LeBron James is partying at the thought of all the NBA players available in 2009

Even with all the big name free agents in 2010, with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh in the group, the year 2009 could still be the year of the free agent.

Try this out for 2009.

Some of the Restricted Free Agents: Andrew Bynum, Marvin Williams, Jason Maxiell

Some of the players that can opt out of contracts: Kobe Bryant, Carlos Boozer, Rip Hamilton, Hedo Turkoglu

True Free Agents: Shawn Marion, Andre Miller, Rasheed Wallace

So what about money?
Some teams are loaded depending on what happens.

Thunder 25 – 30 million
Trail Blazers 15 – 32 million
Grizzlies 18 – 24 million
Pacers 11 million
Heat 10 million
Bobcats 10 million

Plain and Simple, there will be lots of player movement in 2009 in the NBA.

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Jason Maxiell danced to victory against the Bobcats

The Pistons are hot again and looking like a championship team.

Taking 24 three-point attempts was probably not the way the Pistons figured they’d beat the Charlotte Bobcats on Sunday night.

But they started falling early, when Tayshaun Prince made four of five in the first quarter, and they never really stopped, as the team finished 12-for-24 from long range in a 113-87 victory at the Palace. source

The Pistons set the tone early with defense.

The Pistons (37-13) held the Bobcats to 13 points in the first quarter, when they went up by as much as 20, and for the second game in a row, they didn’t look back.

The Pistons just keep on rolling.

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Nazr Mohammed now a Bobcat

Piston GM Joe Dumars has done it again. Positioning his team for the future. Right now, Joe had Coach Saunders playing lots of young guys and some of them, like Jason Maxiell have really responded. This will make them a better team in the playoffs.

The veterans are getting old and will need to be replaced at some time. When Joe D makes a move his eyes are always to improving the present only if he can improve the long run. Joe D believes in setting his team up to win NBA Championships.

His current trade of Nazr will free up tons of bucks at the end of the year. The Pistons will be seeking to add a low post presence on O and D in the free agent market next year. Joe D has done it again.

The Charlotte Bobcats’ search for a big man ended Friday when they acquired center Nazr Mohammed from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for center Primoz Brezec and forward Walter Herrmann.

Mohammed, averaging 3.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in 21 games for the Pistons, will provide the Bobcats depth they’ve been missing since Sean May underwent season-ending knee surgery during training camp.

The Bobcats have gotten very little from Brezec, who has been starting but averaging only 1.9 points and 2.2 rebounds a game.

Herrmann had failed to crack the Charlotte rotation under new coach Sam Vincent. But both Brezec and Herrmann will provide the Pistons with outside shooting. source

The Bobcats needed some muscle and scoring underneath and Nazr can give them some of that. Joe D has no problem dealing talent away to improve his team.

But don’t kid yourself about what he picked up. He picked up two expendable contracts and nothing else.

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The return of James, your basketball author. Now the good and the bad. The good is that my most excellent boss and coworkers filled in quite nicely and that is most appreciated.

The bad is that James is diagnosed with Cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. Fear not, they say the cancer is one that is curable, so let us move forward with our dreams of basketball!

Poor Cleveland.

First LeBron gets hurt and now season long hold out Anderson Varejao may skip off to the Bobcats.

The Cavaliers have the rights to match the contract and hold on to Varejao, but do they want to?

The deal is for the Bobcats’ midlevel salary cap exception, worth just over $17 million. Varejao could opt out of the deal after the second season and become an unrestricted free agent.

The 6-foot-10 Varejao has been in a prolonged contract dispute with the Cavaliers, which has kept him sidelined this season. He said last week that he would prefer to play for another team. source

Varejao has said he would rather play for another team. Negotiating tactic? Maybe.

Watching Varejao against my Pistons, you could see the energy and toughness he brought to the court. While being no superstar and never will be, those kinds of players are essential to have on your team.

Someone has to do the dirty work.

The Cav’s are a mystery right now. Making no noticeable off season moves and standing to loss a bright spot in Varejao to the Bobcats.

We will have to wait and see what Danny Ferry decides.

It would be a long shot for the Cav’s to make it back to the finals. They would not be able to sneak up on anyone. Add in the lack of moves in the off season and you have to wonder what the heck are they doing?

Ok, Cav’s are you just going to throw the season away?

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