SHAREEF HAS ROD CAUTIOUS By FRED KERBER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 10, 2005 -- Rod Thorn remembers Ricky Sobers. So, when by all indications Shareef Abdur-Rahim was utterly impressed with New Jersey and the Nets, when the 6-9 free-agent power forward says money will not be the deciding factor, Thorn remembers Ricky Sobers. -當所有的指標指出RAHIM完全對紐澤西 和籃網印象相當好的時候，Rod Thorn記得Ricky Sobers這個人 "I've been around too long to start feeling good about these things," the Nets' president said. "You just never know. Somebody under the cap could come in and make an enticing offer." -我已經很久沒有對這種事情感到快樂了，我從不知道，有人低於薪資空間 可以來並且為你效力。THORN說。 Thorn recalled 1979 when he was GM of the Bulls pursuing Sobers, a free-agent guard. Thorn had a verbal agreement. Or so he thought. -Thorn回憶1979年當他是公牛隊GM時，正在想辦法簽下Sobers，這位自由球員後衛。 當時Thorn有個口頭上簽約的同意，或者是他自己這麼認為的。 "While he was on the plane [to Chicago] allegedly he got another offer. The agent called and said he had changed his mind," said Thorn. "Look at last year with Drew Gooden. He was supposed to have a deal with Cleveland and wound up in Utah. This stuff happens." -據說當他在要飛向芝加哥的飛機上時拿到另一份合約。他的經紀人表示 他改變了他的心意。THORN這樣說。 看著去年DREW GOODEN被認為要和爵士續約時，他卻和騎士簽了約。 這事情發生了。 Sobers wound up in Chicago (for more money than originally agreed upon), but that doesn't mean Thorn and the Nets are celebrating over Abdur-Rahim. They did everything they could for him and his wife, Dee, during a two-day visit. The couple saw schools and homes; they dined in Manhattan and at Jason Kidd's house. And that was after Nets coach Lawrence Frank flew to Atlanta to recruit Abdur-Rahim, who still has visits to Miami and Sacramento planned. -Sobers傷害了芝加哥（為了更多錢），但那並不表示THORN和籃網在慶祝RAHIM。 他們做了任何可以為了他和他老婆DEE的事情。兩天的旅程。 夫婦看了學校和房子，他們去MANHATTAN餐廳吃牛排，去KIDD的房子。 並且FRANK飛到亞特蘭大遊說依然有去邁阿密和沙加緬度意願的RAHIM。 Abdur-Rahim said he would decide by the end of the week, but it sounded like the Nets were leading. -Rahim說他會在這個禮拜結束前決定，不過聽起來籃網像是處在領先地位的。 "They really are a great overall situation: Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Richard Jefferson, plus Rod Thorn. The direction he has taken that team since he got there is terrific. And I know what Lawrence is about," Abdur-Rahim said of Frank, who was an assistant in Vancouver when both were with the Grizzlies. "Everything was so nice and you have the city right there." -Rahim對籃網的看法是這樣：他們有極好的總狀態，有kidd, carter, jefferson還有 thorn。他把球隊帶到一個極好的地方。而我了解勞倫斯(frank)。 任何事情都是很好的，而且你在那邊有一個城市。 If the Nets can work a sign-and-trade with Portland for Abdur-Rahim using their $4.9 million trade exception, Heat guard Keyon Dooling, who they see as another piece for their depth issues, should follow. But first they must secure Abdur-Rahim. -假如nets可以和波特蘭來個先簽後換，使用它們的4.9M TE，那麼dooling將是另一塊 增強深度的拼圖。不過他們必須確定rahim。 And Thorn knows it's not done 'til it's done. Just remember Ricky Sobers. -Thorn認為，事情並沒有結束直到他真正結束了。就像想起Ricky Sobers。 http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/49858.htm --

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