From the NY Post:
Portland will be Lee's strongest suitor. Detroit, with cap room, has interest, too. Lee declined to say whether he'll be in the Rose City July 1 for a recruiting trip.
"I haven't discussed it," Lee said.
Portland likely has to work out a sign-and-trade with the Knicks to get the 6-foot-9 power forward. Lee is expected to command between $7-10 million per year on an offer sheet, which the Knicks can match. If he gets an offer sheet at the spectrum's high end, Donnie Walsh is prepared to trade Lee or let him go with the idea of preserving 2010 cap space.
"I know the Knicks want me to be here, they know I want to be here," Lee said. "It's a matter of how things shake out in the draft and what decisions they want to make not just for this year but 2010 as well."
This isn't a good sign. I know he probably doesn't want to say much about a pending contract, but he sounds like he's in the dark on this. If the Knicks truly wanted the face of their franchise, they would have locked him up by now. They know that other teams are on his jock. They're going to offer him a load of money because they don't have some constricting 2010 plan.
I don't know what else Lee had to do in the past 4 seasons. His point average has gone up every year. He's been among the league leaders in field goal percentage. His jumpshot has improved. He's a great rebounder. And he holds the offense together. It just seems like he's getting no respect.
"There already been a lot of interest," Lee said. "There's definitely a bunch of teams very interested. It's a matter of how serious that interest is and what the Knicks want to do about it."
I don't like the looks of this.
--Max Caster
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