※ [本文转录自 NBA 看板] 作者: royshine (理想现实) 看板: NBA 标题: [情报] Francis is free 时间: Wed Jul 11 09:11:26 2007 http://blog.washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider/2007/07/francis_is_free.html Francis Is Free It's official. The Portland Trail Blazers agreed to terms on a buyout with guard Steve Francis Tuesday afternoon, waiving the 29-year-old former all-star and allowing him become an unrestricted free agent. Francis is expected to easily clear waivers in seven days, since no teams have the cap room nor the desire to absorb the $34 million remaining on the final two years of his contract. The Los Angeles Clippers are believed to be front runners for Francis's serv ices and such a move would reunite Francis with his friend and former teamma te in Houston and Orlando, Cuttino Mobley. But according to a league source, the Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers have also expressed interest in Francis, who has averaged 18.4 points and 6.1 assists in eight seasons. Francis's agent, Jeff Fried, had been working diligently to free his client from the New York Knicks after a disappointing 1.5 year stint. Francis and Channing Frye were dealt to the Trail Blazers in a draft day deal that sent Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau and Fred Jones to the Knicks. Francis is coming off the worst season of his career, with nagging injuries and an inability to mesh with Stephon Marbury and find a consistent role contributing to him aver aging career lows in points (11.3), games played (44) and starts (30). Francis came out a clear cut winner in the agreement reached with Portland on Tuesday, as he was able to collect more than $30 million in deal. Fried said the deal allows Francis to choose the "right fit as opposed to the most money. He doesn't need much to be made whole." The buyout had been considered a foregone conclusion since the trade was con summated. Francis obviously didn't fit in with young Trail Blazers, who are building the franchise around Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in last month's NBA draft, rookie-of-year Brandon Roy and second-year forward LaMarcus Aldridge. And, Francis famously declared that he wouldn't play in the Pacific Northwest when the Vancouver Grizzlies selected No. 2 overall out of Maryland in 1999. Francis later forced a trade to Houston, where he was co-rookie of the year and made three all-star teams in five seasons before getting dealt to Orlando in exchange for Tracy McGrady in the summer of 2004. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blazers同意买断SF3. Clippers最有可能得到SF3(到底是和老猫兄弟情深) 小牛,热火,湖人也对小法有意 HOW ABOUT HOUSTON? -- 你被耍了 每当我考试砍下八九十分,在考场随心所欲地发挥 拿下两届年级得分王 你还真以为,那是我一个人干的? 不过,说真的 考试是一群人的 --

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