Magic Talks With Spree End When Two-Year Deal Is Demanded

[Malfa]

Orlando Sentinel - The Magic spoke with Latrell Sprewell's agent, but Spree wanted a two-year deal.

Orlando decided that it was too long to be tied to him given his age and their opinions regarding his character.

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi ... _demanded/

I hope he doesn't get a contract.

[Jona]

I don't think he will. At least from the Magic.

[Amphatoast]

want all, lose all.

[cyanide]

Sooner or later, he'll give in. His family's at the risk of starvation.

(Sorry, I had to do that )

[BIG GREEN]

Hey hey..whats with the spree hate?..my fav nba player of all time.

[Drex]

Damn...poor Spree.

[Fresh8]

As people say, beggers can't be choosers. He's got to get to his senses soon...

[[L3]1101]

how much is this asking for?

[Andrew]

You have to hand it to Spree. Zero leverage yet he refuses to budge.

[Drex]

A little question...What if Spree gets voted to the ASG? I know it's really hard for him to get votes but, what if he gets voted to start? He could play or not?

[Andrew]

I don't think he'd be on the ballot seeing as though he wasn't signed by the time opening night rosters were finalised.

[Malfa]

ASG???

[bigh0rt]

Sprewell clearly couldn't play in the All-Star Game if he was voted in, as much as you or I couldn't if we were.

The man is an idiot, on top of that.

[Andrew]

ASG???

All-Star Game.

[designmatrix]

Sprewell clearly couldn't play in the All-Star Game if he was voted in, as much as you or I couldn't if we were.

The man is an idiot, on top of that.

I am worried about Spree's family. If he doesn't get a contract soon I am afraid his family will starve.

[John WB]

Guys, enough with the feed my family jokes. Those are SO old.

Magic could use him, so I hope they do sign him. I hope some team signs him already at least. Nuggets could also use him.

[hipn]

Doesnt he have money to feed his family? I mean didnt he have a deacent deal with Minesota or w/e?

[Cable]

In Chuck's weekly column about the Raptors:

I hope Latrell Sprewell can feed his family now that he's on the outside looking in looking for work.

Even Chuck's getting in on it.

[Balla69]

sprewell, sprewell. miss the goldenstate days, the knicks days sucked (one opinion)

seriously, where is he gonna go? i hope this doesn't force him into retirement.
sign him anyone, for gods sake.

L'A? that would be aaight!

(or toronto


just thinking tho,... first Allan Houston going out not on his own terms

now this thang with sprewell, Age?

damn, those days really are gone
rider, penny, kemp, where did they go...


by the way:
but hey, spreewell did feeed his teamates, check the little thing about catering
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs ... 60349/1108

[dada]

sprewell, sprewell. miss the goldenstate days, the knicks days sucked (one opinion)

seriously, where is he gonna go? i hope this doesn't force him into retirement.
sign him anyone, for gods sake.

L'A? that would be aaight!

(or toronto


just thinking tho,... first Allan Houston going out not on his own terms

now this thang with sprewell, Age?

damn, those days really are gone
rider, penny, kemp, where did they go...


by the way:
but hey, spreewell did feeed his teamates, check the little thing about catering
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs ... 60349/1108

Do you mean the LA Clippers?

[Andrew]

If Spree is forced into retirement because he won't bend on any demands when he has zero leverage, he has only himself to blame. It's a shame because I don't believe he's done, but he's not really in a position to demand a long contract or the kind of money he was making under his last contract.

[Its_asdf]

He's still demanding around 7 mill a year and he's saying that taking one million would be "a slap to the face". Jesus christ.....

[[C][B]#4]

Man, this just tells you spree's not even interested in playing basketball. He just wants money. He's not gonna get a contract worth 7 million period. At this rate, I'm not surprised if he remains a free agent for the whole season. Teams just dont want and dont need players that have a bad character and contract.

[Fenix]

A veteran with his demenaor and stats (12ppg. And we're talking about a guy who has been known as a scorer for his career.) should be getting 7-10 million $ per? What the fuck?

[Andrew]

He's still demanding around 7 mill a year and he's saying that taking one million would be "a slap to the face". Jesus christ.....

Yeah, I saw that on RealGM. I guess you can't blame his agent for trying, but surely he has to release he has no leverage, that Spree may be a capable veteran but not quite as capable as he was a couple of years ago, and he's not helping the situation at all. So what he's saying is true; he might as well retire, though not for the reasons he's citing. If he wants to demand more money than he's worth and refuses to take any offer - even just for a year - he might as well call it quits.