LeBron James’ representatives met with the New York Knicks for the second time Sunday morning in Cleveland moments before LeBron himself met with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls. Amongst those in attendance at the meeting was Leon Rose, LeBron’s agent, Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald and several others. James, Knicks president Donnie Walsh and coach Mike D’Antoni did not attend the meeting.
The meeting lasted about an hour with James representatives wanting to know if it was true that the Knicks had offered a 5-year $100 million contract to Amare Stoudemire. However, Knicks president Donnie Walsh denied the meeting was about Stoudemire and was related to the Knicks’ salary cap position for this year and next. Walsh said that there are no other planned meetings with LeBron and said that on Monday the Knicks were going to sit down and talk about a contract with Stoudemire.
In their initial meeting with James on Thursday, the Knicks told him that if he signs with him, he can choose which other big free agent he would like as his teammate. Stoudemire, Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer, and David Lee are all available this year, while Carlos Anthony and Tony Parker become free agents next year.
Fueling the fire further, Stoudemire has been acting like he already has an offer from the Knicks. He told reporters Saturday night that he has been recruiting Carlos Anthony and Tony Parker to join him in New York.
The salary cap for the 2010-2011 season will be set 12:01am Thursday and after that LeBron will be able to sign with any team he desires.
