Thursday afternoon in Portland and told him they will match any offer he receives and won't sign and trade him to another team, even though his agent later said Batum wants to play for the Wolves and not the Blazers. His "heart went to Minneapolis" during a three-day Minnesota visit this week, the agent said.
Roy, 27, chose the Wolves over Chicago, Dallas, Golden State, Indiana and Cleveland to begin a comeback after an eight-month retirement brought on by two bad knees.
The Blazers have reached agreement with Indiana restricted free-agent center Roy Hibbert on a maximum four-year, $58 million deal that the two parties can sign Wednesday, but kajillionaire owner Paul Allen appears committed to paying both Batum and Hibbert if the Pacers match the Wolves' offer.
The Blazers can surpass the NBA's salary cap if they sign Batum after they sign Hibbert because they are allowed to do so if they re-sign one of their own players.
No players can sign offer sheets or be traded until Wednesday. If Batum indeed signs with Minnesota that day, the Blazers have three days _ until July 14 _ to match.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-mct-timberwolves-agree-to-terms-with-roy-and-batum-20120706,0,4319312.story
još je ovo s Batumom upitno, neće ga Balzersi tek tako pustit...
"S jednim milijunom dolara ili s pet, deset ili sto, opet možeš samo jednom dnevno ručati i večerati. "
