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Brent Barry weighing offers(from seattle news, houston still in list)

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  1. Yaowaming

    Yaowaming Contributing Member

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    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/181460_sonx09.html

    Friday, July 9, 2004

    Brent Barry weighing offers
    At least one team prepared to trump Sonics' 3-year deal

    By DANNY O'NEIL
    SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

    Brent Barry may be days away from deciding where he will play next season, but the interest he has received from other NBA teams has the Sonics playing catch-up for the free-agent guard.

    At least one team is believed to have offered Barry a four-year contract. Portland is at the top of that list, although Golden State, Boston and Houston are also thought to be pursuing him.

    Phoenix was considered a possibility, but the Suns have reportedly reached agreements with Quentin Richardson and Steve Nash, which would make adding another guard unlikely.

    The Sonics didn't offer Barry anything more than a three-year contract in negotiations during the season, which continued into April. Seattle's top offer was believed to be for three years at more than $17.5 million.

    Sonics general manager Rick Sund would not comment on negotiations, as is the team's policy. The league has a moratorium on the discussion of salary specifics until July 14, when free agents can begin signing contracts.

    Barry has not returned phone messages from the P-I this week. He has gotten so many calls since the free-agency courting period began it's hard to blame him.

    Barry may wait until negotiations for fellow free agents Kobe Bryant and Manu Ginobili are concluded to see his full range of options. San Antonio is a possible suitor.

    A sign-and-trade agreement involving the Sonics is also a possibility, but it's thought the Sonics will make one more pitch to re-sign Barry, who has played in Seattle for five seasons. Rashard Lewis is the only Sonic with more tenure.

    Barry, 32, is one of the top 3-point shooters in the league and as a Sonics co-captain has been a stabilizer in the locker room. He missed 23 games last season, 20 because of a broken bone in his hand. It was the only time in Seattle he missed more than 15 games. The Sonics were 30-29 in the games Barry played and 7-16 in the games he missed.
     
    #1 Yaowaming, Jul 10, 2004
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    Good. for a minute i though we were gonna be stock with a horrible contract like Snow:(
     
    #2 blazer_ben, Jul 10, 2004
  3. m_cable

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    Err, you might want to check the sticky at the top of the page.
     
    #3 m_cable, Jul 10, 2004
  4. Blatz

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    That article was posted earlier this morning. Brent Barry is a Spur now.
     
    #4 Blatz, Jul 10, 2004
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    Ahh.
     
    #5 blazer_ben, Jul 10, 2004
  6. Yaowaming

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    are you all sure barry to spurs is done deal, or it just a rumors from ESPN????
     
    #6 Yaowaming, Jul 10, 2004
  7. r-fan-since-81

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    On NBATV it states BARRY agreed to join the SPURS.
     
    #7 r-fan-since-81, Jul 10, 2004
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