Sean May Signs Non-Guaranteed Deal with Nets

Humphries, Favors and May will battle it out

this signing means nothing he could be a third string or he could be a backup maybe even a starter if the nets don’t dont trade for a better player it all depends how much money he was signed or now they can package Hump and C-lee without taking in cap space(more flexbilty on trades) probably trade for a player making 4+ million this means more options without blowing up the cap.

Finally.

The GOAT.

I was bleeding in anxiousness as I awaited May’s decision. In fact, I’m surprised that LeBron and Bosh decided to choose their destination before May. He was the big fish (both literally and figuratively) this off-season and frankly if the Heat had just pursued Sean and paired him with Wade they would have guaranteed the franchise a ’ship. Very poor job by Riley.

I can not believe that King pulled this off, he has to be the early favorite for Exec of the Year for this move. Wow.

I can now safely say that the Nets will easily make the playoffs. In fact, I’d be surprised if they aren’t in the Conference Finals.

If the Nets can add Mike “The Second Coming” James to the roster than this is a sure-fire Finals team. Can’t wait for the season to start.

There’s not much risk here. We have to spend money and sign someone cause we’re below the minimum right? Nothing to lose here, small risk, possibly big reward. Unless May turns his career around pronto we are still seeking a starting 4 through a deal at some point.

Hes worse than Humphries…

I think Sean will show the NBA what they’ve been expecting to see all these years…He will be an All-Star this year….

but Sean Hemp was pretty good……..Man , he was smokin’…..

May has a more polished game than Humphries, if he stay healthy and in shape, i think it will be a good and pleasent suprise for us.
P.S. I sure Avery will keep him in shape

It may encourage some laziness and leaves us in a tough position in case someone w/o a contract looks really good in camp… A team playing well right before the official start should probably start ok… At least Uzoh and Zoubek are not guaranteed much… neither is Ross in the world of NBA salaries… I just hope King is open to releasing those guys to make room for someone not on the radar who dazzles.

my guess is if favors isn’t starting on opening day, he’ll DEFINITELY be the starter by the all-star break.

There’s one thing to remember. Ross can be dealt after 8/29. May is a end of the bench guy I believe because they know he hasn’t logged a lot of minutes. He’s just not ready to play yet. I think there will be a trade coming in the next month. That’s where your MAIN starter comes from.

Well, on the bright side Sean May was a 100% 3pt shooter in 07-08, and in 06-07 a 67% shooter, showing dramatic improvement in his long game. Last year was an off year (0%), but if we can just get him to shoot more we really might have a diamond in the rough. I can’t wait for those games of HORSE with Morrow.

Why go after a project, a guy who has had some self-discipline problems on a team that already has some maturity question marks, and a really young PF just drafted. I don’t even care if he is on the upswing, its adding instability to a team you are trying to STABILIZE. Even if he is 3rd string (which I doubt), why add a question mark to question marks. This is not time to try to catch lightening – pardon the pun – in a bottle.

I want no part of Jeffries. That’s why I believe Ross will be moved in part of a trade. They’re overloaded at the SF. If his Summer League game is any indication, if TWill is dealt, I see James starting at SF by the end of the year.

fine.

Cuz no one is laughing. Kiki was giving a mission to tank and make cap space. I don’t know what this is. At this rate, Nets can stay in NJ. No fans in Brooklyn.

underwhelming, pathetic, sad.

If the purpose is to take some pressure off of Favors and help him develop; given the options, I think the Nets did the right thing.

Jarron Collins

Im on board with what most people have said: I woulda definitely taken Boone and his horrendous free throw game over someone who never plays majority of the season. Non-Guaranteed contract or not

A guy, while talented, has never been a hard worker. If anyone can make him into a solid player, Coach Johnson is the guy. I’ve never been a fan of May, but he has10x the potential DeSagana Diop has. Now he can either succeed marvelously or fall on his face again. We’ll see if he’s up to the challenge.

I dont understand what the big deal is he’s another body making the league minimum…this is a guy whose still a bruiser too, yeah hes overweight but hes hungry after being the top 15 in the 2005 draft and now making the vets minimum, hes got something to prove. Also lets not forget the nets seem to have the opposite effect that the knicks have had on many chump players over the years…Mikki Moore hello he was a rail thin seven footer who kept us alive and kicking in our last playoff appearance against Lebron in the cavs ( I was actually at that game) when the nets fell behind 32 points early….so please people Sean May is no chump and his center of gravity is way lower than Josh Boone so he wont get pushed around at all.

low risk because of the small amount of money and length and flexibility of the deal…

Sean May would of had an eating buddy. I would just wait at Cluck-U-Chicken if i wanted their autograph.

At his size (horizontally) and slowness, isn’t he more a Center?

Can you imagine may trying to guard a stretch PF like Lewis, or a quick PF like Bosh, or pretty much any PF.

I know he has quality footwork and moves offensively, though, can he get his shots off given his physical limitations?

Cavs or Nets? Its impossible to tell right now. That Russian made a really big splash.

"Right now I don’t think he’s ready to play at all," coach Larry Brown said Saturday. "I think he’s trying, but I don’t think he’s in the kind of shape to be able to compete on this level and do all the things he’s capable of doing."

"I’ve got to get in better shape. I’ve got to get in better condition," May said. "I haven’t played in so long that, boom, it’s hit me smack dab in the face. I’m picking up some early fouls due to being out of position. My timing is a little off. Now, here in a week we’re getting ready to play, so I’ve got to do a lot of work."

“big baby” is the new lingo for “fat guy”

KV would critique a kindergärtner on his finger painting.

However, Sean seems to believe he will get in shape and be able to prove himself.

Since I now believe that Nets will wait until after start of season for any serious trade for a PF, then Sean May SHOULD make team, as there IS a PF slot available. Sean should only be better than he was last year (when he played some backup Center too). If he can return to the healthy part of 06-07, he should be an asset.

I can’t see why Sean Doesn’t make team, barring injury or failure to get under 265 (which he did last year to honor his contract).

Sean should make team. However, at some point before trade deadline, someone is going to have to be cut, to keep roster at 15.

If there was a cut/buyout, what would the $ amount that would count towards salary cap for:
 May, Uzoh/Zoubeck, Ross (since NBA is paying some of their salary?)

If Nets could get same arrangement of non-guaranteed deal with JCollins, he might be worth an invite too.
He may provide an alternative to Zoubec, who probably has limited upside (especially on Defense).

Nets appear to be going the “cheap” route for the time being, until they can evaluate their team.

Although I still believe the Nets will have to use most of their cap space for 2010 to eventually get a playoff contender, they may delay that decision until the whole picture is clearer.

The concern is that by the time Nets decide to make use of their capspace, they may be out of playoff contention.
On the other hand there is a chance for pleasant surprises from players like Favors, May, DJames, TWill and Petro – in which case Nets could still be contending without making a serious addition.

May is over 6’8" in shoes, as his Hump, and both are Mooses. May briefly was the starting Center for Kings at the beginning of last season.

Here are May’s 2005 Combine stats:
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Sean-May-11/
His jumping was adequate for his weight. I wonder if anyone knows his present leaping ability almost 3 years post micro fracture surgery?
May is now 26 years old, not 25 as some reported.

Also, I don’t think May is competing directly with Hump for a place on team. May would be competing with Hump for PT if he made team, but there really isn’t any player (yet) that May is competing with (except with himself).

(May would be 15th player counting Zoubek and Uzoh).

The guy is a statue ferchrissake. Couldn’t get much time with the Kings, and when he did, they were even more terrible. And this was in his best year as a pro. Sure, if he is not going to make the team, who cares, but if this is the PF signing of the off-season, it signals that we are OK with stinking this season and not serious about attracting high quality resources around Favors for his development.

Tolliver just signed with the TWolves, and he could have helped us a lot more than May, so we were out-manuvered by Kahn. What does that say? We can’t attract Khryapa? We are actually debating the merits of Josh freakin’ Boone! We ditch Yi for nothing so we can pick up this scrub May? I could go on and on, but you get the point. We’ve seen it before. It’s going to be a loooooooooooong year.

created a Nick-Name for Sean May ????………….Uhh….May-onaisse’…..Sounds french…Petro would like that…….