作者chpan (chimp)
站内Lakers
标题L.A.Times:A Laker Makeover Could Be in the Mail
时间Fri Jul 4 19:55:29 2003
嗯 还没签约前的事情都不具实质的意义
大家看看就好....
大意是:
消息指出,在湖人队和 Malone 进行合约的洽谈中,双方相谈甚欢.
Malone 甚至表示愿意以低薪加入湖人,让湖人可以用中产阶级来做其他位置的补强
(例:Payton).....
http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-lakers
4jul04,1,3873852.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-nba-lakers
A Laker Makeover Could Be in the Mail
By Tim Brown, Times Staff Writer
The Lakers' negotiations with Karl Malone have gone so well that they are
considering the possibility they could sign him and still offer their full
mid-level exception to Gary Payton.
Sources with knowledge of conversations between Malone and General Manager
Mitch Kupchak said Malone expressed a desire to sign with the Lakers as well
as an appreciation for their wish for a guard, namely Payton
Malone, it appears, has made the Lakers the perfect offer: his services for as
low as the veteran's minimum exception ($1.5 million for the first year), or
whatever rate they agree would be necessary to top off their roster with
Payton. It is possible the offer is dependent on the mid-level money going
to Payton. If not, the Lakers could split the mid-level to improve their depth
in the backcourt and sign another front-court player, perhaps Robert Horry, or
use the entire mid-level exception for Malone. The Lakers also could lose
Malone if Payton declines their offer.
In the process, Malone has convinced the Lakers that his only agenda, in
what would be his 19th NBA season, would be to win the championship that
eluded him in Utah.
It would be an extraordinary gesture by a 39-year-old player still skilled
enough to have been selected to last year's All-Star game and next year's
Olympic team. Last season, Malone averaged at least 20 points for the 17th
consecutive season and was the only power forward endorsed by Horry on the day
Horry's option was not exercised.
Malone, who as a free agent also has drawn interest from the San Antonio
Spurs, is still well regarded as a rebounder and defender, enough that
Shaquille O'Neal already has given his blessing to any deal that would bring
in Malone.
Payton is expected to sit down with Kupchak sometime this holiday weekend,
perhaps today. He earned $12.6 million last season, which he split between the
Seattle SuperSonics and the Milwaukee Bucks, and in the open market or in a
sign-and-trade deal could fetch nearly three times the $4.7 million or so
the Lakers have available for their mid-level exception.
As it stands, Malone is waiting on the Lakers, who are waiting on Payton.
The Lakers are hopeful that a multi-year contract taking Payton close to his
40th birthday, and the chance to play beside O'Neal, Malone and Kobe Bryant —
four probable Hall of Famers in the same starting lineup — would be enough
to convince him to pass up millions.
In the meantime, power forwards Juwan Howard and P.J. Brown continued to
shop the NBA, for the moment with the Lakers intent on coming to an
agreement with Malone. One possible snag: owner Jerry Buss is in Europe and
Coach Phil Jackson is on a motorcycle, on his way to North Dakota for his 40th
high school reunion, and so the ever-changing details of negotiations are
taking time to run through the organization.
Teams may not sign free agents until July 16. Handshake agreements can be
reached, however.
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