Craig Smith resigns
By Jason Wojciechowski on July 17, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Craig Smith is off the market, having resigned with Minnesota. The Lakers were never linked to him in any reports I saw, and he's a restricted free agent, so I didn't really think anything was going to happen, but from the little I know of him, he might've been a nice fit.
The updated free agent target list:
Ronny Turiaf-- four years, $17 million, front-loaded, Golden State (Lakers can match, but shouldn't)James Posey-- Hornets, four years, $25 million- DJ Mbenga -- waiting for the phone to ring, I'm sure
Corey Maggette-- five years, $50 million, Golden State- Sun Yue -- Kupchak wants to bring him over, but no word yet on a deal
- Kurt Thomas -- Spurs are his first choice? Lakers?
Brent Barry-- two years, $3.9 million, HoustonCraig Smith-- two-year deal to return to Minnesota- Carl Landry -- qualifying offer extended by Houston
- Walter Herrmann -- big European money on the table?
- Randolph Morris -- Atlanta?
- Kwame Brown -- Bucks, Heat, Hawks apparently interested
Eduardo Najera-- undisclosed deal with the Nets- Juwan Howard -- ?
- Robert Horry -- not retiring; Spurs or Rockets?
- Francisco Elson -- not going back to Seattle; Miami?
- Theo Ratliff -- back to Detroit?
- Adonal Foyle -- back to Orlando?
- Quinton Ross -- with Brand gone, maybe the Clippers bring him back, but everyone is interested, including Phoenix, Orlando, New Jersey?
- Bostjan Nachbar -- Detroit? With the Nets adding Najera and Jarvis Hayes, does that mean no room for Nachbar?
- Dorell Wright -- qualifying offer from Miami
- Sasha Vujacic -- qualifying offer from the Lakers
Patrick O'Bryant-- two years, $3 million, Celtics- David Harrison -- Denver?
- Chris Andersen -- probably not Boston after signing O'Bryant; Cleveland? back to the Nuggets?
- Primoz Brezec -- Seattle, Chicago, Miami?
- Jorge Garbajosa