Cheaney picks up player option

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Calbert Cheaney exercised his player option Thursday to return to the Golden State Warriors next season.

The option is worth approximately $1.6 million, Cheaney's salary this season.

Cheaney, a 12-year NBA veteran, has spent the last two seasons with the Warriors, intermittently contributing as a backup on the young team. The 33-year-old averaged 4.5 points in 55 games last season, but sat out the last five weeks with a sprained right ankle.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-w...ov=ap&type=lgns

 

My neighbor is Calbert's daughters teacher and she said that he was going to pick up his option. She told me this 2 weeks ago.

 

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<div class="quote_poster">Quoting REREM:</div><div class="quote_post">for sale cheap-1 high-mileage swingman,no offer refused </div>
Lol. Usually I'm not a fan of Cheaney, but he is a leader to the younger guys like Pietrus

 

I like Cheaney. He's a very nice man. But yeah, he's so one-dimensional and predictable at times and he has the worst turnover rate in crucial moments. Hopefully the midrange jump shot is still his bread and butter. It wasn't quite the same last season and he couldn't really close out games with shots he was supposed to hit.

 

Cheaney is a funny dude. When Dunleavy was ejected everyone was stunned except Calbert. He was laughing up a storm. 1.6 million? That's not too bad. Just stay out of Pietrus' way.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting upsidedownside7:</div><div class="quote_post">When Dunleavy was ejected everyone was stunned except Calbert. He was laughing up a storm.</div> I think everyone was stunned that he got so vocal with the refs that it got him tossed out of the game after his first T. Then I think everyone was laughing up a storm when he tossed his jersey into the stands. It's like he was trying to be Kenyon Martin or something.

Anyway, I want to see more of that fire coming from him. It'd be cool if he emulated Rick Barry in every way possible.

 

I wouldn't doubt if that 1.6 million is a filler in a trade.

 

Does Cheaney still get paid whether there's a lockout this year?

 

NBA contracts pay per game, so if there are no games due to a lockout, all players dont get paid. If the lockout doesn't extend into the season, no one will suffer any losses.

 

Thanks Zhone.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">
Anyway, I want to see more of that fire coming from him. It'd be cool if he emulated Rick Barry in every way possible.</div>

Musselman really was an idiot when he dealt with Dunleavy. He hindered his development and until Baron came here Dunleavy didn't start showing any fire. I watched him at Duke and he had a certain poise when he played with Jay-Williams. I remember during one of Duke's runs Dunleavy shot dagger after dagger like he knew each shot would fall.

After the Davis deal, during the 4th quarter in Minnesota when Dunleavy made all those shots reminded me of those Duke days. He was actually smiling but still trying to focus on the game. That was a big boost for him.

 

I think Muss's failures to spark his rookies here and favor vets hurt his chances of landing the Cleveland job. They also helped give Cheaney new life as a viable player in the league, as well.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Zhone:</div><div class="quote_post">I think Muss's failures to spark his rookies here and favor vets hurt his chances of landing the Cleveland job. They also helped give Cheaney new life as a viable player in the league, as well.</div>
Yeah it was ridiculous, Musselman was even doing the same thing to Jrich in his sophmore year. I think the main reasons were that both Dunleavy and Jrich were a bunch of matadors in the 4th quarter and the fact they both disappeared on offense after the first half. They did not know how to play NBA defense, fight through those screens, play the angles, who to play close, who to play off of, which guys tend to go right, which guys tend to go left, which guys tend to go all the way or when they like to pull up. They didn't beat their man off the dribble, shoot particularly well while being contested, or use their size or bulk to their advantage more. I think with Cheaney, at least you knew he was going to play D as best as he could and he could hit in front of a defender's face. Of course you know the rest about Cheaney's game, very limited, predictable, and one dimensional and he doesn't pass as much as he should, but then again he's been handed a lot of passes at the last moment before the clock expires and he can put the ball in the hoop.