[JetsRock1991]

I read the Nets made an offer to Shareef Abdul Raheem. Do you guys think we'll get him.

[x80NyJeTs28x]

its abdur-rahim.....anyway, it depends on the offer, i heard that other teams were able to offer more money, it all depends on the interest. We clearly showed him the most interest but it depends on if he would liek to come to nj or not.

[JetsRock1991]

Nets set to meet Stromile

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

By AL IANNAZZONE
STAFF WRITER



As Shareef Abdur-Rahim continues to decide where he wants to play, the Nets have upped their pursuit of another free agent power forward.

Team officials are expected to meet today with the 6-foot-9 Stromile Swift, multiple league sources said.


Nets president Rod Thorn and general manager Ed Stefanski are watching their summer league team play in Las Vegas, which is where the meeting will be. Swift is an athletic shot-blocker, but he missed time this past season due to an irregular heartbeat.

Abdur-Rahim is the Nets' first choice, but Thorn has said they can't wait too long for him. Abdur-Rahim visited with Sacramento on Sunday and Monday, and may go to San Antonio or Miami before deciding.

Over the weekend, Aaron Goodwin, Abdur-Rahim's agent, said the Nets must perform a sign-and-trade with Portland and use their $4.9 million trade exception to get his client. Goodwin is seeking a six-year, $37.4 million deal, the maximum the Nets can give via the trade exception, which expires July 29.

The Nets have talked to the Blazers about the trade exception and a draft pick for Abdur-Rahim.

It likely will take a similar deal with the Grizzlies for the Nets to get Swift, who is being pursued by the Knicks and Rockets, among other teams.

Also Shareef turned down the Bucks offer. But either Shareef or Swift would be nice. Personally I wanted Samuel Dalembert because a rebounder is what we need most and he averaged like over 12 rebounds a game last year.

[Jetsfan115]

He’s a good player. Not a bad pick-up for the nets

[Maynard13]

I hope Swift don't sign with them, I always liked him

[JetsRock1991]

Nets to get Shareef


Nets get their guy to agree for less
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
BY DAVE D'ALESSANDRO
Star-Ledger Staff
The Nets got their man yesterday, and it was only because Shareef Abdur-Rahim is less greedy than his former employer.

The free-agent forward agreed to accept the lesser of two contract offers yesterday -- a five-year deal that will total $27 million to $30 million -- after the Nets failed to negotiate a better contract in a sign-and-trade scenario with the Portland Trail Blazers.

The agreement, which cannot be announced until Friday -- ostensibly the day the new collective bargaining agreement is signed -- was confirmed by agent Aaron Goodwin, whose 28-year-old client is expected to step right into the Nets' starting lineup at power forward.

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After two weeks of enlisting the Trail Blazers' help in trying to land Abdur-Rahim a better deal, one based on a $4.9 million trade exception, both the Nets and Goodwin grew tired of waiting. The Trail Blazers continue to demand second-round draft pick Mile Ilic along with the trade exception as compensation, which would enable the Nets to give Abdur-Rahim a six- year, $38 million contract.

But if necessary, he will settle for the midlevel exception, the extra fund that capped-out teams can use for free agents, which calls for a starting salary of $4.9 million to $5.2 million, and can be stretched out over a maximum of five years.

Reached by phone in the early afternoon, Abdur-Rahim said a move was imminent.

"The only holdup has been the Portland-New Jersey thing, and I think they're going to talk more," he said. "But before the day is out, Aaron and I will talk. Something else could develop."

It developed only a few hours later, when Goodwin informed Nets officials that his client is willing to play for the midlevel exception.

The deal is a major triumph for team president Rod Thorn, general manager Ed Stefanski and coach Lawrence Frank, who were relentless in their recruitment of the former All-Star. But while they are now able thumb their noses at Portland, which gets nothing for their departing player, the Nets are still hoping to get Abdur-Rahim the extra year before their trade exception expires July 29.

Before Abdur-Rahim's announcement, Portland GM John Nash maintained that it wasn't going to happen if the Nets continue to offer nothing but a future second-round pick along with the trade exception.

"It's Ilic or no deal," Nash said. "(Blazers president) Steve Patterson talked to Rod today and stated that position. It's not like we're denying Shareef an opportunity to make a living. We played him extensively at the end of the season, and probably assisted him in regaining his value.

"At some point, (the Nets) have to realize they're getting Shareef at a reasonable amount of money for a reasonable price. There has to be give and take. If they feel it's unreasonable, that's their prerogative. It's also ours to say we won't change our position, so either they come around or don't."

Nash added that it's "a gamble on our part" if Abdur-Rahim settled for the midlevel, which leaves the Blazers with nothing. He lost that gamble, and one Eastern Conference GM found the Blazers' tactic "absurd ... all they're doing is screwing him out of $8 million. He was a good soldier for them, and this is the way they treat him?"

The Nets, meanwhile, gain a superbly talented forward, a career 20-and-10 man until he played a reduced role in Portland, and essentially one of the most under-the- radar players of his generation. Though he may only be a fourth option on a team that already includes two stars (Jason Kidd and Vince Carter) and a potential star (Richard Jefferson), Abdur-Rahim can help turn the Nets into one of the most formidable offensive teams in the league, with quality scorers at every position.

The one drawback is that the Nets can no longer use their midlevel exception on Keyon Dooling, their second target. Though they can still use the trade exception -- or a piece of it, anyway, as Dooling figures to be worth about three years and $9 million -- there is no guarantee that Miami will be amenable to a sign-and-trade deal.

[bleedgreen]

Great signing if it goes through! The Nets will be very tough to beat next season if they get this guy.

[x80NyJeTs28x]

kidd
jefferson
carter
shareef
kristic


damn that looks good, hopefully kristic can produce liek he did last year and they will be set. With the additions of carter/shareef, it repents a little for kenyon martin, although i am still pissed about that.

[Chaos]

kidd
jefferson
carter
shareef
kristic
damn that looks good, hopefully kristic can produce liek he did last year and they will be set.  With the additions of carter/shareef, it repents a little for kenyon martin, although i am still pissed about that.

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we have a damn good roster for next year....now just picture martin in this mix (though it doesnt look like it would be possible to fit him in even if he was on the team).

[x80NyJeTs28x]

Martin would be in the slot vince carter is in now....no way we would have gotten VC is martin was still here. Carter is good, but i still love martin, he just brought a spark and got the team fired up when we needed it.

[JetsRock1991]

The Nets just signed Jeff Mcinnis to add to depth to their bench.

[x80NyJeTs28x]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The New Jersey Nets' trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim has been put on hold after questions arose during his physical examination, the Nets said Thursday.

The Nets did not disclose the nature or cause of the questions.

The 29-year-old Abdur-Rahim missed 22 games with the Blazers last season after undergoing surgery in mid-January to address loose particles in his right elbow.

New Jersey agreed to a six-year deal last month with the veteran forward, who has averaged 19.8 points and 8.1 rebounds during his nine-year career with Vancouver, Atlanta and Portland.

Nets President Rod Thorn was scheduled to address the issue Thursday afternoon at the Nets practice facility. The team has until Aug. 12 to complete the trade.