The Nuggets’ frontcourt just got better — and healthier. Former Knicks forward Al Harrington has agreed to sign with Denver.
He tweeted “I’m taking my Talents to the MILE HIGH. Lol. Love Yall Lego DENVER!! Harrington agreed to a five-year, $34 million contract with the Nuggets.
The 6-foot-9, 250-pound forward averaged 17.7 points and 5.6 rebounds last season for New York. Harrington said he would have preferred to stay with the Knicks, but coach Mike D’Antoni didn’t want him on the roster. “Hell no,” Harrington told the New York Daily News on Wednesday. “He definitely didn’t want me back. That was the most obvious thing of all. We all knew that he didn’t want me to be there.”
“Communication is the key with everything,” Harrington said. “I respect people that tell you what it is. Don’t tell me one thing and say something different to somebody else.”
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MO’ Free Agency News:
- The Cleveland Cavaliers’ attempt to sign free-agent Kyle Lowry was rebuffed when the Houston Rockets matched Cleveland’s offer sheet to the veteran point guard. Cleveland’s package was a three-year, $24 million deal.
- Free-agent swingman Raja Bell spurned the Los Angeles Lakers and agreed to a three-year, $10 million deal with the Utah Jazz.
- Josh Childress, who played the past two seasons in Greece, returned to the NBA with a five-year contract when the Phoenix Suns acquired him in a sign-and-trade deal that sent a 2012 second-round draft pick to Atlanta. Phoenix also acquired forward Hedo Turkoglu in a trade that sent Leandro Barbosa and center Dwayne Jones to the Toronto Raptors.
- Shaun Livingston is headed to the Charlotte Bobcats for a two-year deal worth $7 million.
