Warrick Chooses Milwaukee
Former Friends Central star Hakim Warrick agrees to terms with the Milwakee Bucks rather than the 76ers or the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Warrick Chooses Milwaukee
The 76ers got the call a little before 2 p.m. They fell short in their attempt to add unrestricted free agent Hakim Warrick to their roster.
A source familiar with the situation confirmed that the 6-9 Warrick, a onetime star at Friends Central, has agreed to the terms of a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. Warrick, via agent Bill Duffy, is believed to have accepted a deal worth $3 million, even though the Sixers supposedly offered slightly more, dipping in to a portion of their $5.8 million mid-level exception.
The source said that Warrick, who spent the previous four seasons of his NBA career with the Memphis Grizzlies, saw a better opportunity for playing time with the Bucks. Warrick was listed with a salary of $2,119,102 last season when he averaged 11.6 points and 5 rebounds
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i live in tennessee and have been a sixers fan for 35 years or more and have seen the worst and you guys are gripping about this team who are pretty good ,that tells me you arnt real fans so go pull for kobe or someone— bo-is-SIXER-fan- Hakim will love the Bradley Center and Major Goolsbys across the street...they loved Charles Barkley.— EXIT9RALF
- Everyday I check the Sixers news to see if they've hired Christmas yet! The guy has been beating all expectations since junior high. Do the Sixers just have something against players that can shoot?— phasor
- What would bringing Billy King back do? Any idea why teams haven't been ringing his phone with offers? He owes his entire mediocre career to Larry Brown.— PaHoops
- I didn't see where Warrick would get minutes anyway.— brian2706
I can't stand people that accept garbage. Put on your cheerleader uniform and go pick up your pom poms. Real fans don't want to see their team not be given a chance to succeed. Thank the front office for that. 29 teams added players since the draft. For better or for worse they're trying. The Sixers added no one. Real fans want the Sixers to do well but why should we be content.
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- MikeInChains: King is gone and where are we now?
- Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping! You hear them? They are all ours.— LaCroix,Nolet,Gendron
- Philly76 you must be out of your mind. You probably think Jeff Ruland for Moses Malone trade was a good one, or Barkley for Perry, Lang and, Hornacek was a a good trade. King is the kind of GM to keep us in the hole for another 26 years.
- Gabe Pruitt just became available for those that wanted the Sixers to get a guard. They won't get him though. They will sign some bargain basement washed up player on their way out of the league looking for that last pay check. I think Comcast should give us a discount on tickets and cable.
- we have a nice up n coming star: "I carry that 9 on me ala Iguodala" from Fabo's album "Loso's Way"!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fab just might be The Alpha Dog in the game(Hip Hop) right now.— Anguilla Al
- Do you people realize he also turned down playing with the Cavs too? It was all about PT. You idiots who are constantly down on the Sixers for no reason at all should learn the game and the NBA before you even think to comment— rswknight
- getittogetherphilly has it right. the sixers can be the most fun game going when they win, but this bs needs to stop. and, sixers, yes, we all know you made the playoffs, but Game 6 was an embarassment. you only made it through last season because of andre miller.— weir99
- uggggh, i wanted hakim
- There's no need to start tanking games. This team will be so bad they will get beat playing as well as they can. Lou Williams and Willie Greene as the starting guards....enough said. Or maybe Stefanski has already tanked the season with this roster he is building.— billro3
- JonKap Saying the man was clueless is overstating it by a lot. The man built the core of the team. Okay so no one likes Dalembert's contract and thats fine the trade kicker is a deal breaker. But as far as the team goes they had a lot of cap space even with Dalembert's contract.... After years of trying to put a team around a 5'10" shooting he had a chance to build a more conventional team. No one can deny it was starting to look good. They were playing hard. They were missing a couple of pieces. Snider made the move to hire Stefanski. There is no telling what King wouldhave done with the cap space. I don't think he would have signed a player coming off injury without working him out like Stefanski did.
- Posters crack me up about Billy KIng. Now that he is the nice man who sometimes talks on the sports radio station, they like him. King was a brutal GM, signing lots of horrible deals. A few nice draft picks pales in comparison to his overall cluelessness. I am sure he would have also messed up the cap space just like the new dummy GM.— JonKap
- did ed think he had a shot at landing this kid? 6ers = joke he he— Huge
- NO,GET IT, THEY NEED TOP 3 PICKSIN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE DRAFTS AND HOPEFULLY GET A FRANCHISE STAR....ONLYWAY TO WIN IT ALL IN NBA..........— ILUVPHILLYCITYOFLOSERS
- We shouldn't have been targeting Warrick anyway. Does this team's management have a clue? We need a veteran PG to play spot minutes next to Lou & Jrue. We need a 7'0 center who can play a few minutes behind Sam & Smith. We also need a 2 guard who can hit a 3 pt. shot. This team sucks. I will not be purchasing tickets to any of their games, until I see that we're making moves that either put us in a position to contend or at least give us cap space to trade for a star.— GetItTogetherPhilly
- OPtimist aren't they,bring back Billy King, he should have never them fired.— PHILLY76
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- I'd like to know who the guards are going to be for this team. You know, if I actually cared. -Seacrest Out-— DennyP
- Anyone want to play here (besides a guy who goes back on a handshake deal with his coach and free agent best friend)???? Didn't think so. Go back to bed everyone.— EaglesWest
- Phil...Can you please start covering baseball or football? Your talents are wasted covering a team that no one cares about anymore. It's really sad.— oakie
- He took less for more playing time we have Sammy, Brand, Smith, and speights who are all better than him.— ConverseB24
- 76ers = Disaster— syddan26
- Playres now are taking less money to go elsewhere. We've hit rock bottom.— smfree31
- tank the season and get the #1 pick. peace— EAglesPhilliesSixerFLyers
- No one decent wants to play for the Sixers. Stefanski doesnt know what hes doing and E. Jordan is a mediocre coach at best.— igglegreen
- He's a good, athletic player, but the 76ers need out shooters.— 76er
- HOW MANY TEAMS HAS TIM THOMAS PLAYED FOR , NOW ?— taxsrme
- Marco Bellinelli was traded by GSW, but was a perfect fit for the 6ers since a year ago, and mgmt. has blown another opp to make WILLYBOY history.— taxsrme
- Marco Bellinelli was traded by GSW, but was a perfect fit for the 6ers since a year ago, and mgmt. has blown another opp to make WILLYBOY history.— taxsrme
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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.
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