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Teams map out their free-agent strategies

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Following is an early shopping list for each of the league's 29 teams as they embark on the free-agent bonanza. Keep in mind, only a handful of teams (Chicago, L.A. Clippers, Detroit, Houston, Orlando and Seattle) are expected to be under the salary cap. The remaining teams will be able to offer free agents only the $4.5 million midlevel exception.

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Team	Weakness(es)	Who's out there
	point guard	Avery Johnson, Rod Strickland, Tim Hardaway, Shammond Williams
	point guard, center	Shammond Williams, Nazr Mohammed
	bench shooters	Dee Brown, Danny Ferry, Dan Majerle
	everywhere	Marc Jackson, Tim Hardaway, LaPhonso Ellis, Nazr Mohammed, Eddie Robinson
	perimeter scorers	Shandon Anderson, Eddie Robinson, LaPhonso Ellis
	backup point, perimeter defender	Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, Ruben Patterson, Bruce Bowen, Shandon Anderson, Moochie Norris, Chris Mullin
	backup point	Avery Johnson, Tyronn Lue, Alvin Williams, Samaki Walker
	big man, scorer	Chris Webber, Allan Houston, Maurice Taylor, Nazr Mohammed, Marc Jackson
	backup point	Avery Johnson, Tim Hardaway
	power forward	Chris Webber, Antonio Davis
	big man	Todd MacCulloch, Marc Jackson
	center	Nazr Mohammed
	power forward	Christian Laettner, Jerome Williams, Mark Bryant, Matt Bullard, Mitch Richmond
	backup center	Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Avery Johnson
	center, backup point	Nazr Mohammed, Todd MacCulloch, Tyronn Lue
	big man	Joe Smith, Kendall Gill
	perimeter	Eddie Robinson
	big man, point guard	Chris Webber, Todd MacCulloch, Maurice Taylor, Joe Smith, Nazr Mohammed, Jerome Williams, Shammond Williams, Rod Strickland
	big man	Chris Webber, Antonio Davis, Jerome Williams, Marc Jackson, Tyronn Lue
	small forward	Dan Majerle, Danny Manning, Bruce Bowen
	power forward	Maurice Taylor, Dan Majerle, Kendall Gill
	center	Nazr Mohammed, Marc Jackson, Todd MacCulloch, Ruben Patterson
	big man	Nazr Mohammed, Marc Jackson, Todd MacCulloch
	small forward	Shandon Anderson, Eddie Robinson, Bruce Bowen, Ruben Patterson
	center	Marc Jackson, Todd MacCulloch, Nazr Mohammed, Jerome Williams
	center	Nazr Mohammed, Todd MacCulloch
	center	Nazr Mohammed, Todd MacCulloch
	backup point	Eliott Perry
	power forward	Jerome Williams, Chris Gatling, Joe Smith, Gary Trent, Clarence Weatherspoon, Horace Grant, Tim Hardaway

 

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