Posted by UncagedMonster:
The chatter around other message boards is that this wasn't a one for one deal as reported and was actually part of a much larger plan to get Rasheed. It might have been KT + Shandon Anderson for Malik Rose + Ron Mercer. Isaiah would then try to spin off Rose for more expiring deals and reroute them to Atlanta for Sheed. Unfortunately it turned out to be too complicated to pull off and IT had to back out. I really don't have a link to substantiate any of this as it is all hearsay, has any one else heard or seen anything? It would seem to make much more sense that this is what happened and definitely looks better for IT. The original report scared me...
why not just make it a 3 or 4 way... instead of trying to do 2 separate deals... not sure how true this is. I think thomas wants 10 mil per season from nyk, and Nyk only wants to give 8 per (what's been quoted in the papers). Thomas isnt worth 8 mil per season... go fish!