The Golden State Warriors have signed free agent guards Aaron Miles and Ray Young, free agent forward Justin Davis and free agent center Deji Akindele, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin announced today. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not announced.

Miles, 22, played the last four seasons at the University of Kansas, finishing his collegiate career ranked eighth on the NCAA?s all-time assist list with 954 total assists.  The 6-4 guard averaged 9.3 points and 7.2 assists per game in 2004-05 as a senior.

Young, 25, was a member of the Warriors? 2005 Summer League team, where the UCLA product averaged 7.8 points per contest in four games.  The 6-4 guard is a native of Oakland and attended St. Joseph?s Notre Dame High School in Alameda.

Davis, 24, played four seasons at Stanford under Warriors head coach Mike Montgomery.  As a senior in 2003-04, the 6-9 center averaged 10.9 points and 6.6 rebounds while helping lead the Cardinal to a 30-2 record.  Davis, a Berkeley native who also attended St. Joseph?s Notre Dame High School in Alameda, played professionally this past season in Greece.

According to an article in the Contra Costa Times, Warriors GM Chris Mullin said there's still a chance he could add someone to the roster, using part or all of their available $5.2 million trade exception.

According to Mullin, the Warriors have had "internal" talks about Chicago Bulls center Eddy Curry, a restricted free agent, and are interested in a handful of other players.

The Golden State Warriors have hired John MacLeod as an assistant coach, it was announced today by Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Mullin. MacLeod joins Mario Elie, Keith Smart and Russell Turner on Head Coach Mike Montgomery?s staff.

MacLeod arrives in Oakland with a wealth of basketball coaching experience as both a head coach and as an assistant, including over 20 years in the NBA. Having begun his NBA coaching career with the Phoenix Suns in 1973, MacLeod ranks 15th on the all-time NBA coaching win list with 707 career victories.  In 18 seasons as an NBA head coach, he posted a 707-657 (.518) record.

?We?re extremely pleased and fortunate to add someone the caliber of John MacLeod to our coaching staff,? said Mullin. ?His impressive resume speaks for itself in terms of his success in the NBA and the experience he has gained in this league.  We think he?ll make a wonderful addition to our organization and team.?

According to a French publication, the Golden State Warriors have signed Esteban Batista to a one-year contract worth $900,000.

He is a 22-year-old Uruguayan center with a lot of promise.

Another report out of China claims that he will sign a two-year deal with Atlanta.

Now that most free agents are signed, GM's have begun to turn their attention towards their own players, those from the draft class of 2002.

Yao Ming started things off by landing a max contract.

A max contract will soon follow for Amare Stoudemire.

Agents for Mike Dunleavy and Tayshaun Prince have already begun negotiations.  Those talks will be more tricky because neither player is in line for anywhere close to a max contract.

The Atlanta Hawks gave Uruguayan center Esteban Batista a two year offer worth almost 900,000 dollars informed Pedro Perez, who works with Aaron Goodwin, who is Batista's agent.

"Batista is very happy to have the opportunity to play against the best players in the World," said Perez.

The offer was recieved on Friday, when Batista turned 22 years.

Batista revealed that his agent is also working an offer with Golden State, being Atlanta the best offer so far.

In eight games played, he averaged 18.0 points and 15.6 rebounds per game in the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship.