Sessions NOW getting offer from Knicks?

[SheedSoNasty]

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60761/20090723/report_knicks_near_5_year_offer_to_sessions/

Five years with the first year starting at 5.8

 

[Nikolokolus]

Bucks will match. There won't be any balloon raises in the 3rd-5th years (because the Knicks have no cap room) which means his total salary is going to be Beno Udrih money, a mere 30 million dollars.

 

[Minstrel]

Can the Bucks match and trade? Does matching a RFA offer count as a sign for a "sign-and-trade?"

 

[Nikolokolus]

Can the Bucks match and trade? Does matching a RFA offer count as a sign for a "sign-and-trade?"

I'm not sure, but what angle are you thinking of?

 

[Ed O]

Can the Bucks match and trade? Does matching a RFA offer count as a sign for a "sign-and-trade?"

I do not believe so, except to that team. If an offer sheet has been signed, all three teams have to agree to rescind it, so the Knicks wouldn't allow the offer to be rescinded unless they wanted to work out a sign-and-trade between those three teams.

Larry Coon says

If the team matches an offer sheet, they cannot trade the player in a sign-and-trade arrangement

http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q36

Ed O.

 

[Idog1976]

I do not believe so, except to that team. If an offer sheet has been signed, all three teams have to agree to rescind it, so the Knicks wouldn't allow the offer to be rescinded unless they wanted to work out a sign-and-trade between those three teams.

Larry Coon says



http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q36

Ed O.

Good info. All signs point toward Kirk or Miller. Please god let it be Kirk.

PG Kirk
SG Roy
SF Batum
PF LMA
C Oden

That's a defensive monster.

 

[Iwatas]

It only counts if Sessions signs it.

I fear that Portland will do nothing to improve the PG position. But there is a great opportunity here ....

 

[axs88]

Good info. All signs point toward Kirk or Miller. Please god let it be Kirk.

PG Kirk
SG Roy
SF Batum
PF LMA
C Oden

That's a defensive monster.

Yes, and then I think we should get Lee and trade Joel for Battier. What do you think? J/K.
When I started reading your post, I seriously expected it. Good job resisting it.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Pritchard should come in offering a mil more than the Knicks are. Do the right thing and wait the 10 days to see what goes down.

 

[Idog1976]

Yes, and then I think we should get Lee and trade Joel for Battier. What do you think? J/K.
When I started reading your post, I seriously expected it. Good job resisting it.

LOL. Yep!

 

[Trader Ed]

One of our regulars made an important subtle point

Milwaukee just signed Ilyasova to a 3 year deal. So a full $5.8 mil offer to Sessions from NY would put Milwaukee into the luxury tax payment land... increasing the odds that Milwukee will not match it. And it has been said in a few places they would not match anyways.


So as the STORY unfolds...
We also know Chicago has interest in Lee, and Walsh loves Lee but does not want to pay da man what he is asking. So an increasing chance he is S&T. But, if NY gets Sessions.. Lee will probably not be S&T for a PG...

as been talked about If Lee goes to CHI, it would best be served to deal with a 3rd team with cap space.... uhm hmmm

 

[Crimson the Cat]

Strange that "sources" reveal, at exactly the same time, New York and Portland, are prepared to offer Sessions and Miller, respectively, contracts.

I'm sure this was to put pressure on a team or player to make a decision. God, I love the off-season. These GMs and their chess matches are fun to watch.

 

[Crimson the Cat]

Reasoning for not going after Session?

Blazer fans continue to ask why the Blazers have not engaged in talks with Ramon Sessions? According to sources the Blazers did make contact with Sessions, but ultimately decided he did not fit their team dynamic well enough to spend $30 million on. There is little doubt that Sessions is a heck of a playmaker, but the Blazers feel they have better options that fit their system on the team now and any expenditures would have to be improvements or upgrades and apparently Sessions was not viewed as either, mostly because of style of play.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?STORY_ID=13424

 

[Crimson the Cat]

I'm puzzled by this. Then, why go after Miller, who is primarily the same player. It must be due to experience, I suppose?

 

[Crimson the Cat]

So, Sessions will be either a Clipper, Knick, or Buck.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Reasoning for not going after Session?



http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?STORY_ID=13424

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