AH3 to the Nuggs

[lethalweapon3]

For once, Cuban doesn't get his man...

The Denver Nuggets reached an agreement in principle Tuesday night on a five-year, $34 million contract with free-agent forward Al Harrington, according to sources with knowledge of the deal.

The Nuggets had to outbid the Dallas Mavericks to secure Harrington's signature after Dallas followed up its trade acquisition of Tyson Chandler earlier Tuesday with a hard push for Harrington, which included an in-person recruiting pitch at the NBA's annual summer league in Las Vegas from Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.

But Denver would appear to have a greater need for Harrington than Dallas, given that the Nuggets expect to start the season with Kenyon Martin and Chris Andersen unavailable after both recently underwent surgical procedures.

That enabled Harrington's agent, Dan Fegan, to land a deal starting at the full $5.8 million mid-level exception from the Nuggets which extends for the maximum allowed five years.

~lw3

[Randy]

Seems like that's happening more often. He lost JJ as well. We may be in the market for some of the same players - Shaq, and maybe Brad Miller.

[lethalweapon3]

Sorry I forgot the link:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5378520

Nuggets also have two more Atlanta connections about to be in the fold: our good friend Shelden Williams-Parker, and Crim High's Anthony Carter.

~lw3

[Swatguy]

Sorry I forgot the link:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5378520

Nuggets also have two more Atlanta connections about to be in the fold: our good friend Shelden Williams-Parker, and Crim High's Anthony Carter.

~lw3

Cute. You would never call him that to his face.

[lethalweapon3]

Cute. You would never call him that to his face.

Not without a ladder! :-)

~lw3

[capstone21]

I am not a fan of Harrington. He is a chucker this point in his career and his defense is pathetic.