Re: I'm on the Nazr Mohammed bandwagon

[Jim Metz <JBMetzEA@AOL.com>]

Title: Re: I'm on the Nazr Mohammed bandwagon

on 6/29/01 1:20 PM, j.hironaka at j.hironaka@unesco.org wrote:

> He's by no means a classic center (6-10, 240ish) and it was only a brief
> stretch, but obviously a lot of teams including his current team would like
> to sign him. As it stands, Nazr looks to compete for minutes with Theo
> Ratliff and also the newly acquired Lorenzen Wright.
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    Nazr is not leaving Atlanta. This pipe dram faded when Lorenzen Wright was included in the deal for Abdur Rahim. Nazr has the starting job, with a real up and coming team. My guess is he was consulted when the Grizzlies trade was considered. Atlanta would have had to be careful about losing both of their centers. Ratlif will play the four and perhaps a few minutes at center.
    Not only can Atlanta offer Mohammed the 4.5 million exception that Boston can offer, but they have Bird rights which I beleive means they can match a higher offer from a team under the cap if one is made.

-JB-

                                                                                 

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