Most every team has finalized their rosters for the opening tip this coming Tuesday (Oct 25th) so here's an update on what's up with our guys:
Jarrell Eddie was cut by the Washington Wizards. It's possible another team could claim him off waivers but the way he played in preseason (not that good), it looks like he'll be going back to the D League. Personally, I thought he played pretty well in limited minutes as a reserve for DC in the 2nd half of last year, but he just wasn't able to keep it up over the summer and into the preseason.
Malcolm Delaney makes the Atlanta Hawks. Not that big a surprise considering he was given guaranteed money when he signed his deal back in the summer. He'll be the backup PG for the Hawks and should get plenty of run. He's looked very good in the preseason. I can't wait to see him shock people this upcoming season who may have forgotten just how talented this dude is.
Erick Green is in Europe playing for Olympiacos Piraeus. After a couple of seasons bouncing back and forth the NBA and the D-league, Green signed with Olympiacos over the summer. Hopefully he can polish up his game just like Delaney did and get a crack at the NBA again down the road.
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I actually expect to see Jarell Eddie go to Europe as well if his agent can find him a decent contract. The money difference between going to Europe and playing in the D-League is just too large for him to suffer the D League for long. The high tier salary for the D League this year is $25,500.00, $40 per diem for road days, and undisclosed housing/insurance benefits.
I feel bad for him though because he made a new deal with the Wizards that allowed them to wait until the entire preseason was over to let him go, rather than the originally called for July 15th date. The reason I feel bad is that the Wizards only got Eddie on the floor for three preseason games before cutting him on Oct 21st. If he had been released on July 15th, his agent would have had ample time to identify open roster spots on quite a few European teams. With the delayed cut, a lot of those openings have been filled.
How is Deron Washington doing? I saw he was playing for some Italian team. He's got to be getting up there in age now. It's hard to imagine him not jumping over everyone to grab rebounds and throw down dunks.