06-21-2008, 10:03 AM
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| Heat, Marion resume contract talks
Do you think that Marion will opt-out and leave all that money on the table? Heat, Marion resume contract talks - 06/21/2008 - MiamiHerald.com Quote:
With the deadline looming to opt out of the final year of his contract, Shawn Marion and the Miami Heat plan to resume negotiations this weekend on a possible extension.
And that is just one issue Heat president Pat Riley is juggling as the team prepares for a hectic few days leading to the NBA Draft on Thursday.
Marion, a four-time All-Star forward, must notify the Heat and league office by Tuesday whether he would opt out of the $17.8 million he is set to earn next season. If Marion, 30, opts out, he would become a free agent July 1 and could sign with any team, including Miami, when the league's moratorium expires July 9.
The Heat and Marion had been in off-and-on negotiations for nearly a month. Riley had said the process was ''productive'' as recently as three weeks ago. But there appears to be a gap between the sides, and talks might have broken down recently.
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