Josh Howard to Re-sign with Wizards - 1 Year / $4 Million

[footey]

If Howard is going off the market and Boston lands Rudy, what is there left to do with Sheed's contract?  Unless Ainge can trade it to a team under the cap for an exception or they're willing to pay Sheed to sit at home, he's got to deal that contract for somebody this offseason.  With a back up 1, 2, 3 and 4 on board, along with Avery and the Gody, who could the Celtics make a play for?

I don't want to again mention a certain 7'1'', 400 pound center with 4 championship rings...but what are the other worthwhile options?  Unless Przbylla is coming over with Rudy, is there any other move to make?

Mike

Maybe Sheed is going to come back. Worse things could happen. He is a great defender of the 4/5, and Perk's ability to be back at full strength even by playoff time is dubious at best.

[Snakehead]

I would think that this means the Fernandez deal is awfully close to being done. I can't imagine them letting Howard take 4 mil with the Wiz w/o a backup plan.

This.  PLEASE.

[Mike-Dub]

I would think that this means the Fernandez deal is awfully close to being done. I can't imagine them letting Howard take 4 mil with the Wiz w/o a backup plan.

This.  PLEASE.

I really hope so because I really wanted Howard.  Get me Rudy and Przybilla for a trade with Sheeds contract and maybe a 1st and then sign D-West for the vet min!

[Rondo_is_better]

I would think that this means the Fernandez deal is awfully close to being done. I can't imagine them letting Howard take 4 mil with the Wiz w/o a backup plan.

This.  PLEASE.

I really hope so because I really wanted Howard.  Get me Rudy and Przybilla for a trade with Sheeds contract and maybe a 1st and then sign D-West for the vet min!

That would be awseome -- but Przybilla makes like 7 mil this year, more than Sheed already so that's a little dubious.

[kozlodoev]

Didn't Sheed's contract have a trade kicker?

[snively]

I was not optimistic about Josh Howard's abilities post ACL. I'd be much happier with Rudy.

[slamtheking]

could this possibly be a prelude to a S&T for JH for Sheed's deal where we also take someone the Wiz want to dump in addition to Howard?  I believe there's a delay in doing an S&T with a just-signed player if they're being traded with somebody but would that timeframe have elapsed before the season starts?

[jdpapa3]

He wanted a one year deal and we couldn't really give him that for this type of money because you can't sign and trade for one year deals.

[Chris]

could this possibly be a prelude to a S&T for JH for Sheed's deal where we also take someone the Wiz want to dump in addition to Howard?  I believe there's a delay in doing an S&T with a just-signed player if they're being traded with somebody but would that timeframe have elapsed before the season starts?

No, a sign and trade has to be immediate.  Once the contract is signed, if he is not traded right away, he cannot be traded until December 15th.  

My guess is the C's could not work out a reasonable sign and trade because they couldn't decide on option years.  I believe a player needs to be signed to a 3 year deal to be sign and traded, and Howard probably did not want to give the C's team options for those last two years, in case he completely recovers, and is worth more, and the C's didn't want to give him player options for those years, in case he does not recover fully from the ACL tear.  

[ssspence]

could this possibly be a prelude to a S&T for JH for Sheed's deal where we also take someone the Wiz want to dump in addition to Howard?  I believe there's a delay in doing an S&T with a just-signed player if they're being traded with somebody but would that timeframe have elapsed before the season starts?

No, a sign and trade has to be immediate.  Once the contract is signed, if he is not traded right away, he cannot be traded until December 15th.

 

My guess is the C's could not work out a reasonable sign and trade because they couldn't decide on option years.  I believe a player needs to be signed to a 3 year deal to be sign and traded, and Howard probably did not want to give the C's team options for those last two years, in case he completely recovers, and is worth more, and the C's didn't want to give him player options for those years, in case he does not recover fully from the ACL tear.  

This is an excellent point -- the 3 year requirement in an S&T probably killed this for both sides.