| 23 July 2009
Ramon Sessions and Andre Miller: my in-box gets flooded daily about these two free agents point guards probably more than any others. So instead of sending email after email, let me break it down in a blog post.
Would you rather have Sessions or Miller?
What’s it going to be Portland?
While it has become clear the Blazers are in full blown discussion with Miller, it remains to be seen if they will venture into negotiations with Sessions – a young athletic guard on the come up. For the past few weeks, the Blazers have picked their man and individually gone after him. You don’t hear much about Portland's management entering talks with two players at once – much like the New York Knicks are doing now with Sessions and Miller.
The Knicks have both Sessions and Miller on their point guard short list and while Sessions’ agent, Chubby Wells, and Knicks president Donnie Walsh met earlier in the week, Miller and New York also met in Las Vegas recently. Leave it to the Knicks to take a gamble.
As it stands, Walsh is torn. Is that a position Kevin Pritchard could find himself in?
If so, it would be a win-win for the Blazers in forcing the Knicks to ante-up for one point guard, all while staking claim in the other. The trouble with chasing Sessions however is the Milwaukee Bucks plan on matching. They instead prefer to move back-up Luke Ridnour.
We’ve seen this song and dance before with Paul Millsap. Portland would see it again if they went after David Lee. The same goes if they decided to go after Sessions. It’s an exhausting game of extend an offer sheet, wait for the match and go home empty handed.
For now though, Miller is the man for Portland much to Jerryd Bayless’ chagrined. The trouble is, according to sources close to the Knicks I've touched base with the past couple days, Andre is leaning towards Manhattan more so than the Pacific Northwest.
But this is a funny business, one often dominated by NBA agents and their ability to play chess. It’s not uncommon for agents – in this case Andy Miller, who represents Andre Miller as well as Rudy Fernandez - to leverage one client's contract in hopes of securing a better deal for another client's contract down the road.
Take care of my guy now, and I'll make sure my other guy takes care of you later.
If that game is being played, all Andre Miller has to decide is between the Pearl District and Lake Oswego.
pic via: the world wide leader
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