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Signed a 2 year/3 mil contract with the Nets:
The three other point guards on Brooklyn’s roster have considerable more experience than Larkin – Deron Williams, Jarrett Jack and Steve Blake. But Williams and Jack are on the trading block as GM Billy King attempts to cut salary.
A source told the Daily News that the Nets are still deciding whether to keep Blake, who was acquired in a trade last month with Portland and is a buyout candidate.
“I know we have a lot of guys at the point guard position. That’ll be resolved hopefully in the next month, eliminate, so hopefully we won’t have as many going to camp,” King said.
Larkin isn’t going anywhere.
“The one thing (is) he’s still young. He came out (of college) early,” King said of the 22-year-old. “And we just said we want to get back to how you played in Miami – allowing you to be a leader on the floor, run the pick-and-roll, get up and down the court. That was the pitch to him.”
The Knicks did not try to re-sign Larkin, who was acquired from the Mavericks before last season.
“I talked to Billy (King) at 12 midnight, the first minute we could talk,” Larkin said. “I knew they had strong interest. I had some other teams that called but he was the only other GM that called at that time of night and express that type of interest. So just for him to do that showed me that they wanted me here. That was enough for me.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...icks-triangle-wasn-good-fit-article-1.2287400
The three other point guards on Brooklyn’s roster have considerable more experience than Larkin – Deron Williams, Jarrett Jack and Steve Blake. But Williams and Jack are on the trading block as GM Billy King attempts to cut salary.
A source told the Daily News that the Nets are still deciding whether to keep Blake, who was acquired in a trade last month with Portland and is a buyout candidate.
“I know we have a lot of guys at the point guard position. That’ll be resolved hopefully in the next month, eliminate, so hopefully we won’t have as many going to camp,” King said.
Larkin isn’t going anywhere.
“The one thing (is) he’s still young. He came out (of college) early,” King said of the 22-year-old. “And we just said we want to get back to how you played in Miami – allowing you to be a leader on the floor, run the pick-and-roll, get up and down the court. That was the pitch to him.”
The Knicks did not try to re-sign Larkin, who was acquired from the Mavericks before last season.
“I talked to Billy (King) at 12 midnight, the first minute we could talk,” Larkin said. “I knew they had strong interest. I had some other teams that called but he was the only other GM that called at that time of night and express that type of interest. So just for him to do that showed me that they wanted me here. That was enough for me.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...icks-triangle-wasn-good-fit-article-1.2287400
