Harris' Work Never Finished

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  1. CUSA Fan

    CUSA Fan JBB JustBBall Member

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Bucks GM Larry Harris has worked nonstop since he and other NBA general managers were able to begin pursuing free agents on July 1. He has talked to a spate of agents and their clients, not to mention other NBA personnel.

    Wednesday, Harris awoke at 5:30 a.m., then caught a plane out of Milwaukee for Washington D.C., and returned to his home late that evening. The purpose of Harris' journey was to continue his courtship of Washington Wizards big man Etan Thomas.

    Thomas is the Bucks' primary free-agent target, and Harris spent several hours with him in the nation's capital. Harris then took a 15-minute cab ride to the Wizards' headquarters and presented them with a copy of the offer sheet that was given to Thomas. The offer sheet is believed to be for six-years for $37 million.

    Harris expended a lot of time and energy on formulating the offer sheet, which contains various incentives that figure to be relatively attainable for Thomas and would catapult him into another tax bracket.

    "I gave him the most we could give him,'' Harris said. "We gave him everything we could.'' Harris has delivered his best pitch.

    Now, he can only wait. The Wizards have 15 days in which to decide whether to match the offer sheet. The gut feeling here is Wizards general manager Ernie Grunfeld will take his good-natured time, and then decide to retain his talented young power forward/center.</div>

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    Do we have enough cap room for Damon Jones he is a really great player.
     
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    Harris has been doing alot of work, but I just wish he would make more public statements. If we dont get ET he will be working even harder than he is now.
     
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    I disagree, I am glad they don't release anything, I know its nothing major, but why release private information to other teams?
     
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    bangofan13 JBB JustBBall Member

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    I just wish that maybe some small things if their looking at people.
     

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