Free Agency.Day 2

We had a quiet day in the "commitment" front but we got tons of rumors

Paul Pierce is staying green. His new contract ( 4 years/$61 millon) give the C's a little more room to play

Hakim Warrick is now a Sun at $18 million thru 4 years This is the Amare replacement? Over/Under on Nash asking very politely to get traded, half season?

John Salmons is re-signing with the Bucks (5 yrs/ $39 million ). This is the second signing for the Bucks. First Gooden and now Salmons, plus the deals for CDR and Maggette, are shaping this Bucks like a lock for a 5o win team. Great cast, good lead players ( Bogut and Jennings ), good coach. I like this team. Plus, they are playing in a division where it might host only one other decent team ( Cleveland or Chicago)

The Lakers are adding Steve Blake at 4 yrs/$16 million. I don't think this means nothing for Fisher but its a good backup plan in case he gets too greedy ( Reeeeaally don't see that happening)

Now the fun stuff.....

The biggest news is that Wade had a second meeting with the Bulls. Less than one hour into this second meeting, Bosh arrived and they both talk with the management team. They talked for more than 2 hours. They even left together. What does this means? No idea. Wade has been hinting that he's staying in Miami for awhile. Now we are seeing him flirting with Chicago...I really don't know what to make out of it.

Yesterday was reported that the Hawks offered the max to Joe Johnson and naturally we all assume that he was accepting it. Everybody did. Today it was reported that he was "intrigued" by New York and Chicago. My take on that is he seeing the NYK budget wide open after what appear is a strikeout on the three main targets ( Lebron, Wade and Bosh). He could rejoin Amar'e and D'Antoni grabbing a couple of All Star selections here and there, maybe a second round cameo playing for the Knicks. That could be serious dope and a bunch of money coming from New York City advertisement.

T'wolves are pushing Big Al hard! Chicago and Dallas being the possible destinations. They really like David Lee and their meeting for tomorrow still on, even though that they only have around $5 million left to spend. Odds are that Big Al is traded this summer.

Also in the open market, the Bulls are placing Loul Deng. Apparently the rumor is that he is heading to Portland in exchange for Joel Przybilla and Jerryd Bayless. The first is an expiring contract. Maybe the rumor of the Bulls having the best chance for grouping Wade, Bron and Bosh is not that false. Maybe they are just trying.