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08-14-2007, 08:34 AM
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Adonal Foyle to sign with Orlando?
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Warriors agree to contract buyout with center Adonal Foyle
By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Sports Writer
August 13, 2007
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The Golden State Warriors have reached agreement on a buyout with center Adonal Foyle, parting ways Monday with the 10-year veteran and the team's longest-tenured player.
Foyle signed a six-year deal worth nearly $42 million in July 2004 and had spent his entire career with Golden State, but he rarely played last season in Don Nelson's guard-oriented lineups.
"We will certainly miss Adonal's presence, both on and off the court," Chris Mullin, the Warriors' executive vice president of basketball operations, said in a statement announcing that Foyle had been placed on waivers.
"However, we think this move is in the best interest of both parties as we move forward," Mullin said. "Adonal was a true professional in every sense of the word during his decade-long tenure with the Warriors. We wish him the best as he begins the next phase of his career."
A phone message left for Foyle was not immediately returned Monday night. He had been traveling back home in his native Caribbean and the voicemail of his agent, Lon Babby, said Babby was out of the country this week as well. The Warriors did not provide any details on the buyout.
The 32-year-old Foyle appeared to have interest in joining the Orlando Magic, which would be much closer to his homeland of tiny Canouan, in the cluster of Caribbean islands called St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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08-14-2007, 09:20 AM
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Re: Adonal Foyle to sign with Orlando?
nice... sign him..
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08-14-2007, 02:27 PM
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Re: Adonal Foyle to sign with Orlando?
He would be a nice third stringer C (behind Howard and Battie)
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08-14-2007, 02:28 PM
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Re: Adonal Foyle to sign with Orlando?
Anything for a little more depth is what I would like to see!
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08-14-2007, 05:53 PM
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Re: Adonal Foyle to sign with Orlando?
He'd be a nice signing. Contrary to popular belief, Adonal Foyle is actually a decent player. He was just no where near to living up to that enormous contract the idiotic Warriors gave him.
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08-14-2007, 07:58 PM
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Re: Adonal Foyle to sign with Orlando?
Any quality depth at the big man position is welcomed, I think that's pretty obvious, but I think that since his current conract is so huge, he'll probably sign for less money (then he would have under normal circumstances) which is an added bonus.
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08-14-2007, 09:06 PM
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Re: Adonal Foyle to sign with Orlando?
We were linked with Adonal a few years back too if I recall correctly.
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08-14-2007, 09:12 PM
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Re: Adonal Foyle to sign with Orlando?
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Any quality depth at the big man position is welcomed, I think that's pretty obvious, but I think that since his current conract is so huge, he'll probably sign for less money (then he would have under normal circumstances) which is an added bonus.
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True. Had we signed him a few years ago for lots of money and many years it would have been a big no-no. Signing him now for a couple years and a couple mil a year, not bad a deal.
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08-15-2007, 11:57 PM
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Re: Adonal Foyle to sign with Orlando?
He may sign with Boston instead, as he's working out with two Celtics coaches, Clifford Ray and Robert Parrish. He's a decent backup center. He plays solid interior defense and occasionally contributes with a block.
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