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"Anderson agrees to join Blazers
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SAN ANTONIO -- Free agent guard Derek Anderson has made a verbal commitment to sign with Portland, and his agent has asked the San Antonio Spurs to try to work out a sign-and-trade deal with the Trail Blazers.
"He's verbally committed there," agent Tony Dutt said Friday. "It's disappointing that it didn't work out with the Spurs, but at the same time Derek feels happy with the Portland situation."
Anderson has agreed to sign for the mid-level exception of $4.5 million. His six-year deal, with an opt-out clause after five years, would be worth $34 million.
Anderson had been negotiating with the Spurs over the past two weeks but was unhappy that San Antonio would not guarantee a sixth year or give him the maximum allowable raises from year to year.
Dutt had said Thursday there was a "50-50" chance Anderson would leave.
"We wanted to stay, but we got to the point where we realized it wasn't going to happen there," Dutt said.
Aside from the Trail Blazers, other teams expressing interest in Anderson were the Cavaliers, Mavericks and Heat, Dutt said.
Anderson, a four-year veteran who also spent time with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers, was the Spurs' second-leading scorer last season with an average of 15.5 points per game.
He was injured during a second-round playoff series against Dallas and did not return until Game 3 of the Western Conference finals against the Lakers.
His departure leaves the Spurs with a big hole to fill at shooting guard.
Team officials from the Spurs and Trail Blazers were not immediately available for comment."
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