LAKERS UPDATE: LAKERS CLOSE IN ON KENDALL GILL NETS SWINGMAN COULD REPLACE RICE.Byline: Howard Beck Staff Writer EL SEGUNDO - The Lakers might have at last found a taker tak·er n. One that takes or takes up something, such as a wager or purchase: There were no takers on the bets. taker Noun for their $2.25 million salary-cap exception, but it won't fill their greatest need - help in the frontcourt. As the Lakers continue their search for a rebounding big man, they are closing in on a deal to bring New Jersey Nets swingman swing·man n. Basketball A team member who can play effectively in two different positions, especially forward and guard. Kendall Gill to L.A. Gill has balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. at a $4.4 million offer to re-sign with New Jersey and is considering less lucrative deals, several New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of newspapers reported. On Friday, an NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= source told the Daily News that Gill is indeed close to signing with the Lakers. ``A time comes when you'll take less elsewhere if you have to. That time has arrived,'' Gill told the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 . The addition of the 6-foot-5 Gill, a natural shooting guard who played small forward for the Nets, would seem to give the Lakers a glut of guards. They return starters Kobe Bryant and Ron Harper and reserve Derek Fisher and still hope to re-sign Brian Shaw. But Gill's presence would give the Lakers some flexibility. If Glen Rice leaves, as expected - either as a free agent or in a sign-and-trade deal - Gill could replace him; or Gill could start at guard, with the 6-7 Bryant moving to small forward. Gill's presence also would allow the Lakers to reduce the aging Harper's minutes. A 10-year veteran, Gill played the last four-plus seasons with the Nets, following stints with Seattle and Charlotte. He averaged 13.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists last season and registered 1.83 steals per game - ninth in the NBA. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: KENDALL GILL Signing the versatile guard/forward would give the Lakers more flexibility within their roster. |
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