活塞揮棄Smith 預計簽約火箭?!

12/25 02：20更新

Yahoo Sources: Josh Smith has agreed to sign with the Houston Rockets. http://t.co/djRksHOuf0

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) 2014 12月 24日

根據Wojnarowski的消息，於揮棄期滿後，Josh將簽約火箭

Hearing today teams were told Josh Smith would ONLY consider teams offering him a starting spot, essentially reducing choice to HOU vs. MIA

— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) 2014 12月 24日

另外根據Marc Stein的消息，Josh Smith只願意跟有先發保證的球隊談(也就是只有火箭和熱火)

12/23 18：00更新

Houston has strengthened its position as the frontrunner to sign Josh Smith, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) 2014 12月 23日

根據Adrian Wojnarowski 的消息，火箭是目前住追求Smith 的領先者

Even beyond close friend Dwight Howard, strong belief among Houston's players that they'll convince Josh Smith to sign with Rockets.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) 2014 12月 23日

有魔獸和bi-annual exception以及不錯的隊友，火箭相信他們會簽下Josh Smith

另外根據Espn Dallas的報導

「The Mavs can offer Smith only the veteran’s minimum if he wants to reunite with their new point guard Rajon Rondo, Smith's teammate and roommate at high school basketball powerhouse Oak Hill Academy. The Mavs can’t offer Smith a starting role, but they can give him an opportunity to be an impact player for a contender. 」

A team source told ESPNDallas.com that the Mavs believe Smith could succeed in Wright’s old role plus get some minutes at power forward.

“Josh is super talented and he fits the profile of the guy we love to bring in here,” said owner Mark Cuban, confirming that the Mavs would use Smith as a center/power forward if he chooses to come to Dallas. “He’s one of those guys that gets a bad rap, and we have a great track record of bringing the truth out about guys like that – Monta [Ellis], Stack [Jerry Stackhouse], Jet [Jason Terry].”

小牛只能提供老將底薪，但Rondo是Smith的高中隊友兼室友，小牛雖然無法提供先發位置，但小牛是冠軍的有力競爭者之一

小牛相信Smith能取代Wright在隊內的角色地位。

Mark Cuban說Smith有著很高的天賦且和小牛在尋找的球員很相似，他在小牛可以出任PF或C的替補，主要擔任DirK的替補。

「Smith有著不太好的風評，但小牛善於將這些球員引導至正確的方向，想想過往我們的球員Monta [Ellis], Stack [Jerry Stackhouse], Jet [Jason Terry等人都是我們球隊成功的案例」

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對，今天不是愚人節，這也不是整人節目

Josh Smith被Waives了，從前鷹王到活塞的三塔到今日被揮棄，大概是球迷和本人都始料未及的

活塞使用了stretch條款將薪資給付延長到五年，目前Smith和活塞的合約還有約27m/3y

對於選擇Waives Josh Smith ，活塞的總教練兼球隊經營階層的恐慌大師SVG對這個決定是這樣說明的

Our team has not performed the way we had expected throughout the first third of the season and adjustments need to be made in terms of our focus and direction," Van Gundy said in a release.