NBA Offer sheets can be match starting today.

Starting today, NBA teams can make trades official and also match offer sheets given to their players, they have three days (until the 14th) to match it or let their formers players leave to a new team.  Here's a list of all the offers sheets that have been made since the start of the free agency period.

Houston Rockets
Omer Asik agreed to a 3 year, $25 million contract.
Jeremy Lin agreed to a 4 year, $29 million contract.

Minnesota Timberwolves
Nicolas Batum agreed to a a 4 year, $45 million contract.

Phoenix Suns
Eric Gordon agreed to a 4 year, $58 million contract.

Portland TrailBlazers
Roy Hibbert agreed to a 4 year, $58 million contract. 

Toronto Raptors
Landry Fields agreed to a 3 year, $20 million contract.

I expect all of these offer sheets to be match by the teams, except New York, i don't think they are willing to sign Landry Fields to 20 million dollars, signing Lin is a priority and they also spent a lot on getting Jason Kidd and Marcus Camby.  Eric Gordon and Nicolas Batum have expressed unhappiness with New Orleans and Portland respectively, but there's nothing they can do at this point. 

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Raptors agreed to sign Landry Fields.

Landry Fields and the Toronto Raptors have agreed to an offer sheet.  Three years, 19 million contract. The New York Knicks will have three days to match (From July 11 to the 14th)  There's no doubt Toronto likes Landry as a player. But this move also had another purpose, the Knicks and Suns were talking about the possibility of doing a sign and trade for Suns guard, Steve Nash.  Landry Fields was a player the Suns definitely wanted back, now that won't happen since he's likely headed to the Raptors.  It's very doubtful the Knicks will match the offer, they think highly of Fields, but not to that extent.  Too bad there's a big chance we won't see more of Lin/Fields handshakes.

Source: Marc Stein 


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