The New Orleans Hornets can forget about dropping significantly further under the NBA Luxury Tax and having serious spending money on the free agency period which begins Thursday. Veteran Peja Stojakovic is staying put in New Orleans. The 6'10, 229 pound Stojakovic will not opt out of his contract with the Hornets for the upcoming season. Stojakovic is due to make $15.336 million in 2010-2011. That is simply too much for the veteran forward to consider opting out. Stojakovic enters his 13th season this fall. The Greek team Panathinaikos had expressed some interest in signing Stojakovic but Peja's agent says it will not happen. David Bauman told Chris Tomasson of Fanhouse.com that his client is happy in New Orleans and will not opt out of the final year of his deal, as had been rumored. The 33-year old Stojakovic has been plagued by injuries in his four seasons with the Hornets. He missed 69 games in the 2006-2007 season, 21 games in the 2008-2009 season and 20 games in the 2009-2010 season with an assortment of injuries related to a back and groin problem. His productivity has declined annually, another sign of aging. He averaged 17.8 points in 2006-2007, 16.4 points in 2007-2008, 13.3 points in 2008-2009 and 12.6 points in the 2009-2010 season. In his four seasons with New Orleans, Stojakovic is shooting 40 percent from three-point range but he shot just 37.5 percent from distance last season,his lowest average in his four seasons in New Orleans. 大概的意思是說,有球員選項的Peja,如果選擇跳出,也將成為2010年自由市場大軍中的 一員。希臘的帕納辛納科斯隊(Panathinaikos)有意向簽下這位早年曾效力希臘聯賽的 神射手。 但Peja經紀人David Bauman說:Peja在黃蜂過得很開心,不會選擇跳出合同。Peja在黃蜂 最後一年的合同為1425萬美元。 2006年黃蜂用5年6264萬美元簽下Peja，4年賽季以來，Peja飽受背傷困擾，分別缺席69場 、5場、21場、20場。 原文:http://tinyurl.com/2g2v66d --

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