This blurb buried in Peter Vecsey's latest column ruined the warm and fuzzy
feeling I was having after the Omar Cook story:
There are depressing indications Boston's uncompromising budget will
prohibit Rodney Rogers from being re-signed for more than the $1 million
veteran's exception. No way his vital services are retained if that's the
highest owner Paul Gaston allows management to bid. ...
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Yeah, but look at the source. It's Vescey, who's a New Yorker who has
always gone out of his way to push any story that makes Boston look bad
(I'm not into huge conspiracy theories, but certainly individuals can and
do show their biases) at the same time that I believe the Knicks are one of
the teams that are reported to have some interest in him if he does go FA.
Vescey isn't below putting stories out with the idea that they'll get back
to Rodney to encourage the thought that the Cs don't really love him
enough, no matter what they actually tell him.