Source close to Cleveland Cavaliers' Anderson Varejao says reports Cavs forward talked to Mavs owner are false by Brian Windhorst / Plain Dealer Reporter 出處：http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/ Anderson Varejao is a man of international mystery this week. On Wednesday, a Brazilian blog released an interview with Varejao discussing a wide range of topics -- from the Cavaliers' season to the Los Angeles Lakers winning the title to his upcoming free agency. The last topic is where it got sticky, though, and was getting reaction everywhere from Cleveland to Dallas to Miami. In the interview, with the blog NBA WebSportiva, Varejao is quoted in Portuguese as saying: "I've had two conversations with [Dallas Mavericks owner] Mark Cuban this month and he offered me a three-year deal worth $11 million [about $19 million U.S.]. But I told him that I would like to remain in Cleveland, unless they do not want renew my contract and I can analyze the proposal of Dallas." It is a little rough in translation. Or lost depending on who you ask. To understand the reaction, know that if Cuban or anyone from the Dallas organization had contacted Varejao before July 1, when he is expected to become a free agent, it would be tampering and subject to punishment by the NBA. A source close to Varejao said Friday that Varejao did not make those statements and that he has not talked to Cuban. Varejao is currently on vacation in Miami. A Mavericks source said Cuban has never spoken directly to Varejao at any time in his career. Dallas General Manager Donnie Nelson denied the contact to DallasBasketball.com, a site that tracks the Mavericks, saying: "I cannot and will not comment on any player in this circumstance. Nor would anyone in our organization do so. I can only say that any such conversation like that with a player would get a team in trouble. There is no sense to it. There is no motivation to do it. It didn't happen." The Cavs had no comment on the report. The team has said it hopes to re-sign Varejao, who is expected to opt out of the last year of his contract by the June 30 deadline. The Mavericks do not have salary-cap space but a three-year contract at their mid-level exception would be worth roughly $19 million. It will be interesting to see if they are one of the teams that bids for Varejao when he officially becomes a free agent. More trade rumors: Yahoo! Sports reported Friday that the Cavs have had renewed talks with the New Jersey Nets about trading for Vince Carter. Just like with the Cavs checking in with the Phoenix Suns on Shaquille O'Neal, the Cavs have had trade talks with 20 teams over the past 10 days and some have gone over old ground. That includes some of the chats from the trade deadline, which included names like O'Neal, Carter, Richard Jefferson of the Milwaukee Bucks, Antawn Jamison of the Washington Wizards and many more. With many teams looking to dump salary and the Cavs having the ability to take on salary, they are going to be in even more talks and thus the rumors leading up to next week's draft. Yao's take: Those are the rumors in the United States, now onto a rumor in China that has been hot the past month. Even before news that a Chinese group of investors were buying a share of the Cavs became news in the West, the rumors of the purchase and Yao Ming's future were being discussed in Chinese newspapers and on Internet message boards. There is a belief in the Far East that Kenny Huang, who is leading the minority ownership group's investment in the Cavs and has done numerous marketing deals with Yao and the Houston Rockets the past several years, will work to bring Yao to Cleveland in 2010. Yes, the summer of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh is also the summer of Yao, who will be a free agent. This week Yao discussed it for the first time in an interview with a Shanghai television station, a translation of which was obtained by the Associated Press on Friday. "This [going to the Cavs] is all an unknown," Yao said in the interview. "I've already been with Houston for such a long time, I still have much affection for this team. This past season we were very successful, and that let me see some hope." Yao, though, seemed to dismiss the notion that having Chinese ownership would affect his future choices. "Regardless of whether it's a Chinese boss, or a foreign boss, they're both bosses and a boss is just a boss," Yao said. Those comments could be considered pretty much a copy of what James has said about his intentions in 2010. James is happy in Cleveland but knows he has options, just like Yao. Leaving wiggle room is both prudent but fuels speculation, which Cavs fans can certainly relate to. Like the New York Knicks, the Cavs -- right now -- could have enough salary-cap space to sign Yao next summer in addition to re-signing James. And like with James and the Cavs, those plans are still so far off that right now all of it is speculation. 有時間的網友可以翻一下~ 這篇重點在於大V說庫班向他報價過，但小牛方說沒有~ 另外，騎士在過去10天跟20個隊伍談過交易的事 包括O'Neal, Carter, Richard Jefferson,Antawn Jamison...族繁不及備載。 --

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