Marshall, who is entering his 15th NBA season, was acquired from Cleveland in mid-February as part of the 11-player, three-team deal that sent Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West from Seattle to Cleveland.
Marshall played in only 15 games last season for the Seattle SuperSonics, averaging 3.8 points and 3.1 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game.
Marshall was likely to play less this season than he did a year ago following last week’s acquisition of veteran forwards Desmond Mason and Joe Smith.
Marshall is in the final year of a contract that would have paid him $5.9 million. Oklahoma City must pay Marshall the remainder of his guaranteed salary, but the team has the option to negotiate a payment schedule to fulfill its obligations over a longer period of time. Marshall’s entire contract, however, will count against the team’s salary this season.
Marshall will now be on waivers for 48 hours, allowing any team to claim him. If no team claims him he will clear waivers and can sign with any team at a negotiated salary.
The move clears up a roster spot for Oklahoma City. NBA teams are allowed to enter the regular season with no more than 15 players on the roster. Including restricted free agent center Robert Swift, Oklahoma City will have 14 players under contract when Kyle Weaver and D.J. White sign their rookie contracts.
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Offseason - Added: Westbrook (draft), White (via draft/trade), Weaver (via draft/trade) Mason and Smith (via trade)
Lost: Marshall (waivers) Grifin and Ridnour (trade), Francisco Elson (FA to Mil), Michael Gelabale (FA), Ronald Dupree (FA)
Donyell Marshall is on waivers, Luke Ridnour and Adrian Griffin were in trades. Who are the other three x-Sonics that will not be on OKC not-the-Sonics roster?
Donyell Marshall is on waivers, Luke Ridnour and Adrian Griffin were in trades. Who are the other three x-Sonics that will not be on OKC not-the-Sonics roster?
Marshall was a trade throw-in who had no real place on the roster. A $5.9M contract for a player of his limited ability is evidence of the broken economics of the NBA.
Hey phil, i mean "T-dawg", stop trying. I know gay jokes are a huge crowd pleaser down there but it's not really relevant, ya know? Any pretense that you're from Seattle was just shattered by "The Oklahoman has an excellent beat reporter in Darnell". "T-Dawg" sounds like something an Okie would think was "urban", only from ten years ago.
Hey phil, i mean "T-dawg", stop trying. I know gay jokes are a huge crowd pleaser down there but it's not really relevant, ya know? Any pretense that you're from Seattle was just shattered by "The Oklahoman has an excellent beat reporter in Darnell". "T-Dawg" sounds like something an Okie would think was "urban", only from ten years ago.
Hey phil, i mean "T-dawg", stop trying. I know gay jokes are a huge crowd pleaser down there but it's not really relevant, ya know? Any pretense that you're from Seattle was just shattered by "The Oklahoman has an excellent beat reporter in Darnell". "T-Dawg" sounds like something an Okie would think was "urban", only from ten years ago.
Another good move by Presti. It's a shame we didn't support the team when we had them. Presti is building a team that is going to be a winner for a long time. The Oklahoman has an excellent beat reporter in Darnell, much better than we have here. If I never read another word from Percy and Jayda it will be too soon.
Quote from the Sporting News about the Jokelahoma...But man, I will never cease to be amused by the tone of The Oklahoman's NBA coverage. It really reads like it was either spit out by a soft-spoken HAL, or done with a Microsoft template, or by one of those college seniors sent over to hang out in the Green Zone to help draw up the Iraqi constitution....
But then we have known for years this paper has been a rag.
Clay Bennett, Oklahoma City - Aug 20, 2008 at 4:00 pm
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Lost: Marshall (waivers) Grifin and Ridnour (trade), Francisco Elson (FA to Mil), Michael Gelabale (FA), Ronald Dupree (FA)
Limbo: Swift (RFA - qualifying offer)
But then we have known for years this paper has been a rag.
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/10690/oklahoma_citys_nba_reporting_=_fail