This hasn’t been a pretty week in the three major sports. The NBA was rocked this week by the Hawks controversy which will see new ownership in Atlanta and possibly a new GM to replace Danny Ferry. Let’s look beyond the ugliness and check back on the week that was..
- The Hawks re-signed Elton Brand to a one-year, $2MM deal.
- The Warriors and Jerry West agreed to an extension that will keep him in the fold through the 2016/17 season.
- Goran Dragic plans to opt out next summer.
- Several teams, including the Heat, Magic, Spurs, and Pacers, Kings, Cavs, Suns, and Mavs are interested in Zoran Dragic.
- Chauncey Billups retired.
- The Clippers finally signed Hedo Turkoglu.
- There’s a hangup in Francisco Garcia‘s deal with the Rockets but it sounds like he’ll get things worked out.
- The Mavericks will sign Charlie Villanueva to a non-guaranteed deal. Before agreeing to sign with Dallas, he was mulling an offer from the Clippers.
- Alonzo Gee and Scotty Hopson are in the Jason Terry deal, but not Josh Powell.
- D.J. Stephens is set to meet with the Jazz.
- Free agent forward Elijah Millsap signed a non-guaranteed deal with the Bucks.
- The Sixers signed Ronald Roberts Jr.
- The Cavs signed Chris Crawford to a partially guaranteed two-year deal.
- Power forward Vernon Macklin will join the Pelicans for camp. Ditto for Kevin Jones.
- Dionte Christmas is also New Orleans-bound.
- Julyan Stone has signed with an Italian club.
- Mustafa Shakur is headed to Lithuania.
- The Warriors added Las Vegas standout Justin Holiday to their training camp roster.
- Gustavo Ayon will play in Spain.
- The Nets are bringing former Knicks center Jerome Jordan in for camp.
- Ryan Gomes has signed with Spain’s Saski Baskonia.
- The Lakers auditioned Pooh Jeter, Jeremy Tyler, and others.
- The Suns signed Joe Jackson. He is really going out with them.
- The Knicks signed combo guard Langston Galloway and power forward Travis Wear.
- Big man Dallas Lauderdale will attend training camp with the Hornets.
- The Kings had their eye on Dmitry Kulagin but he decided to re-up in Russia.
- The Grizzlies and Earl Clark agreed to a training camp deal.
- The Hornets are after frontcourt help.
- Melvin Ely is headed to Japan.