http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/bulls.asp Bulls have a real dilemma with Curry By Mike McGraw Daily Herald Sports Writer Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Negotiations between the Bulls and restricted free agent center Eddy Curry are already messy and may only get messier. The team is exploring what options it has to require Curry to take a DNA test before practice begins Oct. 4, whether Curry eventually accepts the Bulls 'contract offer or signs the one-year qualifying offer worth $5.14 million. “There’s new language in the collective bargaining agreement in terms of what we can do in a physical (exam),” Bulls general manager John Paxson said. “I can’t say anything beyond that.” A DNA test was recommended by Minneapolis-based cardiologist Dr. Barry Maron and others as a way to see if Curry is genetically disposed to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a potentially fatal condition when combined with arrhythmia. Curry sat out the end of last season after experiencing arrhythmia, commonly known as an irregular heartbeat, before a March 30 game at Charlotte. He resumed basketball activity in early July, but the NBA’s insurance carrier declined to cover Curry’s next contract in the event a heart problem forces him to retire. So far, Curry has refused to submit to a DNA test. Paxson wasn’t happy that Curry’s agent, Leon Rose, floated a story to certain media outlets over the weekend that the New York Knicks are interested in trading for Curry. The idea is laughable, since the Knicks don’t have any players to trade that would interest the Bulls. Paxson said he has no idea what New York’s alleged contract offer is worth and he has not spoken to anyone from the Knicks this summer about trading for Curry. Rose has not responded to several phone messages. The Bulls’ contract offer to the fourth-year center is larger than what's been reported, according to a team source. The deal contains several health and performance qualifiers, but it would guarantee Curry somewhere between $19 million and $26 million. If Curry is forced to retire, those payments would be spread out for as long as 40 years, but the deal could also grow considerably larger if he stays healthy and plays well. Since no team presented Curry with an offer sheet this summer, which the Bulls could have matched, his options are limited and time is running out before training camp begins. Curry could accept the Bulls’ multi-year offer, sign for the qualifying offer and become an unrestricted free agent next summer , or convince the Bulls to agree to a sign-and-trade deal. The trade market appears to be cold. Denver and Memphis have shown interest in Curry in the past, but have not made any offers this summer. A rumor that the Lakers are willing to swap Chris Mihm for Curry has not come to fruition. “So much has been written, I would think if somebody wanted to make a suggestion, they would call us,” Paxson said. “But that hasn’t happened.” In other news, the Bulls should sign 6-foot-9 forward Darius Songaila to a $2.2 million offer sheet this week. Songaila has been working out at the Berto Center since the beginning of the month and Sacramento is expected to decline to match the offer sheet in short order. 這篇報導主要還是說到有關Curry的部分， 其中似乎說到（見上述紅色字體）： 公牛打算提供給Curry的複數合約，保證金額為19M~26M（之前說是三年?!） 不過如果Curry因為心臟問題被迫退休的話， 這筆金額將分期最久至四十年後才會完全給付， 但如果Curry能保持健康並有優異的表現下 這筆合約也會同時有所增加的相當大， ------------------------------------- 總之這是一場心理戰， 上述的合約內容如果屬實且保證長度三年的話我覺得應該還滿有吸引力的才對 眼看大概只剩下10餘天左右(好像有說到10/1或是10/3) 到底Curry會接受公牛開出合約的條件，又或是接受QO而在明年成為UFA 甚至有意想不到的變化@@ 敬請各位密切注意XD --

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