Magic's next target may be Odom

http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/sportstoryA4257A.htm

San Antonio, Denver, Utah, Miami and the Los Angeles Clippers are the
teams under the salary cap and should be the key players in the
sweepstakes for top free agents Jason Kidd, Jermaine O'Neal and Gary
Payton. But the Magic's combination of the $4.8 million medical
exception, the $4.8 million "middle class exception," a $1.5 million
veteran exception and the lure of playing alongside of McGrady could
give them more weapons than any of the other teams over the NBA's
salary cap.

Clippers swingman Lamar Odom is high on the Magic's wish list because,
like McGrady, he can play three different positions and has gobs of
potential. The one snag is that the 6-foot-10 forward is a restricted
free agent, meaning the Clippers can match any offer other teams make.
But Elton Brand, Michael Olowokandi, Corey Maggette and Andre Miller
are all free agents and notoriously cheap Clippers aren't expected to
sign all of them. Still, the Magic are somewhat at the mercy of the
Clippers.

"s_knight8" <s_knight8.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> San Antonio, Denver, Utah, Miami and the Los Angeles Clippers are the
> teams under the salary cap and should be the key players in the
> sweepstakes for top free agents Jason Kidd, Jermaine O'Neal and Gary
> Payton. But the Magic's combination of the $4.8 million medical
> exception, the $4.8 million "middle class exception," a $1.5 million
> veteran exception and the lure of playing alongside of McGrady could
> give them more weapons than any of the other teams over the NBA's
> salary cap.
>
> Clippers swingman Lamar Odom is high on the Magic's wish list because,
> like McGrady, he can play three different positions and has gobs of
> potential. The one snag is that the 6-foot-10 forward is a restricted
> free agent, meaning the Clippers can match any offer other teams make.
> But Elton Brand, Michael Olowokandi, Corey Maggette and Andre Miller
> are all free agents and notoriously cheap Clippers aren't expected to
> sign all of them. Still, the Magic are somewhat at the mercy of the
> Clippers.

at the mercy of the Clippers?
I´m sure that´s the first and last time ever this expression was used.