Houston Chronicle:火箭不肯給出球員選項和交易保護條款，JAMES很氣

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4040066.html July 11, 2006, 6:39PM James rejects Rockets' free-agent bid By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Guard Mike James, who went from traded before last season began to the Rockets ' top free-agent priority when it ended, spurned them back Tuesday and agreed to a four-year deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves. James, who also had discussions with the Dallas Mavericks, said he would not sign with the Rockets because they would not give him an option to opt out of his contract after three seasons and would not allow a "trade kicker " in the pact. In a "trade kicker," a player receives a bonus of 15 percent of his contract if dealt. Each team pursuing James was willing to offer its full mid-level exception , expected to begin at about $5 million and be worth about $24 million over four years. "I had to have two things; only one team gave them to me," James said. "Everyone gave me the same amount of money. I specifically asked for a player option on my third year and a trade kicker, and (the Rockets) said no. I had to have those two things. After what they put me through, I couldn't sign with them without those things." Players can't actually begin signing with teams until Wednesday, but James said his decision was final. "End of game. I'm done," he said. "I want to get back to just me, get all the nonsense out of the way. This ain't fun. I'm not for sale. I've been telling people that from the beginning all I want to be is a basketball player. I'm still not appreciated. I'm still young at this game. I still have a lot to prove. The thing I have to prove is you can win a championship with Mike James. "Carroll Dawson (the Rockets' general manager) said to me a story about how bad he wanted to get me. When I left Detroit (in 2004), he really wanted me, really wanted me. This trade fell through, that trade fell through, then he finally got me (from the Bucks in exchange for Reece Gaines and a second-round pick). The only question I had was, 'Then why did you trade me?' "I wasn't a bad kid. I'm a family man, first one in the gym, last to leave . That was the question I had. They can trade me. Whenever they're ready to get rid of me, they can get rid of me. You're in a rhythm, the kids are in school, and they say, 'Go somewhere else. Pack up and go,' with no repercussions to it. Another school, another place to live, another way to live. You have to go shopping because you were in a hot place and traded to Antarctica. " James has played for six teams and won a championship as a backup with the Pistons. But he was traded twice in less than a year, with the Rockets sending him to Toronto. That made the trade kicker "a necessity," he said. "That was very important to me," James said. "The player option was very important to me. I'm not a full mid-level player now. I understand that game . But can I at least get an option after the third year? You want me to lock into a bad deal. A mid-level is a bad deal. Those were the only two things I asked for." James' career-best scoring average of 20.3 points per game last season was the best for an undrafted player since Moses Malone, a third-round pick in the ABA Draft, averaged 20.3 points for the Washington Bullets in the 1987-88 season. Besides posting a career high in scoring, James also had career bests in assists (5.8 per game) and rebounds (3.3) last season. In 27 games with the Rockets in the 2004-05 season, all but five coming off the bench, he averaged 12.4 points, 2.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds, but he was traded to the Raptors before the start of training camp for guard Rafer Alston. 火箭也給出了4年2400萬的合同，但是對于第3年之後的球員選項以及交易保護條款( Trade Kicker)無法接受(如果在合同期間交易MJ，需多付15%工資作為補償。) 重點翻譯MJ的原話：我只想要兩件東西，一個是第３年之後的球員選項，一個交易保護條款，所有的球隊都給了我一樣的報價，但是只有一個球隊答應了我這兩個要求。我只能和他們簽約。這一切都結束了，這是我的最終選擇，讓所有的流言都停止吧，這並不是件有趣的事情，我並不是在公開甩賣！從一開始我就告訴所有人，我是@個籃球運動員，我並沒有被賞識！我仍然很年輕，還有很多東西需要証明，我要証明的是，你可以和Mike James一起拿到總冠軍。 CD給我蝙了個關于他是多麼的想要得到我的故事。2004年蛭我離開活塞的時候，的確，他很需要我，盡管這樣那樣的交易都沒有實現，最終我還是來到了Houston.但問題是為什麼後來又要把我交易了呢Ε 我不是個壞小子，我是個顧家的男人。我第一個來到訓練館，最後一個離開。這就是問題所在。他們可以交易我。什麼時候他們不想要我了，就可以把我甩掉！你還在你自己的生活節奏中，孩子們還在學校，然後他們說，去另一個地方，打包，然後馬上走！什麼表情都沒有。另一個學校，另一個地方，另一種生活方式。你必須馬上去購物，因為你現在住在一個溫暖地方，但被交易去了南極洲！！交易保護條款對我很重要，球員選項也對我很重要！我並不是一個中產球員，我很清楚，但是遊戲規則是這樣，不過至少應該在３年以後給我一個選擇的權利！你們想把我鎖在這麼一個爛合同裡。中產絕不是個好合同。這就是我想要的兩個東西。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.191.86.128

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