He said it was a slap in the face when the wolves offered him 7 million a year (3 years 21 million extension) last year that he could not feed his family. He will never get close to 7 mill a year now.:lolBIG:
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A Timberwolves anniversary passed the other day with no fanfare.
Steve Aschburner,
Star Tribune November 6, 2005
It was a little more than a year ago that Latrell Sprewell made his notorious "family to feed" remarks, which were accompanied by his "why would I want to help them win" remarks, which followed by a few days his "smack in the face" remarks about the Wolves' refusal to meet his contract-extension demands.
One year later, with a new NBA season underway, Sprewell is unemployed.
We anticipate that a FEMA relief operation will descend upon the Sprewell compound any day now to feed the hungry kids.
The veteran shooting guard's last contract is up, the final installments paid by the Wolves on his $14.6 million salary for last season. His hope of getting a new deal for at least $10 million per season fizzled. His ridicule of the Wolves' offer of $21 million over three seasons caused it to be rescinded, too.
No team came at Sprewell in the summer with its available salary-cap space and no one even dangled its full midlevel exception of about $5 million. That left him fishing for partial exceptions or, ultimately, the 10-year veteran's minimum salary of $1.14 million.
Man, the decimal points moved fast on Sprewell. Faster, even, than his game eroded from ferocious slasher to 40 percent jump shooter.
"The market's changed a great deal," said Kevin McHale, Wolves vice president of basketball operations. "Things happen very fast.
"Cap space is usually used on young players and projects. Midlevel is used by about half the teams -- and half of those split it up, so you're talking six or eight contracts at 'full' midlevel. After that, you're down to the veteran's minimum."
Over the summer, the Nuggets and the Lakers were mentioned as possible spots. Last week, Sprewell's name surfaced as a possibility in Orlando or Miami.
It is possible that Sprewell dragged his heels on a deal just to avoid the preseason.
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A Timberwolves anniversary passed the other day with no fanfare.
Steve Aschburner,
Star Tribune November 6, 2005
It was a little more than a year ago that Latrell Sprewell made his notorious "family to feed" remarks, which were accompanied by his "why would I want to help them win" remarks, which followed by a few days his "smack in the face" remarks about the Wolves' refusal to meet his contract-extension demands.
One year later, with a new NBA season underway, Sprewell is unemployed.
We anticipate that a FEMA relief operation will descend upon the Sprewell compound any day now to feed the hungry kids.
The veteran shooting guard's last contract is up, the final installments paid by the Wolves on his $14.6 million salary for last season. His hope of getting a new deal for at least $10 million per season fizzled. His ridicule of the Wolves' offer of $21 million over three seasons caused it to be rescinded, too.
No team came at Sprewell in the summer with its available salary-cap space and no one even dangled its full midlevel exception of about $5 million. That left him fishing for partial exceptions or, ultimately, the 10-year veteran's minimum salary of $1.14 million.
Man, the decimal points moved fast on Sprewell. Faster, even, than his game eroded from ferocious slasher to 40 percent jump shooter.
"The market's changed a great deal," said Kevin McHale, Wolves vice president of basketball operations. "Things happen very fast.
"Cap space is usually used on young players and projects. Midlevel is used by about half the teams -- and half of those split it up, so you're talking six or eight contracts at 'full' midlevel. After that, you're down to the veteran's minimum."
Over the summer, the Nuggets and the Lakers were mentioned as possible spots. Last week, Sprewell's name surfaced as a possibility in Orlando or Miami.
It is possible that Sprewell dragged his heels on a deal just to avoid the preseason.