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標題[情報] Bulls sign free-agent forward Songaila for $2.2 million
時間Fri Sep 23 20:25:48 2005
http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/bulls.asp
http://www.suntimes.com/output/bulls/cst-spt-bull23.html
Bulls sign free-agent forward Songaila for $2.2 million
By Mike McGraw
Daily Herald Sports Writer
Posted Friday, September 23, 2005
The Bulls officially signed Sacramento free agent Darius Songaila to a
two-year contract Thursday.
The deal is worth $2.2 million for the first year and contains a player
option worth $2.4 million for the second year. More than likely, the 6-foot-9
forward will opt out and become an unrestricted free agent next year.
As a favor to Songaila, the Kings rescinded their qualifying offer on
Wednesday, turning him from a restricted to unrestricted free agent. That
allowed the Bulls to sign outright the 27-year-old native of Lithuania,
without having to start with an offer sheet, and it also enabled Songaila to
get a short-term deal. Offer sheets to restricted free agents are required to
be for at least three seasons.
“This is a very significant signing for us,” Bulls general manager John
Paxson said. “We like a lot of things about him. The fact that he is a skilled
(power forward), can handle it, can pass it. We feel we have good perimeter
players who can drive and dish. We need guys who can catch and shoot. He’s
going to be great for us.”
Songaila averaged 7.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and shot 52.7 percent from the
field last season for the Kings, his second in the NBA.
At $2.2 million, Songaila appears to be a bargain for the Bulls.
Circumstances this summer left him in a lurch and the Bulls took advantage.
When free agency began July 1, Sacramento expected to match any offer sheet
given to Songaila. But when Shareef Abdur-Rahim failed a physical with New
Jersey, the Kings used their midlevel exception to snap up Abdur-Rahim.
Suddenly, Songaila’s roster spot with Sacramento was gone, and most NBA
teams already had spent their free-agent money.
“At that point, everybody was foaming at the mouth to get him,” said Mark
Bartelstein, Songaila’s Chicago-based agent. “If he had been unrestricted,
he would have at least gotten the full midlevel (worth $5 million). He would
have gotten a $35 million (multi-year) contract). If we were going to go
somewhere short term, we felt he should go to the best team and the best
situation he could.”
Bartelstein said free-agent guard Jannero Pargo will re-sign with the Bulls
next week unless a significant offer comes his way in the next few days.
正式宣布簽下Songaila，
由於國王隊GM Petrie的幫助下，放棄了對Songaila的Qualifying offer，
使得Songaila不受到RFA的限制(新約至少要三年約)
而後公牛隊很划算的簽下Songaila為期兩年的合約，
第一年2.2M，第二年2.4M，不過第二年Songaila有Player Option，
一般預料第二年Songaila也很有可能會執行這個Option，
不過不管怎樣對公牛隊來說，
下一個球季的禁區很有看頭，深度跟強度都好太多了，
C：Curry / A.Davis / M.Allen
PF：Chandler / Songaila / Harrington
即使Curry心臟出狀況，
也還是可以排出不錯的陣容^^
不知道大家覺得怎麼排比較好:)
然後Pargo預計下週會續簽他，
看來這個暑假還算是不錯，
班底都還是保留住了^^
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推 a7v333:這時候接：幹的好！老P~~ (Paxson) 這樣接好嗎? XD 09/24 02:52
推 Grant44:老實說我覺得找來Songailla有點多餘耶 09/24 12:50
→ Grant44:Harrington當板凳已經夠好用了, 還要找人和他分時間嗎? 09/24 12:50
→ Grant44:存屬各人看法啦.. XD 09/24 12:51
推 JAY049:我也同意樓上的看法..除非放棄CURRY 否則桑嘎拉有點.. 09/24 14:30
推 EdJay:禁區人太多了 也許這表示還會繼續用大量的替補來作戰 09/24 17:18
→ EdJay:只是這樣要養高中雙寶 不知道有沒有衝突 09/24 17:19
→ zyzzyvab:好擠= =" 09/24 21:50
推 chriswebber:借轉國王隊版>"< 感謝 09/25 01:02
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作者: ruokku () 看板: ChicagoBulls
標題: Re: [情報] Bulls sign free-agent forward Songai …
時間: Sat Sep 24 17:31:10 2005
※ 引述《ruokku ()》之銘言：
: 推 a7v333:這時候接：幹的好！老P~~ (Paxson) 這樣接好嗎? XD 09/24 02:52
: 推 Grant44:老實說我覺得找來Songailla有點多餘耶 09/24 12:50
: → Grant44:Harrington當板凳已經夠好用了, 還要找人和他分時間嗎? 09/24 12:50
: → Grant44:存屬各人看法啦.. XD 09/24 12:51
: 推 JAY049:我也同意樓上的看法..除非放棄CURRY 否則桑嘎拉有點.. 09/24 14:30
嗯，其實我覺得還好啦，
禁區有點擠是真的XD
不過2.2M合約，長度也在兩年以內，還是相當划算^^
然後Songaila跟Harrington其實不太算同類型的球員，
Harrington算攻優於守，Songaila則剛好相反，所以應該不會太大衝突，
加上
Curry的心臟也不知道有沒有問題，
A.Davis年紀更大了，
Chandler的情緒管理也不知道有沒有進步XD
多一些人手總是好事:)
而且我覺得這樣也可以或多或少逼迫Curry就範：Ｐ
之前看到有外電說，Curry似乎放話如果公牛不把他Sign &Trade 明年就什麼都沒有了，
其實這段我不是很確定，也滿質疑的，也多半猜測是記者的揣測之詞，
否則一定是經記人腦子燒壞了，狗急跳牆，
畢竟以現在Curry的份量還沒有資格跟球隊放這種話，
那時Songaila加入公牛似乎也已是早晚的事，
公牛禁區逐漸飽和的態勢也頗為明朗化，
如果到時候球隊把Curry冰在板凳上，
然後在以一個莫須有的心臟不適的罪名掛在Curry身上，
到時候誰吃虧，我想一目了然，
雖然目前Curry接受公牛隊的QO的機率似乎最大，
不過仍希望最後一個星期左右的時間大逆轉，
使Curry接受大概三年19M~26M的價碼，
畢竟以現在情勢都是對球隊有利，
1.Curry並非完全無可替代：Songaila加入，禁區人手充足，所以球隊不用看Curry的臉色
2.球隊薪資空間：如果明年Curry真的拍拍屁股走人，對我們來說並非什麼都沒有，
至少有薪資空間可以簽人，所以Curry沒有這方面的籌碼要脅。
3.Curry自己的心臟：我不知道Curry對自己心臟信心為何如此自信，但只要他稍有疑慮，
他也會知道也許現在續約是獲得大合約的最後機會。
所以，我也不知道，還是靜觀其變吧^^"
相信Paxson，我想他佈這個局大概一年之久XD(不好笑:P)
嗯..好像離題了..XD，不管怎樣還是歡迎Songaila^^
至少這個球季應該不會有上一季末禁區人手窘況發生才對:)
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