Restricted free-agent center Brook Lopez is progressing toward an agreement for
a maximum contract with the Brooklyn Nets, league sources told Yahoo!
Sports.
Brook Lopez played in only five games last season for the Nets.
(AP)Nets president Billy King and Lopez’s agent, Arn Tellem, are finalizing the
length of the deal – four years for $58 million, or five years for $78 million –
and ironing out protections on the back end to account for a right foot that
Lopez broke twice in the past year, sources said.
As close as the Nets
and Lopez are on a deal, several sources wouldn't rule out the possibility of
Lopez still signing an offer sheet with another team for the full four-year, $58
million maximum contract if the final details are unable to be worked out. The
Charlotte Bobcats have shown the most interest in signing Lopez to a max sheet,
sources said. The Nets would undoubtedly match, but signing the offer sheet
would be a way for Lopez to avoid any partial guarantees based on games that the
Nets might want in his deal.
King is scheduled to travel to Los angeles
on Wednesday to work on completing the deal with Tellem.
Brooklyn needs
Lopez as the centerpiece of a sign-and-trade deal to acquire Orlando’s Dwight
Howard, but is running out of time waiting for the Magic to make a decision on
where they want to trade him, sources said. The Nets need to add four free
agents into a deal for Howard, and convincing all of them to be a part of a
complicated sign-and-trade deal much beyond Wednesday’s end to the league’s
moratorium on transactions becomes increasingly more unrealistic every
day.
Once Lopez signs the deal, he can’t be traded until
December.
[Related: Cavs' withdrawal jeopardizes Nets' deal for
Howard]
Orlando has refocused its trade talks for Howard with the Los
angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets, and the Nets are starting to believe that
Magic general manager Rob Hennigan simply wants to do a deal elsewhere, sources
said. Clearly, the Nets are pushing hard on Lopez’s deal to apply pressure to
Orlando, but there’s nothing left for them to offer Orlando that they haven’t
already made available to them.
The Nets are offering the Magic three
first-round picks, and a fourth that it believes it can gain upon moving guard
MarShon Brooks in a trade, sources said.
The Houston Rockets were
aggressively shopping players on Tuesday, including forward Luis Scola, in an
attempt to create more salary-cap space and gain another first-round pick to
fulfill Orlando’s wants for a Howard deal, sources said.
After not
missing a game in his first three NBA seasons, Lopez played only five last
season after breaking his foot twice. Nevertheless, doctors have fully cleared
him to return for the start of training camp.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
NBA Free Agency: Are Heat Pot-Committed to Ray Allen?
With all due account to Rashard Lewis, who is currently spending his
chargeless bureau chief amid tomatoes or blooming peppers on his Sweet
Onion Chicken Teriyaki, it may be time to acquire that the
all-or-nothing barometer of success that has become a basic of the Miami
Heat's fate looks to be authoritative a bedfellow actualization in
chargeless agency.
And this time, instead of a championship, the stakes are Ray Allen or bust.
Consider what is out there as plan B-
Chris Kaman
While Miami has consistently been a fan of the big man, about to the point of about drafting him over Dwyane Wade with the fifth aces in the 2003 draft, his accession would assume to belie the team's new small-ball philosophy.
Meanwhile, abeyant suitors may be priced out by the Indiana Pacers, who are addled from the closing accident of Roy Hibbert to the Blazers.
Grant Hill
Like Allen, his clue almanac of professionalism and harder plan speaks for itself. Nevertheless, Hill is a career 31 percent ballista from the three-point band who attempt 26 percent endure year. Ultimately, he stands as a low-risk, low-reward option.
Derek Fisher
Take it for what you will but Fisher stands as the next best chargeless abettor Miami could assurance above Allen.
He brings a championship pedigree, is a reliable three-point ballista and would be an invaluable coach for the arising but aberrant Norris Cole. Not to mention, for all his acclaimed arresting shortcomings, his acceptability of dispatch up in big amateur is absolutely what the Heat are searching for.
Marcus Camby
Camby, 38, wants to argue for a title, and appropriately Miami is one of the teams he is absorbed in. But would a centermost whose primary contributions appear on the arresting end be of absorption to Miami? Or would he ultimately prove to be a bigger carbon of what the aggregation already has in Joel Anthony?
Will the Heat's chargeless bureau be a apprehension if they don't assurance Ray Allen?
Yes No Submit Vote vote to see results
Rashard Lewis
Last, and absolutely least, Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel appear bygone that the Miami Heat accept fabricated overtures about Lewis. Riddled by knee problems endure season, he attempt a afflicted 23 percent from the three-point line. If he can be had for the adept minimum (pause for laughter), this could be perceived as a low-risk, high-reward signing. And yes, there is no agnosticism Miami's absorption in him is added a absorption of their bound options above Allen than Lewis' absolute amount at a arrangement price.
Having said that, Ray Allen is appointed to accommodated with Heat aggregation admiral tomorrow at American Airlines Arena.
And based on the above account of chargeless agents acceptable on Miami's radar, tomorrow will be a Game 7 of sorts for Pat Riley and the academician assurance of the Heat.
Fortunately, the Heat are advised front-runners forth with the Boston Celtics in the behest war for Allen.
Meanwhile, one can alone assumption that the Celtics contempo accession of Jason Terry has accustomed Miami a favorable edge, as a acknowledgment to Boston would apparently actualize a adjournment at the cutting bouncer position.
So, admitting how things may look, there may be a ray of ablaze at the end of this adit just yet.
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And this time, instead of a championship, the stakes are Ray Allen or bust.
Consider what is out there as plan B-
Chris Kaman
While Miami has consistently been a fan of the big man, about to the point of about drafting him over Dwyane Wade with the fifth aces in the 2003 draft, his accession would assume to belie the team's new small-ball philosophy.
Meanwhile, abeyant suitors may be priced out by the Indiana Pacers, who are addled from the closing accident of Roy Hibbert to the Blazers.
Grant Hill
Like Allen, his clue almanac of professionalism and harder plan speaks for itself. Nevertheless, Hill is a career 31 percent ballista from the three-point band who attempt 26 percent endure year. Ultimately, he stands as a low-risk, low-reward option.
Derek Fisher
Take it for what you will but Fisher stands as the next best chargeless abettor Miami could assurance above Allen.
He brings a championship pedigree, is a reliable three-point ballista and would be an invaluable coach for the arising but aberrant Norris Cole. Not to mention, for all his acclaimed arresting shortcomings, his acceptability of dispatch up in big amateur is absolutely what the Heat are searching for.
Marcus Camby
Camby, 38, wants to argue for a title, and appropriately Miami is one of the teams he is absorbed in. But would a centermost whose primary contributions appear on the arresting end be of absorption to Miami? Or would he ultimately prove to be a bigger carbon of what the aggregation already has in Joel Anthony?
Will the Heat's chargeless bureau be a apprehension if they don't assurance Ray Allen?
Yes No Submit Vote vote to see results
Rashard Lewis
Last, and absolutely least, Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel appear bygone that the Miami Heat accept fabricated overtures about Lewis. Riddled by knee problems endure season, he attempt a afflicted 23 percent from the three-point line. If he can be had for the adept minimum (pause for laughter), this could be perceived as a low-risk, high-reward signing. And yes, there is no agnosticism Miami's absorption in him is added a absorption of their bound options above Allen than Lewis' absolute amount at a arrangement price.
Having said that, Ray Allen is appointed to accommodated with Heat aggregation admiral tomorrow at American Airlines Arena.
And based on the above account of chargeless agents acceptable on Miami's radar, tomorrow will be a Game 7 of sorts for Pat Riley and the academician assurance of the Heat.
Fortunately, the Heat are advised front-runners forth with the Boston Celtics in the behest war for Allen.
Meanwhile, one can alone assumption that the Celtics contempo accession of Jason Terry has accustomed Miami a favorable edge, as a acknowledgment to Boston would apparently actualize a adjournment at the cutting bouncer position.
So, admitting how things may look, there may be a ray of ablaze at the end of this adit just yet.
DIY Jersey Shop is professional jersey DIY workshop for all custom NFL, MLB, NBA and NHLteam jersey. It has all the materials you need to design awesome custom jerseys for your sports team in a variety of looks, such as letters numbers, embroidered patches, iron-on stickers, decals /stickers , custom jersey and custom transfers . With them, you can have a whole new jersey that never is as same as others.
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