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Clips make offer to Arenas for $60 mil
Clippers now making waves in free agent market
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESPN.com news services LOS ANGELES -- For years the poster child for the NBA's thrifty, the Clippers shocked the basketball establishment this week by retaining one of their own big-name free agents. Now they are after someone else's. On Saturday, after matching Miami's six-year, $82 million offer and keeping restricted free-agent power forward Elton Brand, the Clippers have made a six-year, $60 million offer to Golden State point guard Gilbert Arenas, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. The Clippers' offer matches Washington's earlier offer for Arenas, a restricted free agent, but he has spoken openly of his desire to stay on the West Coast, giving the Clippers a significant edge. According to the Times, the Clippers still expect to match Utah's $7-million-a-year offer to Corey Maggette and are hoping to extend Lamar Odom for a salary in that range. Los Angeles lost unrestricted free-agent center Michael Olowokandi to Minnesota earlier this week, and has indicated that it will not match Denver's offer to point guard Andre Miller, also a restricted free agent. With or without Arenas, the Clippers are poised to get something they have never had: a stable nucleus, locked up with multi-year contracts. Finally, there may be some hope in the future for L.A.'s "other" team. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALERT: HELL HAS FROZEN OVER !!!!!!
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07-21-2003, 03:06 PM
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Clips make offer to Arenas for $60 mil
Whoa. Clippers are finally forking over that money. I agree hell has freezen over.
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Clips make offer to Arenas for $60 mil
I am sure hiring of Dunleavy SR has a lot to do with this.
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07-21-2003, 10:18 PM
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Clips make offer to Arenas for $60 mil
10 mils/year for Arenas is a bit much. But it sure is a surprise that the clippers finally pay someone.
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07-21-2003, 10:25 PM
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Clips make offer to Arenas for $60 mil
I don't know DNNF. Arenas could be one of those guys that in a year or so having him locked in at 10 mil could be a NBA bargain. The guy is already awesome and he is improving by leaps and bounds.
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Have you noticed that alot of these teams over pay a player just because they think he will become a good NBA player and end up overpaying him? Have you noticed that most of them are never guards? Always Big Men and 3s? I think Arenas is going to be hell. I hope he just goes to the Eastcoast.
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