There have been several reports about Portland Trail Blazers' restricted free agent Nicolas Batum signing an offer sheet from the Minnesota Timberwolves. But what is not clear now, is whether or not the offer sheet was actually signed. If not, the two teams may be engaged in sign-and-trade talks that would eventually allow Batum to join the Timberwolves.
At this moment, the #Blazers have not received an offer sheet from Minnesota revealing a deal to sign RFA Nicolas Batum.
— Joe Freeman (@BlazerFreeman) July 13, 2012
Have to think either Blazers mulling a S&T offer or MIN is getting cold feet about waiving players to making offer they know will be matched
— Jason Quick (@jwquick) July 13, 2012
As Ric Bucher reported earlier, Minnesota waived center Darko Milicic via the amnesty rule to remove some of the $7 million guaranteed money from the Timberwolves' salary cap. The Blazers indicated they were going to match any offer for Batum but instead they may just want something in return.
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