作者nick13tw (小尼克)
看板Timberwolves
标题[转录]Rumor about Garnett
时间Wed Jul 6 21:57:20 2005
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作者: annachie (..............) 看板: Knicks
标题: Rumor about Garnett
时间: Wed Jul 6 21:48:55 2005
It's time the truth of what has been going on behind the scenes in the NBA
was revealed. I have a friend who is relatively high up in the Staples Center
who has close connections to the Lakers and the NBA. Last year if you recall
my thread, "Shaq to Miami is a done deal" which few believed at the time.
Believe me or don't, it makes no difference. There is a bidding war going on
for Kevin Garnett.
1. After the last season, Garnett reached his breaking point. Kevin Garnett
has demanded one of two things in Minnesota: A team that can contend for the
forseeable future with no more major turnover, or he wants out. After seeing
how Shaq was able to dictate where and with who he would play when he was
traded and his success that followed, Garnett believes he can do something
similar. This is the reason you see teams making strange moves, like the
Lakers drafting Bynum and the Knicks trading for Q-Rich. They are stocking on
talent to try to deal for Garnett. This is the main reason why the rumor mill
has been quiet, the entire league is waiting to see what happens with Garnett.
2. After the past season, Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor was fed up with
pouring money into a franchise that has had to nothing but bad luck. First
the Joe Smith fiasco, and now the Cassell/Sprewell ordeal. After a decade of
trying to get somewhere with Garnett, the cap restraints and lack of roster
manueverability has led him to believe that it's time to start over while
Garnett can still fetch something decent in return as he is in his prime. He
also wants to make a move for the Vikings and is looking to save money where
he can for his bid/running of the team.
3. Garnett's initial list of teams he would be content with was: Cleveland,
New York, Lakers, Chicago, Philadelphia. Minnesota contacted these teams
first so people assumed this was his list. Garnett is appreciative of the
Wolves organization and thus never made his demands public, because he wants
to give the Wolves a chance to either fix the situation, or get a good deal
for him. The majority of the teams are in the East, because the Wolves would
rather have Garnett there for obvious reasons. Garnett's teams all have one
major thing in common: They are not in a winning situation and he would not
necessarily be percieved as going to a ready-made "easy" ring.
Minnesota is demanding: Young talent, draft picks, and cap flexibility. Along
with Garnett, whichever team takes him has to take either Hudson, Szczerbiak,
or both of them as well because of their contracts.
Cleveland: They are not banking on Garnett because they don't necessarily
have the assets to get a deal done. The players they get in free agency could
however be the core of a package for him. Don't know much about what's going
on here.
New York: Garnett would love to play with Marbury again in the bright lights
of NY. New York has some talent and expiring deals(Crawford, Frye, Thomas
etc.) and could retain some solid players around Marbury and Garnett. Word
has it that Minnesota tried to counter by offering a deal for Marbury but
Isiah felt they had invested too much into him to give him away for what the
Wolves were offering(Expiring deals, and/or supposedly Wally). Talks have
cooled here somewhat according to my friend because of the counter proposals.
Chicago: Garnett went to high school here and likes the talent. Minnesota
supposedly is demanding one of their big men(Curry or Chandler re-signed),
Deng or Niocini, and one of their guards(Hinrich or Gordon) along with some
combination of picks. Chicago would love to get Garnett like everyone else,
but Garnett is 29 and they are hedging on whether they want to give up so
much young talent for him.
Philadelphia. Iverson and a big market. Philly has some interesting
peices(Dalembert and Iggy) but I don't know much about what has been
discussed with them.
Lakers: I know the most abou these discussions because my friend is most
closely connected here. They are a West team but Garnett is pushing heavily
for them along with NY and Chicago because he and Kobe want to play with each
other(They like each others work ethic and passion for basketball, and Kobe
feels KG is one of the few superstars that doesn't resent him because of how
his career has gone). Wolves won't take Brian Grants contract. Lakers core
package consists of Odom, Bynum, roleplayers with expiring deals(Mihm,
George, Atkins etc.) and multiple future draft picks. They will not part with
Butler if they have to give up Odom because many feel Butler is on the cusp
of being an All-Star and has a good friendship and chemistry with Kobe. They
also think Kobe, Butler, KG is a better fit than having Odom and KG on the
same team. Again, problem is LA is in the West and McHale does not want to
deal with LA, but supposedly the Lakers have talked with Minnesota's GM Stack
directly. Word is Taylor overrode McHale because he just wants a good deal
while making Garnett happy(Taylor and KG think highly of each other).
Recently, the Nets and Indiana(I think Bird and McHale's connection makes
this a real possibility) have made pushes. Indiana is offering JO, Granger,
some of their bigger deals to even salaries(Croshere, Bender etc.) and picks.
Jersey is supposedly offering BOTH Jefferson and Carter, but people are not
sure how Carter would respond to a situation where he might not be able to
win in Minnesota without Garnett. I heard some things about Boston(Same
situation as Chicago, contend with Pierce and Garnett but they would have to
give up tons of their young talent) and Orlando(Minny demanded Dwight as the
core of a package, Orlando said no.) but I don't think talks are serious
there. Teams are supposedly getting impatient and while they have been quiet
on this issue(to keep the hype down and negotiate in peace and good faith)
info could start leaking soon with the draft over and FA beginning. I'm not
sure any of the deals outside of the LA one are 100% accurate. Believe me or
don't but the offseason is going to be CRAZY.
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我猜最有机会的是
kg + sze..... for tim/crawford + sweetny/frye + penny
恩 总之 只是个连rumor都不是的rumor
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