Are we too much engrossed with the idea of the 2010 FA?

Take a look at the 2009 FA:


2009 Free agents (optional, restricted or not) :


Kobe Bryant, Carlos Boozer, Allen Iverson, Ron Artest, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, Andre Miller, Lamar Odom , Rasheed Wallace, Marvin Williams, Zaza Pachulia, Mike Bibby, Leon Powe, Eddie House, Raymond Felton, Sean Singletary, Drew Gooden, Ben Gordon, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Anderson Varejao , Brandon Bass, Chris Andersen, , Antonio McDyess, C.J. Watson, Jamal Crawford, Rasho Nesterovic, Trevor Ariza, Quinton Ross, Hakim Warrick, Ramon Sessions, Charlie Villanueva, David Lee, Nate Robinson, Stephon Marbury, Quentin Richardson , Eddy Curry, Al Harrington, Joe Smith , Keith Bogans , Hedo Turkoglu, Donyell Marshall, Andre Miller, Matt Barnes, Grant Hill, Bobby Jackson, Michael Finley, Ime Udoka, Carlos Delfino, Jermaine O'Neal, Anthony Parker , Paul Millsap, Kyle Korver, Mehmet Okur.





There are 163 free agents in 2009, compared to 114 in 2010.





almost 60% in the 2009 free agent list are defensive players, above 50% are big men.





These people above can be a good supporting cast, to whomever they will sign to. In fact, if I were the Clippers, I'd keep Baron Davis and Camby and build around the 2009 FA guys.|||Well when you look at the 2009 FAs, there are few players that you can actually build around, Kobe will be 31 next summer, which isn't an promising age to build a franchise around. There will be several good role players available that can push a franchise on the course for a championship given it already has a super-star franchise player in place.





Now when you look at the 2010 FAs, you can immediately identify at least 4 players that are proven in this league and is still primed for expansion. LeBron/Wade/Melo can be that one player that takes a lotto team to a playoff contender and the business side of this is much more money in terms of merchandise sales and ticket sales.





So the 2010 is so hyped up because it has promising players that can grow while the 2009 is really more of veterans complementing players.|||the thing is, is that you have three really big names in 2010 who probably want to get out of where they are now.


1. Chris Bosh


2. Dwayne Wade


3. Lebron James





the reason why 2010 is such a big deal is because the knicks have enough cap room to pursue james and bosh, so this would instantly make them a contender, but i still think lebron will stay in cleveland, because now they have a good supporting cast and they are first in the East and he also is originally from the Cleveland area. they will probably give him a huge contract to stay but the bright lights of Broadway and Times square and the mystique of MSG may attract lebron no matter how much Cleveland is willing to give him.|||Because 2009 FA class might stay in their former team,unlike 2010 FA agent|||Of those players, how many are superstar players? Also remember that only three teams will have significant cap space in the offseason: Detroit, OKC, and Memphis.





Kobe may opt out, but it's to get a new contract to stay with the Lakers. Boozer is perhaps the best free agent in this class, but if Detroit doesn't want him, he's going to struggle to find the money he wants. It's probably better for him to stay another year in Utah. Iverson, at most, is going to get the midlevel. Same with Artest and Kidd. Marion is going to return to Toronto probably because Colangelo wants to keep him for some reason, but otherwise, he won't get more than midlevel money on the market. Miller will get at most midlevel money also. Odom might get a deal from elsewhere, but the Lakers cut salary to keep him and Ariza, so both are probably staying, especially if the Lakers win the championship this year. I'm not sure anyone is going to get 'Sheed besides Charlotte; no one wants to deal with him. Williams probably returns to the Hawks. Pachulia is a backup. Bibby gets midlevel money tops. Powe will stay with the Celtics, same with House. Felton will probably stay with the Bobcats as Detroit, OKC, and Memphis don't really need point guards. Singletary sucks. Gooden won't get midlevel money. Gordon is probably going to return to the Bulls because no one is going to pay what he wants. Illgauskas will probably come back to Cleveland for less. Varajeo might go elsewhere given that Fegan is his agent, but he won't get more than midlevel money. Bass will stay with Dallas. Andersen will stay with Denver. McDyess will likely stay around in Detroit for less. Watson is a backup. Crawford isn't going to leave $20 million on the table unless Nelly threatens to kill him. Nesterovic is a backup. Ariza will come back to the Lakers. Ross is a backup. Warrick barely deserves midlevel money. Sessions probably comes back to the Bucks because no one is going to given him that big of a contract. Same with Villanueva if the Bucks don't do a sign-and-trade. Lee might get a decent contract if Detroit or Memphis are willing to use some of their cap space, but otherwise, he comes back to the Knicks or leaves via a sign-and-trade that enables Walsh to get rid of Curry or Jeffries. Same situation with Robinson, although I think he's more liable to return than Lee. Marbury is a backup and frankly, is awful. Richardson gets less than midlevel money. No way in the world Curry opts out of his contract. Same with Harrington; he won't get enough money on the market. Smith will get maybe a biannual exception somewhere to be a backup or come back to the Cavs. Same with Bogans. Turkoglu will probably come back to the Magic. Marshall is a backup and will likely come back to Philly as they need a three-point shooter. Barnes likely comes back to the Suns. Hill won't get more than midlevel money. Jackson is a backup at this stage in his career. Finley and Udoka likely return to the Spurs. Delfino will go back to the Raptors if he's coming back to the NBA because no one is going to pay him enough for him to leave Toronto. No way in hell O'Neal opts out of $20 million. Parker won't get midlevel money. Korver isn't going to opt out because he won't get more money on the market. Okur is probably going back to Utah.





So of all your free agents, the only big contracts that will be possibly doled out to lure a free agent from their team are Boozer, Odom, or Lee.





2010 has LeBron, Wade, and Bosh on the open market. Do I need to continue? Part of the difference in 2010 is that a lot more teams have cap space to throw around as versus only three teams in the offseason this year. A lot of people this offseason are going to settle for returning to their teams because they simply won't find more money on the open market.|||yah|||mark my words 2009 class will be better because more of them are likely to move teams, the 2010 class is fools gold, teams like the nets, knicks even the pistons are kidding themselves lebron dwade cbosh are likely to stay with their teams mayb cbosh is the most likely to move but thats it|||THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS THAT ARE FREE AGENTS, BUT I WOULD SIGN SOME 2009 FIRST !!!|||Brother J Answered Right





i dont Think That Anyone of 2009 FA Want to leave their team





But there is some talking About 2010 FA who Might Leave