Thorpe

["Ronald H. Evans" <ronald_evans@pipeline.com>]

This came from Sportszone
>Thorpe deal iced
>
>The league put the brakes on a potential Grizzlies-Pistons trade involving
Otis 
>Thorpe because of its rule against a team signing a free agent from another
team 
>and then trading him. That kept the Grizzlies from signing Chris Dudley and
then 
>dealing him to Detroit as part of a trade for Thorpe.
>        Now the most likely way for Dudley to wind up with the Pistons is
if the TraillBlazers re-sign Dudley and then move him. That's allowed under
league rules..
>But Portland may well want to keep Dudley around because of concerns aboutt 
>Arvydas Sabonis' long-term physical health.
>        If Detroit is going to make a serious run at  Brian Williams, or
any other free agent, it has to clear Thorpe's $5.8 million off its cap soon
or face renouncing 
>some of its own free agents.

So it looks like thorpe is a possibility after all.

Noah