OT: Barnes to Toronto deal stalled because of "miscalculation"

[B-Roy]

WojYahooNBA

For Matt Barnes-to-Toronto, a league source says, "The sign and trade (scenario) is dead." Blamed on a "miscalculation" somewhere in talks.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5393637

Sources told ESPN.com that the teams will resume discussions Tuesday, as planned all along, with the intent of landing Barnes with the Raptors via sign-and-trade.

Yet no such deal could be assured as of midnight, raising the possibility that Barnes would have to accept new terms to sign with the Raptors or that other teams that have been chasing Barnes will get another shot at him if the deal collapses.

Since Toronto recently spent the bulk of its $5.8 million mid-level exception to sign Linas Kleiza, it doesn't have the available funds to sign Barnes outright to a deal that starts in the neighborhood of $4 million.

The Magic, though, are prevented by salary-cap rules from starting a sign-and-trade deal for Barnes at higher than $2 million, because Orlando doesn't have Barnes' full Bird rights after employing him for only one season. A sign-and-trade deal would also have to span at least three years, although only the first year is required to be guaranteed.

I hope our FA is not as incompetent as Toronto's.

 

[Darkwebs]

And that, my friends, is why you should hire an Asian guy as your GM.

 

[inconceivable]

wow that's a shame

 

[DaRizzle]

wow that's a shame

I saw you posted and came in here really hoping you just typed your screen name

now i will leave disappointed

 

[LittleAlex]

Too bad his name isn't LeBron.

No miscalculation then.

 

[Master Shake]

It happens lol.

 

[huevonkiller]

I hope Toronto can work it out, for Barnes' sake at least.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]