Noah
09-11-2008, 04:51 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/sports/basketball/10knicks.html?_r=3&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=login&oref=slogin
"The Knicks are exploring trades involving Zach Randolph, but a
proposed deal with the Memphis Grizzlies has been dormant for weeks,
and might never be revived, according to Knicks officials.
“There was a discussion about different formats, and it never got
anywhere,” Donnie Walsh, the Knicks’ president, said Monday.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported last week on its web site that
the Knicks were weighing a swap of Randolph for forward Darko Milicic
and guard Marko Jaric. According to the report, the only sticking
point was whether the Knicks would agree to pay some of the deferred
salary in Randolph’s contract. He is owed $48 million over the next
three seasons. However, others involved in the talks said there was
more to the deal than had been reported.
“It was a conversation I had with these guys a month ago,” Walsh said.
“We haven’t talked recently. For some reason, it was in the Memphis
press and everyone in New York acts like it’s imminent.”
Asked if a deal with Memphis was still possible, Walsh said, “I can’t
say anything is over,” but he said there was no active proposal on the
table. “They’re dormant,” he said of the talks.
Walsh has stated repeatedly and emphatically that he wants the Knicks
to be under the salary cap in the summer of 2010, when a fantastic
crop of stars — including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh —
will become free agents. To do so, the Knicks will almost certainly
have to unload Randolph, who is due $17.3 million in 2010-11."
"The Knicks are exploring trades involving Zach Randolph, but a
proposed deal with the Memphis Grizzlies has been dormant for weeks,
and might never be revived, according to Knicks officials.
“There was a discussion about different formats, and it never got
anywhere,” Donnie Walsh, the Knicks’ president, said Monday.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported last week on its web site that
the Knicks were weighing a swap of Randolph for forward Darko Milicic
and guard Marko Jaric. According to the report, the only sticking
point was whether the Knicks would agree to pay some of the deferred
salary in Randolph’s contract. He is owed $48 million over the next
three seasons. However, others involved in the talks said there was
more to the deal than had been reported.
“It was a conversation I had with these guys a month ago,” Walsh said.
“We haven’t talked recently. For some reason, it was in the Memphis
press and everyone in New York acts like it’s imminent.”
Asked if a deal with Memphis was still possible, Walsh said, “I can’t
say anything is over,” but he said there was no active proposal on the
table. “They’re dormant,” he said of the talks.
Walsh has stated repeatedly and emphatically that he wants the Knicks
to be under the salary cap in the summer of 2010, when a fantastic
crop of stars — including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh —
will become free agents. To do so, the Knicks will almost certainly
have to unload Randolph, who is due $17.3 million in 2010-11."