Re: Travis Knight

["Timothy Jordan" <patsrule90@geocities.com>]

I hope the Celtics aren't a team offering him a 7 year, 14 million dollar
contract.  I was thinking of signing him for $500,000 per season for 2
years, not longterm.

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> From: smishra <smishra@ix.netcom.com>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Travis Knight
> Date: Friday, July 04, 1997 7:26 PM
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> Here is excerpt from LA Times about status of Travis Knight:
> 
> The Lakers on Thursday were confronted with the serious possibility of
> losing Travis Knight to free agency, which seemed unlikely only 72 hours
> earlier. 
> Knight has a series of offers that surprises even him. 
> Coming off a rookie season in which he developed into a key contributor,
> Knight had said he probably would stay with the Lakers, even though they
> were limited by the salary cap to a contract offer of about $325,000 for
> 1997-98. Knight said that, even if other clubs dangled a $1-million
> deal--or $2.15 million over two seasons--it wouldn't budge him. 
> But he's considering it, because three unknown teams, bidding for a big
man
> with potential, have apparently made offers of seven-year packages--the
> maximum allowable--worth at least $2 million per season. 
> "I think," agent Arn Tellem said, "we're getting offers that may make
this
> decision a close call." 
> The Lakers had braced for as much. They can either stave off this threat
to
> frontcourt depth that would leave them without a power forward to back up
> Elden Campbell, or they can learn as early as today that Knight is
leaving.
> 
> Some resolution is expected by early next week. 
> "Whether he does it or not, I don't know," Tellem said. "But he has to
> think about those kinds of offers." 
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> Mishra
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