| NBA offseason news, draft, trades etc -
5th July 2008
Trades,Deals & News:
- Chris duhon joins the knicks
- Elton Brand opts out of clippers, possibility to sign with warriors
- Diop signs with Mavs a 5 year deal starting at nearly 6 mil a year
- Raptors keeping Jose Calderon
- Chris Paul extends contract with hornets
- Blazers add rudy fernandez to their roster
- Dallas sign gerlad green to one year deal
- Beno Udrih stays with the kinds
- Baron Davis joins the clippers
- James posey opts out of celtics, he is free agent now.
- Memphis acquires Marko Jaric, Antoine Walker, Greg Buckner and the draft
rights to O.J. Mayo from Minnesota in exchange for Mike Miller, Brian
Cardinal, Jason Collins and the draft rights to Kevin Love.
- Jermaine Oneal joins toronto ...on the other hand tj ford and rasho
nesterovic join indiana
- L.A. Clippers' Corey Maggette opts out of his contract.
- In a three-team trade, Chicago acquires the draft rights to Omer Asik from
Portland; Portland acquires a second-round pick in 2009 from Denver plus
two future second-round picks from Chicago; and Denver acquires the draft
rights to Sonny Weems from Chicago.
- Milwaukee acquires Richard Jefferson from New Jersey in exchange for
Bobby Simmons and Yi Jianlian.
- Denver suspends Carmelo Anthony for two games.
- Wizards re-sign Gilbert Arenas for 6 years, $111 mil
As for the draft here are the results:
1. CHI -- Derrick Rose
2. MIA -- Michael Beasley
3. MIN -- O.J. Mayo
4. SEA -- Russell Westbrook
5. MEM -- Kevin Love
6. NYK -- Danilo Gallinari
7. LAC -- Eric Gordon
8. MIL -- Joe Alexander
9. CHA -- D.J. Augustin
10. NJN -- Brook Lopez
11. IND -- Jerryd Bayless
12. SAC -- Jason Thompson
13. POR -- Brandon Rush
14. GSW -- Anthony Randolph |