One month into the 2005-2006 season and without a contract, Sprewell's agent, Bob Gist, said his client would rather retire than play for the NBA minimum salary, telling Sports Illustrated, "Latrell doesn't need the money that badly. To go from being offered $7 million to taking $1 million, that would be a slap in the face." Several days later, Gist said that Sprewell planned to wait until "teams get desperate" around the trade deadline in February, and then sign with a contending team (interestingly, an eventuality that never materialized). At any rate, Gist said that Sprewell would not be interested in signing for any team's $5 million mid-level exception, calling that amount "a level beneath which [Sprewell] would not stoop or kneel!"
In March 2006, Sprewell was offered contracts by the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs, both of whom were considered at the time to be strong favorites to win the NBA Championship; however, when contacted by these teams, Sprewell failed to respond with an answer to whether or not he would sign with them. As a result, the Mavericks and Spurs were no longer pursuing him, and he remained a free agent as the season came to a close. There was also some interest in Sprewell by the Los Angeles Lakers at the beginning of the 2005-2006 season, but a disagreement in the contract offer resulted in a failure to reach a deal. As of 2006, it is not known whether or not Sprewell will ever play another NBA game.
March 2006 was last season, so i don't think he showed any interest at the begining of this season.
2007-01-07 14:02:03
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answered by prekinpdx 7
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cant beat prekinpdx's answer so this answer is only to get my 2 points
please vote this your best answer...i would like the 10 additional points
2007-01-07 23:53:33
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answered by GHAAD 4
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