作者Fernandez05 (Rudy Fernandez)
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標題[外電] Blazers pursue Hedo Turkoglu as NBA free agency opens
時間Wed Jul 1 14:01:59 2009
Posted by Jason Quick, The Oregonian June 30, 2009 22:52PM
The Trail Blazers' summer agenda was revealed late Tuesday night at the
minute the free agent market opened. That's when general manager Kevin
Pritchard and assistant general manager Tom Penn called agent Lon Babby to
begin the courtship of small forward Hedo Turkoglu.
"Kevin Pritchard and Tom Penn called me at the earliest possible moment and
expressed enthusiasm for engaging in discussions about Hedo becoming a Trail
Blazer," Babby said late Tuesday night. "We have begun that process."
Pritchard said he first contacted guard Brandon Roy and forward LaMarcus
Aldridge, who both are seeking contract extensions with the Blazers, before
inquiring about Turkoglu.
Turkoglu, 30, is a 6-foot-10 shooter who this season helped Orlando reach the
NBA Finals. He averaged 16.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists this
season. The nine-year veteran is regarded as a perimeter shooter but is
coming off a season when he made just 41.3 percent from the field and 35.6
percent from three-point range.
His stock rose dramatically in the playoffs, when he became the go-to player
in the Magic's playoff push. He averaged 15.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.8
assists in 24 playoff games, shooting 42.7 percent rrom the field and 38.6
percent from three-point range.
Teams were allowed to contact free agents and their represenatives starting
at midnight Eastern time, or 9 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday. There is a
one-week moratorium on signings, with July 8 being the first day players can
sign.
The Blazers entered the free agent market as one of the major players, being
one of five teams that expect to be under the league's salary cap, which will
be set on July 7. The Blazers payroll is at $50 million, which is expected to
be around $8 million under the cap. The Blazers also have the ability to free
up $1.7 million in additional cap room by renouncing the rights to former
first-round picks Petteri Koponen and Joel Freeland, both of whom are playing
overseas.
Babby said the Blazers were one of three teams that inquired about Turkoglu's
services, but that "the calls were still coming in." It appeared the Blazers'
ability to get their call in first made an impression.
"They were enthusiastic and well received by us," Babby said. "We are engaged
in the process. We will see where that takes us in the next couple of days
and take it from there."
Turkoglu is from Turkey and began his NBA career in 2000-2001 in Sacramento,
where he played four seasons. He spent the past five seasons in Orlando, with
his best season coming in 2007-2008, when he was selected the NBA's most
improved player after averaging 19.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists.
KP在12點一到,先是跟Roy和Aldridge接觸,可能是談延長合約的事,再來就摳給Hedo了
let's wait & see!
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推 cvincent:Portland跟台灣差幾個小時阿 已經12點了喔? 07/01 14:06
推 BeStronger:Roy跟Aldridge是一定要續約的，但很好奇要花多少錢:P 07/01 14:06
→ Fernandez05:是以美東時間為準 07/01 14:07
→ Fernandez05:波特蘭現在是11點 07/01 14:07
→ Fernandez05:上一篇有提到Roy絕對是頂薪,而Aldridge不在意他比Roy 07/01 14:08
→ Fernandez05:低,不過我想再低也不會低於10M的! 07/01 14:08
推 BeStronger:Aldridge應該也不會低於頂薪多少XD 07/01 14:09
→ Fernandez05:我也覺得哈哈 07/01 14:09
推 Iverigma:wow 沒想到真的那麼想要他! 不過是只是開始談而已 07/01 14:13
推 Iverigma:他之前拒絕4年3500萬的價碼 難道KP的出價會更高? 07/01 14:15
→ Fernandez05:我覺得情況好像都還很多變!只能慢慢等了! 07/01 14:16
推 cvincent:對對 感謝 美東時間 一時忘記了 07/01 14:20
推 david319:開給他 3+1年得合約.....年薪1000萬..... 07/01 17:36
推 jessieptb:如果1是球隊選項還不錯 07/01 17:37