By Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports LAS VEGAS – The Denver Nuggets couldn’t give Al Harrington(notes) more money than the Dallas Mavericks, so they offered him dinner and their starting power forward job. 比起小牛,金块没办法给Al Harrington更多的钱, 所以他们请吃晚餐,外加先发的保证 That was enough to convince Harrington to agree to a five-year, $34 million contract to join the Nuggets, league sources said. 这足以说服他以五年3400万中产全额加入金块 The Mavericks were also prepared to give Harrington a five-year, $34 million deal – the maximum allowed using the midlevel exception – and were “real close” to signing him Tuesday afternoon, sources with knowledge of the talks said. But the Nuggets swayed Harrington during a dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel that included Denver’s front-office staff and Harrington’s agent, Dan Fegan. 小牛也提出相同的金额,周二晚也差点要签 但在四季旅馆金块改变他与经纪人费根的决定 One of the Nuggets’ strongest selling points was that Harrington would be their starting power forward – something the Mavericks couldn’t promise given that All-Star Dirk Nowitzki(notes) plays that position. Kenyon Martin(notes) started at power forward for much of last season for the Nuggets, but is recovering from offseason surgery on his right knee. One league source said Martin was told his recovery is ahead of schedule, but the team has yet to project his return date. 金块最大卖点就是Harrington可以先发,小牛则没法,因为前面挡个德佬 金块前先发Martin膝盖手术则需要时间康复 Denver was also helped by the fact that Harrington’s former financial adviser Bret Bearup now works in the Nuggets’ front office. The Nuggets’ brass later celebrated the agreement with Harrington and Fegan at the Bellagio Hotel late Tuesday. 金块也受到Harrington前财政顾问Bret Bearup的帮助 他现任职於金块制服组,周二稍晚费根,Harrington,和他相约去开趴庆祝签约 The Nuggets hope Harrington’s signing will help convince All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony(notes) to sign the three-year, $65 million contract extension he’s been offered. 金块希望签下Harrington能帮助他们以三年6500万延长续约Melo “Appreciate the love and concern. But I’m taking my talents to the Mile High,” Harrington said on his Twitter account. Harrington在推特留下"感谢各位爱与关心,我会发挥我的能力" Harrington’s signing will keep the Nuggets from matching the four-year, $18 million offer sheet forward Linas Kleiza(notes) signed with the Toronto Raptors. 签下Harrington似乎代表不太可能match 暴龙对Kleiza提出的四年1800万 Harrington, 30, averaged 17.7 points and 5.6 rebounds in 72 games for the New York Knicks last season. 30岁的Harrington上赛季在尼克72场出赛平均17.7分5.6篮板 http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-harringtonnuggets071310 --

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