Raymond Felton returned to New York, questioning if the Knicks want to re-sign the base Jeremy Lin companion.
Agent Felton Yahoo Sports has confirmed a report Saturday that Felton will be signed and traded from Portland to New York.
Lin has signed an offer sheet with the Houston Rockets and the Knicks have said repeatedly that he would match any offer for their star revelation.
But the third year contract worth $ 15 million, certainly can spend hours after the signing of Jason Kidd and return to Felton.
Felton played well in the middle of the season in New York, with an average of 17.1 points against the Knicks sent him to Denver as part of a package of Carmelo Anthony in February 2011.
He has struggled this season with the Trail Blazers, scoring 11.4 points per game on 40.7 percent shooting and soon lose their game.
However, it was considered as an option to support veteran Lin if the Knicks did not get Steve Nash and Kidd. Kidd signed, and Felton being pursued.
Now the question is: where Lin will play next season.
Coach Mike Woodson said Wednesday that Lin not only new, but going into the season as Knicks guard point.
He signed his offer sheet worth about $ 25 million in three years, and the Knicks have until Friday at 23:59 ET on Tuesday to match the offer, according to a person with knowledge of process.
The person spoke to The Associated Press since anonymity because the contract had not been announced.
The Knicks have already lost a guard Saturday when he chose not to match the fields Landry signed with Toronto's bid, worth about $ 20 million in three years. The second option was the owner of Stanford during his two seasons with New York.
"I want to thank everyone here for Knicks fans for their support over the past two years!" wrote on Twitter. "Much love and respect, will not be forgotten."
It would be surprising if the Knicks were sent to the corresponding provision of Lin. The guard selected in the draft, Harvard has become the starter in February and an average of 17.9 points in 27 games before surgery to repair torn knee cartilage.
The first championship of the American-born player to Chinese or Taiwanese decent has become one of the most popular players on the team and helped the Knicks to attract huge television audience levels locally and in Asia.
Their goods are sold heavily, making it unlikely that the Knicks would like to leave.
However, with Kidd and Felton, two veterans who have been respected by the area of ??attack Knicks trio of Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler.
Stoudemire and Felton had a good chemistry on the offensive pick-and-roll, and none was so good, because without the other.
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