If/when the Sixers re-sign Iguodala and Williams, I count only 11 players that will be on the Sixers roster....
Miller, Iguodala, Young, Brand, Dalembert, Williams, Speights, Evans, Smith, Green, and Ivey....
so I imagine the team will fill it's roster out with players signed to minimum contracts. Am I wrong to assume that the Sixers are not restricted and can sign 4 players to minimum contracts? I mean, this isn't like an exception of sorts and since the team is in need of players they should be able to do this, right? I imagine at least 1 of those 4 open roster spots will come from the Summer League team. That would leave 3 open roster spots and I doubt the team fills all 3 but possibly 1 or 2 of them.
In looking at free agency, here are a handful of players that are UFAs that I think would be worth signing to a 2 year/minimum salary deal.
1. Kareem Rush: a shooter that can instantly become a fixture in an 8 man rotation.
2. Bonzi Wells: like Rush he would add some depth to SF position which looks pretty bare right now
3. Michael Finley: Veteran swingman that brings some more leadership to the team and a lot of depth. I doubt he leaves SAS for here but it's worth a shot.
4. Sean Livingston: Has connections to Brand and might not be a bad player to have in case he does return. He wouldn't be counted on anything this year but could slowly work himself back while learning from Miller in practice and so forth. Low risk/High reward.
Other notables: Robery Horry, Flip Murray, Lindsey Hunter, Derek Anderson (would he take the minimum??), Kwame Brown, Darius Miles (extremely unlikely given health and run-in with Cheeks), Kirk Snyder, and Fred Jones.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=2008FreeAgents
