Antawn Jamison talked last week about the possibility of finishing his career with his hometown Bobcats, but it appears there's no shortage of options for the veteran forward. We learned last night that the Nets are discussing a sign-and-trade deal that would send Jamison to Brooklyn, and that the Lakers are in the mix too. As Jamison weighs his options, here are a few more Bobcats-related updates, courtesy of Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer….
- Charlotte appears re-engaged in trying to acquire Kris Humphries to upgrade their power forward spot (Twitter link). ESPN's John Hollinger tweets that DeSagana Diop would have to first be amnestied before Charlotte could offer Humphries a plausible salary.
- The Bobcats are interested in signing point guard Ramon Sessions, who turned down his player option with the Lakers.
- With the Mavericks preparing to amnesty Brendan Haywood, the center could be a fit for the Bobcats. Haywood spends the offseason in Charlotte, and the Bobcats are one of the few teams that would have the cap space to place a bid via amnesty waivers.
- If the Bobcats were to land Sessions and Haywood, they may no longer have any interest in sign-and-trade talks with the Pacers involving D.J. Augustin. Either way, it appears Augustin won't be a Bobcat next season.
- The Bobcats are targeting bigs, and while it's possible they could add another power forward, a center is more likely.
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Excuse me but don’t the Lakers still have the mini mid level exception at their disposal? I know its not the much, 3.09 million for a max of three years, but it’s WAY more than the VETS minimum of 1.475 million for one year. They could use it on Antawn Jamison if they wanted.
Good point. The Lakers’ interest in Jamison has been reported as a veteran’s-minimum thing, so maybe LAL doesn’t want to offer more than that, or is reserving the mini MLE for someone else? Either way, removed that line from the post, thanks.
— Luke
Lakers might not want to go past the luxury tax so that could be why they would only want him on a veterans minimum salary.
The Bobcats should try to get Humphries and Haywood.
Apparently, the Nets wants to keep Humphries. The Bobcats should go for Jamison now.