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szdaily -> Sports
Free agency deals lead to big contracts
     2015-July-3  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    THE first full day of NBA free agency featured skyrocketing salaries and a flurry of moves, though no decision yet from LaMarcus Aldridge on Wednesday.

    Players and teams agreed to more than US$1 billion worth of deals.

    Kevin Love made his choice quickly, opting to stay with the Cavaliers on a five-year deal that could be worth more than US$110 million. He revealed his decision in a piece in The Players’ Tribune.

    “We have unfinished business and now it’s time to get back to work,” Love wrote.

    Jimmy Butler and Mike Dunleavy also stayed put in Chicago for around US$115 million combined, Goran Dragic is remaining in Miami and Paul Millsap will stick with Atlanta.

    But Paul Pierce and plenty other players were on the move with salaries soaring ahead of next year’s new TV contracts that might make Wednesday’s action seem tame next summer.

    Tyson Chandler will join Phoenix, taking US$52 million over four years to leave Dallas, while Atlanta’s DeMarre Carroll agreed to a deal with Toronto for US$60 million over four years. Pierce then left Washington to reunite with former Boston coach Doc Rivers with the Los Angeles Clippers on a US$10 million contract.

    Contracts can’t be signed until July 9, after next season’s salary cap is set.

    Millsap was rewarded for his strong play in Atlanta with a three-year deal worth about US$59 million, as the Hawks made sure not to lose both starting forwards after Carroll’s departure.

    Aldridge was busy meeting with teams for a second straight day while he decides whether to leave Portland. His representatives wrote on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon that he had made no decisions, even following reports that the Lakers had been eliminated.

    The Spurs were among the teams hoping to land him and were making moves to entice him. They dealt Tiago Splitter to Atlanta to clear cap space and re-signed guard Danny Green, who got US$45 million for four years.(SD-Agencies)

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