Mr.Bottomtooth
09-03-2006, 08:52 AM
Petrie: Wells Return No Longer Practical
3rd September, 2006 - 6:04 am
Sacramento Bee - There have been talks within the Kings' organization about free-agent swingman Bonzi Wells' renewed interest in rejoining the team, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Wells, who dazzled during last season's first-round playoff loss to the San Antonio Spurs , has been unable to find the lucrative deal he sought this summer and has made it known to the Kings that he would like to return.
But as far as Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie is concerned, his team has moved on.
"There's nothing to that beyond the fact that Bonzi still has legitimate interests about wanting to play for us," Petrie said while interrupting a brief vacation. "The dynamics we've talked about before are still there.
"The tax issue still is there, and we've assembled a roster. We've basically moved on. We've made commitments. There's nothing that's changed, nothing that involves us."
Earlier in the summer Wells rejected a five year contract which would have paid him $8 million annually.
3rd September, 2006 - 6:04 am
Sacramento Bee - There have been talks within the Kings' organization about free-agent swingman Bonzi Wells' renewed interest in rejoining the team, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Wells, who dazzled during last season's first-round playoff loss to the San Antonio Spurs , has been unable to find the lucrative deal he sought this summer and has made it known to the Kings that he would like to return.
But as far as Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie is concerned, his team has moved on.
"There's nothing to that beyond the fact that Bonzi still has legitimate interests about wanting to play for us," Petrie said while interrupting a brief vacation. "The dynamics we've talked about before are still there.
"The tax issue still is there, and we've assembled a roster. We've basically moved on. We've made commitments. There's nothing that's changed, nothing that involves us."
Earlier in the summer Wells rejected a five year contract which would have paid him $8 million annually.