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A rather naive take on the situation, given how high Kirilenko's stock is right now. He almost certainly had a bevy of options to choose from. I'm sure his charity received a sizable donation after he signed for peanuts with the Nets.

Naïve? Pretty sure that AK's first option was the Spurs but Saunders refused to make it happen. In fact, if Kahn had remained as GM, AK would still be in Minny. Saunders was the real reason AK opted out in the first place and AK actually stated this in an interview.
 
I blame Milt Palacio* for all of this.

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Ha, nice.

Look at the facial expressions of pretty much everyone in the crowd, wishing Palacio would simply disappear...
 
That's the way I remember it...if AK is on the Nets, I doubt it was because Deron was pushing to make it happen.

Not really. Deron admitted he didn't look for AK on purpose because Kirilenko never worked on his shooting and was always the first out the door after practice.
There are also many links since that time saying they like each other, are friends (as are their wives) and have vacationed in the off season in Europe together among other things.
 
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