San Antonio Lands McDyess!

By Fred Silva, Project Spurs Staff Writerfred@projectspurs.com Just after the news broke that Antonio McDyess had accepted the Spurs offer, Project Spurs reader named "Onion King" posed the question, "What does this do to the starting lineup?" At first glance I nearly ignored it as I thought it was a pretty simple answer.  But when I gave it some thought, there are a lot of intriguing...

'Sheed is gone to Boston. All the dreams (and nightmares) of Wallace wearing the Silver and Black can now be put to rest. I was really high on 'Sheed, and I think that this is a great pick up for the Celtics. And one way or another, we still need to find a veteran big man to play alongside Duncan and our suddenly youthful and athletic frontline. A lot of speculation and attention...

After missing out on Rasheed Wallace, who the Magic were apparently never in a real position to acquire, the Magic are after his former Piston teammate, PF Antonio Mcdyess. Magic general manager Otis Smith is in pursuit of another center/forward type who can supplement an Orlando frontline that features only Howard, Rashard Lewis and Anderson now. [...]

Quick note Pistons Nation, we’re now calling Dice ‘San Antonio Mcdyess’.  How fitting  that it translates to Saint Antonio McDyess (as pointed out by reader and Tweeter brgulker).

Word in rumor-ville is that Antonio could end up playing alongside Tim Duncan and co.: “The Spurs have emerged as the frontrunner in the chase to land free-agent forward Antonio McDyess. According to a league executive with knowledge of the negotiations, the Spurs have offered McDyess a three-year deal starting at the full mid-level exception, with the third year partially guaranteed...

The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have signed forward/center Antonio McDyess.  Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. McDyess, 6-9, 245 lbs., has spent the past five seasons with the Detroit Pistons.  Last year he appeared in 62 games (30 starts), averaging 9.6 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 30.1 [...]

A few days ago, Jeff and I got a chance to talk to Jon Lee of AccuScore. Accuscore does Sports Forecasting for Yahoo, ESPN and several other clients.Recently, Jon wrote up an article for Project Spurs forecasting the changes this season after the Jefferson trade, so we thought we'd bring him on to talk about the latest movement around the NBA and how it'll affect next season and...

The San Antonio Spurs have a verbal commitment from forward/center Antonio McDyess and he's expected to finalize a contract with the team in the next few days.

San Antonio is the likely destination for free-agent PF Antonio McDyess, per Yahoo.com's Adrian Wojnarowski. This is relevant to the Mavs for two reasons: 1) It would strengthen their I-35 rival; 2) It could increase the odds that Brandon Bass bolts in free agency. Wojnarowski reports that the Magic are one of the teams that has offered McDyess the full mid-level exception. Orlando...

Lester broke his finger in today's summer league game.He broke the finger after attempting to brace himself during a fall in the first half of the Celtics’ 94-82 loss to Oklahoma City’s summer league team. “It’s very tough because I want to show Danny (Ainge) and the coaches what I can do,” said Hudson. “But I won’t be out there to do it...

This article originally appeared on the all new basketball website SirCharlesInCharge. Uncontested Shots will debut on SCIC every Tuesday and Friday from now until at least the start of the season.   San Antonio Rolling the Dyess? After Rasheed Wallace told his agent Bill Strickland to cancel visits he had scheduled for San Antonio, Orlando, and Dallas because he’d decided...

The Rockets have found themselves in an extremely dire situation and they need a center quickly. Although they tried (and failed) to bring in some of the better free agents that were available, i.e., Marcin Gortat, Rasheed Wallace, Charlie Villaneuva, Antonio McDyess and others, there are still some guys available that could provide a boost to a team that needs a quality center...