30 day countdown to Free Agency - Final 2010 Predictions

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It's June 1st. After almost 2 years of constant speculation, discussion, rumors, etc., we are now only 30 days away from the beginning of probably the most highly anticipated free agency period in NBA history.

All of the key free agents are out of the playoffs (except Ray Allen). We now have 2009 season results to help us anticipate what each free agent will do. So it's prediction time. Let this be the official 2010 prediction thread.

Here are the key free agents. Put your prediction for each player and any commentary next to it. If want me to add someone to list, let me know:



Lebron James
Dwyane Wade
Chris Bosh
Amare Stoudemire
Joe Johnson
Carlos Boozer
Dirk Nowitski
David Lee
Shaquille O'Neal
Ray Allen
Tracy McGrady
Rudy Gay
John Salmons
Luis Scola
Raymond Felton
Josh Howard
Al Harrington
Brendon Haywood
Raja Bell
Luke Ridnour
Steve Blake
Tyrus Thomas
Ronnie Brewer

[D-Rose]

Lebron James - NY
Dwyane Wade - Heat
Chris Bosh - NY
Amare Stoudemire - Heat
Joe Johnson - Bulls
Carlos Boozer - Nets
Dirk Nowitski - Mavs
David Lee - OKC
Shaquille O'Neal - NY
Ray Allen - Celtics
Rudy Gay - Clippers
John Salmons - Bucks
Luis Scola - Rockets
Raymond Felton -
Josh Howard - Heat
Al Harrington - Bulls
Brendon Haywood - Mavs
Raja Bell - Suns
Luke Ridnour - NY
Steve Blake - Lakers

[Se]

Lebron James - New York
Dwyane Wade - Miami
Chris Bosh - New York
Amare Stoudemire - Phoenix
Joe Johnson - Chicago
Carlos Boozer - Miami
Dirk Nowitski - Dallas
David Lee - Chicago
Shaquille O'Neal - LA Lakers
Ray Allen - Boston
Rudy Gay - Washington
John Salmons - Milwaukee
Luis Scola - Houston
Raymond Felton - Atlanta
Josh Howard - Boston
Al Harrington - San Antonio
Brendon Haywood - Dallas
Raja Bell - New York
Luke Ridnour - New York
Steve Blake - Indiana

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Tracy McGrady and Tyrus Thomas added.

[Se]

Retired and Charlotte added.

FIxed

[ashbelly]

Every Franchise wants the King. The king should make this his theme Song for the Free agency



http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtg...the-king_music

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

Lebron James - MIAMI
Dwyane Wade - MIAMI
Chris Bosh - LAKERS
Amare Stoudemire - PHOENIX
Joe Johnson - NY
Carlos Boozer - MIAMI
Dirk Nowitski - DALLAS
David Lee - NY
Shaquille O'Neal - WHO CARES
Ray Allen - BOSTON
Tracy McGrady - NY
Rudy Gay - MEMPHIS

yes, Miami wins the sweepstakes.

[Rowe]

Lebron James- New York Knicks; The move fits him perfectly and the appeal of NYC will be tough to turn down.

Dwyane Wade- Miami; They can put together a competitive team for him and give him a few more years with a Title shot before he declines.

Chris Bosh- Lakers; Lakers have the valuable trading piece for Chris Bosh in Andrew Bynum and should be able to get a deal done.

Amare Stoudemire- New York Knicks; Amare gets re-united with Mike D'Antoni and will be able to anchor the post over the next few years.

Joe Johnson- New Jersey; The Nets will be unable to upgrade their wing players this offseason and Joe Johnson could become the legit #1 option they've been looking for

Carlos Boozer- Miami; I think Utah will try its best to keep Boozer but it will probably come down to factors outside of basketball that will lead Boozer to South Beach with Wade.

Dirk Nowitski- Dallas; He has no reason to leave.

David Lee- Wizards; If they're not moving Gilbert Arenas then they're going to try to win now. Lee brings hustle, boards, and second chance points to their frontcourt.

Shaquille O'Neal- Spurs; Hes always had great things to say about Duncan and would welcome the opportunity of playing with Duncan for his final few years in the NBA.

Ray Allen- Boston; He wont leave, and they wont let him.

Tracy McGrady- Boston; He gets re-united with Doc Rivers and becomes a valuable option as their other 6th Man playing the PG/SG/SF positions.

Rudy Gay- Grizzlies; Their owner seems willing to overpay to keep Rudy and I could see them matching any offer sheet he gets.

John Salmons- Miami; Bucks saw how good he was for them but at 31 and the Bucks not being in Title Contention will lead him back to Miami.

Luis Scola- Rockets; The Rockets have a possible title contender next season and need to keep Scola to shore up their front court with Yao.

Raymond Felton- Bobcats; They probably will be the only team capable of going over the MLE for him.

Josh Howard- New Orleans; It would make a good fit considering hes an upgrade at the SF position over Peja/Wright.

Al Harrington- New Jersey; He returns home to New Jersey with the Nets as a big man who can spread the floor with his shooting.

Brendon Haywood- Lakers; Lakers would have the need after getting Bosh for a defensive big man who can take up space off the bench and he would provide that.

Raja Bell- New York Knicks; He probably would take the veterans minimum to make this move.

Luke Ridnour- Bucks; They need a veteran to backup Brandon Jennings and Scott Skiles seems to like him in that role.

Steve Blake- Detroit; He could keep their offense moving off the bench.

Tyrus Thomas- LA Clippers; Clippers would probably overpay but they could use a defensive big man as their 6th Man teaming with Griffin or Kaman.

Done.

Add:

Jermaine O'Neal
Ronnie Brewer
Drew Gooden
Travis Outlaw

[JohnnySic]

LeBron and Bosh team up on the Knicks. I've been saying that for a year and a half and I'm sticking to it.

[bagelred]

Done.

Add:

Jermaine O'Neal
Ronnie Brewer
Drew Gooden
Travis Outlaw

Eh....Brewer maybe......don't wanna make list too long....start to get into players no one cares about.........

[Mr. Obvious]

I think Knicks, Nets, and Clippers end up with nobody important...

Bulls, Heat, Cavs, Hawks are the only teams that will sign/re-sign free agents that matter: LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Amare, Johnson. Terrible non playoff teams won't convince the big time free agents to sign.

I think the Bulls get LeBron/Johnson and Amare via sign & trade. Phx needs a solid wing and will take back Deng. So either Johnson will resign with Hawks, or LeBron resign with Cavs... but one of them will go to Bulls with Amare.

Heat will probably end up with Wade & Bosh and ship Michael Bustley to the Raptors in a sign & trade to open up more cap space. They will add either Salmons or Gay at the wing.

[crisoner]

LeBron and Bosh team up on the Knicks. I've been saying that for a year and a half and I'm sticking to it.

Oh yeah! I've been saying that for two!

BTW

Would not mind having Bosh and Haywood on the Lakers...that would be sweeeeeeet!

[Quata]

Lebron James- Chicago
Dwyane Wade- Miami
Chris Bosh- Chicago
Amare Stoudemire- Phoenix
Joe Johnson- New Jersey
Carlos Boozer- Miami
Dirk Nowitzki- Dallas
David Lee- OKC
Ray Allen- Boston
Tracy McGrady- Minnesota?
Rudy Gay- New Jersey
John Salmons- Milwaukee
Luis Scola- Houston
Raymond Felton- Atlanta
Brendon Haywood- Dallas
Luke Ridnour- Milwaukee
Steve Blake- Detroit
Tyrus Thomas- Charlotte
Ronnie Brewer- Memphis

New york get raja bell, josh howard, al harrington and shaq

[Luigi]

I love this thread!!!

I'll be back later with predictions.

[Bano114]

Lebron James - MIAMI
Dwyane Wade - MIAMI
Chris Bosh - LAKERS
Amare Stoudemire - PHOENIX
Joe Johnson - NY
Carlos Boozer - MIAMI
Dirk Nowitski - DALLAS
David Lee - NY
Shaquille O'Neal - WHO CARES
Ray Allen - BOSTON
Tracy McGrady - NY
Rudy Gay - MEMPHIS

yes, Miami wins the sweepstakes.

your post has me wondering how far a roster of

Joe Johnson/ Toney Douglas
Wilson Chandler/Bill Walker
Danilo Gallinari/???
David Lee/???
Shaq/ Earl Barron

With Joe Johnson dominating the ball would do.