RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA (TICKER) —Restricted free agent Ronny Turiaf has agreed to a contract offer from the Golden State Warriors, according to a report by The Press-Enterprise.
A high-energy forward-center of the Los Angeles Lakers, Turiaf’s deal was reported to be for four years and $17 million. The Lakers have seven days to match the offer.
PA SportsTicker was unable to reach the Warriors for comment.
Turiaf’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, chose not to confirm or deny the offer when contacted by The Press-Enterprise.
“We’ve talked to a bunch of teams,†Bartelstein told the paper in a phone interview. “There are a lot of teams that are interested in Ronny. We’ll just wait to see what happens.â€
Turiaf averaged 6.6 points and 3.9 rebounds in nearly 19 minutes per game last season, his third with the Lakers.
A star player at Gonzaga, Turiaf had a rocky start to his professional career, as the French native had to undergo open-heart surgery in July 2005 after a physical exam found an enlarged aortic root.
Talk about silly season!!
Turiaf can shoot? Honestly, I had no idea...
I know he has a nice inside scoring ability, can get up there and dunk.
He made a smart move there, would have had very limited minutes behind a healthy Bynum this coming season.
$4M a year, is easy money for most clubs.
Talk about the Warriors rebuilding.... How old is Turiaf?
I think Carney still has something to offer. He has no consistency and his minutes were up and down too.....so I'm sure he will improve under stability. Maybe on a rebuilding team, with 2 years under his belt he will do better.
Nathan Jawai from the Cairns Taipans is headed for the NBA in a big way after signing a two-year guaranteed deal with the Toronto Raptors.
The 21-year-old Queenslander's trade to the Raptors was made official only on Thursday.
"We have agreed to terms with the Toronto Raptors on a guaranteed two-year deal, which is rare for a second round pick and certainly displays the promise they see in Nathan," the player's agent Daniel Moldovan said.
"We are thrilled that Nathan has gone to such a first-class organisation and that he will be playing behind two of the true superstars of the NBA in Jermaine O'Neal and Chris Bosh.
"What this means is that Nathan will not only be on the Raptors roster immediately, as opposed to developing further in the NBL, but he will be right in the thick of the minutes given that the team is going with a big man rotation featuring O'Neal, Bosh, (Andrea) Bargnani, Jawai and (Kris) Humphries."
Jawai was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 41st overall selection in the 2008 NBA Draft in New York on June 26, but was included in a draft-day trade, which sent six-time NBA All-Star forward-centre Jermaine O'Neal also to Toronto from the Pacers.
In exchange Indiana received guard TJ Ford, centre Rasho Nesterovic, forward Maceo Baston and the draft rights to centre Roy Hibbert.
The trade was officially confirmed on Thursday with the Raptors moving rapidly to secure Jawai to a contract.
Jawai is the first indigenous Australian athlete drafted into the NBA. His selection with the 41st pick saw him drafted higher than all but four other Australians Luc Longley, Andrew Bogut, David Andersen and Chris Anstey.
Jawai became the tenth Australian ever drafted to the NBA.
After gettin traded to Toronto, Jawai has got himself a guaranteed contract
HOUSTON -- The Houston Rockets signed free agent Brent Barry to a two-year contract on Thursday, making him the third member of the family to join the franchise.
Brent Barry
Barry
The 6-foot-7 Barry played 31 games with San Antonio last season and shot 43 percent (48-for-112) from 3-point range. A 13-year veteran, Barry will play for his sixth NBA team after stints with the Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, Seattle SuperSonics and the Spurs.
Barry's father, Rick, spent two seasons with the Rockets (1978-80) and his older brother, Jon, played for the team from 2004-06.
Barry, 36, was a member of San Antonio's championship teams, in the 2004-05 and 2006-07 seasons.
Among active players, Barry ranks eighth in career 3-point field goal percentage (.407) and sixth in career 3-pointers made (1,346). Barry won the NBA slam dunk contest in 1996. He was the league's most accurate 3-point shooter in 2000-01, making 48 percent (109-of-229).
ESPN said:The Toronto Raptors signed Nathan Jawai, the first indigenous player from Australia to be drafted by an NBA team, to a two-year contract on Friday.
The 21-year-old was selected in the second round, 41st overall, by the Indiana Pacers in last month's NBA draft. The Pacers traded his draft rights, along with Jermaine O'Neal, for point guard T.J. Ford, center Rasho Nesterovic, forward Maceo Baston and the draft rights to center Roy Hibbert.
The 6-10, 280-pounder earned rookie of the year honors last season in Australia's National Basketball League, where he averaged 17.7 points and 9.6 rebounds in 30 games for the Cairns Taipans.
He will play for the Raptors in the Las Vegas summer league, with the first game scheduled for Saturday.
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