Fantasy Basketball Free Agency Transaction Tracker, Brandon Roy Returns to the NBA
Jul 7, 2012 Blog
The free agency season is really heating up with a big day on Friday and probably more deals coming in the next week. One of the more interesting deals of the day was Brandon Roy returning to the NBA with Minnesota. While it’s nice to see Roy make it back, the guy may have let his heart cost him a lot of money. Roy took a medical retirement a year ago which kicked in an insurance payment of $64 million to cover the rest of his contract since he couldn’t play. Now that he’s decided he has the ability to play, I don’t think the insurers are going to be too happy to keep paying that salary. He did get $10 million for two years, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up with another medical retirement. Sometimes it’s best to just walk away from the game gracefully.
Philadephia 76ers amnesty Elton Brand. The Sixers will get to dump the $18.2 million final year of Brand’s contract, which gives them some cap space to do a deal. (Source: Ball Don’t Lie, Yahoo)
The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a two year, $10 million deal with Brandon Roy. (Source: TWolves Blog)
Ray Allen agrees to a deal with the Miami Heat. (Source: CelticBlog.com)
The LA Clippers have agreed to a deal with Jamal Crawford, four years, $25 million. (Source: Clips Nation)
The LA Clippers locked up Chauncey Billups for another year for $4.3 million. (Source: Clipper Blog)
Jason Kidd has agreed to play for the New York Knicks this season. I haven’t been able to track down the exact details of his deal, but I’d guess it’s something similar to the three year, $9 million that Dallas was offering. (Source: Knickerblogger.net)
Philadelphia has agreed to a one year, $6 million deal with Nick Young. (Source: Philly.com)
Houston traded Kyle Lowry to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Gary Forbes and a future first round pick. (Source: Raptors Republic)
The Boston Celtics have a agreed to a three year, $20 million deal with Brandon Bass. (Source: Boston Herald)
Jameer Nelson will remain with the Magic for three more years. The details of the contract haven’t been released. (Source: HowardTheDunk.com)
Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to a two year, $7 million deal with Marreese Speights. (Source: Chris Herrington)