Good News: Mike Bibby resigns with the Hawks

by dbcb on Jul 7, 2009 12:47 PM EDT

According to Ball Don't Lie via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mike Bibby has resigned with the Atlanta Hawks for the MLE for 3 years.

Why is this such good news for Indiana fans? Because it was rumored the Hawks had interest in Jack. Remember, Jack played college ball at Georgia Tech so he had ties with the city of Atlanta. This move also eliminates another team that was looking for a point guard this off-season.

This does beg to question of how much Jack is going to get paid this off season. As Cornrows posted (here), the little used, back-up PG Shannon Brown got 2 years at 2.1 million per season with the Pacers offering more. An over-the-hill Bibby ended up with 3 years at the MLE. Jack will obviously end up between the two as no team is going to offer more than the MLE in this economy, but will it be closer to the 5-6 million Bibby got or closer to the 2.1 million Brown got? And will the Pacers match?

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Bill simmons twitter...

just linked to Tyler Hansbrough saying how excited he is to be a Pacer on Pacers.com. I know we have all seen it already, but pacers cccrrrreeeeeeeeeeppping in the spotlight, slowly but surely.

by captain flitzy on Jul 7, 2009 1:05 PM EDT reply actions

truehoop had a thing on hansbrough yesterday as well. so did BDL

by dbcb on Jul 7, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions

No way the Pacers offer more than $4 mil

When they asked Bird about it the day before the draft, and hinted that he’d need to use the MLE to re-sign Jack, he said “we’ll see.” Doesn’t sound too excited.

I like Jack, but in no way, with his horrible defense, is he worth the MLE. I am excited that that huge, Polish tree got signed by Dallas, because there’s no room for his career 3ppg and 4rpg in this fast-paced offense.

"You're hitting the wrong person. Don't you know you're hitting Ron Artest?"

by LukeNukem on Jul 7, 2009 2:46 PM EDT reply actions

I would have liked Gortat...

he only played 12 minutes a game. And was backing up the runner up for MVP and the Defensive player of the year. 99% of the leagues players, mind you someone in the first and second year like Gortat, would have posted similar minutes/numbers. I think he was a good pickup and will definitely be good. If he plays 36 minutes a game your looking at somewhere near a 10p/12 boards per game, which is not bad at all.

by captain flitzy on Jul 7, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Okay, fine

But to me he looks too much like Eric Dampier or DeSagana Diop. I don’t trust him, especially when the Pacers have the center of the future in Roy Hibbert (who miraculously learned how to run the floor in the second half of the season last year). Seriously, as soon as Hibbert starts getting some respect from the refs he’s going to have exceptional stats too. Maybe not 10-12 rebounds per game, but more points for sure.

"You're hitting the wrong person. Don't you know you're hitting Ron Artest?"

by LukeNukem on Jul 7, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions

fair enough..

I usually think all centers are like desagna diop, aka lasgna slop. Has there ever been anyone who wasted that kind of body like Dampier has. He has a goddam beasts body, and such a girl.

by captain flitzy on Jul 8, 2009 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions