Post by twiens on Jul 28, 2004 14:45:56 GMT -5
Isiah Thomas flew to Chicago yesterday, went face-to-face with Bulls GM John Paxson in a meeting at O'Hare Airport that began late in the afternoon and ended last night without a Jamal Crawford compromise.
Thomas and Knicks "capologist" Frank Murphy were said to have flown back to New York without making Crawford a Knick. Agent Aaron Goodwin, who pushed for the Windy City summit, also was in attendance.
Two weeks ago, the two sides were close to agreeing to a sign-and-trade for Crawford, a restricted free agent, but hit a stalemate when Isiah pulled Dikembe Mutombo out of the deal for Moochie Norris, whom the Bulls don't want.
The teams yesterday planned to explore adding a third team, but Thomas apparently was still insistent on keeping Norris in the package.
It was surprising Isiah would fly all the way to Chicago and still be throwing Norris in the Bulls' face. Even if Mutombo were in the deal, the Knicks would still be far and away getting the best player in the seven-player trade.
Theyd be pretty good if they got him but with marbury PG then wud crawford play the sg and knock houston to the bench or wud houston move to SF and tim thomas to the bench?
Thomas and Knicks "capologist" Frank Murphy were said to have flown back to New York without making Crawford a Knick. Agent Aaron Goodwin, who pushed for the Windy City summit, also was in attendance.
Two weeks ago, the two sides were close to agreeing to a sign-and-trade for Crawford, a restricted free agent, but hit a stalemate when Isiah pulled Dikembe Mutombo out of the deal for Moochie Norris, whom the Bulls don't want.
The teams yesterday planned to explore adding a third team, but Thomas apparently was still insistent on keeping Norris in the package.
It was surprising Isiah would fly all the way to Chicago and still be throwing Norris in the Bulls' face. Even if Mutombo were in the deal, the Knicks would still be far and away getting the best player in the seven-player trade.
Theyd be pretty good if they got him but with marbury PG then wud crawford play the sg and knock houston to the bench or wud houston move to SF and tim thomas to the bench?
