2010 Free Agents News

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2010 Free Agent Arbitration Roundup

Midnight Tuesday is the deadline for teams to offer salary arbitration to eligible free agents. It's a complex decision for clubs because the risk and the reward are both great. If the player is a Type A or Type B free agent and he signs elsewhere the team can get a first-round draft and compensation-round pick or a...

Chris Duhon Agrees to Deal With Magic

Chris Duhon has agreed to a four-year, $15 million deal with Orlando, his agent confirmed to FanHouse. The point guard entering his seventh season is slated to replace Jason Williams in the role as backup to Jameer Nelson, with the Magic clearly taking age into account when deciding whether or not to change their reserve...

Mavs Working to Re-Sign Free Agent Center Brendan Haywood

The Dallas Mavericks want center Brendan Haywood back. "We're working to get Brendan back in a Mavericks uniform,'' Dallas general manager Donnie Nelson said Friday about the free agent who spent part of last season with Dallas after being acquired from Washington. But Haywood won't come cheap. Big men always get paid,...

Paul Pierce, Ray Allen Begin Negotiations With Celtics

The Boston Celtics may be able to retain their core, but they'll have to patiently wait through the early stages of free agency to do so. According to a source close to the situation, negotiations with both Ray Allen and Paul Pierce began Thursday. Yet while it looks as if Pierce is likely to re-sign with the only team he...

Salmons Tells Bucks He Plans to Opt Out

The Milwaukee Bucks have been told by guard John Salmons he will opt out of his contract by the June 30 deadline and become an unrestricted free agent. "He's given us indications that he will opt out,'' Milwaukee general manager John Hammond, named NBA Executive of Year in part because of last February's acquisition of...