Franchise835
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Steve Francis is being strongly sought by the desperate New York Knicks, who want to pair him in the backcourt with Stephon Marbury in a bid to save their season.</div><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Two sources involved in the Francis trade discussions told ESPN.com on Tuesday that New York is actively pursuing Francis, who is being shopped full throttle by the Orlando Magic . The Denver Nuggets remain in the hunt for Francis, but they are not the leading option as they were a few days ago. The Minnesota Timberwolves also were trying to stay in the mix, looking for a third team to take on players Orlando is not interested in. New York was believed to be offering Penny Hardaway, Jamal Crawford and at least one other player, likely Trevor Ariza, David Lee or Nate Robinson, in a deal in which the Knicks would also take back center Kelvin Cato, whose $8.64 million salary comes off the cap at the end of the season. Cato would have to be included along with Francis ($13.7 million) to provide a match for the salaries of Hardaway ($15.75 million), Crawford ($6.5 million) and the third player, be it Robinson ($1.2 million), Lee (860,000) and/or Ariza $640,000).</div>http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/391...r_francis_hard/O man this would be amazing....I would get to see Franchise back in town and him and Starbury together would be an interesting match. For the knicks tho, its not really anything thats gonna salvage a season, but it would bring back some energy and excitement that has been lost over hte last few months because of poor play. On the magic side, all i wanna see is Francis out of there, that organization is a joke and i hope they dump yet another star. Dwight will be a beast but knowing the way that management is run who have already lost-Shaq, Tmac, Penny, Ben Wallace, and Chauncy Billups(i think) he could get traded for like a 2nd round draft pick and a no name. I know im just venting but ive been very upset w/ the magic ever since the Mobley trade, and wish nothing well of what is left there outside of the players like Grant Hill, Jameer Nelson, DeShawn Stevenson, Dwight Howard, Pat Garrity, Tony Battie, Kelvin Cato, and Hedo Turkoglu to be exact.
