Another Sarunas Update...

[cdt]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/J...ll&cid=1121482143414

Maccabi Tel Aviv made a surprising announcement on Friday, releasing that the Euroleague champs had agreed to terms with former Hapoel Jerusalem hero Will Solomon.

In a press release, Maccabi said that it was "happy to announce that Solomon will be joining the team. The contract is for two seasons." Later in the day Solomon confirmed the news, adding that the contract had yet to be formally signed.

The move virtually confirms that star guard Sarunas Jasikevicius will not be returning to Israel. The Lithuanian, who has been a key factor in Maccabi's run to back-to-back Euroleague titles, has been entertaining offers from several NBA clubs. Rumors in NBA circles have Saras set to join fellow Lithuanian Zydrunas Ilgauskas and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Maccabi will be Solomon's fourth stop since leaving the Memphis Grizzlies after one season in 2002. Solomon, who will turn 27 on Wednesday, first went to Greece, where he led Aris Thessalonica to the FIBA Europe League final in his only season there. He then moved to Jerusalem, guiding the team to its first European title in the ULEB Cup. Last season he joined Turkish giant Efes Pilsen, averaging 14.4 points as the team made a run to the Euroleague quarterfinals and took the domestic title.

I don't know what to beleive, one day it's looking up and things are going well he is almost a Cavalier 2 days later he is headed to Indiana cuz they offered 15 over 3 then the next day he is close to joining the Cavaliers im getting kinda pissed he needs to make up his mind so we can get this going..

 

[d3]

I bet Sarunas and the Cavs agreed on a contract, or a deal . what ever. today and we will hear an "official" anouncment soon. great news

 

[Jimmy]

I bet Sarunas and the Cavs agreed on a contract, or a deal . what ever. today and we will hear an "official" anouncment soon. great news

wow, dude, i hope you are right

 

[cdt]

its by no means a done deal, i've seen articles like this already and they said similar things and its still wide open. figured id post it anyway..

 

[cdt]

OH MAN!!!

this article im showing was posted today my birthday july 17th saying we go an agreement from sarunas!!!!

A premature look at some of the NBA's major summer moves, some of which we expect to become official Friday, or shortly thereafter:

The Cavaliers have made the greatest improvement. General manager Danny Ferry proved that he learned a lot from his Spurs mentors — Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford — when he convinced owner Dan Gilbert it was important to bring back center Zydrunas Ilgauskas and then got Ilgauskas to agree to return for relatively modest money ($55 million over five seasons). This was after Ferry got a commitment from Wizards' guard Larry Hughes on a five-year deal, at a reported $70 million.

Ferry also had courted the Bucks' Michael Redd, but got lucky when the Bucks made Redd a maximum offer that Redd accepted. The Cavs are better off with Hughes. When Ferry got an agreement from Lithuanian guard Sarunas Jasekevicius, he made the Cavs one of the top three teams in the East.

The Suns have gotten better, too, as long as owner Robert Sarver doesn't renege on his promise to GM Bryan Colangelo and coach Mike D'Antoni to match any offer free-agent guard Joe Johnson gets. If Johnson is back with Phoenix, the additions of Kurt Thomas and Raja Bell are going to make the Suns tougher for the Spurs to get past in next season's Western Conference playoffs.

The Sonics are in free fall, even if they did manage to get Ray Allen back in the fold. Jerome James is gone, and Antonio Daniels has all but a couple of toes out the door. And owner Howard Schultz is about to find out how important it was to have a coach all his players were willing to give their all for.

The Bucks have been spending like Mark Cuban is signing the paychecks, but how much better will they be? They are grossly overpaying both Michael Redd and Dan Gadzuric, and new coach Terry Stotts is going to have to figure out how to make optimal use of Desmond Mason and another overpaid new player, Bobby Simmons.

The Knicks continue to be a joke, still unable to decide on a head coach and losing most of their interior toughness in the Kurt Thomas trade.

The Heat did what it had to do to bring back Udonis Haslem and will get Shaquille O'Neal back at a discount. But what's up with all the speculation about Pat Riley returning to the bench? Thus far, we've had nothing but non-denial denials. If it happens, feel free to speculate it was something O'Neal wanted.

The Spurs have done what they always do: Find ways to improve without breaking the bank. Robert Horry will return with a well-deserved raise, but still at a bargain price. Adding relatively bargain-priced Argentine center-power forward Fabricio Oberto gives them precisely the kind of flexibility they needed on the front line, not to mention some flexibility as they examine trade offers that come in and involve Rasho Nesterovic.

When will most of these moves be finalized? Some general managers have gotten edgy about a message attached to recent e-mails from the league office indicating a possibility the projected signing day for free agents could be extended a while from July 22.

This is what happens when the final details of a collective bargaining agreement are turned over to teams of lawyers.

Nobody expects the signing date to be pushed back very far, if at all, but the date is of most interest to the Hawks and Suns. The Hawks, of course, are expected to make a maximum contract offer to Johnson on the official signing day, after which the Suns will have a week to match the offer or let Johnson leave.

Since that decision is apt to have a domino effect, with other free agents anxiously waiting to see whether or not the Hawks will have the Johnson money to throw at them, you can bet they don't want the anxiety of their free-agent summers to drag too far into August.

btw the bucks fans that came, we finished ahead of you last year and if we are the most improved team then that means we are still ahead of you. good luck 5th place champs!
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/...ries/MYSA071705.5C.COL.BKNmonroe.12ab808.html

 

[PIP]

news to me....

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/...ries/MYSA071705.5C.COL.BKNmonroe.12ab808.html

The Cavaliers have made the greatest improvement. General manager Danny Ferry proved that he learned a lot from his Spurs mentors — Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford — when he convinced owner Dan Gilbert it was important to bring back center Zydrunas Ilgauskas and then got Ilgauskas to agree to return for relatively modest money ($55 million over five seasons). This was after Ferry got a commitment from Wizards' guard Larry Hughes on a five-year deal, at a reported $70 million.

Ferry also had courted the Bucks' Michael Redd, but got lucky when the Bucks made Redd a maximum offer that Redd accepted. The Cavs are better off with Hughes. When Ferry got an agreement from Lithuanian guard Sarunas Jaskevicius, he made the Cavs one of the top three teams in the East.

 

[cdt]

Re: news to me....

delete this i already posted the article and link in the Sarunas Update thread, instead of making 50 duplicate topics on sarunas just put them all there....

 

[Glen Infante]

Re: news to me....

Ferry also had courted the Bucks' Michael Redd, but got lucky when the Bucks made Redd a maximum offer that Redd accepted. The Cavs are better off with Hughes. When Ferry got an agreement from Lithuanian guard Sarunas Jasekevicius, he made the Cavs one of the top three teams in the East.

Hmm... I would like to see the Akron Beacon Journal make an article about that before I believe it. That was from a San Antonio writer, who knows if he knows what he is talking about.

 

[PIP]

Re: news to me....

Hmm... I would like to see the Akron Beacon Journal make an article about that before I believe it. That was from a San Antonio writer, who knows if he knows what he is talking about.

hell, screw the sarunas comment.. (even though that is what leads to his next BOLD statement

"TOP THREE IN THE EAST IS WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE"

i find it interesting that he thinks we're better off with larry then mike (i wonder if that's the consensus ?)... but i do like having the versatile guard and the shooter (if we indeed get sarunas)

LIFE IS GOOD

 

[cdt]

Exactly why pay 70 million for a 1 dimensional player. Corny analogy time but what the hell, why would you pay for something that may do something great but has less features. Like we just bought a new printer last week and my dad wanted this one that just prints in color and stuff for 85 and we saw a non named brand one that was a printer copyer fax and did tons of other stuff for 79.99 so we got that. why pay more and get less when you can pay the same and get more.

 

[PIP]

Exactly why pay 70 million for a 1 dimensional player. Corny analogy time but what the hell, why would you pay for something that may do something great but has less features. Like we just bought a new printer last week and my dad wanted this one that just prints in color and stuff for 85 and we saw a non named brand one that was a printer copyer fax and did tons of other stuff for 79.99 so we got that. why pay more and get less when you can pay the same and get more.

thrifty shoppers gotta love it.....

 

[cdt]

haha oh and for reference i broke the sarunas news i pm'd it to lepip!!! lol some transvestite at best buy asked me for a cigarette today i was like whoa i don't associate with he she's he was like it's not a choice i was born this way i was like yeah this is why i dont go to mentor..

 

[Troy Wingate]

So what's happening? Is Sarunas signing with the Cavs or not? We better get an answer soon so we can move onto the next option, being either Antonio Daniels or Damon Stoudamire.

 

[cavsfan2]

i like antonio daniels
he is a vesitalle guard, he can play the one or two and he is a decent 3 pt shooter

 

[Dirk Gently]

Just read the same article CDT when i was looking for a Sauranus link to the Hawks. Didn't find anything to point to that, but did find the link to his verbal agreement you posted above. Very interesting, but if it was an actual verbal agreement, wouldn't it be in more than just San Antonio's paper? The best Sauranus new site i've found so far, it's some international fansite of his in english, so theres no need for our loose translations. It's http://forum-english.tzahevet.co.il/viewtopic.php?p=5 . Theres some slick highlight vids there, and they updated it almost daily about what Sauranus is allegedly doing.