Peoria Chiefs’ pitcher Julio Castillo was arrested and charged with battery after throwing a ball at the dugout of the Dayton Dragons and igniting a full-out brawl between the two teams. The ball Castillo threw ricocheted off the dugout and hit a fan, who then had to be taken to the hospital.
Brawls are going to happen in baseball, but it doesn’t make much sense to take a crow hop and whip a ball at another team’s dugout from 10 feet away. What a nut job.
After holding strong for two days, the Chicago Bears’ offense caved and reported to camp.
The wide receiver arrived at training camp happy teammates reported at breakfast this morning, in time for a morning weightlifting session and today’s 3 p.m. practice.
Hester shows up after accruing roughly $30,000 in fines for missing two days of practice.
“It’s time for me to take a stand,” he told the Sun-Times Tuesday in explaining his absence. “We’re going to stand by our decision to do this and we feel like this can go down to whenever in the season or the end of the season. No matter what.”
There was a change of heart between then and now, and this puts Hester in position to compete for a starting job as a receiver. He was slated to work with the first team on Wednesday and will not be far behind now. Teammates and coaches were understanding of his position as he’s scheduled to earn $445,000 this season. General manager Jerry Angelo spoke with Hester’s agent Eugene Parker on Thursday and expressed that he didn’t want Hester to feel slighted that the club got a slew of contracts done and not his, that it remained a top priority for the club.
Hold out two days and lose $30,000. I’m no math major but that doesn’t sound like it was a wise move for Hester. But surely the team will eat that fine and get the lad a new deal.
The Cavs’ Delonte West is considering a two-year, $10 mlllion offer to play in Moscow.
This time, the overseas revolution of outbidding NBA teams for restricted free agents advances with Dynamo Moscow discussing a two-year, $10 million offer with Delonte West, a source close to West said on Thursday.
Clearly, Dynamo is a franchise with the resources to be taken seriously. Just a week ago, it lured New Jersey Nets forward Bostjan Nachbar with a three-year, $14.3 million contract.
Nachbar’s contract turned into a prelude to Atlanta Hawks free agent Josh Childress signing a groundbreaking three-year, $20 million deal with Olympiakos of Greece. So far this summer, four international players with NBA résumés – Jorge Garbajosa, Juan Carlos Navarro, Carlos Delfino and Pops Mensah-Bonsu – have taken substantial offers in Europe.
It’s not surprising that international players are electing to play overseas, but it’s a fundamental shift in thinking that good, young NBA-quality American players are seriously considering playing internationally.
So far, the Cavs and West haven’t been able to come to terms. He could sign a one-year qualifying offer of $2.76 million, which would allow him to become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
If West is considering a Russian deal worth $10 million over two years, it doesn’t seem like he and the Cavs can be too far apart. Why doesn’t Cleveland just offer him a three- or four-year deal worth $4 to $4.5 million a season and call it a day?
The bottom line is that the Cavs don’t want to lose West. He was the best player to come out of Cleveland’s deadline deals back in February. He’s a good shooter and he can handle the ball well enough to play point guard alongside LeBron James.
In my post – “What are these guys worth?” – I estimated Monta Ellis value to be $10.5 to $11.5 million per season. The Warriors just signed him to a six-year deal worth $66 million. Throw in Andrew Bogut’s deal – which was for $12 million per season (I predicted an annual salary of $12.0 to $12.5 million) – and I think I have a pretty good handle on player values. If any NBA teams want to hire me to consult, I’m available.
I don’t want to break my arm patting myself on the back, so let’s talk about the signing. Ellis is a lightning quick scoring guard who averaged 20.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists last season. With Baron Davis’ decision to sign with the Clippers, Ellis will be asked to handle the ball more, so we should see his assists rise. There’s a slight chance that the newly-acquired Marcus Williams could start at the point, but he hasn’t shown much in his short career, so I’m guessing that’s a long shot.
Given all that has happened with the Warriors this offseason – namely, letting Baron Davis go and missing out on Elton Brand – the had to re-sign Ellis, and it’s good to see the former second round pick get an appropriate payday.
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