By MARC BERMAN July 7, 2007 -- David Lee is off the table. Lee 不会拿来谈判。 If the Knicks are to obtain Ron Artest in a summer package, they'll have to do it without Lee being included in the package. According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Knick president Isiah Thomas has not made Lee available in talks with Sacramento, nor will he in potential future talks. 根据内线可靠消息，未来关於 Ron Artest 的交易，Lee 都不会成为筹码。 That would seem to decrease the chances of the Knicks putting together a strong-enough package to get Artest, especially since Kings GM Geoff Petrie is considered a stubborn negotiator. 看来可以交易的空间缩小了，尤其面对到的是难说服的国王队 GM --- Geoff Petrie。 The Knicks would likely only pony up Lee in a deal for Kobe Bryant or Kevin Garnett. Lee, who averaged a double-double (10.7, 10.4) last season, is a leading candidate for Sixth Man of the Year. 尼克看来只愿意把这个去年最佳第六人人选，放在特大物的交易上。 However, Lee's minutes are expected to drop next season with the addition of starting power forward Zach Randolph. Although he rarely started, Lee got many of his minutes at power forward for the ineffective Channing Frye, now a Blazer. Lee 下季的上场时间势必受 Z-BO 的到来而下降，尽管 Lee 去年先发次数不多， 但能从 Frye 身上偷到不少上场时间。 The Knicks have plenty of other prospects to make a deal. However, they could wait until after next season when Artest, 27, opts out and becomes a free agent. The controversial former Defensive Player of the Year from Queensbridge has said in the past he would opt out to sign with the Knicks. 尼克计画其他方法来交易，也可以等待阿泰下季跳脱合约，曾经获得年度最佳防守 奖项来自皇后区的他，渴望来到尼克。 But Thomas could only offer a five-year deal starting at the mid-level exception, which could be worth $6 million per next summer. 不过现实的是...尼克只能提供5年中产条款，一年可能只值600万的条款。 Petrie can scout a number of the Knicks' young players at this week's Las Vegas summer league. The Knicks open play Monday vs. Seattle in Kevin Durant's pro debut. Petrie 可以去参观尼克的夏季联盟比赛，来观察希望获得球员。 On the summer-league team that began practice yesterday are last season's rookies, Renaldo Balkman, Mardy Collins and Randolph Morris, plus 2007 draftees Wilson Chandler and Demitris Nichols. Nate Robinson, surprisingly, also will play. 尼克已经开始练习，比较意外的是 Nate 也将参与比赛。 The chances are stronger that an Artest trade would happen later in the summer, when the contracts of Dan Dickau, Fred Jones and Chandler can be traded. Chandler, the first-round pick out of DePaul, is expected to sign his rookie deal Monday 两个新秀将於周一签约，尼克若想交易新秀及刚加入尼克球员球员Jones跟Dickau， 就得等到夏天尾。 --

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