07-11-2007, 05:19 PM
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Official: Gerald Wallace signs with. . .
Source: Wallace, Bobcats agree to deal
DAVID SCOTT
dscott@charlotteobserver.com
The Charlotte Bobcats and free-agent forward Gerald Wallace have agreed to a contract, the Observer has learned.
A source close to the negotiations said Wallace will sign a six-year deal worth $57 million. The sixth year of the contract will be Wallace's option. He also can earn bonuses worth as much as $2 million each season.
Wallace's contract with the Bobcats, who obtained him in the NBA's expansion draft in 2003, expired at the end of last season, and he briefly became a free agent.
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07-11-2007, 05:24 PM
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07-11-2007, 05:38 PM
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Well then looks like the Mavs roster won't be changing much.
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07-11-2007, 05:47 PM
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too bad.
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07-11-2007, 06:00 PM
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Do people understand he couldn't have signed with us? We can only get him through trades.
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07-11-2007, 06:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alby
Do people understand he couldn't have signed with us? We can only get him through trades.
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can you tell me why we couldnt sign him since he was a free agent?
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07-11-2007, 06:18 PM
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Do people understand he couldn't have signed with us? We can only get him through trades.
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Apparently, the Mavs offered him their MLE... so you are wrong.
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07-11-2007, 06:18 PM
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If we get Wallace it has to be a trade. Sign N Trade. "if".
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07-11-2007, 06:22 PM
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Apparently, the Mavs offered him their MLE... so you are wrong.
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exACTLY
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07-11-2007, 06:24 PM
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Best we could have offered is the MLE which, with max raises, is about 5 years, $31MM. Can't blame a guy for taking nearly double the next best offer.
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07-11-2007, 06:33 PM
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I can't blame him for taking it, but it's still unfortunate.
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07-11-2007, 06:49 PM
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Apparently we either didn't want to pay him 60 million (and pay it twice since we are in luxury tax) or we couldnt work out a deal with Charlotte.
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07-11-2007, 07:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Ape
Apparently, the Mavs offered him their MLE... so you are wrong.
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Offering Wallace the MLE is not a legitimate offer, Im sure lots of teams offered the MLE. Im with alby, nothing was going to happen unless it was SnT
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07-11-2007, 07:54 PM
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Quote:
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Offering Wallace the MLE is not a legitimate offer, Im sure lots of teams offered the MLE. Im with alby, nothing was going to happen unless it was SnT
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Don't you see? It's Cuban's fault that Wallace signed with Charlotte. Cuban's fault also because had we resigned Nash Wallace would have come here.
This obviously proves that Cuban is a cheap S.O.B.
He couldn't get Wallace to accept half the money. What a cheapo punk. I bet Nellie could have.
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07-11-2007, 07:57 PM
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No one is saying Cuban didn't offer him the MLE. But the only legitimate way Wallace could become a Maverick is through a trade? I thought we all knew this?
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07-11-2007, 08:39 PM
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No one is saying Cuban didn't offer him the MLE. But the only legitimate way Wallace could become a Maverick is through a trade? I thought we all knew this?
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i missunderstood some other thread then sorry
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07-11-2007, 09:09 PM
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yeah... "couldn't have signed here" means something entirely different. There was no way Wallace was taking the Mavs MLE, although I think Avery's whole "we have a starting spot open" might have been aimed at Wallace... maybe they thought there was an outside chance Wallace would turn down money for a starting spot on a contender.
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07-11-2007, 09:38 PM
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come on chris webber
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07-11-2007, 10:23 PM
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The Mavs were never in the Gerald Wallace race in the first place.
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07-12-2007, 01:59 AM
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I still want him. Sign and Trade please.
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07-12-2007, 02:06 AM
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Ty, we all want him.
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07-12-2007, 02:26 AM
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What are the CBA rules on this? Don't they have 2-3 days to trade him before a moratorium? I dont think its happening but I was just wondering if it is possible.
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07-12-2007, 02:48 AM
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Sigh, let's be realistic...We will be the same team this year.
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07-12-2007, 02:50 AM
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*say hello to another wasted season then
another 60 wins without an NBA title...
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07-12-2007, 03:19 AM
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*sigh* its horrible being one of the winningest teams in the last decade.
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07-12-2007, 03:27 AM
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dont give up yet..the summer is still young and i expect a move involving terry to happen, with harris essentially named the starting pg and barea finally starting to come into his own. lets just hope we can get full value for jet
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07-12-2007, 08:13 AM
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crap
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07-12-2007, 08:14 AM
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Quote:
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What are the CBA rules on this? Don't they have 2-3 days to trade him before a moratorium? I dont think its happening but I was just wondering if it is possible.
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No. The moratorium starts as soon as he signs the contract. December 15th would be the earliest the Bobcats could trade him.
That 2 day period you're thinking of comes into play when doing a sign and trade agreement. When signing a contract for sign and trade purposes then there's a provision that the team has 2 days to complete the trade portion of the agreement, but if they don't complete the trade the contract becomes voided.
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07-12-2007, 08:24 AM
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Sigh, let's be realistic...We will be the same team this year.
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Finally, you people are coming around to reality.
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07-12-2007, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by u2sarajevo
Don't you see? It's Cuban's fault that Wallace signed with Charlotte. Cuban's fault also because had we resigned Nash Wallace would have come here.
This obviously proves that Cuban is a cheap S.O.B.
He couldn't get Wallace to accept half the money. What a cheapo punk. I bet Nellie could have.
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chum, is that you? How did you get u2's login info?
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07-12-2007, 08:53 AM
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The Mavs were never in the Gerald Wallace race in the first place.
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I think we technically were in this race but just got lapped a couple of times and never had a chance of actually winning it.
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07-12-2007, 09:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by u2sarajevo
Don't you see? It's Cuban's fault that Wallace signed with Charlotte. Cuban's fault also because had we resigned Nash Wallace would have come here.
This obviously proves that Cuban is a cheap S.O.B.
He couldn't get Wallace to accept half the money. What a cheapo punk. I bet Nellie could have.
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My point wasn't that Cuban was cheap. My point was that if our only offer was the MLE then there was no way of us landing Wallace when half a dozen other teams would have offered the same.
Nobody could have convinced Wallace to take half the money which is why an MLE offer was not a legitimate offer.
The only way we would have been able to acquire Wallace with him getting paid correctly (more than MLE) would be via SnT.
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07-12-2007, 11:10 AM
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Wallace agrees to terms
ESPN radio reporting Wallace agreed to terms on a 6 year 58 million dollar contract with the Bobcats. Please refer to "what my gut tells me about this offseason thread"
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07-12-2007, 11:12 AM
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07-12-2007, 11:16 AM
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Now that I think about it, I would love to play for the Bobcats if I were Jason Richardson.
Felton
J-Rich
Wallace
Okafor
Brezec
Morrison
Carroll
May
On paper, that is a pretty good team--especially in the Leastern Conference. Poor Morrison, no longer a starter lol
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