nypost.com - 7/7/2009
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> The Knicks and Grant Hill are serious about each other. Donnie Walsh and Mike D'Antoni spent nearly all day -- and night -- with the former All-Star yesterday, culminating with dinner in the city and a offer on the table. The offer was for one...
nba.fanhouse.com - 7/5/2009
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by Tim Povtak Doc Rivers may get a
second chance to coach Grant Hill . The last...
time it didn't turn out so well. Rivers, now coach of the Boston Celtics , and Hill, an unrestricted free agent who played last season for the Phoenix Suns , will ...
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Grant Hill Could Reunite With Doc Rivers
sportingnews.com - 7/7/2009
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The New York Knicks have offered forward Grant
Hill a one-year contract worth a portion of the...
team’s mid-level exception, the New York Post reports. At 36, it’s believed Hill would prefer to sign with a team that could offer him a ...
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Knicks Offer Grant Hill One-Year Deal
nydailynews.com - 7/8/2009
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The Knicks have a chance of landing Grant
Hill, who is deciding between three teams: Phoenix, Boston...
and the Knicks. Sources close to Hill feel that his final decision will come down to the Suns and the Knicks, who can offer a starting job.
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Knicks are one of three on Grant Hill's list
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Knicks Make Offer to Grant Hill
Digital Sports Daily —
... visit that blew Jason Kidd’s away, Hill arrived yesterday at the Garden at 11:30 a.m., got the arena tour and the jersey before being whisked to the Knicks’ practice facility in Westchester.
Last night, Hill, his agent Lon Babby, Walsh and D’Antoni headed out for dinner. The Knicks could blow the Celtics out of the water since Boston is using their $5.8 million mid-level exception on Rasheed Wallace and can offer Hill only the $1.9M lower exception
via NEW YORK KNICKS MAKE AN OFFER TO FREE AGENT GRANT HILL AS JASON KIDD IS NOT AN OPTION – New ...
Knicks Offer Grant Hill a 1-Year Deal
FanHouse —
... to give him the chance to contend for a title, and now the Knicks have reportedly offered a one-year deal to come to New York and reunite with one of his former coaches, ...
Knicks Offer Grant Hill 1-Year Contract
SLAM Online —
... Playing for Mike D’Antoni again and the mid-level exception might just be enough for Grant Hill at this point in his career: ” The Knicks and Grant Hill are serious about each other. Donnie Walsh and Mike D’Antoni spent nearly all day — and night — with the former All-Star yesterday, culminating with dinner in the city and a offer on the table. The offer was for one year and a portion of the Knicks’ mid-level exception. Hill is permitted to sign as soon as tomorrow, the first ...
Magic After McDyess, Other PF Options
Howard the Dunk | An Orlando Magic Blog —
... are the leaders for his services.
Wojnarowski reports that the Magic are one of the teams that has offered McDyess the full mid-level exception. Orlando is also on the list of teams that has had serious discussions with Tony Dutt, Bass’ agent. If the Magic miss out on McDyess, that might make Bass their top free-agent priority.
In other news, former Magic G/F Grant Hill, who some believe the Magic have some interest in, has been offered a contract by the New York Knicks. It looks unlikely that he will even be in contact ...
The Knicks' offer to Grant Hill is a little beefier than we thought.
Posting and Toasting —
Contrary to a speculative report from yesterday, the Knicks will not be offering Grant Hill a one-year deal for about half the mid-level exception. Instead, they're giving the 36 year-old a couple of options. Says Frank Isola, Hill can either latch on for one year for $5 million, or stick around for three and reel in $10 million. Before you go fetch your pitchfork, remember that: 1. Hill's offer is just over half of what Jason Kidd's was. 2. He's not Jason Kidd. Donnie Walsh has now made it abundantly clear that he's willing to pay ...
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The Knicks' offer to Grant Hill is a little beefier than we thought.
postingandtoasting.com 7/15/2009 — Contrary to a speculative report from yesterday, the Knicks will not be offering Grant Hill a one-year deal for about half the mid-level exception. Instead, they're giving the 36 year-old a couple of options. Says Frank Isola , Hill can either latch ...
Jason Kidd: Grant Hill Will Sign With Knicks
nyknicksbeat.net 7/10/2009 — Now we have the 1994 co rookies of the year speaking for one another, at least Kidd did so on the Dan Patrick Show yesterday. He said he is confident that Hill will accept the Knicks offer. He also said that he was very close to signing with the Knicks himself, but thought better of it at the ...
KIDD TO STAY IN DALLAS
nypost.com 7/6/2009 — > With Jason Kidd off the radar, the Knicks now can focus on another 36-year-old free agent, Grant Hill, who visits their Westchester compound today. As expected, Kidd has made a verbal commitment to stay in Dallas, his agent Jeff Schwartz...
Is Grant Hill Just Teasing The Knicks? Yes, It Turns Out
knicksfanatics.wordpress.com 7/10/2009 — Grant Hill exemplifies the major themes of the 2010 free agency period -- winning for cash -- as he and other free agents not only reject the Knicks' overtures, but uses them to increase the bounty from their favored team. We thought Grant Hill was joining the Knicks -- though we didn't need him.
Knicks Offer Hill Big Contract
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 7/8/2009 — "The Arizona Republic reports the New York Knicks offered Grant Hill the option of a one-year, $5M contract or a three-year, $10M deal (ESPN)." This makes no fucking sense to me. The Knicks aren't going to be a contender next season, and their big plan was to have a bunch of cap room, so they ...
