por cebemaniaco »
07 Jul 2009, 07:54
Ojito a Grant Hill, que por lo visto ayer quedo encantado con la visita a NY, al MSG y con las entrevistas con Walsh y D´Antoni, vamos que se lo toma muy en serio el interes de los Knicks.
Grant Hill spent the day with the Knicks and said he is "very serious" about the possibility of signing with the team.
"I've always been a fan of the Knicks and the city," Hill said. "Obviously, they've gone through a lot the last few years, but I'm a big fan of Donnie Walsh and Mike D'Antoni, so I'm definitely interested. I'm just taking it all in."
D'Antoni spoke about what Hill may be able to bring to the Knicks.
"Yes, he's going to be 37 and you don't know when he's going to hit the wall, but he hasn't hit the wall yet," D'Antoni said. "If he was 25, we couldn't get him anyway."
PD: A Grant Hill aun le quedan dos añitos de categoria, porque un tio con la clase que destila Grant puede jugar a esto mientras que quiera, veremos que ocurre.
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Tema Lee: Ultimos rumores.
La situacion de Lee, se complica y mucho.... ya no es cuestion de pasta, ya es cuestion de equipos.... Portland, Detroit, Memphis y cia han pasado de el.
With two days to go until the official signing period begins, here's the latest free-agent buzz gathered from conversations with executives, agents, and others in the know:
* Despite reports that the Trail Blazers were preparing to make a major bid for Knicks restricted free agent David Lee, a coaching source familiar with the situation said Portland is more interested in the Lakers' Lamar Odom. And the source described the Odom situation with Portland as "lukewarm." The Blazers and Lee's agent, Mark Bartelstein, discussed the situation early in the negotiating period, but Portland was preoccupied at that time with its pursuit of Hedo Turkoglu. Now that Turkoglu has spurned the Blazers and committed to the Raptors, Portland is deliberating what to do with its $9 million in cap space. The Blazers have been exploring point-guard options for some time, but the coaching source said Sixers free agent Andre Miller isn't the answer because of his sub-part shooting ability.
* Lee's situation is complicated by the fact that the teams with cap space have either spent it on other players (Detroit, Toronto, Memphis) or are proceeding cautiously in the first wave of free agency (Oklahoma City, Sacramento). The market for Lee is difficult to navigate because teams are hesitant to endure the seven-day period during which the Knicks would have the right to match. Sign-and-trades, too, are untenable due to the fact that Lee's first-year cap number would be exorbitant based on his status as a base-year compensation player. Knicks president Donnie Walsh has played this as close to perfectly as possible from the beginning.
PD: Solo aparece un nombre los Jazz, si Boozer va a Detroit por Rip Hamilton y Millsap acepta la oferta de los Thunder.... y por ahi hay una ronda que nos interesa Y MUCHO, ojala a Jerry Sloan le entren las prisas por Lee.
