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Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death
top free agents in 2009
1) Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers
Early Termination Option: owed $47.8 million thru 2011
2) Carlos Boozer – Utah Jazz
Player Option: owed $12.6 million for 2009-2010 season
3) Shawn Marion – Miami HEAT
Unrestricted
4) Steve Nash – Phoenix Suns
Team Option: owed $13.1 million for the 2009-2010 season
5) Mehmet Okur – Utah Jazz
Early Termination Option – owed $9 million for the 2009-2010 season
6) Allen Iverson – Denver Nuggets
Unrestricted
7) Ron Artest – Sacramento Kings
Unrestricted
8) Lamar Odom – Los Angeles Lakers
Unrestricted
9) Hedo Turkoglu – Orlando Magic
10) Andrew Bynum – Los Angeles Lakers
Restricted
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Just Missed the Cut:
Rasheed Wallace (Unrestricted) – Y
Jason Kidd (Unrestricted) –
Andre Miller (Unrestricted) –
Richard "Rip" Hamilton (ETO - Early Termination Option) –
Mike Bibby (Unrestricted) –
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None of those guys really strike me as a huge upgrade to the team considering they are losing Chauncey, at least 'realistic' ones. And by that, I mean I don't see Kobe leaving LA for Detroit. Maybe Steve Nash, but that is a team option, and he certainly isn't a long-term solution, which IMO if you are clearing cap space, you are looking long term.
Maybe a Bosh/Wade/Lebron run is in the works. Which is too bad since they could have had either Bosh or Wade originally, but had to pick Darko instead.
