Bibby Off The Market
His agent called the 76ers, but point guard Mike Bibby has agreed to remain with the Atlanta Hawks.
Bibby Off The Market
When agent David Falk recently called the 76ers about Atlanta Hawks point guard Mike Bibby, it apparently was mostly about checking out the marketplace in a difficult economy.
As it turned out, staying home became the best option. In a development reported by Sekou Smith of the Atlanta Journal Constitution and confirmed by the Daily News, Bibby has agreed to remain with the Hawks via a three-year contract. The Journal Constitution estimated the value of the deal at $18 million.
The Sixers discussed the possibility of a one-year contract, but--according to a source familiar with the situation--never made a formal offer. The Sixers' thinking was that Bibby might consider a one-year deal, allowing him to again become an unrestricted free agent next summer when a number of teams will have stockpiled salary cap space.
The Sixers remain interested in acquiring a veteran point guard, possibly to start and to help mentor first-round draft choice Jrue Holiday. They have been negotiating with Andy Miller, the agent for Andre Miller, their unrestricted free agent, but seem far apart on money and length of term.
Andy Miller told Jason Quick of the Oregonian in a blog post on OregonLive.com that Andre Miller would be ''a good fit'' for the Portland Trail Blazers and that he ''puts them over the top'' because the Blazers ''desperately need a starting point guard to take the pressure off Brandon Roy.''
The Bibby agreement comes on the heels of Jason Kidd agreeing to a three-year contract worth a reported $25 million to remain with the Dallas Mavericks, and former Simon Gratz High star Rasheed Wallace taking a two-year deal to join the Boston Celtics.
Bibby averaged 14.9 points, 5 assists and 3.5 rebounds with the Hawks last season.
Just let Jrue start. Lottery and cheap tiks, here we come!— Israel is my home
Amen to that
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Sixers Suck!!!!!!!!!!!!- I'm so tired of listening to people whine about the Sixers....boohoo, poor us, we're only a playoff team....we'll never win a championship unless we get somebody like Lebron (how many championships has he won? oh, that's right)...management sucks....the players suck...the the team is cheap...the team overspends on players....blah, blah, blah. Geez, go root for someone else if you hate the team so much. No one is forcing you to root for the Sixers. Do you people whine and complain this much about everything else?— JimG
- Not good news for Andre Miller...Kidd gets $8mm per, Bibby gets $6mm per...I'd love to have Andre Miller for 1 yr at $10mm, 2 yrs $16mm or 3 yrs for $20mm— JBP
- Well I think that this was all a sham Bibby was not who the Sixers really wanted. I think that the Sixers are looking for a name that will help Holiday come into his own because he is in their minds he is the PG of the future like it or not. So I agree if you don't like the team stop watching them.— DVS 1
- JimG....you root your way, we will root our way. A fan since 1975 has the right to call management on the carpet for bad moves. Thats called loving your team with passion, not hating it.— JonKap
- I won't spend a dime to watch this team. It's going to stink watching Lawson excel and Holiday stink for the nest ten years.— Shenkman3
Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for more than 20 years, working in the sports department for the past 15. This is his third season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he was the La Salle beat writer for six seasons. E-mail Bob at cooneyb@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.
