unprotected players

[elindholm]

Hoopshype has article excerpts in which the identities of unprotected players are leaked.

Washington: Stackhouse, Laettner, Dixon
New York: Houston, Hardaway, Shandon Anderson
New Jersey: Kittles, Mourning

Thoughts? Stackhouse is a good pick if they think he's healthy. He could put up 25+ points per game on an expansion team fairly easily if his body is up to it.

 

[playstation]

no way, dixon is much more valuable of a pick for the money (and you can only take 1 player per team)

 

[elindholm]

The main shortcoming with Dixon is that he could be gone in two years. The Hornets will still be working under a limited salary cap in the summer of 2006, so there's some advantage to them taking players who either will be around for a while or will free up decent salary when they leave. Neither is true for Dixon.

Still, you could be right anyway, especially given Stackhouse's health questions.

 

[George O'Brien]

If my count is correct, the Wizzards had to leave one more player available. Lonnie Baxter or Steve Blake are possibilities at $620,000 each.