<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>David Lee is seeking a major contract extension, which the Knicks are reluctant to offer because they want to be under the salary cap in 2010. The math is working against him, and Lee knows it. He has heard his name mentioned in several trade possibilities in recent weeks, and he expects to keep hearing it in the months to come. "If teams were calling and saying, 'You have a chance to make your franchise better, we need to get David Lee along with whoever you want to get rid of -- that's something that has to happen,' they'd be dumb not to entertain the offers and listen to it," Lee said. "And I know that's what they've been doing. It's a compliment. But at the same time, it makes my summer a little shaky, not knowing what's going to happen." --</div> New York Times <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Lee did not deny his agent, Mark Bartlestein, before the draft advised Memphis not to trade for him because the Knicks gritty forward would never sign a long-term contract with the Grizzlies. "I don't know what happened on his end," Lee said. "His job is to represent his players." Lee made his wishes clear yesterday. He wants to stick. "I love New York, it's a big market," Lee said. "More than anything for the pressure day to day from media and fans and the city wanting to win so bad. The biggest thing I'd love, to be a part of this when it turns around. I think I've earned a right to be a part of this when it turns around with some of the stuff we've been through the last three years as a team."</div> New York Post <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>While he awaits his fate, Lee has decided to hold off on buying a place in Central Park West. He has continued his usual community work this summer, though. This week he will run a basketball camp in Dobbs Ferry.</div> Newsday
