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Sonics trade Payton for Milwaukee's Allen in blockbuster
Feb. 20, 2003
By Mike Kahn
SportsLine.com Executive Editor
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The Seattle SuperSonics have called a 5 p.m. ET press conference to announce they have traded All-Star guard Gary Payton to the Milwaukee Bucks for All-Star guard Ray Allen.
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Sources confirmed to SportsLine.com that the Sonics will deal Payton and Desmond Mason to the Bucks in exchange for Allen and guards Kevin Ollie and Ronald Murray.
The swap is believed to be a three- or four-team, multi-player deal which also involves the New Orleans Hornets and, possibly, the New York Knicks.
The speculation is that the Knicks are completing a deal with the Bucks that could include Sam Cassell and Joel Przybilla going to New York and Latrell Sprewell coming to his hometown of Milwaukee.
In a separate deal, the Sonics also are sending point guard Kenny Anderson to the Hornets for Elden Campbell.
The deal comes as Payton, 34, was about to play his 1,000th game for the Sonics, and it will be against the Bucks on Friday night, coached by former Sonics coach George Karl. Payton is a nine-time All-Star and the Sonics all-time leader in many categories, including scoring assists and steals. He is currently leading the NBA in assists at 8.8, while scoring 20.8 points a game. He will be a free agent at the end of the season.
Ollie, a 30-year-old journeyman averaging 5.7 points and 3.4 assists in 21.3 minutes a game, is expected to replace Payton, the second pick overall in the 1990 draft by the Sonics.
Allen, 27, is averaging 21.3 points and 3.5 assists a game. A three-time all-star, Allen is on the fourth year of a six-year, $71 million contract and has recently been named to the United States National Team for the 2004 Olympics. Mason, a 6-foot-6 defensive specialist averaging 14.2 points a game or existing sixth man Michael Redd will replace Allen for the Bucks.
Anderson is another point guard and free agent to be, and the Hornets are, in effect, renting him to help with All-Star point guard Baron Davis currently recovering from knee surgery and still dealing with a herniated disc. Campbell, a 6-11 center, has been hampered by knee problems all season and will be a free agent at the end of this season as well.
Przybilla, 23, is a 7-1 center who has played in 19 games for the Bucks this season.
Feb. 20, 2003
By Mike Kahn
SportsLine.com Executive Editor
Tell Mike your opinion!
The Seattle SuperSonics have called a 5 p.m. ET press conference to announce they have traded All-Star guard Gary Payton to the Milwaukee Bucks for All-Star guard Ray Allen.
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Sources confirmed to SportsLine.com that the Sonics will deal Payton and Desmond Mason to the Bucks in exchange for Allen and guards Kevin Ollie and Ronald Murray.
The swap is believed to be a three- or four-team, multi-player deal which also involves the New Orleans Hornets and, possibly, the New York Knicks.
The speculation is that the Knicks are completing a deal with the Bucks that could include Sam Cassell and Joel Przybilla going to New York and Latrell Sprewell coming to his hometown of Milwaukee.
In a separate deal, the Sonics also are sending point guard Kenny Anderson to the Hornets for Elden Campbell.
The deal comes as Payton, 34, was about to play his 1,000th game for the Sonics, and it will be against the Bucks on Friday night, coached by former Sonics coach George Karl. Payton is a nine-time All-Star and the Sonics all-time leader in many categories, including scoring assists and steals. He is currently leading the NBA in assists at 8.8, while scoring 20.8 points a game. He will be a free agent at the end of the season.
Ollie, a 30-year-old journeyman averaging 5.7 points and 3.4 assists in 21.3 minutes a game, is expected to replace Payton, the second pick overall in the 1990 draft by the Sonics.
Allen, 27, is averaging 21.3 points and 3.5 assists a game. A three-time all-star, Allen is on the fourth year of a six-year, $71 million contract and has recently been named to the United States National Team for the 2004 Olympics. Mason, a 6-foot-6 defensive specialist averaging 14.2 points a game or existing sixth man Michael Redd will replace Allen for the Bucks.
Anderson is another point guard and free agent to be, and the Hornets are, in effect, renting him to help with All-Star point guard Baron Davis currently recovering from knee surgery and still dealing with a herniated disc. Campbell, a 6-11 center, has been hampered by knee problems all season and will be a free agent at the end of this season as well.
Przybilla, 23, is a 7-1 center who has played in 19 games for the Bucks this season.
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