Clippers Sign Kelenna Azubuike To Offer Sheet

[QUOTE=qrich]I know we signed him, but the Warriors have 7 days to match, so they have until next Friday. If they don't, then he's a Clipper, but they could since it's a pretty small contract. I forgot about Tim Thomas, scratch Quinton Ross then or the veteran big man.[/QUOTE]


i doubt they will match it .. they are pretty loaded there...

monta , magette, sjax , belinelli,randolph plus they still havent signed barnes. they just re signed biedrins to a bigger contractand monta's contract is still in the works for sure his money would be around $9-11M .... so its either they counter and let barnes go or vice versa.

Excellent move again by the Clipper brain trust.
First Cambyman for a second round pick and now
Buick for a small contract and no players or draft picks.

As for the Warriors matching, not likely:confusedshrug:

The Warriors have a glut of swingman and Maximus
will be taking most of the minutes at SF leaving
only the SG spot available.

Further, the Warriors put their $$ on Turiaf, a good
move on their part to fill their weakness up front.
The Lakers wont match Turiaf because they have
chosen to keep Vukovich instead. They are near the
lux tax and cant afford Turiaf. Added to the Warriors
problems is they need $$ for Biedrins and Monta.

The Clips now wont be bringing back offensively challenged
defender Q Ross.
They now have a better player in Buick who could be
a poor man's Maggette.

The Clips last move after losing
Elton Brand will be to add a backup PG.
The options include resigning Shaun Livingston
or making a trade using either players or
draft choices. Look at teams with a glut of
PGs or salary cap problems as the candidates for the next move.:rockon:

[QUOTE=starface]Hi, I'm Earth. Have we met?[/QUOTE]
Yup, I just keep getting my head stuck in the clouds...

after the whole ELton Bran situation i thought the Clips were headed down another wrong path. but now with the addition of Camby to pair up wiht Kaman and now adding Kelenna. i mean this could be a formidable team, not a contender but still a force in the West

What's with all the Boozer/Kaman talks? Is this done with or not, I haven't been on much to see lately.

Anyways, I'd like to see;

Davis/Free Agent
Azubuike/Gordon/Ross
Thornton/Mobely/Ross
Boozer/Powell
Camby/Jordan

Rumors..I don't see the popular KAveman leaving LA especially
when he has great assistant coach in Kim Hughes mentoring him
(Hughes could be Dunleavy's replacement.) and he is
one of the few players who likes Dunleavy.

As for Boozer, I see the current lineup as a better from a depth
and chemistry standpoint than if we traded Kaveman. I think
the Kaveman rumors are being generated in Utah where
the Jazz are worried about losing Boozer next year for nothing
to free agency.

Last thing, KAveman is locked to a long term contract with the
Clips. We have him for four more years and a fair price.
The man's game is exploding and he will thrive with the
Red Baron captaining and running and gunning this team.:cheers:

[QUOTE=Remix]What's with all the Boozer/Kaman talks? Is this done with or not, I haven't been on much to see lately.

Anyways, I'd like to see;

Davis/Free Agent
Azubuike/Gordon/Ross
Thornton/Mobely/Ross
Boozer/Powell
Camby/Jordan[/QUOTE]

thats too bad, he's actually good... nice pick up by the Clipps

Warriors won't match, they want to make a run at another FA and spend almost the rest of there money on that

Azubuike ain't gonna start but he's going to get solid run and make a difference for the Clipps

[QUOTE=baseketball4life]Azubuike ain't gonna start but he's going to get solid run and make a difference for the Clipps[/QUOTE]

The man was signed to depth and round out the rotation.

Starters
PG Red Baron
SG Cat (until Eric the Red takes over)
SF Al "Jr Dominque" Thornton
PF Marcus "Ghost Dog" Cambyman
C Kaiser KAveman

Bench
PG Brevin Knight (unless we upgrade)
SG Eric Gordon
SG/SF Buick
PF/C Josh (former Warrior) Powell
SF/PF Timmy "my A is now on fire" Thomas

you know, the more i think about it, the more i dont see why the warriors WOULDNT match this deal and then just trade azabuike if they feel like it. it's not as if they're being forced to match a contract that would make him unmovable. 3 years/10 million for a guy who is a very solid contributor and only 23 years old? even if the warriors dont have him in their own future plans, they would be crazy not to keep the rights to him and that very reasonable contract and at the very least use him as a trading chip to get a piece they actually need.

honestly with a contract like that they could move him at any time they wanted. there will be a market for him and that contract from now until the day its up. unfortunately im now more convinced teh warriors will match

It would be nice to see a running team that actually plays defense. It would also be interesting so see Camby play around guys that actually cares for defense. In denver he has to litterally guard everybody. I'm sure clips will be fun to watch this season.

Can they still go after barnes?

[QUOTE=lawlerslaw100]The man was signed to depth and round out the rotation.


Bench
PG Brevin Knight [B](unless we upgrade)[/B]
SG Eric Gordon
SG/SF Buick
PF/C Josh (former Warrior) Powell
SF/PF Timmy "my A is now on fire" Thomas[/QUOTE]


you are forgetting mike taylor dude.

I'm not sure if Taylor is ready for the NBA. He is horrendous at taking care of the ball - you can't have that in a backup.

Nice deal for Kelenna, he was making like $700,000 here in GS last year. I wonder if the clippers offer has anything to do with how well Azabuike guarded Kobe during those 2 games last year.

[QUOTE=Darius]I'm not sure if Taylor is ready for the NBA. He is horrendous at taking care of the ball - you can't have that in a backup.[/QUOTE]


taylor is like a mad dog in defending people something that you cant get out of a brevin knight ...