Nash trying to get with the Knicks, sign-and-trade for $30m?

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Steve Nash lives in New York City and wants to play there. Since the Nets are off the table, Nash is telling the Knicks to work a sign-and-trade to get him on the team. Right now the holdup is that the Knicks don't want to give up Iman Shumpert and can't include Landry Fields in a sign-and-trade, supposing Fields signed the offer sheet from the Raptors since making a verbal agreement. This is all according to Alan Hahn. The Knicks also need to find a way to satisfy the CBA in terms of matching the salaries coming in and out since they are over the cap.
     
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    Re: Nash trying to get with the Knicks

    In related news Jeremy Lin, who the Knicks could send to Phoenix, has a 4/40 offer from Houston, back-loaded, according to reports.
     
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    Re: Nash trying to get with the Knicks

    The Knicks are reportedly offering a 3-year, $27-30m deal for Nash to join. They are ironing out a sign-and-trade agreement but the details of that aren't out yet.
     
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    Really, Iman Shumpert is the asset that's holding up a Steve Nash sign-and-trade? That hack for a legit point guard? Should be a no brainer...

    BTW - Where'd you get this information, like the fact that he'd rather play for the Knicks?
     
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    ^ The Landry Fields offer was a deliberate attempt by the Raptors to scuttle a sign-and-trade from Phoenix to New York. Wouldn't have been necessary if Nash wasn't interested in playing there.
     
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