Signing Day Postponed AGAIN!!!!

[Inside_Man]

Free agent signing date pushed back another week

They're killing the Hawks with this news.

[thescout10]

This is ridculous!Can't these guys get things done in a timely matter.I wonder if the lakers or knicks had alot of money to sign free agents I bet this thing would have been over when it should have.No mercy for the hawks from the league!

[Plainview1981]

Yawn. The NBA is just getting more and more idiotic.

[Spiral]

[emeans]

This is not good. Someone is really dropping the ball in the NBA. They have had ample time to have all of this done.

This especially hurts Atlanta because teams have loads of time to figure out how they are going to sign their restricted free agents. It gives them more time to contemplate on whether to keep the Joe Johnson's, Curry's, Chandler's. Whether to pay the luxury tax, etc. Dalamberts is a good example of what I am saying.

The more time passes it also looks like Atlanta is not doing anything, which gives a bad perception to other free agents to follow momentum type signings. Right now Atlanta has signed know one, however it is all because of these delays with the NBA. Like an earlier posted said if this were New York or LA that had the most money to spend...I guarantee this would have been done much earlier.

[mrhonline]

Well, I'm going on vacation Thursday, so that means they must have decided to wait until I get back before starting the signings.

Awfully nice of the NBA to be so considerate.

[WraithSentinel]

Figures they would do this. They were in such a hurry just to get something done to avoid a lockout and the negative PR. They left so many issues up in the air.

[TheDude]

stupid freakin idiotic moronic $@%@^@^@^%!$!$$#$!!!! sure, the Hawks are in a situation where timeliness is key in getting some restricted free agents and they pull this cr.ap.. GET YOUR DAMN LEAGUE TOGETHER!!! run by freakin loonygoons.

[Lascar78]

It's really all Billy Hunter's fault. He could have agreed to a deal much sooner, the players were getting a good deal.

[chillzatl]

Dissension will not be tolerated. Your host address has been recorded and fowarded to David Stern. Expect swift retribution.

Sincerly,

NBA Goon Squad

We live for this

[Blunt91]

I am starting to hate the NBA. It's all ready bad that they have bad officiating and now they can't get a deal done.

[AHF]

The delays in finalizing an agreement are not uncommon or unexpected. What is totally irresponsible of the NBA is that they allowed contact between clubs and free agents before they had a firm handle on when they would finalize the CBA. That messes with the competitive balance and has screwed the Hawks royally. What the NBA should have done was delay the opening day for clubs to talk to players until they had a date set in stone (or close to it) for the CBA to be completed and only then give a period for clubs to talk to their free agents followed by the opening of the official signing period. This really bites.

[Lascar78]

I agree. If not, they should let RFA's basically go ahead somehow. I.e. we offer JJ a max contract now in principle (even though we don't have exact figures yet) and Phx has 1 week to either agree in principle to match, or agree to let him go.

[Wretch]

[TheDude]

[DarkHawk]

WHY OH WHY OH WHY??

GRRRRRR!!!

Well, let's see what happens for yet, another week?

LOL (grrrr)