Sources:J.J. Barea gets contract offer - NBA

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crawford談判，現在為barea報價以加速確定人選填補douby受傷後的空缺。

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The Xinjiang Flying Tigers in China this week added J.J. Barea to their wish
list and have extended a contract offer to the Dallas Mavericks free-agent
guard, according to sources close to the situation.

ESPN.com reported Monday that Xinjiang was also chasing Atlanta Hawks free a
gent Jamal Crawford to fill the void created by a long-term wrist injury suf
fered by former Sacramento Kings first-round pick Quincy Douby.

Crawford has since said in multiple interviews that he's considering the off
er, but Xinjiang wants to move fast after losing Douby -- one of the best pl
ayers in the Chinese Basketball Association last season -- just days away fr
om the Nov. 19 season opener.

Barea, though, has expressed interest in playing in Spain and, according to
sources close to Puerto Rico national team star, continues to explore his op
tions there as well.

Xinjiang has what's regarded as the biggest budget in China even after signi
ng Denver Nuggets unrestricted free agent Kenyon Martin earlier in the summe
r. And either Barea or Crawford would fill the Flying Tigers' need for a spe
edy scoring guard who can create his own shot.

Yet the challenge for Xinjiang in landing either player -- even amid the gro
wing uncertainty Stateside about how long the lockout will last -- is the ne
w league rule in China that forbids teams there from offering in-season outs
to newly signed players who want to return to the NBA as soon as the lockou
t ends.

The rule means Barea or Crawford, if either chooses to sign with Xinjiang, w
ould be obligated to stay there through the end of the Chinese season in Mar
ch. Nuggets free agents Wilson Chandler and J.R. Smith and Phoenix Suns free
-agent guard Aaron Brooks, along with Martin, are the most prominent NBA pla
yers to sign in China during the lockout.

"China isn't all the way closed yet," Crawford told ESPN.com when reached Th
ursday night. "Just being patient and hoping for the best with the NBA situa
tion."

Xinjiang is also one of the Chinese teams that negotiated with Los Angeles L
akers star Kobe Bryant earlier this summer. The Flying Tigers, sources say,
would love to make another run at Bryant, but the CBA also instituted a rule
in the summer that prevents its teams from signing any player with an exist
ing NBA contract.

Amid ongoing speculation that Chinese teams could elect on their own to rele
ase a signee from the NBA when the lockout ends, sources say that Xinjiang m
anagement, desperate to win a CBA championship this season, will be the stri
ctest in insisting that Martin and any other player it signs out of the NBA
stay for the entire Chinese season even if the lockout is eventually lifted
and the 2011-12 NBA season is saved. The suggestion continues to circulate i
n Chinese basketball circles that Chandler and Smith could be released when
the lockout ends by their respective Chinese teams -- both in the province o
f Zhejiang --despite the fact that teams in the CBA have been threatened wit
h sanctions if they waive players in-season to return to the NBA.

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