It's just idiotic to expect that they'll make it through an 82 game like that.

No, but there's hardly any team that'll be able to do it for 82 games...lots of teams had a crap record last year almost solely due to injury. For 70-75 games you can assume at least 4 will make it though. Felton last year averaged 36 over 78, JRich in his last full year went 38 minutes for 75 games, Crash went 37 for 71 (and that was with a separated shoulder) and Mek went 67 at 34 minutes.

If we win a little over half of our games when we're healthy (unless we're going to get on a tangent about how none of the starters belong in the NBA either?) and about a 1/3 if someone goes down for a stretch we're STILL pushing for .500 and a shot at 8th seed.

For a 4th year team that's awesome.