Rashard says hes gonna opt out in '07

[zmac]

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi ... out_in_07/

Wow! I didnt expect this.

Seattle aint just gonna wait around for him to leave, at least I dont think they will. I think he may get traded before this seasons deadline, if not, in the offseason.

[Doobie]

Man , I really like Rashard , I hope he finishes his career in Seattle .

[Emiliano]

It's all downhill for Seattle. First their coach leaves after having a great season with the team, then they lose Daniels and James and now looks like Rashard will be packing his bags soon.

[chujo™]

he probably wants to leave because they're not doing that great right now.

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I would much rather have Rashard lewis then Lamar Odom.

[Null17]

Sucks for Seattle. A lot of teams can make good use for him. I mean he can shoot, he's athletic and he has the height

[Laxation]

i dont get it, why would you come out and say something like that to the media? surely its just asking for trouble within the club, or is there something im missing...

hopefully he comes to pistons if he wants to accept like 1mil a year lol...

[chujo™]

haha. well, most people cant keep their mouth shut. or they just dont care?

[beau_boy04]

trade him for Lamar Odom. At least he's cocky and confident. Everybody I see LO playing he's scared of shooting the ball, RL is not.

[Its_asdf]

He'll come to Toronto!!!!!!

[chujo™]

hahahaha. then charlie villanueva will say theyr'e the new/younger david robinson-tim duncan-sean elliot combo

hahaha

[[L3]1101]

i don't this this either, why say this now? why not next year? There's no point in saying this, this year unless he wants to be traded. It seems he's jealous of Allen's contract.

[maes]

Seattle did majorly f-up the off-season.

They lost McMillan.
They lost Casey to Minnesota (although he's having problems there).
They lost their only perimeter defender, Antonio Daniels.
They've made Vlade useless by not extending him, so Vlade assumes he's gone after this year and only cares about playing time to improve his next contract, a lot like Bonzi in Memphis.

Amazingly, they've gone from one of the best in the league at long range shooting and rebounding to the worst in both.

[Metsis]

Again, this is from the most trustworthy source of "realgm"... Man, someone's blowing wind up your pipes again...

[Jugs]

if this is true, then I would love for him to be traded to the Jazz so they can have a Lewis and AK47 combo + Deron feeding them

but who can they give in return (i hate boozer)

meh, we can only fantisize

[zmac]

Again, this is from the most trustworthy source of "realgm"... Man, someone's blowing wind up your pipes again...

Yeh but if u add up the times they are right compared to when they are wrong....u would get like a 10-1 odd.

[Metsis]

So where of the half a dozen teams is Spree playing for again? Or where did Garnett get traded to last summer???

[DipSetVC]

He's going to get the max from somebody in 2007.

[havasufalls]

He's going to get the max from somebody in 2007.

i cant c him getting the max. i love his game and all but i cant c a team spending the max on him though i do believe he will get alot of money jus not the max

[Andrew]

If that's true, I really don't care for his attitude. I remember a couple of years ago when he claimed to be insulted with the Sonics offer and wanted a $100 million contract, comparing himself to Kobe and claiming that he was approaching the same level. He's somewhat closer to deserving such a big payday now but he's not up there with the likes of KG, Shaq, Kobe, T-Mac, Duncan and so on.

[fgrep15]

I would much rather have Rashard lewis then Lamar Odom.

So would a lot of people, don't feel too special

[air gordon]

I would much rather have Rashard lewis then Lamar Odom.

So would a lot of people, don't feel too special

why do you guys prefer one of the other?

odom's skillset are ideal for the triangle. i don't think phil will be dropping the triangle offense anytime soon

[Its_asdf]

People prefer Lewis over Odom because they aren't really taking skillset and how well a player plays in a system into account. Personally, I'd rather have Odom since I always like quality passing big men.

[DipSetVC]

If that's true, I really don't care for his attitude. I remember a couple of years ago when he claimed to be insulted with the Sonics offer and wanted a $100 million contract, comparing himself to Kobe and claiming that he was approaching the same level. He's somewhat closer to deserving such a big payday now but he's not up there with the likes of KG, Shaq, Kobe, T-Mac, Duncan and so on.

After seeing what guys like Larry Hughes, Michael Redd and Joe Johnson were able to attract in terms of salary, there is no doubt in my mind that someone will be open to paying $86-$90 million over 7 years for a player like Rashard Lewis.

[Andrew]

No doubt, I wouldn't be surprised if he does get it. I just don't think it's a good idea to pay potential. Lewis is fairly established, but that kind of money suggests he's going to get a whole lot better than he already is, or is already there. But to be fair it's not really as bad as the fuss he made a couple of years ago, when he was far less proven.