LAS VEGAS -- Dribbling around the NBA Summer League for the latest
free-agent and trade chatter:
Rumblings circulating here at UNLV that point guard Mo Williams has chosen to take less
money to sign with the Miami Heat later this week were described as premature
by multiple sources close to the situation.
Yet Williams is said to be leaning toward Miami and the persuasive recruiting
trio of Shaquille O'Neal, Pat Riley and Dwyane Wade, even though the Bucks
are positioned to offer more guaranteed money.
Williams' decision is expected by Wednesday, which is the first day free
agents can officially sign new contracts after the league announces the
salary-cap figure and luxury-tax threshold for the 2007-08 season.
The Los Angeles Lakers emerged as an
instant favorite to sign Derek Fisher last week after Fisher
asked the Utah Jazz to release him from the
final three years and $21 million left on his contract so he could move to one
of the half-dozen NBA cities with a treatment center equipped to handle his
young daughter's rare form of eye cancer.
Call them virtual sure-thing favorites now.
Fisher, according to NBA front-office sources, is no longer even considering
other teams and is on track to re-sign soon with the Lakers -- who drafted him
in 1996 -- barring an unexpected snag in negotiations.
I was actually expecting a lot more Corey Maggette trade speculation
than we've heard since the Los Angeles Clippers drafted Al Thornton late last month, given
the constant trade speculation that has enveloped Maggette since he was nearly
dealt to Indiana for then-Pacer Ron Artest in January 2006.
But maybe there's a reason for the relative quiet.
The latest signals emanating from Clipperland are the same signals heard
around the February trading deadline, when Maggette stayed put. The message
remains that Maggette, as a personal favorite of Clippers owner Donald Sterling,
still has a better chance of being a starter next season than he has of being
traded.
If Williams indeed winds up in Miami and if Fisher returns to the Lakers,
that will only enhance the Clippers' chances of signing Steve Francis when Francis'
all-but-done Portland buyout is complete.
Francis is close with Shaq and is said to have had strong interest in the
Heat and Lakers. The Clips, though, were in the lead from the start, with age
(Sam Cassell at 38) and injury (Shaun Livingston) concerns at the
point and Francis' close pal Cuttino Mobley as their lead
recruiter.
Chris Webber has hinted
at retirement more than once since last season ended, but I'm hearing now that
he's much more interested in playing next season than not playing.
On two conditions.
Webber, 34, is apparently only willing to re-sign with his hometown Detroit Pistons -- who lost to Cleveland one
step short of Webber's first-ever trip to the NBA Finals -- or join the Dallas Mavericks.
The Mavs are giving Webber a good look, too, since he'd instantly become
the best passer they have if they signed him.
Marc Stein is the senior NBA writer for ESPN.com. To e-mail him, click
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첫댓글 어 웨버야 레이커스 오면 30분이상 뛰게해줄게;;;
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 쩐이 문제죠..ㅋㅋ
쩐보다 반지 획득 가능성이 문제인듯..ㅎㅎ 돈은 이미 벌 만큼 벌었죠 ;;;
누가 웨버가 죽었다고 했던가..
이제 웨버형님에게 딴건 안바랍니다. 식스맨이라도 주전급으로 뛸수있는 우승후보급팀으로 가서 반지좀 꼈으면...
처음해봅니다 이거...2222222222
222222222
휴스턴으로 고고~~
웨버 아직 쌩쌩한데요?!!
솔직히 경기 내내 보면 답답할 때 많은데;;;
스피드가 안받쳐주니까 포스트업도 안되고 페이스업도 안되고 ㅠㅠ
콰미앞에서도 포스트업 놓치는거보면 ㅠㅜㅜ
댈러스에 오게 되면..노비츠키와 한 팀이 되는 것도 참 아이러니하네요. 노비-웨버라인이라든지, 노비 백업 웨버 라든지..;; 그렇게 댈러스에게 끔찍한 킹스였고 웨버였는데요. 크리스티도 왔었지만ㅋ
많이느려졌다...
하지만 넘버2하고 비슷하면서 슛도되고 패스도 된다는거..
이 분도 부상때메.. 던컨이나 가넷급이 되어야 할 선수였는데~~ 정말 안타깝네요..
던컨이나 가넷급이 '되었었던' 선수겠죠. 90년대 말-00년대 초까지의 웨버는 분명 그 수준의 선수였습니다. 나이와 부상으로 지금 더 이상 에이스감은 아니지만요
부등호의 방향에서 조금씩 차이는 있었지만 거의 웨버=던컨=가넷 급이었죠..ㅠ
디트는 뛰어봤으니, 댈러스와서 함 뛰어보길..ㅎㅎ 베테랑 미니멈 받으시공
살을 조금 빼면 더 날렵해질 수 있을텐데.. 아직 죽지 않았어!
시카고가 잡으면 안될까?? 한 1년 이라도 써먹게~
참 안타까울뿐이네요. 한때는 한팀의 운명을 걸고 맞대결을 펼친 웨버와 노비츠키가 한선수의 노쇠화때문에 같이 뛸수도 있다고 하니...
라이벌이었던 오닐과 모닝의 만난것만큼~ 참 아이러니한 일이 될듯... ㅡ.ㅡ 생각해보니, 마이애미의 상징이었던 모닝이 라이벌 오닐의 백업을 했다는게 참...
믹스가 예전 한경기 하이라이트만 못하군요 ㅠㅠ
댈러스가 20분 이상 출장이 그렇게 걸리나?@@....우승하기 싫은가 ㅋ