Source: http://0rz.tw/KHLn0 ********************************************************************* Latest chatter: Sessions over A.I.? Updated: July 16, 2009, 11:05 PM ET / By Marc Stein ********************************************************************* LAS VEGAS -- Here is the latest assemblage of chatter culled from conversations with a variety of knowledgeable sources -- front-office executives, coaches, players and agents -- camped at the NBA's annual summer league here in Vegas. The distinct vibe in the stands at UNLV's Cox Pavilion is that the Clippers -- apart from owner Donald Sterling -- would greatly prefer to add more of a set-up man to a backcourt rotation that already features Baron Davis and emerging star Eric Gordon as opposed to signing Allen Iverson to a one-year deal up to the full $5.9 million midlevel exception. The top choice in that scenario? Extending an offer sheet to restricted free agent Ramon Sessions. Yet as we covered here Wednesday, Sterling wants a ticket-seller if he's going to spend. Winning the draft lottery and the right to select Blake Griffin with the No. 1 overall pick apparently resulted in the sale of only a few hundred extra season-ticket packages. With Miami clearly focused on other targets, most notably Carlos Boozer via trade and exhausting every last hope of bringing Lamar Odom back, Iverson appears to have no option that can trump Clipperland in terms of money and market. Yet questions persist about Iverson's willingness to accept a reserve role from L.A. or Memphis -- even if those teams are still willing to pay him in the $5 million range next season -- after Iverson famously said he'd retire if his next team asked him to come off the bench. In more definitive transaction news involving the Clippers, L.A. has offered a coaching position to famed skills guru Tim Grgurich in hopes of convincing Grgurich to walk away from longtime boss George Karl. The Nuggets are working to convince Grgurich to stay. ********************************************************************* -- Only the strong survive- Iverson ⊕ ═█┘ ⊕ ●╱ 　　　 Ｗ ● ●︵ ● ●)) ３╯ <３\ /３⊕ ／３﹚ ３ \\ />⊕ >/ ⊕ ╲> >> ========= http://www.wretch.cc/blog/AWEI3 ========= --

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