作者Iverigma (big 3:Oden-Roy-Aldridge)
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標題[情報] Blazers preparing offer for Utah's Paul Millsap
時間Thu Jul 9 11:28:22 2009
breaking news:
KP 突然出手 準備要對 Millsap 丟出合約 看起來是確實的消息而不是謠言了
丟出之後就看爵士那邊會不會跟進
http://tinyurl.com/klm6sx
Blazers preparing offer for Utah's Paul Millsap
Posted by Jason Quick, The Oregonian July 08, 2009 18:59PM
Categories: Breaking News
After a series of trades fell through this week, the Trail Blazers have
settled on their next target: Utah power forward Paul Millsap.
Although Millsap is a restricted free agent, meaning the Jazz can match any
offer, the Blazers are preparing what one source called a "toxic" offer
designed to exterminate interest from other teams.
Millsap, 24, is a bruising and active player who excels at rebounding.
Despite being only 6-foot-8, Millsap last season used his 250-pound frame to
average 13.5 points and 8.6 rebounds in 30.1 minutes per game. His 3.3
offensive rebounds per game ranked fourth in the NBA and his 251 offensive
rebounds ranked sixth.
If Millsap signs an offer sheet accepting the Blazers' deal, Utah will have
seven days to match the offer. The Jazz is already facing the luxury tax next
season with a team salary of more than $73 million. Their finances, and
prospects of competing with a lucrative offer to Millsap, took a hit last
week when Carlos Boozer ($12.6 million), Mehmet Okur ($9 million) and Kyle
Korver ($5.1 million) all exercised options to stay in Utah.
The Blazers figure to exhaust nearly all of their cap space to lock up
Millsap. They are $7.7 million under the cap, but can gain an additional
$1.65 million by renouncing the rights to Petteri Koponen and Joel Freeland.
However, in the process, the Blazers would be assessed with a roughly
$450,000 cap hold for having less than 11 players, thus giving them $8.9
million in cap space.
Millsap is from Grambling, La., and attended Louisiana Tech, where he became
the only player in NCAA history to lead the nation in rebounding for three
consecutive years. He entered the 2006 NBA Draft after his junior season and
was a late second-round pick (47th overall), but immediately became a
rotation player, earning second-team All-Rookie honors.
In his third NBA season last year, Millsap started a career-high 38 games
while filling in for the injured Boozer. He had a career-high 32 points at
Boston in December and tied his career-high with 17 rebounds in a January
game at the Lakers.
Sources say Millsap has told the Blazers he would be amicable to playing
behind LaMarcus Aldridge, the Blazers' returning power forward and one of the
franchise's cornerstones. The Blazers are hoping Millsap provides some
interior grit and toughness, two qualities that were lacking in a first-round
playoff loss to Houston.
The move would appear to most affect Travis Outlaw, who was expected to move
into the backup power forward role full-time this season, but there has been
no indication whether another move was imminent.
On Tuesday, Millsap's agent, DeAngelo Simmons, declined to comment on the
Blazers and their interest. Simmons did not return phone messages Wednesday
night.
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推 jessieptb:我預感爵士會跟進。可是KP真的先不管PG了麼？ 07/09 11:32
推 williams55:真正的交易是沒有先放流言的 07/09 11:42
推 Ansel:因為Millsap是RFA 所以一定要放出消息阿XD 07/09 11:56
→ Ansel:我覺得現在KP的策略就是找市場上最好的球員 不管位置 07/09 11:57
→ Ansel:到時候交易價值也比較高 07/09 11:58
推 shumman:7M左右都可以簽看看 好用的替補PF 07/09 16:31
推 qoomilk:阿阿阿...ODOM也比他多一點而已阿 07/09 16:35
→ popstarkirby:他在Boozer回來前一度平均15分..滿威的 07/09 16:42
→ shumman:個人覺得她比Lee還好用 防守更棒 而且Lee漲到12M 誇張~~!! 07/09 17:50
推 jonesking:他防守 受限於身高 夠硬但還是會被吃 07/09 18:19
推 lanver1220:買了可以當稱職的替補PF 不過要先過米爺他叔父那關... 07/09 19:52
→ lanver1220:我覺得7M還是算貴，5M~6M差不多，米爺是硬但矮 07/09 19:54
推 david319:出價超過8M ,爵爵應該就會放棄了吧 07/09 21:55
推 Verlander35:5~6M Millsap不會同意簽吧 爵士也沒match的機會 07/09 21:57
→ Verlander35:拓荒者若報價8.9M就有可能了 可以賭一下 07/09 21:57
推 Ansel:我們不是只剩下7.7M嗎 07/09 22:10
推 jonesking:Millsap 9M.......!!!!!!!!!! OMG 07/09 22:11
→ Verlander35:如果放棄Petteri and Freeland好像能增加到8.9m 07/09 22:11
推 Ansel:喔喔 懂了 謝謝 07/09 22:13
推 AdamHmc:Petteri感覺可放一放了... 07/09 22:15