What you get when you are impatient: Keyon Dooling for 9mil

[EricaLubarsky]

Orlando Offers Keyon Dooling A Three-Year $9 Million Contract

21st July, 2005 - 2:55 am
RealGM - Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress reported exclusively to RealGM that the Orlando Magic have offered Miami Heat free agent Keyon Dooling a three-year $9 million contract.

Givony learned of the offer on Wednesday evening from a source with knowledge of the negotiations.

Dooling, who has averaged 5.8 point per game over his five years in the NBA, has yet to accept the deal, as the Nets are also in the running for his services.

Ohm Youngmisuk of the New York Daily News reported that Dooling had arrived in New Jersey on Wednesday night in prepartion of his visit on Thursday with the Nets.

Whether or not the Nets agree to a sign-and-trade deal with the Blazers for Shareef Abdur-Rahim will likely be the deciding factor on where Dooling eventually signs. If the Nets are forced to use their mid level exception on Abdur-Rahim, then they would be out of the running for Dooling.

Dooling was selected by the Magic in 2000, but was traded to the Clippers on Draft Night.

The 6-3 guard out of Missouri became a key member of Miami's playoff run last season after four uneventful seasons with the Clippers.

Givony also reports that signing Dooling could open things up for the Magic to deal Steve Francis, who has been the subject of trade rumors this summer. Givony's source indicated that the Lakers are one of the teams reportedly very interested in acquiring Francis and that Lamar Odom would definitely not be included in the discussions.
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[dirt_dobber]

I think this quote is very interesting:

Givony's source indicated that the Lakers are one of the teams reportedly very interested in acquiring Francis and that Lamar Odom would definitely not be included in the discussions.

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I would love for Francis to go to LA , the ego clash between he and Kobe would be fun to watch.

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[alby]

that would be a huge pickup for the la fakers..

[jayC]

Dooling isn't a good point guard. When he was with the Clips all he did was look for his own shot. This guy is a complete spare.

[alby]

agreed.

[Drbio]

Overpaid!

[FilthyFinMavs]

Lamar Odom wouldn't be in the discussions? Who are they trading him for Luke Walton? Who else has any sort of trade value outside of Kobe and Odom?

[alby]

No idea, Bynum maybe Mihm maybe Devean maybe? I dont know, the list is very small and not very good lol. But maybe Bynum because they want to start over with a brand new (young team) with Howard as the leader of the group. I'm sure they understand they aren't going anywhere anytime soon, so they might have decided to go into to the rebuilding process..