Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 12:55 PM | 10 comments |
 

Carney: Second Time Around
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Rodney Carney has circled back to the 76ers.

"It's a little weird to be traded away and then to come back,'' the 6-7 guard-forward said after agreeing to the terms of a one-year contract earlier in the week.

All indications suggest that he will sign for $855,189, the NBA minimum for a player credited with three years of experience. He became an unrestricted free agent after the Minnesota Timberwolves declined picking up his option, which would have been worth $2,539,936.

Carney spent the first two seasons of his career with the Sixers. He was the No. 16 pick in the 2006 draft, taken by the Chicago Bulls and traded to the Sixers for the rights to Thabo Sefololosha. He was traded, with Calvin Booth and a first-round pick, to the Wolves last summer as the Sixers scrambled to create salary cap space to sign Elton Brand.

In an unrelated development, Sixers president/general manager Ed Stefanski has extended a training camp invitation to Dionte Christmas, the former Temple star who was not selected in the draft.

Camp begins Sept. 29 at Saint Joseph's University.
Posted by Phil Jasner @ 12:55 PM  Permalink | 10 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:29 PM, 09/09/2009
    Carney is athletic and can shoot from the outside. Nice, cheap addition. But too little too late. This team is not as good as last season.
    — 76er
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:53 PM, 09/09/2009
    Great, I like that they extended that offer to Dionte Christmas. I'm interested to see how Eddie Jordan plays around with an athletic, young, slashing team. I'm really hoping that L. Williams and Iguodala worked on their perimeter game
    — FlySixPhiEagles
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:15 PM, 09/09/2009
    It's amazing (in a very sad way) how irrelevant this team has become. What's my incentive to watch this year?
    — DennyP
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:16 PM, 09/09/2009
    This is getting beyond belief. I am ready to endorse the signing, conditioned on a VERY LONG TALK ABOUT TEAM OBJECTIVES, of Stef. Marbury. This franchise will go NOWHERE, FAST OR SLOW, as long as Willyboy is in the rotation, let alone a STARTER ? ? ?
    — taxsrme
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:17 PM, 09/09/2009
    This is getting beyond belief. I am ready to endorse the signing, conditioned on a VERY LONG TALK ABOUT TEAM OBJECTIVES, of Stef. Marbury. This franchise will go NOWHERE, FAST OR SLOW, as long as Willyboy is in the rotation, let alone a STARTER ? ? ?
    — taxsrme
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:51 PM, 09/09/2009
    Order the rings!
    — Bobphxville
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:45 PM, 09/09/2009
    sixers would be foolish to not sign dionte xmas...he could be a starter in about 3 years.
    — SnowManDelivers
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:07 PM, 09/09/2009
    Considering how much money they have and what FA are left, this wasn't a bad move. Dionte or Carney should get more time than Green. I have no idea what Jordan thinks his starting line would be, that alone should be interesting.
    — BigVilFromWestPhil
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:44 PM, 09/10/2009
    i can't belive they didn't go get A.I. are u telling me Green is Better! Please ED stop it before some one gets hurt
    — cousindannyjr
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:53 PM, 09/15/2009
    My goodness, when does this team become relevant again? It's so different than when I was a kid and teenager. But I think that given the chance and proper coaching, Dionte Christmas can be a very good 6th man on a team. But please, PLEASE get rid of that non-NBA player Willie Green. I keep telling myself, there MUST be something that I dont see in this guy, that he continues to stay with this team. But the more I look, the more I can not find.
    — hawaiiphillyfan


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