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FEEBLE EFFORT
THE KNICKS, I'm informed, were among three teams who made infertile sign-and-trade proposals to the Cavaliers regarding Anderson Varejao in the dreary days leading up to the Brazilian Bouncer inking a 3-year, $17.35 million offer sheet with the...
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Knicks made feeble effort to acquire Varejao
NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports — ... as bait in hopes of getting at least a nibble. They didn't see so much as a ripple. More revealing than the Knicks' attempted hijacking of Varejao, or their feeble bargaining position, is the fact James Dolan continues to allow Isiah Thomas the freedom to reshuffle his deck as he sees fit. Source: New York Post Related: ...

Your Sunday Morning Association Round-up
Sportsfrog.com — ... The Knicks made a run at Anderson Varejeo before the Bobcars signed him and Cleveland matched? Really? Because New York needed another power forward? ...

The Sunday Click -- Quarter Pole Questions
Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog — ... proposals to the Cavaliers regarding Anderson Varejao in the dreary days leading up to the Brazilian Bouncer inking a 3-year, $17.35 million offer sheet with the Bobcats . . . which Cleveland promptly matched. The Bobcats, of course, were one of the teams prepared to give Varejao the six-year, $60M guarantee he wanted originally from Cleveland; it had been lowered to a rather reasonable figure of $42M for five, whereas the Cavs remained dug in to the "bitter" end at $33M. -- Read More THE NEW YORK MESS Jan Hubbard of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram writes on the state of the ...

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