스티브 프랜시스가 멤피스로 트레이드됐습니다.
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트레이드 내용은 다음과 같습니다.
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스티브 프랜시스+휴스턴의 2009 2라운드 픽<---> 2.6밀리언의 트레이드 익셉션+멤피스의 2011년 조건부 2라운드 픽
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휴스턴이 준 2라운드 픽은 지난 드래프트 데이 때 멤피스로부터 받은 것이라는군요.
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프랜시스도 기분 참 묘하겠습니다. 그를 처음 드래프트한 팀이 바로 멤피스의 전신인 벤쿠버 그리즐리스였죠. 프랜시스가 캐나다에서 뛰기 싫다고 해서 휴스턴으로 트레이드했는데, 세월이 흘러 연고지가 바뀐 그 팀으로 가는군요.
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그나저나 사치세를 안 낼려는 휴스턴의 노력도 정말 눈물겹습니다.
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Francis traded to Grizzlies
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By Marc Stein
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ESPN.com
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(Archive)
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Updated: December 24, 2008, 5:30 PM ET
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Nearly a decade after he was reluctantly drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies, Steve Francis is going to the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Yet it remains to be seen whether the injury-plagued guard -- who convinced Vancouver to trade him to the Houston Rockets before he ever played an NBA game -- makes it onto the court in Memphis.
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The Grizzlies acquired Francis on Wednesday in a trade with the Rockets in exchange for a conditional second-round pick in 2011. The trade also calls for Memphis to reacquire a 2009 second-rounder, which it had dealt to Houston on draft day in June, and for the Rockets, according to NBA front-office sources, to pay the remainder of Francis' $2.6 million salary for this season.
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Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace told ESPN.com that the trade was made with the intent of keeping Francis and giving the 31-year-old an opportunity to prove that he can still play. But Francis, whom the Grizzlies expect to report by the weekend, has been out since February after having surgery to repair a torn tendon in his right knee.
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Although he remains one of the most popular players in Rockets history after his first stint with the club, Houston has been hoping for months to find a trade taker for Francis, because shedding his contract creates the flexibility under the NBA's luxury-tax threshold that the Rockets need to sign another player.
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It has been widely presumed in NBA front-office circles that Dikembe Mutombo would be that player. Back in training camp, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey described the prospect of re-signing Mutombo as "our P.J. Brown move," referring to the Boston Celtics' signing of Brown well after last season started. Mutombo even still has a Rockets locker at the Toyota Center, even though the 42-year-old center has not been with the team since May.
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Mutombo, though, said at a recent fundraiser for his hospital in his native Congo that he "will be in Boston or San Antonio by the end of the year." Celtics coach Doc Rivers has confirmed that Boston is interested in signing the 17-year veteran center but said as recently as last week that he still expects Mutombo to go back to Houston.
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Francis averaged 19.0 points, 6.3 assists, 6.0 rebounds and 1.6 steals in six-plus seasons with the Rockets. He was the main piece Houston surrendered in its trade with Orlando in the summer of 2004 for Tracy McGrady, but Francis wound up playing only 10 games with the Rockets last season after returning to the team as a free agent in July 2007, averaging just 5.5 points and 3.0 assists.
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As the second overall pick in the 1999 draft out of Maryland, Francis immediately voiced his reluctance to play in Vancouver and eventually coerced the Grizzlies into dealing him to Houston in a three-team, 11-player trade. He was the NBA's co-rookie of the year with Elton Brand in 2000 and made three All-Star appearances for the Rockets -- two as a starter voted in by the fans -- before a series of injuries and disappointments derailed Francis' career.
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An up-and-down stint with the Magic deteriorated quickly after Francis' best friend, Cuttino Mobley, was traded to Sacramento halfway through Francis' and Mobley's first season in Orlando. The Magic then moved Francis to the New York Knicks at the 2006 trade deadline, but then-coach Isiah Thomas' belief that Francis and Stephon Marbury could co-exist never panned out. That Francis' health was fading didn't help.
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Portland acquired Francis on draft day in 2007 as part of a deal sending Zach Randolph to the Knicks but the Trail Blazers quickly bought out the remainder of Francis' contract, setting up his return to the Rockets.
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첫댓글 프랜시스 가치가 이 뿐인가...ㄷㄷㄷ
그러게요. 이건 뭐 이월상품 창고정리의 수준을 뛰어넘네요.
플레이는 할수 있나요? 로케츠로 옮기고 거의 뛰지 않은거 같던데.........
결국 정리하면 프랜시스의 가치가 2.6M이라는 이야기인가요?
스티비의 샐러리가 2.6 mil이라는 뜻이고, 가치는 없다고 본 거나 마찬가지죠...
프랜시스가 작년 2년 6m인가에 계약하지 않았나요? 결국은 그리즐리스에서 뛰는 프랜시스군요. 또 안 뛴다고 할라나?
그 때와는 상황이 좀 다르죠. 그 당시 그리즐리스의 연고지는 밴쿠버였고 지금은 멤피스이니....
머 캐나다가 싫은거였죠, 프랜시스 머, 암튼 휴스턴은 무톰보에게 달려가겠네요
은퇴만남은건가요..안타깝내요;;
프란시스 어쩌다...다시 예전모습 언제 보여줄꺼니............
휴스턴 그냥 사치세좀 내지..ㅜㅜ
멤피스는 ...왜 데려왔지 ??
나이도 나이고...부활이 힘들지 않겠나요..
그냥 이젠....
친정팀 좋아서 온 선수를 매정하게 내치는 것은 아무리 비지니스라고 하더라도 너무 슬프네요...
사치세 안내면서 무톰보를 데리고 올려는..-_-;;
멤피스는 샐러리를 임꺽정이 곳간 비우듯 달달달 비워버릴 심산인가요 -_-;;
어차피 경기에 못뛰지않나요??