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Titolo: Hornets sign Coleman - where will Divac sign ?

CHARLOTTE -- The Charlotte Hornets have agreed to terms with free agent
Derrick Coleman, the Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal reported.
Coleman
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Coleman, the NBA's rookie of the year in 1991 and an eight-year veteran,
will sign a six-year deal averaging around $6 million a year on Tuesday, the
first day of training camps when NBA teams can begin signing players, the
newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources.
The signing of Coleman would virtually assure that the Hornets would not
re-sign either Vlade Divac or Matt Geiger, their centers from last season
who are currently free agents.

Alcuni dicono che Divac potrebbe accordarsi con Sacramento dove c'č gią
Stojakovic, inoltre č vicino a LA per le mire cinematografiche della moglie. Se
rimane Webber a Sacramento rischiano di fare una squadra accettabile:
play quel pazzoide di Jason Williams che se non si fa troppe canne puņ
concorrere per il rookie dell'anno.
guardia il francese Wahad, e qui non siamo messi benissimo anche se ho letto che
qualcuno crede che Stojakovic giocherą qualche minuto da guardi (mah, mi pare un
po' lento)
ala piccola Stojakovic e Owens
ala grande Webber e corliss Williamson
Centro Divac
Si č visrto di peggio
Milan ha scritto:
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I wouldn't be too surprised if Divac manages the trick that Cliff Robinson
pulled off last year-- that is, holding out for more money than he's going
to get (he's been asking for an eight-figure salary, which is just
ridiculous), and then waking up one morning to discover that all the teams
have used up their cap room and he'll have to settle for an exception.
Then again, Sacramento might just be silly enough to give him the huge
salary.  They certainly have the cap room.
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Tony Minkoff
admi...@uswest.net


Coleman and Mason on the same team, eh? Hive's locker room will be the happiest
place on Earth.
D

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 finished. I mean, when does the season end in the Euro leagues?
It ends in April, but Vlade's contract with Red Star Belgrade has an "NBA
escape" clause. It means he can leave the team to play in NBA at any time,
without penalties.
Bye,
Paolo
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 who are currently free agents.
       Coleman and Anthony Mason...heh heh.  Judden hopes Dave Cowens has a
       lot of Alka-Seltzer.
       If they aren't signing either center, who will their front line be?
       Coleman at center and Mason at PF is an undersized front line.
Judden
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       Coleman at center and Mason at PF is an undersized front line.
It's undersized, but not much more so than if we signed Divac.  With
Coleman, if he just gives us his career average, he will be more of an
offensive force than Geiger and Divac combined.  Also last year, I think
Cowens tried putting Mase up against a few centers (Shaq, Mutombo, Ewing),
and it worked quite nicely.  Though Divac plays center, he isn't very
physical and not really that great of a shot blocker, so on paper we won't
be losing THAT much.  The only problem could be that a center could tower
over the shorter Mason (which might be tough, because they would first have
to back Mason down which I doubt many centers could do to begin with), but
if that is the case we could switch over to Coleman who is only about 2
inches shorter than the taller centers.

This is great. Coleman realizes he's not going anywhere with the 76ers
and Iverson. I don't know what the Hornets will do about a Center, but
they should be one hell of a team if Coleman can keep his head on
straigt.
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,
you are such a pest in the bulls newsgroup, now you have to wander out of
your area and start bothering us.  please, we are an intelligent group of
hornet basketball fans who discuss in a logical and thought-out process
about the hornets and what we feel they need to do in order to improve.  we
do not want your idiotic, lunatic responses and comments here.  stay in the
bulls newsgroup, and bother them.
in case anyone here has never read stuff by this guy, ask him how he feels
about michael jordan.  he will then go into a unintelligent tirade about
zero talent and stuff, and will ask you to visit his webpage and read all of
his comments about jordan.  after spending, oh, a minute at his website, you
will understand just how stupid he really is, and then you will understand
why i don't want him and his comments in here.

And keep his weight down.  The Hornets still aren't contenders, unless
something dramatic happens in Free-Agency.
Carl Sjoquist
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 be losing THAT much.
  Yes you will.  Height, physical-play, and shot blocking aren't  everything.
 Coleman is a TERRIBLE defensive player and not much to  brag about at PF. 
He whines when he plays center and he gets torched.  If this weren't true,
Larry Brown may have tried him there more, instead  of trading for Ratliff. 
Coleman will give you a decent scorer and a  nice passer (of which Mase
already is), but he'll also give you  terrible defense and many headaches. 
Had the Hornets offered Divac for  Coleman straight up last year, the Sixers
would have jumped on that  offer in an instant.  Divac is a far better
defensive player than  Coleman.
  And don't get your hopes up that Coleman will return to his 1991 form.  He
won't.	And don't get your hopes up that Cowens will be able to  inspire
Coleman.  He won't.  Sorry to deliver the bad news, but that's	the facts,
and the sooner you accept them, the less dissapointed you  will be.  Chuck
Daley couldn't inspire Coleman.  John Lucas, who reaches  the worst of
people, couldn't inspire Coleman.  Butch Beard, a player's  coach, couldn't
inspire Coleman.  Neither could Johnny Davis or Larry  Brown, or Bill Fitch.
        You're gonna rue the day you signed Coleman.
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       Michael Jordan is a great talent.  One of the best players ever.  Not
       unquestionably THE best ever, but one of the best.
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oh, i get it.  you are a fake then.  the REAL judden first of all would
spell "jordan" as "jordon" just to prove how much of an idiot he really is.
and of course, the REAL judden would post his website at the end of his post
so that all of us can go there and laugh at him for his lunacy.  so you must
be the fake one then.  too bad, cause i get a kick out of the REAL judden
and his humorous views on basketball...