※ 引述《kobeslaker (thewonder)》之銘言： : Harrington's return to the Indiana Pacers via sign-and-trade with the Atlanta : Hawks, according to various NBA front-office sources, is widely seen as a : done deal. : Perhaps the strongest indication that a formal announcement is forthcoming : from Indianapolis is the fact that the Pacers' main competition for : Harrington is no longer courting the versatile forward. : The Golden State Warriors, sources said, have conceded defeat in the : Harrington chase, fully expecting the 26-year-old to join the Pacers in a : swap with Atlanta that would net Harrington a six-year contract worth a tad : less than $57 million. : It remains unclear who or what Atlanta would receive in the sign-and-trade : arrangement, but the deal can be completed with the Hawks taking back recent : or future draft picks -- or perhaps a moderately priced youngster, such as : center David Harrison -- as opposed to significant salary. That's because of : a $7.5 million trade exception Indiana created earlier this month by striking : a sign-and-trade deal with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets involving : Peja Stojakovic … after Stojakovic already had committed to sign a : five-year, $60-plus million free-agent contract with the Hornets. : With a modest cash payment believed to be in the $250,000 range, Indiana : persuaded the Hornets to participate in a sign-and-trade swap for Stojakovic : instead of signing him outright. The Pacers signed Stojakovic to the terms he : and the Hornets negotiated and shipped the sharpshooter (plus cash) to New : Orleans/Oklahoma City for the rights to 1998 second-round draft pick Andy : Betts, who likely will never play for Indiana. : Without the $7.5 million trade exception resulting from that maneuver, : Indiana wouldn't be able to complete a sign-and-trade for Harrington unless : the Hawks were willing to take back contracts in the same monetary range as : Harrington's new first-year salary. : Harrington's apparent willingness to start that new contract in the $7.5 : million range, meanwhile, is expected to return him to the team that drafted : the 6-9, 245-pounder in 1998 -- and has turned that trade exception into one : of the most valuable assets of this NBA offseason. : Harrington, sources said, initially told interested suitors he was expecting : a six-year deal worth at least $66 million. For the Pacers to pay that much, : Atlanta almost certainly would have to be willing to accept a package built : around Indiana center Jeff Foster. But Foster, by all indications, is not : part of the forthcoming trade. : Indy's unforeseen trade exception gets Harrington fairly close to his : financial target and the team he likes best. Better yet for the Pacers, their : new Ron Artest replacement is regarded as a topflight athlete capable of : playing small forward and power forward. : When the free-agent period commenced July 1 and the Hornets secured a verbal : commitment from Stojakovic within hours, it looked as though Indiana would : lose its original Artest successor without compensation. : The Pacers have been busy on other fronts, as well, according to sources, in : hopes of reducing future salary obligations wherever possible as they prepare : to absorb Harrington's big contract. : They first rescinded a qualifying offer to shooting guard Fred Jones, : suddenly making Jones an unrestricted free agent, and he quickly reached an : agreement to sign with Toronto Raptors. : Indiana also agreed this past weekend to trade point guard Anthony Johnson, : who has two seasons left on his contract worth a little more than $5 million, : for a package of three Dallas Mavericks that likely will be whittled to one. : Veteran point guard Darrell Armstrong is the only Mav expected to stick with : the Pacers after the deal goes through. Young forwards Josh Powell and Rawle : Marshall are prime candidates to be waived. : The Pacers also have shopped Foster (who earns $5.5 million next season) and : guard Sarunas Jasikevicius ($4 million) this summer and might proceed with : plans to move one or both to gain additional distance from the luxury-tax : threshold. : "Obviously, Indiana, I'm more comfortable there because I've been there, I've : been in the East," Harrington told ESPN.com earlier this month at the Vegas : Summer League, making it clear then that he expected to wind up with either : the Pacers or the Warriors. : "Going into free agency, obviously you think, 'I'm going to be at the bottom : of the screen [on ESPN's Bottom Line ticker] like Ben Wallace and the rest of : the guys.' But everyone's telling me to be patient, so that's what I'm trying : to do." : 看似會用 7.5M TE + Harrison 交易 : 因為消息指出 Foster 不在這個交易的名單中 : 此外 Harrington 說他適合的價碼為六年六千六百萬 ... 嗯 ...... : 溜馬也在兜售 Foster 以及 Jesikevicius 其實老早老早就猜到 小哈會很貴的,從上次他離隊時我就知道 但他真的值這個錢嗎?????他這兩年的成績是在老鷹打出來的 老鷹跟溜馬的陣容是不一樣,何況兩年的成績就換來千萬年薪. 還有長約,可以想見的是溜馬未來幾年光小歐和小哈這兩個亨哈 二將吃下來就差不多了,也不會有什麼能力再簽什麼大魚,然後大 哈換走,foster兜售 這樣是準備打小球嗎????關於醜臉和小汀的 問題,在這邊我提出我觀察過許久的看法..這兩個人技術確實都沒有 問題,兩個去到哪隊都絕對有先發級的實力,醜臉的問題沒什麼辦法 改善,他的問題比較在於職業的道德,是屬於不會太有團隊意識的球員 就是高興時賣命一下,不爽時打混..純粹職業道德問題,這是打球態度 沒辦法改的了,小汀的問題我覺的他應該是跟溜馬某些球員或甚至是 教練有不合,這樣的組合 未來會有很大機會嗎? --

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