NBA Trade Rumors: New York Knicks Go After LA Lakers Guard Shannon Brown
July 29th, 2010 by Jonathan Goldberg Leave a reply »Reports are surfacing the New York Knicks have made an offer to Lakers free agent shooting guard Shannon Brown.
The terms of the deal are still unknown.
At this point, Brown has two options: Take the offer from the Knicks, or wait and see if the Lakers can trade Sasha Vujacic so that he can resign with the two time defending champions.
If Brown accepts the offer from the Knicks, he would be fighting for minutes with Wilson Chandler (some believe Brown would eventually earn the starting spot over Chandler), and Kelenna Azubuike. Brown's numbers last season were not all that impressive, averaging 8.1 points per game. The upside is that he was only playing about 20 minutes per game (for his career he is averaging about 6 points in 20 minutes per game). With more playing time his numbers would certainly rise all-around.
For Brown to stay with LA, they will need to move Vujacic. Sasha is in his contract year and is owed a little under 5.5 million this season. They already tried to deal him for Delonte West, but to no avail.
If LA does manage to move Vujacic, Brown is likely to r ...
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