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Tuesday's contract deadline came and went without Heat forward Shawn Marion invoking his opt-out clause.
''We did not opt out,'' agent Dan Fegan confirmed, with the Heat to have been notified only if Marion wanted to test free agency this summer.
As a result, the Heat now hold two of the NBA's biggest trade chips: Marion and the No. 2 pick in Thursday's NBA Draft.
By bypassing the opt-out, Marion will earn $17.8 million next season. However, he now is limited, by salary-cap rules, to a four-year extension from the Heat.
Considering Marion is seeking an extension in the $60 million range, it makes such a package highly unlikely from the Heat, which has placed a priority on creating cap space for the 2010 offseason, when Raptors forward Chris Bosh, Cavaliers forward LeBron James and its own Dwyane Wade could be free agents.
While no trade demand has been issued, Marion's dissatisfaction over his long-term outlook in Phoenix contributed to the Feb. 6 trade that sent him to Miami.
Nuggets' Anthony pleads guilty
All-Star Carmelo Anthony may have found reassurance that the Denver Nuggets still want him around in the most unlikely of places: the courtroom where he pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge of driving while ability-impaired.
With trade rumors swirling around the beleaguered Anthony in recent weeks, coach George Karl and Mark Warkentien, the team's vice president of basketball operations, were in the courtroom to offer their support.
Anthony was sentenced to a year probation, 24 hours of community service, and more than $1,000 in fees and court costs while prosecutors dropped a more serious DUI charge.
Rivers' shirt nets $55K for charity
The Gatorade-stained shirt worn by Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers as the team won its first NBA championship in 22 years has been auctioned for $55,000.
An anonymous bidder bought the shirt, autographed by Rivers and Celtics star Paul Pierce, and the accompanying Gatorade bucket at a charity auction on sports radio WEEI-AM's Web site. The proceeds will benefit the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation.
The foundation said Tuesday the high bid of $35,000 came from an anonymous bidder. Gatorade and a second anonymous donor each pledged $10,000 to bring the total to $55,000.
Celtics managing partner and foundation president Steve Pagliuca offered a personal donation of $35,000 to the charity if the winning bidder would share the shirt at certain times for display. |
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