i don't see you getting much more for Ray Allen when he's looking for a max extension other than the package i outlined above, unless you can turn him into a Vince Carter who might be demanding a trade out of TOR by the allstar break, but i don't see Vince wanting to go to SEA anyway...& there won't be many teams out there willing to give Ray Allen a max deal other than maybe the Blazers imho...the Mavs perhaps, but they would have to unload Michael Finley first, which won't be easy due to his own huge contract...& the Mavs are capped out anyway, so it would have to be a sign & trade deal...SEA won't be interested in Finley at his money...otherwise, they'd simply re-sign Allen to a max contract.

[Edited by - TMS on 08/24/2004 11:22:23]

you're right TMS, i was just kidding. Your package is good and the blazers would be ill advised to keep reef on their bench instead of getting the shooter they badly need.

Allen is a time bom ready to explode and I wouldn't like to be the team that will have to deal with him when his contract expires.