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REPORT: MAGGETTE AGREES TO DEAL WITH WARRIORS

Sorry no source yet but I was watching ESPN news and Marc Stein just reported that Maggette agreed to midlevel(7-8 mil) deal with Warriors. Stein also reported the Warriors aren't done in the free agent market.

I'm assuming that Iguodala is out of the Warrior's sight. This will be a good alternative to Iggy and for a pretty good price. But my question is that I wonder if Maggette would play at the 2 or 3. I would say he's an upgrade over Azubuike.

Current Lineup:

PG: Ellis, Watson

SG: Maggette, Belinelli

SF: Jackson, Randolph

PF: Harrington, Wright, Hendrix

C: Biedrins, Perovich

I'd say that lineup is still mediocre. Throw J-Smoov in there and call it a day.

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Hey Nellieball - what do you mean REC THIS THREAD?

We moved immediately with an offer sheet to Turiaf? There was more…and quickly!

by streetballer on Jul 9, 2008 10:10 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He means recommend

At the bottom of the original article there is a line saying:

Email|Print|Flag|Rec|

Click on Rec to recommend it.

by Dubs fan in Boston on Jul 9, 2008 10:26 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

forgot to say

WOO IM EXCITED

by b33b0 on Jul 8, 2008 6:29 PM PDT   0 recs

Maggette

Not bad. Now let’s resign Monta and AB and pick up Hinrich.

by GoldenStateDubtronic on Jul 8, 2008 6:30 PM PDT   1 recs

Won't happen

Monta is your starter .. why waste money on a PG that is aback up?

by pree on Jul 8, 2008 6:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

why not?

Monta shouldn’t waste his time handling and distributing…he needs to concentrate on getting buckets..2 years ago: Hinrich 16pts, 6 asst. why wouldn’t you want that?

by GoldenStateDubtronic on Jul 8, 2008 6:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Because of his contract

I should back off of “won’t happen” .. I just don’t think it should

by pree on Jul 8, 2008 7:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

why waste money on a PG

Because Montay is a 2 guard. Why should we hafta suffer thru watching him play point when he does fine at 2 ?

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 8, 2008 9:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

**FINGERS CROSSED**

If this is true, this better not be “IT”!!! I think MAGGETTE is a good player, but this move to pay him over $6 million per year can’t be the ONLY move they make!

Is this another knee-jerk reaction to losing out on BRAND? What does this mean to making a run at J-SMOOTH?

Scouting report on MAGGETTE has been he’s injury-prone and a mediocre defender! Greeeeat…just what we need! scratches head

Keep ‘em comin’ MULLY!!!

by scottiepimppen on Jul 8, 2008 6:33 PM PDT   0 recs

LA Times has it now too

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-clippers9-2008jul09,0,7626268.story

I don’t like this deal very much. If we were going to pay $50 million for Maggette (which is overpaying for this guy), why not something like the $65 million the Clips gave to Baron? Baron is MUCH better than Maggette and meets a need.

Bay Area Warriors fan currently at UCLA.

by Yoyo on Jul 8, 2008 6:34 PM PDT   0 recs

Well, so much for waiting. With Elton Brand officially out of the picture, league sources told the Chronicle that the Warriors have reached an agreement with free agent forward Corey Maggette on a five-year deal worth up to $50 million.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/warriors/author?blogid=39&auth=155

Isn’t 50 mil over 5 yrs a little too much for Maggette?? I guess this means Dubs won’t have a chance of landing Josh Smith.

by nautica on Jul 8, 2008 6:35 PM PDT   0 recs

It starts at 6 mil so we still have 10 mil to use on a free agent.

by joestar on Jul 8, 2008 6:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Awful, awful deal

$10 M per for fucking Maggette?!!!!!! So, instead of Josh Smith even being “on the Warriors radar” for around $12 M per but instead we sign fucking Maggette for $10 M per?!! Worst decision ever (OK, oher than Foyle’s contract).

by Lifelong on Jul 8, 2008 6:39 PM PDT   0 recs

Starts at 6 mil foo read the damn posts. We have 10-12 for J. Smith.

J.Smith+Maggetter > BD

by joestar on Jul 8, 2008 6:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

what post says only 6 mil?

sfgate says 10 mil. the espn article say more than the midlevel.

by DustyG on Jul 8, 2008 7:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Its a specific type of payment plan

He gets gradual increments I believe each year

Stop crying about it alright?!?! GO MULLIN.

by jeppalepala on Jul 8, 2008 8:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That would mean

His last year in contract would be getting paid 14Mil it is a 2Mil pay increase I could be wrong though.
1 6Mil
2 8Mil
3 10Mil
4 12Mil
5 14Mil

If I am wrong i will respond with a D'Oh

by StephenO4 on Jul 8, 2008 8:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Those numbers are certainly wrong. That’s a raise larger than allowed by the CBA.

by jae on Jul 9, 2008 9:11 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

D'OH

seen later on your other post it was around 8.5Mil or something around the ball park

If I am wrong i will respond with a D'Oh

by StephenO4 on Jul 9, 2008 11:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

that's actually worse b/c

that means towards the end when he’s 33 we’re going to be paying him $14 mill when he should basically be playing a stackhouse on the mavs role on a contender.

by the evil monkey on Jul 8, 2008 9:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

NOT NECESSARILY

you can put a positive spin on his last year being a very valuable trade commodity in the tune of $14 million dollars to a team that wouldn’t mind having MAGGETTE for 1 year and having his contract expire after!

by scottiepimppen on Jul 9, 2008 1:17 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Financials

I just wanna know what the terms of the deal is. Reports everywhere are conflicting

by FHWANG007 on Jul 8, 2008 6:40 PM PDT   0 recs

Man I am not a Maggete fan. He has great physical skills, but he plays selfish. He just isn’t a winner. Never had it at Duke when he left early and never had it obviously with the Clippers.

by nuttinbutnet on Jul 8, 2008 6:40 PM PDT   0 recs

i agree. plus if where is he gonna play? if he starts, monta basically has to be our point guard and i don’t think he’s ready yet. also, i think we’re overpaying him when younger guys with more upside like iggy and josh smith are around.

by jakeaco on Jul 8, 2008 9:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They are resticted.

So if you offer them contracts you have to wait for their teams to decide to match up to 7 days. At the end of that period there teams match and then no one is left.
Thats why Maggette was the choice to go after.
It also still gives them chance to do more before resigning ellis and bieds if they want.

by The Golden One on Jul 8, 2008 9:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Excellent...

thats an okay starting lineup, now get rid of harrington, pick up a decent pf and your set…

by MeTaLLiCs0naTaS on Jul 8, 2008 6:40 PM PDT   0 recs

are you kidding

5 year 50 mil, thats fucking terrible. put an extra 10 mil in there and throw it j-smooves way, sheesh. i like maggette, but i like josh smith WAYYYYYYYY more

by Thoang77 on Jul 8, 2008 6:42 PM PDT   0 recs

Atlanta matches that

They probably still match it if you throw in an extra 20M.

by Dubs fan in Boston on Jul 9, 2008 6:32 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Absolute Disaster in Retrospect

1. Anything more than 40 mil to maggette is crazy. nobody was going to offer him more than 25 mil (Mid-level)

2. Now we cannot get a ball handler. Ellis, Jax, and Maggette must start. We would go ultra small.

by FHWANG007 on Jul 8, 2008 6:44 PM PDT   0 recs

we are not spurs

in other words, we have to pay more to lure decent players because we can’t entice them with chance of title. i like the signing because we still have 10 mil to a solid backup pg like heinrich. if we got jsmith we’d have to pay much more.

Warrior fan for life - where we are "always just a big man away" from total domination

by buttafingas on Jul 8, 2008 6:48 PM PDT   0 recs

I konw....

Paying mmore is one thing…paying double is idiocy

We can’t spend “10 mil” because we still need to resign biedrins and ellis

by FHWANG007 on Jul 8, 2008 6:50 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

no no no...

your numbers are wrong. They can still resign both guys and sign one more.

by mikey J on Jul 8, 2008 7:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The numbers are really going to be 4 years/ 36M

Unless he becomes and all star, we’re trading him as an expiring contract in the offseason before the 5th year.

by Dubs fan in Boston on Jul 9, 2008 6:34 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Not a bad start...

still got 40 mil left in cap since he was signed for MLE. Assuming Monta/Andris take half, i say we gotta push for Smith. He was made for Nellieball and will be apart of our young core. A definate upgrade over Al IMO.

by Spee-D on Jul 8, 2008 6:51 PM PDT   0 recs

Not

He didn’t sign for MLE. Three reports so far: One says OVER MLE. Two say 5yrs 50 mil.

by DustyG on Jul 8, 2008 7:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Trade with the Blazers

They have four point guards.

Jared Bayless- Can’t have him.

Steve Blake- Pure PG who is a really solid role player. Great 3 point shooter.

Sergio Rodríguez- Talented passer who likes to run. Not a great shooter , but he is still really young. He does stuff like this a lot.

Petteri Koponen- The Suns really want him. 6’4 pg who likes to pass. He still lives in Finland and is only 20 years old.

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.-Charles Barkley

by Winchester on Jul 8, 2008 6:55 PM PDT   0 recs

also

they have Rudy Fernandez coming… they have way too many players and their GM loves to trade

It's almost like the Warriors have 6 guys out there... they always have a guy open! - Jon Barry commentating game 3 last year

by gsw4life on Jul 8, 2008 7:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ok

so make me an offer

by PippenAintEasy on Jul 8, 2008 9:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Just to clarify

Rudy is a 2. Yes..we do have too many players.

President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 9, 2008 12:34 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sergio

Would be a great fit for Nellie ball. And he is unhappy in Portland.

President of the Petteri Koponen fan club.

by Sabonis4Ever on Jul 9, 2008 12:34 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

what are the chances

Hey guys, what do you think the chances are of the Warriors re-signing Kelenna?

talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish

by starry night on Jul 8, 2008 6:56 PM PDT   0 recs

With Barnes and Pietrus gone.

and allowed to go over the cap for your own players. I believe he will be back.

by The Golden One on Jul 8, 2008 9:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

stuff like this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pae5GLy-9Zc

If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.-Charles Barkley

by Winchester on Jul 8, 2008 6:56 PM PDT   0 recs

This is kind of an odd move.

I don’t like moving Monta to the point. Monta is probably more effective playing off the ball than being our starting point… Our lineup looks ok on paper, but our team still needs shooters, leadership, and defense. I’m not sure Maggette fills any of those needs. From a financial standpoint, Maggette is cheaper, but he might not be the best fit for our team. Josh Smith might have fit our system better than Maggette. We’ll see how it works out.

by The Daydreamer on Jul 8, 2008 6:56 PM PDT   0 recs

Maggette fits our needs...

to an certain extent. Hes a big 2 maybe 3 would can get rebound and most importantly, doesnt rely on his jump shots. I like this move because he has a nose for the basket and can draw fouls, something that the Warriors lacked.

Interesting that he settled for only the MLE when he clearly wanted more. I wonder if his gunna get traded

by Spee-D on Jul 8, 2008 7:11 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Not Bad

still rather have J Rich though, I just hope Wright breaks out soon and I can move finally on from losing him

by TonyDelk on Jul 8, 2008 7:02 PM PDT   0 recs

Trade with the Pistions.

Anyone think this signing was just to get Billups from the Pistons? I was reading on hoopsworld that a trade might happen with Harrington but there is no way the Pistons would make that deal and they have been really interested in Maggette.

by RuCuS on Jul 8, 2008 7:05 PM PDT   0 recs

Isn’t there some rule about not being able to trade players you have just signed? Like a 6th month period? Or is that just with drafted players signed?

PREE we need you!

by Nellieball on Jul 8, 2008 7:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Mixed

His style doesn’t fit nellieball too much since he draws fouls like a mutha but we need that. He’s already a better FT shooter than a lot of our guys. I’m intrigued to see him play under Nellie though.

by disguy on Jul 8, 2008 7:18 PM PDT   0 recs

Don't hate on maggette

First, he seems like a guy who would flourish under nelson’s system and be so happy to not be under Dunleavy’s stilted offense with too many set plays that it would give him new life.
Second, we are a score first team – we may want a guy who plays great defense and shuts guys down and slows the other team’s offense – but nellie wouldn’t play him. maggette is a scorer and with baron’s points leaving we need a guy who can score from anywhere on the floor like baron did- Maggette can
Third, people are calling for leadership and defense – I think SJax brings that
Finally, unlike maggette, Josh Smith will think this is HIS team – not Monta’s team. Could cause trouble down the road.
Maggette isn’t perfect but I doubt we could get him by paying much less.

Warrior fan for life - where we are "always just a big man away" from total domination

by buttafingas on Jul 8, 2008 7:21 PM PDT   0 recs

i agree

good points there buttafingas

by japoyy on Jul 9, 2008 1:01 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Maggette also gets to the line a ton

He shoots at a high FG% for his position and scores efficiently. He’s an offensive machine.

by Dubs fan in Boston on Jul 9, 2008 6:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

If this is a six million per year contract like some are saying, its a pretty good move (only reservation is that it probably puts us higher in the lottery and probably doesn’t let a guy like Buike shine, but you never know)

If it’s a ten million per year contract like some are saying, WTF ARE YOU DOING MULLIN? I’ve defended your moves a lot but if we are giving an injury prone twenty nine year old 3rd/4th option player 50 million, why couldn’t we just have given Baron, an injury prone twenty nine year old 1st/2nd option player, 65 million? Not to mention Baron is a PG, the position we don’t have, while Maggette is an SG, the position we do.

If it’s 8 mil then I don’t really know. I guess I’ll wait until he signs to judge it, but I’ve got all the responses ready.

by belilaugh on Jul 8, 2008 7:21 PM PDT   0 recs

ESPN confirms it.
A starting salary above the mid-level exception, which is expected to approach $6 million.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3479117

I wish I knew the exact terms. $6-7M and I’m pretty thrilled. That’s roughly what MP2 got from the Magic. $10M and I’m less than thrilled.

Now bring us JSmooth and let the Left Coast Movement begin!!!!

Sign ^^^^ !!

by Sleepy Freud on Jul 8, 2008 7:23 PM PDT   0 recs

hopefully midlevel

if we got him for the midlevel i would go crazy. if we got him for a little above the midlevel i would be excited. if we got him for 10 mil a year, i would be pretty disappointed…

by gogoldenbears on Jul 8, 2008 7:27 PM PDT   0 recs

Word

I think you are right on, contractwise…but I’m not high on Maggette

by DustyG on Jul 8, 2008 7:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

lol at the Clips

in the span of a few minutes, they find out they just lost their two best players from last season. To all the people clamoring for Josh Smith: let it go, we’re not getting him, ATL will match any offer. Maggette is a good pick-up imo. He’s a guy that can score in a multitude of ways and can create his own offense. And it seems like he keeps getting better unlike BD whose best years are behind him. There’s a reason why teams like the Celtics and Spurs were wanting this guy. Now Mullin needs to pull a Billy Beane and trade for a decent PG

by Money Ball on Jul 8, 2008 7:30 PM PDT   0 recs

the celtics and spurs

would have gotten him for the MLE. If that’s what the warriors signed him for it would’ve been great, but it’s not.

by kinetic on Jul 8, 2008 7:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

we gotta spend more

Obviously, we have to spend more for a player like Maggette because we can’t guarantee that we’ll be contending for a championship. Seriously, who would you like to give the money to instead? BD’s gone, Brand wanted to go to Philly. All that’s left is Maggette and a bunch of scrubs. It’s very difficult to sign a restricted free agent because their team can match any offer. If we don’t spend the money, it means we’re definitely rebuilding this year. This move shows that Mullin is trying to contend this year.

by Money Ball on Jul 8, 2008 7:45 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

this signing

is dumb as hell. He’s signing for OVER the MLE, not like some of you are saying. Maggette is a good player, a great sixth man, but that’s it. He’s a 6th man! We already have a good scoring option in Monta, Maggette isn’t filling a need for the warriors and he’s being WAY OVERPAID.

Seriously though, if they’re willing to give Maggette a 5-year 50 million dollar deal, why didn’t they just resign baron. I have absolutely zero faith in Mullin.

by kinetic on Jul 8, 2008 7:32 PM PDT   0 recs

The Warriors would have ended up

with nothing then

There is no plan B

The restricted guys are long shots at best and Maggette would be gone

they had to over pay a bit

by SFzig on Jul 8, 2008 7:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Uh

You mean nothing besides what we already have, and what we could do through trades, right?

And it’s not a given that we couldn’t/can’t get anyone else.

by DustyG on Jul 8, 2008 7:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Of course its not a given

trade who?

Sign who

Wishes don’t get you much

All I am saying is they had to make a move now. Its not like Maggette was going to sit around and wait. Its unlikely they were going to get a restricted guy

So we are left with the Al Harrington and a bag of old basketballs sort of wishing

they need depth. They were thin last year and just lost there top scorer. They had to make this deal and it seems it doesn’t preclude a future trade anyway

by SFzig on Jul 8, 2008 8:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

And what do we already have?

some young player but do you really want to go into the year with Monta as your first option and captian JAX as your second without a single other proven scorer on the team

by SFzig on Jul 8, 2008 8:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No they didn't...

They could have waited until next year. I’ve endured 13 straight years of futility, one more year is not going to phase me.

by Mr. Monday Night on Jul 8, 2008 7:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Why do that when they might have a pretty good team

by signing a few guys?

Wait until next for what?

by SFzig on Jul 8, 2008 8:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

After this year all the money would have been gone anyway because of Ellis, and Biedrens resigning. Might as well use the money while you have.

by joestar on Jul 8, 2008 11:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

How the hell...

He scored 22 pt a game last year and he’s a sixth man? He must be playing for a team that scores over 130 pts if that was the case. Hey, I think we might be able to do that.

by joestar on Jul 8, 2008 11:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah

He was a high scoring sixth man. That’s the roles he’s played for years, and why he wanted to go somewhere else.

by DustyG on Jul 9, 2008 9:57 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Baron's older, history of injuries,

And will break down at some point probably in the next 2 years. Mullin got rid of him before he started having problems. Kinda like hustling someone on that used car before the transmission goes out.

by goldenstatefan on Jul 9, 2008 9:35 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Same age

And go look at how many games Maggette has missed over the last few.

by DustyG on Jul 9, 2008 9:54 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i like

the fact that if we ever cant buy a bucket, all this guy will do is drive to the rim and make two free throws. Whoever mentioned it earlier has the right idea. Maggette could single handedly prevent us from going into a ridiculous shooting slump.

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by sloth11 on Jul 8, 2008 7:33 PM PDT   0 recs

Thats it

Who would you rather have taking it? Jax or Maggette

Having Jax as the second option is what we were facing

by SFzig on Jul 8, 2008 7:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

OK, OK

Everyone calm down. Maggette averaged 22 a game last season. Baron averaged 21. If you plug Maggette in and acquire Hinrich for Harrington, then the scoring will be around the same. You still have 3 20+ scorers with Jack, Maggette, and Monta, providing that Hinrich is there to play point and take the playmaking pressure off Monta. Jack will be a little out of position at the 4, but it’s not like he hasn’t played the 4 in Nellie’s system before. I’m sure there’ll be some lineup shuffling.

Lineup

G Hinrich/Ellis
G Ellis/Maggette
F Maggette/Jackson
F Jackson/Wright
C Biedrins

by dindin on Jul 8, 2008 7:33 PM PDT   0 recs

I like the idea of getting Hinrich,

because monta can NOT play the point and the warriors need a PG that can guard SGs. Jackson at the 4? Really? This team just gets worse and worse.

Also, I’ve heard that the bulls aren’t trading hinrich.

by kinetic on Jul 8, 2008 7:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I could dig that

But I’d prefer to get ahold of someone like Felton at point—maybe by trading TMNT or Capn

by DustyG on Jul 8, 2008 7:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

get ahold of someone like Felton at point

“maybe by trading TMNT or Capn?”
The logical one to try to trade for Felton would be Montay. Magette can be our new 2 guard and Felton can play point better than Montay. Why carry two 2 guards instead of one point and one 2?

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jul 8, 2008 9:30 PM PDT to parent up <