Sonics unlikely to deal Wilcox

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer - With few teams remaining with cap space, it is unlikely that the Sonics will sign and trade Chris Wilcox, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting.

Wilcox's agent, Jeff Fried, has said he would prefer a sign-and-trade deal if the Sonics cannot agree to a contract with the power forward. That may be easier said than done because Wilcox would be a base-year salary player, meaning the Sonics could only acquire 50 percent of Wilcox's salary in an exchange.

For a team to facilitate a sign-and-trade, it would have to have space under the salary cap to accept Wilcox's new contract or send the Sonics multiple players for the salaries to match. The Sonics, with a roster that's already two deep at each position, don't appear likely to change their team chemistry by acquiring two or three new players.

Wilcox would prefer a contract similar to the six-year, $60 million agree to by Denver's Nene last week. The Sonics likely would prefer their midlevel exception at five years and $30 million, making the two sides "very far apart," according to Fried.
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Quite true -- the agent trying to look for Nene money is startlingly ridiculous. On the other hand the Sonics are blithering bleeping idiots if they go down the one year tender offer path AGAIN. Serious query: have they passed up the Clippers as the worst run NBA franchise at this point? Or does that go to the Atlanta buffoons?
 
Well they did resign Ray Ray, managed a decent enough pickup in Earl Watson, and aren't now barred by a judge from making more personnel moves. So I'd have to say ATL takes the cake, but only barely ;)
 
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