Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Raptors sign Landry Fields to an offer sheet to get to Nash

So the Raptors will be signing Landry Fields of the New York Knicks to a 3 year /19 million dollar deal and it is an extremely gusty move by Raptors GM Brain Colangelo as it a move that is served with the Knicks hopefully now not being able to do a sign and trade with the Phoenix Suns to get the prize of the Raptors summer Steve Nash. So it is not guarantee that Fields will be in a Raptors uniform next season as the Knicks can sign Fields to the deal and he stays in the Big Apple but then they are unable to trade him in a package to Phoenix for Nash which basically takes them out of the running for him. It is huge to the Raptors as the Raps have the best deal on the table at 3 year / 36 million dollars which is a factor to Nash but it may not be the biggest factor as he is still looking around for someone who can given him close to the same many while giving him a much better chance to win a NBA championship than the Raptors right now can give him. The Big Apple of Nash's eye as he lives in New York during the off season where his ex lives and his three kids live and with the Nets now most likely to resigning Darion Williams it looks like New York is out of the question. His other options are the Dallas Mavericks who are looking like they are unwilling to give Nash the third year and the Heat who would truly be unable to given much more than the Veteran minimum with all their cap money looked into the three kings and then there is Phoenix itself who will maybe will able to give him the money but maybe even worth of getting to the finals than the Raptors but he is closer to his family in Phoenix and diffidently western guy at heart and if the Vancouver Grilles still in the league. With everything said right now the Raptors are totally in the lead and Nash is hoping that the rest of the league comes up with a better offers so he could jump at it but the Raptors still would look really good with Nash feeding Jonas Valančiūnas and Andrea Bargnani the ball in pick and roll scenarios. IF Nash comes to T.O. he will be a 41 at the end of contract but the best Raptors point guard to this point Tom Mehegan