http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra Just another HoopsHype.com NBA Blogs weblog Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:19:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HoopsHype.com blogger Julius Hodge is heading back to Australia after failing to get a roster spot with the New Jersey Nets in training camp, agent Cervando Tejeda told HoopsHype.com. Hodge is returning to the Adelaide 36ers of the NBL, where he averaged 24.6 ppg, 9.1 rpg and 5.9 apg last season. ... http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/11/13/hodge-back-to-australia/ Danny Granger has reached an agreement with the Indiana Pacers on a five-year extension worth at least $60 million, Aaron Mintz and Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress/HoopsHype.com. The 6-foot-8 forward could get an additional $4 million if incentives are met. "I appreciate how hard the Pacers ... http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/10/31/granger-cashes-in/ Yours truly in the November issue of Esquire magazine (Spanish edition). In case anybody cares... http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/10/30/more-self-promotion/ Pacers forward Shawne Williams has been dealt to the Dallas Mavericks, two different sources told HoopsHype.com. The move will be announced today, one of them said. The trade will send Eddie Jones to the Pacers, according to one source. Jones will subsequently be waived. Draft picks and cash are also involved. The ... http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/10/10/shawne-williams-now-a-maverick/ Free agent forward James Mays will sign a contract with the Denver Nuggets on Monday, according to agent Justin Zanik. Mays averaged 10.7 ppg and 6.8 rpg with Clemson in his senior year and went undrafted last June. http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/09/28/nuggets-to-sign-mays/ Former Spur James White could soon sign a contract with Chinese club Xinjiang Guanhui, agent Bill McCandless told HoopsHype.com. "Unless there is a trade involving one of three NBA teams with whom we are in contact, he will accept a lucrative six-month deal in China," McCandless said. "Memphis, Atlanta, and Indiana ... http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/09/25/white-to-china/ Free agent guard Andre Emmett will soon sign a contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, HoopsHype.com has learned. Emmett, who averaged 23.9 ppg and 4.7 rpg in the Belgian League last season, played one year in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies. http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/09/24/sixers-to-sign-emmett/ HoopsHype.com/DraftExpress collaborateur Jonathan Givony reports the offer sheet Carl Landry has signed with the Charlotte Bobcats is for three years and $9 million. Houston will almost certainly match. The Rockets were previously offering Landry three years and $6.8 million, one source told Givony. Indiana and Cleveland were close to extending offer ... http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/09/24/landry-9-million-richer/ Free agent guard Julius Hodge has officially been invited to the Nets' training camp, according to agent Cervando Tejeda. http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/09/22/hodge-invited-to-camp/ Brad Ames of Priority Sports has provided information about where some of the agency's clients are headed for training camp... Point guard Eddie Gill will return to the Nets. This will be the fifth stint in New Jersey for Gill, who has a realistic chance of making the team as a ... http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/sierra/2008/09/17/rounding-out-the-rosters/