[摸乳] Orlando Magic Still Interested in Courtney Lee
Bill Ingram of HoopsWorld led off his NBA At 2 post with a lengthy item about
the Orlando Magic's desire to re-acquire shooting guard Courtney Lee, whom
they selected with the 22nd pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, only to deal him, as
well as the expiring contracts of Rafer Alston and Tony Battie, to the New
Jersey Nets for Ryan Anderson and Vince Carter. But, says Ingram, the Magic
still wanted Lee:
It wasn't long after the start of the 2009-10 season that the Magic began
lobbying to get Lee back from the Nets, and those efforts increased as the
Nets went further and further into the season without getting a win. The
efforts continued as the Nets flirted with the worst record in the history of
the NBA, which they ultimately (narrowly) avoided. The one sticking point for
New Jersey throughout was that they were unwilling to send Lee to an Eastern
Conference foe. It seems a bit ridiculous, given their level of futility, but
that was the story in New Jersey.
For what it's worth, I've heard from multiple email tipsters that Lee
desperately wants to return to Orlando, though I've been unable to confirm
that story.
The meat of the rumor follows the jump.
In any case, the Nets sent Lee to the Houston Rockets last week, which is
where the story gets interesting. Ingram, who's based in Houston and goes by
TheRocketGuy on Twitter, says the Rockets would be open to dealing Lee back
to the Magic. He outlines two Rockets/Magic trade options that could happen
near February's trading deadline:
First, if injuries have decimated the team again they could go for a salary
dump, taking Vince Carter's ending deal from Orlando and sending Lee, Jared
Jeffries and Jordan Hill (for example) to the Magic. If, as is more likely,
the much deeper Rockets are in the thick of the Western Conference race, they
could look at acquiring Rashard Lewis from the Magic instead. Lewis is the
kind of offensive threat the Rockets are looking for at the three, but also
has the versatility that head coach Rick Adelman cherishes. Lewis can play
the three or the four and create mismatches all over the court, just as he
has done for the Magic, and he would have more of a role in the offense in
Houston than he did in Orlando after the Carter acquisition.
And here's where I had to lead this post's headline with "Rumor:" and file it
under the Rumors section. I believe that the Magic are at least intrigued
with the idea of bringing Lee, whom coach Stan Van Gundy trusted as the
team's top perimeter defender in 2009, back. I don't believe even for a
second that they'd consider losing Vince Carter or Rashard Lewis to get him,
though. Sending Carter to the Rockets in a salary dump makes sense to a
degree, but the shooting guard the Magic would want in return is the
hyper-efficient Kevin Martin, not Lee, and it's doubtful that Houston would
part with Martin at such a low cost.
And as for the Magic trading Lewis? He's too valuable to this team, though if
Ingram's right, you can count the Rockets among the teams willing to take on
the $63 million left on his deal. Remember, they pursued him heavily in 2007
before he ultimately signed with the Magic.
We'll monitor this story to see if it develops, of course. Orlando and
Houston have a history of doing business together, most notably at the 2009
deadline, when Rockets GM Daryl Morey facilitated a three-team trade that
sent Rafer Alston to Orlando for the stretch run. Magic GM Otis Smith indeed
credited Morey for orchestrating the deal at the last minute, saying he "did
a good job bringing this all together and holding this all together."
不過我想也只是說說而已
有說道 用VC去換之類的 ...
現在的摸乳 都是在用VC去換 希望他不要被影響到
雖然覺得小李還不錯 但現在沒有上場的空間了吧.
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