djohn2oo8
07-02-2010, 07:11 PM
The Dallas Mavericks (http://nba.fanhouse.com/team/mavericks) want center Brendan Haywood (http://nba.fanhouse.com/players/brendan-haywood/3532) back.
"We're working to get Brendan back in a Mavericks (http://nba.fanhouse.com/team/mavericks) uniform,'' Dallas general manager Donnie Nelson said Friday about the free agent who spent part of last season with Dallas after being acquired from Washington.
But Haywood won't come cheap. Big men always get paid, and Haywood's agent, Andy Miller, made it clear Friday his client, who made $6 million last season, won't be signing for the mid-level exception of about $5.8 million.
"I've always thought he's the best center (in free agency),'' Miller said of Haywood, who averaged 9.1 points and 9.3 rebounds last season
It would seem unlikely the Mavericks would agree to let Haywood go in a sign-and-trade unless a very top player became available for them. But Nelson, whose Mavericks were spending Friday trying to get a deal done to re-sign star forward Dirk Nowitzki, shrugged off a report the Mavericks were looking to pay Haywood a salary starting at around $8 million (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100702/SPORTS0102/7020422/1127/Brendan-Haywood-s-agent-in-talks-with-Pistons--but-deal-isn-t-imminent).
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/02/mavs-working-to-re-sign-free-agent-center-brendan-haywood/
"We're working to get Brendan back in a Mavericks (http://nba.fanhouse.com/team/mavericks) uniform,'' Dallas general manager Donnie Nelson said Friday about the free agent who spent part of last season with Dallas after being acquired from Washington.
But Haywood won't come cheap. Big men always get paid, and Haywood's agent, Andy Miller, made it clear Friday his client, who made $6 million last season, won't be signing for the mid-level exception of about $5.8 million.
"I've always thought he's the best center (in free agency),'' Miller said of Haywood, who averaged 9.1 points and 9.3 rebounds last season
It would seem unlikely the Mavericks would agree to let Haywood go in a sign-and-trade unless a very top player became available for them. But Nelson, whose Mavericks were spending Friday trying to get a deal done to re-sign star forward Dirk Nowitzki, shrugged off a report the Mavericks were looking to pay Haywood a salary starting at around $8 million (http://www.detnews.com/article/20100702/SPORTS0102/7020422/1127/Brendan-Haywood-s-agent-in-talks-with-Pistons--but-deal-isn-t-imminent).
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/02/mavs-working-to-re-sign-free-agent-center-brendan-haywood/