Rumor: Chris Wilcox's Agent Pushing Warriors
From Percy Allen of The Seattle Times:
The two sides appeared to find common ground on a three-year deal. However, the Sonics continued to maintain that Wilcox is worth $6.6 million per season, and their offer is about $6 million less than his demands.
"A one-year deal, in our mind, is not a deal," Fried said. "One year, in our mind, left Chris with no alternatives."
Fried has urged the Sonics to consider sign-and-trade scenarios, including a deal with Golden State. Nothing has materialized, however.
What kind of plausible sign-and-trades can you put together to bring Wilcox to the Warriors?
Also see:
- Rumor: Warriors Trying to Trade for Wilcox
- Rumor: Warriors Want Wilcox
- Rumor: Warriors Inquiring about Chris Wilcox
- Rumor: Chris Wilcox Sign-and-Trade to Warriors
99% of rumors never happen, but 99% of them are fun to talk about!
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Ugh
by Jud Booshler on Aug 4, 2006 9:41 AM PDT 0 recs
Jason Caffey
by norcaldevilasu on Aug 4, 2006 10:31 AM PDT 0 recs
Wilcox is not a Caffey
Wilcox is not similarly short for his position and his numbers have been better. While it's tempting to say that he finally started playing well in Seattle, his per-minute production in Seattle wasn't in stark contrast to what he did in LA. The big difference was that in LA, he didn't play as much and when he did, they didn't feed him the ball as much. But he rebounded well before and shot the ball well before the trade. On a whole, he seems like a much better gamble than some of the other options and looks to be a better player than Caffey ever was.
by jae on Aug 4, 2006 10:50 AM PDT 0 recs
end of contract wonder
But..
Wilcox did play as he was projected to play ONLY at end of his contract. It's not clear how much of his problem was due to the Clippers and how much was him finally trying.
His team -- the guys who know him -- think he's not proven that he is worth what he wants and the team prior traded him.
Maybe they have log jams at PF in LA so he was expendable for a different kind of player and maybe the Soncis are cheap.
I'd keep Murphy and not swap him for Wilcox.
by joe sez on
Aug 4, 2006 4:47 PM PDT
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Wilcox's play was actually fairly consistent
LA traded him because he likely wasn't as good as Brand and they weren't going to give him a big payday to be a backup. In return they got a shooter who they can probably keep for less.
by jae on
Aug 4, 2006 5:52 PM PDT
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Per minute stat overused
Wilcox played behind Brand but according to the Sonics, Wilcox wants too much and the team who owns him probably is right. Maybe it's Denver who set the salary bar too high this year when they signed Nene. The GSW need to pay for someone who's in their prime and proven, not up and coming. Here's what gets me:
From the Chicago Tribune earlier this year when the Bulls needed to sign some "Bigs".
Q:I wanted to know what you think about the Bulls trying to sign Chris Wilcox of the Supersonics? Once he got traded from the Clippers, he put up some decent numbers while being a starter. -- Omari, Forest Park
Sam Smith: Wilcox is a big guy, a free agent not mentioned much, and is somewhat of a risk because he started playing well in his contract season. But he was behind Elton Brand and didn't get much chance. I think the Bulls will look at him, but there have been whispers of a lack of, shall we say, enthusiasm and I don't believe he's high on their list. If they lose their top guys I can see them making a bid.
I'm interested in seeing more of Chris Taft who could be like Wilcox and keeping Murphy. Troy has gotten better every year, works hard, has a good attitude and would probably become more appealing in trades after the season starts. YMMV
by joe sez on
Aug 4, 2006 9:41 PM PDT
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Changing the game?
When a guy isn't getting into games behind an all star, I'm not sure what sort of object measure you can use other than a per-minute stat. Since I'm not able to watch every minute of every game, I have to rely on stats to some degree to approximate what was going on. Wilcox put up good stats. He just wasn't afforded much of an opportunity to display this. Why this happened is subject to debate, but when he was on the court, he performed adequately.
I'd love to see more of Taft as well, but he's a big risk. Guys with major back surgery at 20 or 21 don't tend to have long careers moving people around in the paint. It's a major gamble to depend on him for the future.
by jae on
Aug 5, 2006 2:14 PM PDT
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MAYbe, and it depends on who goes
by hardcore on Aug 4, 2006 2:37 PM PDT 0 recs
10 and 6? "Starter minutes?"
by jae on
Aug 4, 2006 5:56 PM PDT
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y'r right
by hardcore on
Aug 5, 2006 10:03 AM PDT
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Starter minutes.
by jae on
Aug 5, 2006 2:17 PM PDT
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y'r right, and still not a match
like I said "y'r right" - fyi 10 & 6 (actually it was 9.something and 5.something, I rounded up) were posted as his 2005 stats on a website ... they were not split out the way you had mentioned - your split is a NICE POINT JAE - but his overall stats remain underwhelming to me to add the contract being discussed ...
I remain unconvinced that we have a decent match to make a trade with Seattle for Wilcox (without simply adding his contract to GSW's big contracts - we need to move one or more of BD, MD, TM, or AF - not changing my tune - that's been a consistent view of mine all along).
So "what the hell" are you proposing specifically as a trade? ( other than Pietrus, who you made pretty clear was worth a coffee maker in your previous proposal ) I think Wilcox's agent is using GS just like I think Harrington's did - to try to get a better offer for their client. But, hey, I'm not afraid to be wrong on this, if there's a way to improve the Woes no one would be more pleased than I, & I don't care who's idea it is
by hardcore on
Aug 5, 2006 3:00 PM PDT
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Starters minutes
I'm not proposing a trade. That's Mullin's job. I am saying that of the people out there who have been mentioned in rumours outside of boards like this, I think Wilcox is a reasonable target and has shown enough to suggest that he can be part of a solution rather than another problem.
by jae on
Aug 5, 2006 3:48 PM PDT
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If Woes really wanted him they can ...
by hardcore on
Aug 8, 2006 6:30 AM PDT
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Let's not forget the SAD factor.
Yeah, I'm just kidding...
by Jeremy Belvins on Aug 4, 2006 3:39 PM PDT 0 recs
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by Steve on Aug 6, 2006 4:10 PM PDT 0 recs











