[情報] Francis is free - 波特蘭拓荒者 Portland Trail Blazers

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作者: royshine (理想現實) 看板: NBA
標題: [情報] Francis is free
時間: Wed Jul 11 09:11:26 2007


http://blog.washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider/2007/07/francis_is_free.html

Francis Is Free

It's official. The Portland Trail Blazers agreed to terms on a buyout with
guard Steve Francis Tuesday afternoon, waiving the 29-year-old former all-star
and allowing him become an unrestricted free agent. Francis is expected to
easily clear waivers in seven days, since no teams have the cap room nor the
desire to absorb the $34 million remaining on the final two years of his contract.

The Los Angeles Clippers are believed to be front runners for Francis's serv
ices and such a move would reunite Francis with his friend and former teamma
te in Houston and Orlando, Cuttino Mobley. But according to a league source,
the Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers have also expressed
interest in Francis, who has averaged 18.4 points and 6.1 assists in eight
seasons.

Francis's agent, Jeff Fried, had been working diligently to free his client
from the New York Knicks after a disappointing 1.5 year stint. Francis and
Channing Frye were dealt to the Trail Blazers in a draft day deal that sent
Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau and Fred Jones to the Knicks. Francis is coming off
the worst season of his career, with nagging injuries and an inability to
mesh with Stephon Marbury and find a consistent role contributing to him aver
aging career lows in points (11.3), games played (44) and starts (30).

Francis came out a clear cut winner in the agreement reached with Portland on
Tuesday, as he was able to collect more than $30 million in deal. Fried said
the deal allows Francis to choose the "right fit as opposed to the most money.
He doesn't need much to be made whole."

The buyout had been considered a foregone conclusion since the trade was con
summated. Francis obviously didn't fit in with young Trail Blazers, who are
building the franchise around Greg Oden, the No. 1 pick in last month's NBA
draft, rookie-of-year Brandon Roy and second-year forward LaMarcus Aldridge.
And, Francis famously declared that he wouldn't play in the Pacific Northwest
when the Vancouver Grizzlies selected No. 2 overall out of Maryland in 1999.
Francis later forced a trade to Houston, where he was co-rookie of the year
and made three all-star teams in five seasons before getting dealt to Orlando
in exchange for Tracy McGrady in the summer of 2004.

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Blazers同意買斷SF3.
Clippers最有可能得到SF3(到底是和老貓兄弟情深)
小牛,熱火,湖人也對小法有意
HOW ABOUT HOUSTON?


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