Cleveland56 said:
Washington can't match this....
smart move
The Wizards reportedly will not match the six-year, $30 million offer sheet Jared Jeffries signed with the Knicks last week.
League sources told The Washington Times and The New York Post that the Wizards will announce Monday that they will allow Jeffries to sign with the Knicks, after mulling it over for a week.
The 6-foot-11, 240-pound Jeffries, selected by Washington with the 11th overall pick in the 2002 draft, has averaged 6.1 points and 4.9 rebounds in four seasons with the Wizards. He averaged 6.4 points and 4.9 rebounds in 77 games last season. Listed as a guard/forward, Jeffries played shooting guard, small forward, power forward and even center for the Wizards last year.
The Knicks already have four other small forwards -- David Lee, Quentin Richardson, Jalen Rose and first-round draft pick Renaldo Balkman -- but at 6-foot-11, Jeffries provides a different look for the team.
"We recognize they have a right to match," Jeffries' agent Andy Miller told the New York Times when the Wizards received the offer sheet. "But hopefully, they take into consideration some of the human factors of it. In Jared's mind, he'd be better suited to playing in New York and for the Knicks."
Last season, New York stumbled to a 23-59 record -- second-worst in the NBA and equaling the most losses in club history. On June 22, the team fired coach Larry Brown just one season into a five-year deal worth a reported $50 million.