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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Olajuwon a Knick?????? | ||||
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| BaLLooN NoT | posted on 07-29-2001 @ 9:52 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | Wednesday, July 25, 2001 Report: Knicks meet with Olajuwon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESPN.com news services New York Knicks representatives met with Hakeem Olajuwon in Houston on Tuesday, joining the list of suitors for the free agent center, the Indianapolis Star reported Wednesday. Olajuwon, 38, has had meetings with the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat and Houston Rockets. The Pacers and Heat both have $4.5 million midlevel exceptions to offer Olajuwon if the 12-time All-Star cannot work out a deal with the Rockets -- his team of 17 seasons. In their concern over retaining Shandon Anderson, Maurice Taylor and Moochie Norris and staying below the luxury tax level -- projected at $54.5 million -- the Rockets are under-bidding for the best player in franchise history by offering a two-year, $9.1 million contract. Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson reiterated Tuesday that re-signing Olajuwon, one of the club's five free agents, remains the No. 1 priority. "The only thing we've been trying to do is get the Dream thing solved, and nothing can happen until then," Dawson said. "There's a lot of people coming in visiting him that need our help to get him, and I've been talking to them. But I keep telling them our first order of business is to sign him ourselves, and we'll talk to them later if that doesn't work out." The Raptors are wooing the Dream with the $5 million exception they gained by trading Charles Oakley to Chicago for a draft choice. The Knicks, who signed Allan Houston to a $100.4 million contract Monday and used their mid-level cap exception on former Cavaliers forward Clarence Weatherspoon, would need to engineer a sign-and-trade deal with the Rockets if they want to acquire Olajuwon. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who lead the league in centers of dubious health and talent, on Monday were the latest to join the list of Dream chasers. The Cavaliers are in the midst of major rebuilding and have just $1.2 million of wiggle room under the salary cap.  SIG PIC CREATED BY Jolene78 E-Mail Me METS will go ALL THE WAY THIS YEAR !!!!!!!!!!! (ok maybe not this year but i aint chainging this) Yankees & the Braves SUCK !!!!!!!! Resident Strip Club Pimp Very Proud Member of the OA.com Stalker Society | ||||
| mikeWOW | posted on 07-29-2001 @ 12:55 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | i REALLY hope they dont get him. they gotta fucking look forward!!!! "i hate people that dont get it!" | ||||
| Francine Banger | posted on 07-29-2001 @ 7:08 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Getting Olajuwon would be stupid. So I would probably say Scott Layden is on the verge of doing it because has he done anything in his tenure as GM Of the Knicks that wasnt stupid? | ||||
| BaLLooN NoT | posted on 07-29-2001 @ 7:12 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: ummm... NO SIG PIC CREATED BY Jolene78 E-Mail Me METS will go ALL THE WAY THIS YEAR !!!!!!!!!!! (ok maybe not this year but i aint chainging this) Yankees & the Braves SUCK !!!!!!!! Resident Strip Club Pimp Very Proud Member of the OA.com Stalker Society | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 07-29-2001 @ 7:22 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Well, i would have to agree with Francine on this one. Scott Layden is an idiot, and we dont need an aging center like olajawon. If we did, we would still have Ewing here. Anyway, Camby has gained 20 pounds already this offseason (hopefully in muscle), so we dont need a center. WHht we need is a point guard not named Mark Jackson or Charlie Ward, and a GM not named Scott Layden. "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out, in a good cause, and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." -Vince Lombardi | ||||
| JJ G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Soldier of Fortune Spec Ops Division | posted on 07-29-2001 @ 7:46 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | how bout um....care? lol really the knicks have to get a young center not some guy who might not be playing in another year or so We're all just monkeys!! I have 2 slots open for anyone that wants to be adoptedE-Mail Me and i will get to back to u A.S.A.P, or AIM ople696 | ||||
| BaLLooN NoT | posted on 07-30-2001 @ 6:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Rockets add extra year, $2M to Olajuwon offer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press HOUSTON -- The Houston Rockets have increased their offer to center Hakeem Olajuwon to include a third guaranteed year and an added $2 million in salary, Houston radio station KILT reported Monday. That would make the Rockets' offer a three-year deal worth at least $10 million, the station said. The Rockets declined comment. Olajuwon, whose entire pro career has been with the Rockets, played out the final year of his contract with Houston that paid him $16.5 million last season. He said early last season he would retire but later changed his mind. The Rockets want to re-sign Olajuwon but the future Hall of Famer takes up more than $24 million on the Rockets' salary cap space. Olajuwon, the top overall pick in the 1984 draft, was the league's Most Valuable Player in 1994. He became the only player to win honors as MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and MVP of the championship finals. SIG PIC CREATED BY Jolene78 E-Mail Me METS will go ALL THE WAY THIS YEAR !!!!!!!!!!! (ok maybe not this year but i aint chainging this) Yankees & the Braves SUCK !!!!!!!! Resident Strip Club Pimp Very Proud Member of the OA.com Stalker Society This message was edited by BaLLooN NoT on 7-30-01 @ 6:06 PM | ||||
| Arpikarhu Harmless Teddy I wish Maynard was still posting here so I could implant my head up his ass. Needle dick, bear salesman. I think I'm a revolutionary. Actually, I'm a one trick pony. I enjoy C&BT | posted on 07-31-2001 @ 12:13 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Apr. 01 | im suprised that the knicks didnt make the deal. they have been making bad deals for years. $100 million for a guy who disappears in the playoffs and isnt even in the top 5 at his position. that deal guarantees that they will be mediocre for years to come. good but not good enough. Arpi Karhu Kauppias Forever!!! graduted by CRXGIRL AIM- Arpikarhu  | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 07-31-2001 @ 7:34 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Why don't they offer Ralph Sampson or Robert Parrish a deal to come out of retirement than? | ||||
| Ferret | posted on 07-31-2001 @ 11:04 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Great, just what we need, another washed up has been that we can pay a shitload of money to. A center who can't jump, rebound, run, play d, or score anymore. He'd make a perfect fit. | ||||
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