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Hakim Warrick signed a 4 year, $18 million deal with the Phoenix Suns. I like the move, Warrick is young, has long arms and is athletic, he has great upside and I think his best years are still ahead of him. This move pretty much confirms that the Suns and Amare are a thing of the past. The Suns also signed forward Channing Frye, the 3 point specialist had some tough games against the Lakers in the playoffs, but when he gets it going the Suns are hard to stop. I would to see him post up just a little bit more.
Paul Pierce has decided to resign with the Celtics at 4 years, $61 million. Wow that is some serious coin, but I think this is a great move that both Paul and the Celtics will reap the rewards from. Paul will most likely retire a Celtic and will go down as one of the teams all time greats. The Milwaukee Bucks signed two players, John Salmons and Drew Gooden. Salmons is a scorer, quite simply he puts the ball in the hoop. Every team needs at least one pure scorer and I'm happy to see John get his due. The other Bucks signing is power forward Drew Gooden, he comes in at 5 years, $32 million. Gooden is a good rebounder and has been in the league awhile so nothing should surprise him. His signing makes the Bucks starting five pretty solid and one that could make some noise during the season and into the playoffs. Joe Johnson will reportedly sign a 6 year $120 million deal with the Atlanta Hawks. Just call him J.J. "the $100 million dollar man". A lot of fans are going to criticize this deal, but lets be fair to J.J., he's a great scorer and has led the Hawks into the playoffs and back into relevancy in the city of Atlanta. He doesn't play an overly physical game so I don't see him having a physical break down. He's far from the perfect player, but he has the best player on the Hawks for a few seasons. I would just love for him to pick up the intensity a couple of notches during the playoffs, on both sides of the ball. Timberwolves have signed Darko Milcic to a 4 year, $19 million deal. Why? Never been a fan of this guy, not when he was drafted ahead of Melo and D-Wade and not now.


And now the rest of the signings.

Small Forward Rudy Gay re-signs with the Grizzlies for 5 years, $80 million.

Center Amir Johnson signs with the Toronto Raptors for 5 years, $34 million.

Power Forward Dirk Nowitzki re-signs with the Dallas Mavericks for 4 years, $80 million.

Point Guard Steve Blake signs with the Las Angeles Lakers for 4 years, $16 million.

All reports courtesy of ESPN

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