ISIAH NOT WILLING TO DEAL LEE FOR ARTEST - 紐約尼克 New York Knicks

By MARC BERMAN
July 7, 2007 --

David Lee is off the table.

Lee 不會拿來談判。

If the Knicks are to obtain Ron Artest in a summer package, they'll have to
do it without Lee being included in the package. According to a person with
knowledge of the situation, Knick president Isiah Thomas has not made Lee
available in talks with Sacramento, nor will he in potential future talks.

根據內線可靠消息，未來關於 Ron Artest 的交易，Lee 都不會成為籌碼。

That would seem to decrease the chances of the Knicks putting together a
strong-enough package to get Artest, especially since Kings GM Geoff Petrie
is considered a stubborn negotiator.

看來可以交易的空間縮小了，尤其面對到的是難說服的國王隊 GM --- Geoff Petrie。

The Knicks would likely only pony up Lee in a deal for Kobe Bryant or
Kevin Garnett. Lee, who averaged a double-double (10.7, 10.4) last season,
is a leading candidate for Sixth Man of the Year.

尼克看來只願意把這個去年最佳第六人人選，放在特大物的交易上。

However, Lee's minutes are expected to drop next season with the addition of
starting power forward Zach Randolph. Although he rarely started, Lee got
many of his minutes at power forward for the ineffective Channing Frye,
now a Blazer.

Lee 下季的上場時間勢必受 Z-BO 的到來而下降，儘管 Lee 去年先發次數不多，
但能從 Frye 身上偷到不少上場時間。

The Knicks have plenty of other prospects to make a deal. However, they could
wait until after next season when Artest, 27, opts out and becomes a free
agent. The controversial former Defensive Player of the Year from
Queensbridge has said in the past he would opt out to sign with the Knicks.

尼克計畫其他方法來交易，也可以等待阿泰下季跳脫合約，曾經獲得年度最佳防守
獎項來自皇后區的他，渴望來到尼克。

But Thomas could only offer a five-year deal starting at the mid-level
exception, which could be worth $6 million per next summer.

不過現實的是...尼克只能提供5年中產條款，一年可能只值600萬的條款。

Petrie can scout a number of the Knicks' young players at this week's
Las Vegas summer league. The Knicks open play Monday vs. Seattle in Kevin
Durant's pro debut.

Petrie 可以去參觀尼克的夏季聯盟比賽，來觀察希望獲得球員。

On the summer-league team that began practice yesterday are last season's
rookies, Renaldo Balkman, Mardy Collins and Randolph Morris, plus 2007
draftees Wilson Chandler and Demitris Nichols. Nate Robinson, surprisingly,
also will play.

尼克已經開始練習，比較意外的是 Nate 也將參與比賽。

The chances are stronger that an Artest trade would happen later in the
summer, when the contracts of Dan Dickau, Fred Jones and Chandler can be
traded. Chandler, the first-round pick out of DePaul, is expected to sign
his rookie deal Monday

兩個新秀將於週一簽約，尼克若想交易新秀及剛加入尼克球員球員Jones跟Dickau，
就得等到夏天尾。

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