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San Antonio Rolling the Dyess?
After Rasheed Wallace told his agent Bill Strickland to cancel visits he had scheduled for San Antonio, Orlando, and Dallas because he’d decided to join the Boston Celtics, the Spurs had to turn their attention elsewhere.
It appears that GM R.C. Buford and head coach Gregg Popovich have turned their attention to Antonio McDyess.
According to Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Spurs have emerged as the leader to land the services of the 14-year veteran from Mississippi.
Wojo reports that the Spurs, along with the Magic and Cavaliers, are the three teams prepared to make offers for McDyess.
What about the baby?
I’m guessing that if the Spurs can get McDyess to sign then they’ll no longer have any interest in Glen Davis.
The question then for Davis is whether or not the Cavs would be interested in making him the type of offer that the Celtics would resist matching after signing Wallace. Magic GM Otis Smith has already downplayed Orlando’s interest in Davis, which means the market is slowly drying up for Davis’ services.
It doesn’t appear that Oklahoma City or Portland have any interest in Davis which means the Celtics might end up retaining Davis next season for the qualifying offer (approximately $1.25 million), forcing Davis to re-enter the free agent market again next Summer.
In the meantime, the Celtics have turned their attention to veteran Grant Hill and are attempting to sign the former All-Star with their $1.9 million bi-annual exception. Right now it appears that the Knicks and Suns are the Celtics biggest threats for Hill.
Should the Celtics manage to sign Wallace and Hill and re-sign Davis for the qualifying offer, you can put them right up there with the big winners of the offseason—that doesn’t include Eddie House deciding not to opt-out of his deal and return to the Celtics for $2.9 million.
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