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David Lee had a lengthy meeting Saturday with the Minnesota Timberwolves and now awaits a meeting with the Nets, his agent Mark Bartelstein said.
“The Minnesota meeting went really well,” he said Sunday by phone. “He was there literally all day.”
Lee spent about nine hours in the Twin Cities, catching some of the Rays-Twins game with team president David Kahn and head coach Kurt Rambis before grabbing an evening flight home, the AP reported. Bartelstein declined to say if the Timberwolves made an offer.
“We had a very good meeting with David Lee today,” Kahn said in a statement issued by the team. “We enjoyed getting to know David and providing him an opportunity to hear our vision for our team, and his potential role with us. This was the first step in the process and we will be in contact with his representatives later this week.”
Lee has now met with the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat and the Wolves. Bartelstein says his client will also meet with the Nets, but no date has been set.
“David wants to take a deep breath for a second,” Bartelstein said.
Chris Sheridan of ESPN.com says Lee could also land with the Toronto Raptors.
“He has been proceeding forward with the understanding that the Toronto Raptors could be his ultimate destination if Chris Bosh decides to go to New York,” Sheridan writes. “The Raptors are amenable to such a deal, and the salaries would not have to match because Toronto would be trading Bosh into open cap space. If they got Lee at an $11 million starting salary, the Raptors would also gain a $5.5 million trade exception, and Bosh would get a sixth year on his deal and 10.5 percent annual raises, increasing the value of his contract by $30 million.”
(The AP contributed)
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David Lee had a lengthy meeting Saturday with the Minnesota Timberwolves and now awaits a meeting with the Nets, his agent Mark Bartelstein said.
“The Minnesota meeting went really well,” he said Sunday by phone. “He was there literally all day.”
Lee spent about nine hours in the Twin Cities, catching some of the Rays-Twins game with team president David Kahn and head coach Kurt Rambis before grabbing an evening flight home, the AP reported. Bartelstein declined to say if the Timberwolves made an offer.
“We had a very good meeting with David Lee today,” Kahn said in a statement issued by the team. “We enjoyed getting to know David and providing him an opportunity to hear our vision for our team, and his potential role with us. This was the first step in the process and we will be in contact with his representatives later this week.”
Lee has now met with the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat and the Wolves. Bartelstein says his client will also meet with the Nets, but no date has been set.
“David wants to take a deep breath for a second,” Bartelstein said.
Chris Sheridan of ESPN.com says Lee could also land with the Toronto Raptors.
“He has been proceeding forward with the understanding that the Toronto Raptors could be his ultimate destination if Chris Bosh decides to go to New York,” Sheridan writes. “The Raptors are amenable to such a deal, and the salaries would not have to match because Toronto would be trading Bosh into open cap space. If they got Lee at an $11 million starting salary, the Raptors would also gain a $5.5 million trade exception, and Bosh would get a sixth year on his deal and 10.5 percent annual raises, increasing the value of his contract by $30 million.”
(The AP contributed)
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