[外電] Wolves offered Pacers Jefferson for Granger

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Minnesota Timberwolves general manager David Kahn recently offered forward Al
Jefferson(notes) to the Indiana Pacers for forward Danny Granger(notes), but
was immediately rebuffed, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

While Pacers president Larry Bird remains determined to build around Granger,
sources say Kahn has become increasingly dubious on making Jefferson a
cornerstone for the Timberwolves.

So far, Kahn has tried to undo almost everything from the Kevin McHale
regime, and trading Jefferson would be another significant step in that
direction.

After rehabbing from a knee injury he suffered in February, Jefferson is
still trying to work himself back to the elite form he showed last season
when he had averaged 23.1 points and 11 rebounds. This season, he’s
averaging 17.7 points and 9.1 rebounds.

Jefferson, 25, has three years and $42 million left on his contract after
this season. Any proposed deal would’ve needed another player or two
involved to make the salaries match, but the Pacers had no interest in such a
discussion, sources said.

Minnesota also has chemistry issues between Jefferson and forward Kevin
Love(notes). “There’s some jealous stuff that’s playing out,” one league
source said.

The Pacers, who are tied for the second-worst record in the Eastern
Conference, could be dealers before the trade deadline, but league executives
believe Indiana has all but ruled out any moves that would include Granger or
center Roy Hibbert(notes). After missing a month with a foot injury, Granger
returned to the Pacers’ lineup on Friday. He has become one of the league’s
best young scorers, averaging 24 points a game.

The Cleveland Cavaliers would like to acquire a power forward who can shoot,
and the Pacers’ Troy Murphy(notes) is near the top of their wish list,
perhaps trailing only the Washington Wizards’ Antawn Jamison(notes). The Cavs
’ front office is still trying to gauge the seriousness of Wizards GM Ernie
Grunfeld about eventually agreeing to a Jamison deal. While waiting for the
Wizards on a move Grunfeld may never make, Cleveland doesn’t want to miss
out on Murphy.

Sources close to Jamison and Murphy say both players would welcome a trade to
the contending Cavs.

The Cavs likely are willing to part with young forward J.J. Hickson(notes) in
a trade for Jamison, but perhaps less apt to do so for Murphy. So far, the
Pacers want more than the expiring contract of center Zydrunas
Ilgauskas(notes) to make a deal for Murphy, and likely would also require
Hickson.

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推 kusodirector:Big Al跟Love處不好???
推 hikari0:都快蜀中無大將了...再換就沒人打禁區了ˊˋ|||
推 crazycloub:真假=口=
推 wisdom8002:兩個人在一起很喜歡，但送走一個換到妙麗也ok(初步思考
推 balabalaba:灰狼是該面對最終Al和Love二選一的局面，畢竟兩人身材
→ balabalaba:相似度太高（是劣勢！）Love適合PF而AL也是 但我覺得
→ balabalaba:陣容以Love搭配Lopez類型的高大中鋒才會有可看性
推 timeup91425:我覺得AL的約很漂亮  換了似乎有點可惜
→ timeup91425:但是現在去哪邊生Lopez這種高大中鋒?
推 smoms:沒換成還要放消息嗎?會不會影響AL的心情啊...
推 hikari0:拿AL+??換高大中鋒+堪用搖擺人 好像比較有搞頭@@a
推 tiberian:總管最好出來闢謠.....太離譜了~~
推 balabalaba:"聽說"跟Kevin Love 彼此忌妒 文章有寫
推 s19790824:不是這樣的吧＝＝
→ s19790824:雖然說換到妙麗對隊形來說很棒！可是於情...QQ
推 duke7814:要順便進補7呎中鋒嗎 這樣溜馬的禁區也塞爆了
→ hello5566:妙麗的類型應該還算滿好找到的吧?