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Monday, July 18, 2005

Swift's a Rocket!!!

I'm stunned, thrilled and can't wait for training camp!

Clutch Fans broke the story...no surprise there. Jonathan Feigen reports that Swift will likely get a 5-year deal at the Mid-Level Exception.

Now if Damon Stoudamire gets in the fold as expected, I suspect you'll see something like:

PG - Stoudamire, James
SG - Sura, Head, Barry
SF - McGrady, Glover(?)
PF - Swift, Howard
C - Ming, Mutombo

Dion Glover and Lonny Baxter are playing great in the Minnesota Summer League, and Glover would be a perfect fit as T-Mac's backup at the 3. Congrats to the Rockets for their persistence! I never thought I'd see a 25 year-old "potential" guy like Stromile take less money to go after a championship, but it certainly appears to be what happened.

3 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Aren't you the same guy who lambasted me for suggesting the Rockets sign Swift? Now you're thrilled and can't wait for training camp? I guess somebody drank CD's magical Kool Aid.

Thu Jul 21, 06:41:00 PM  
Blogger Scott said...

I never lambasted the signing of Swift, but I did predict that there's no way a 25 y/o who has proven nothing and is essentially 100% "upside" would sign for the MLE in a market where Sam Dalembert is getting $70 million. I was wrong.

Fri Jul 22, 09:02:00 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Ahhhh, the three sweetest words in the English language..."Scott was wrong." Awesome.

Fri Jul 22, 09:23:00 AM  

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