[新聞] Sonics to meet with Vlade next week; may be talking trad

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By Percy Allen

Seattle Times staff reporter


The Sonics will sit down with Vladimir Radmanovic early next week in Seattle
in a meeting that will ultimately define their relationship with the
restricted free agent.

The sides have frequently been at odds regarding his role as a reserve
forward and pursuit of a long-term contract since Seattle selected him 12th
overall in the 2001 draft.

After being denied an extension last year, Radmanovic averaged 11.8 points
and 4.6 rebounds and was a candidate for the NBA's sixth man of the year
award before suffering a regular-season ending stress fracture in his right
fibula.

Seattle has extended him a multi-year offer with a yearly salary between $6
million and $7 million. Still, it's far less than the five-year, $47 million
deal that Bobby Simmons will reportedly receive from Milwaukee and the
three-year, $24 million deal that Kwame Brown is expected to receive from the
Los Angeles Lakers.

Both forwards were drafted in 2001. Last season, Simmons produced better
averages (16.4 points and 5.9 rebounds) than Radmanovic, but Brown (7.0 and
4.9) didn't fare as well.

"My motto all along has been to remain cautiously optimistic," said
Radmanovic's agent, David Bauman. "We haven't had much movement yet, but that
doesn't mean we won't."

Radmanovic, who is vacationing in Serbia and Montenegro, is scheduled to
return to Seattle on Monday and speak with general manager Rick Sund and
president Wally Walker on Tuesday.

The Sonics are unable to comment on player negotiations until the new
collective-bargaining agreement is ratified, but it appears the team is
prepared to have Radmanovic sign a one-year tender worth $3.2 million.

By doing so, the 6-foot-10 forward will become an unrestricted free agent
next season and the Sonics will save between $3 million and $6 million, which
they can spend on restricted free agents Ronald Murray, Reggie Evans and
Damien Wilkins.

Bauman declined to comment on the likelihood of pursuing a sign-and-trade
deal, although that scenario remains a possibility.

One league source said yesterday the Sonics have had several discussions with
teams about trading Radmanovic and Murray in separate deals, although it's
unclear if Seattle is initiating the talks.

The Sonics have maintained since free agency began that their first priority
is re-signing their players, including Ray Allen, who agreed to a five-year,
$80 million deal. Unrestricted free agents Jerome James and Antonio Daniels,
however, will not return.

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