Nets have "no interest" in sending Pierce to LAC

I'm betting the same goes for Garnett, but I suppose that goes without saying...


http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/report-nets-have-no-interest-pierce-clippers-deal


Report: Nets have 'no interest' in Pierce-to-Clippers deal

July 4, 2014, 5:00 pm


Contrary to earlier ESPN reports that the Nets and Clippers were discussing a sign-and-trade deal that would reunite former Celtics captain Paul Pierce with his old coach, Doc Rivers, in Los Angeles, apparently that interest is non-existent from the Brooklyn side.

Dan Feldman of NBCSports.com's Pro Basketball Talk, citing a Wall Street journal report, says the Nets have no interest in a sign-and-trade that reunites The Truth and Doc.

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Who started the rumor, Bill Simmons?


KJ

Update:

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/05/report-nets-want-j-j-redick-or-first-round-picks-from-clippers-in-exchange-for-paul-pierce/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs


Report: Nets want J.J. Redick or first round picks from Clippers in exchange for Paul Pierce

Brett Pollakoff Jul 5, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT


The Clippers made an initial offering to try to trade for Paul Pierce that the Nets felt was underwhelming at best.

The pile of bodies known as Reggie Bullock, Matt Barnes and Jared Dudley was (obviously) of little interest, and unless L.A. was willing to bring something more legitimate to the table, Brooklyn’s interest level was reported to be firmly at zero.

So, what exactly would it cost in order for the Nets to consider reuniting Pierce with Doc Rivers in Los Angeles?

From Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports:

Unless Clippers are willing to trade JJ Redick or first-round picks to Nets for Paul Pierce, a sign-and-trade is unlikely, sources tell Yahoo!

The future picks part wouldn’t be so hard to envision, since Brooklyn needs them (badly) and a Clippers team expecting to play deep into the postseason for the foreseeable future doesn’t have a whole lot of use for them.

Giving up Redick might be a little harder to swallow, and not only because of his value as a 15.2 points per game scorer. Rivers had to lobby hard with then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling to bring Redick aboard last summer, reportedly due to Sterling’s concerns over paying a player who was white.

All of that is in the past now for the Clippers, but the effects of Sterling’s behavior may linger on, and Redick remaining in Los Angeles might be one of them. Either way, it appears as though the Clippers will have to give up something of actual value if they want to add Pierce to the fold for next season.

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KJ

Isn't Pierce an unrestricted FA? can't he sign anywhere?

Pierce is an unrestricted free agent. Go to bed, Cow. You need your beauty sleep.

Sam

Pierce is an unrestricted free agent. The issue at hand is salary. The Clippers are over the sal-cap and have to use an exception to sign PP. The non-taxpayer MLE is the biggest, just over $5M. If the Clippers are taxpayers, the MLE for that is just over $3M.

I imagine the sign and trade is the only way Pierce can get 6, 8 or 10 million in salary, whatever it is that he feels he needs.

gyso