Paul's not the only one, guess where Crawford wants to go: The Post reports that "Crawford's agent, Andy Miller, has been trying desperately for the past 48 hours to broker a three-team sign-and-trade deal" involving the Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, and another team in order to help "find a creative way to pay Crawford his market value." One of the teams Miller has spoken with is the Golden State Warriors, according to the paper. The team offered Crawford and Barea $2.5 million deals, according to the Post, but both rejected those deals, even though they have interest in joining the Knicks
Can't say I blame him. at 31 and with his skill-set he's worth more than a mini-midlevel deal and he doesn't have a lot of time to screw around waiting to get paid what he's worth.
Doesn't sound very likely he will sign with us, if he wants to join the Knicks but rejected their offer (which is about all we could pay him). I think he'd be a good addition though.
Oh how I miss this annual discussion about Rudy: http://www.beyondthebeat.net/articl...sa-issue-delays-rudy-fernandez-to-dallas.html With the Dallas Mavericks signing free agent guard Delonte West to a contract on Monday night, one league source has said Rudy Fernandez will seek a buyout from the Mavericks. "It would be the best move for both sides," the source said. "Rudy can be free to keep playing in Spain and the Mavs can go about their season with a sound roster." Fernandez received his visa today and leaves for Dallas on Wednesday, and will likely discuss further options which could eventually include a return back to Spain to play for Real Madrid.
Rudy is absolutely beasting in Spain. He's near his family/gf, and has all the freedom to make mistakes and play flashy, and is flourishing. He's a top 10 player in the league as a result, and is winning too. No need to go to Texas and be stuck on the bench handcuffed, while his counterparts VC and West take all his minutes.
He's from Renton, WA. So being close to home may be a big advantage for us. I'm torn on this idea. I'm leaning towards giving the minutes to Matthews, Batum, Williams, and Smith instead of Crawford. I think Williams is going to be a huge boost this year if given the minutes.
On Hahn's twitter? I must have missed it. With Mayo there, I doubt he goes to Indy, plus do they have any money left?
He's in the Seattle area a lot in the offseason. In fact, he was just up there watching Seattle Prep v. Rainier Beach. (#1 v. #3 in the state). Then again, so were Spencer Hawes and Shawn Kemp.
Knick fans have that covered. But there is absolutely no way he's going there for 2.5mil, so their efforts are futile. The only reasons we might be in contention are because we're close to SEA, he's close with Aldridge, and we can give him 5mil if we amnesty his good friend Brandon.
Considering his boys are Roy and LA, being from seattle... its kinda shocking he hasn't chosen us after seeing the the remaining teams in the hunt. Maybe he hasn't gotten interest from portland.
this team assuming la plays looks very good.... felton/smith (backup pg would be biggest issue) wes/crawford wallace/batum la/wallace camby/thomas/johnson/oden?
Does this taint Batum and Freeland's success in Europe? If a player like Rudy can beast over there but only be a scrub here, does it really matter how successful our other players are internationally?
