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The Brooklyn Nets have targeted Milwaukee Bucks restricted free-agent forward Ersan Ilyasova if they fall short of completing a blockbuster trade for Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The Bucks have offered Ilyasova a five-year contract worth nearly $40 million, league sources said, and so far have shown no desire to partner in a sign-and-trade deal that the Nets need to acquire him. Yahoo! Sports

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Gery Woelfel: Ersan Ilyasova has a five-year offer on table from Bucks. The amount is unknown. Twitter

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A national basketball site, HoopsHype, is reporting Tuesday that Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova is seriously considering accepting "a big offer" from a European club. The unrestricted free agent has three European offers and NBA offers from the Bucks, Brooklyn and Toronto, agent Tolga Tugsavul told the web site. Hoops Hype said the major European offer is for four years. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Agent Tolga Tugsavul tells HoopsHype his client Ersan Ilyasova is seriously considering accepting "a big offer" from a European club. According to Tugsavul, the free agent forward has offers on the table from another two Euro teams plus three in the NBA - Toronto, Brooklyn and Milwaukee. Tugsavul says a decision is likely coming next week. Sulia

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Jorge Sierra: Ilyasova's agent said the big offer from the European team is for four years. Twitter

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Adrian Wojnarowski: The Nets are still pursuing Bucks power forward Ersan Ilyasova, sources tell Y! Milwaukee has pushed to re-sign him. Twitter

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Peter Vecsey: Humphries won't be be back. Will try to do sign-&-trade for Ersan if Howard is unobtainable. Need 3d team Twitter

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Fred Kerber: Sources confirm Post's Peter Vecsey tweet that ‪#Nets‬ again talking about Ersan Ilyasova if Howard deal falls through. Twitter

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‪Fred Kerber: #Nets‬ one time high radar target Ersan Ilyasova drawing interest from Bucks, Cavs, Raptors, Spurs Twitter

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Bucks general manager John Hammond has said the team wants to re-sign Ilyasova. But Hammond knew the Bucks needed to add size and they did with the 6-foot-11 Dalembert, acquired Wednesday in a trade with Houston. When a few unexpected things happened early in the draft Thursday, the Bucks chose the 6-11 Henson with the 14th overall pick. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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"We would love to have Ersan back here; we've talked about that," Hammond said. "Ersan is an unrestricted free agent so it's not only our decision. It's not only what we want but what he wants also." The Bucks hold Ilyasova's "Bird rights" and can sign him to a five-year deal while other teams can sign him for a maximum of four years. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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But other teams also are expected to be interested in the unrestricted free agent, including Brooklyn and possibly Cleveland. Teams may begin negotiating with free agents but cannot sign contracts until July 11. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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The scuttlebutt is Ilyasova will command at least $8 million a season. That’s a nice little increase over his salary of $2.5 million this season. While the Bucks want to retain Ilyasova, it’s unclear whether the feeling is mutual. That’s why some NBA officials believe the New Jersey Nets — who scouted Ilyasova rather extensively late in the season — are the front-runners for his services. Racine Journal-Times

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Not moving to Brooklyn: Kris Humphries has played his last game for the Nets, who have their eyes on Milwaukee’s Ersan Ilyasova , an unrestricted free agent. New York Daily News

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There always is the chance Kris Humphries returns, but two names — both unrestricted free agents — have been on the periphery for months, the Celtics’ Kevin Garnett and the Bucks’ Ersan Ilyasova. Based on age — Garnett is 36, Ilyasova is 25 — the Bucks’ power forward seems to be the more logical target. New York Post

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One website rates Williams as the top available free-agent point guard, Wallace as the top small forward, Green as the fifth-best available two guard (yeah, he’s more small forward) and Kris Humphries as the fifth- best available power forward. The Nets, though, seem to want Boston’s Kevin Garnett or Milwaukee’s Ersan Ilyasova for their starting four. New York Post

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The growing consensus among some NBA officials is that Ilyasova, an unrestricted free agent this summer, will command — and get — a multi-year deal for $8 million a season. Not shabby for someone who is making $2.54 million this season. Racine Journal-Times

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A high priority for the Nets in the offseason will remain a starting power forward, with unrestricted free agents Kevin Garnett of the Celtics and Ersan Ilyasova of the Bucks leading targets. Of course, there is the Deron Williams factor as the Nets move to Brooklyn. Williams, who has missed two games with a sore calf and whose status for Saturday night’s game in Milwaukee will be updated this morning, is at the core of the move with his impending free agency after the expected opt-out of his final contract year. The thinking has been: Get Howard, keep Williams for sure. New York Post

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To top it off, the Bucks’ star forward must figure out where to go from here, as his contract draws to a close at the end of this season and, with his track record, there should be more than enough options. However, he is trying to focus more on the present. “I am not thinking about anything but winning. I also played with a winning team in Europe, as I was with Barcelona in the Final Four. This season we started off poorly, but we are doing well now. We have to keep fighting to continue this and get to the play offs,” he said, emphasizing the season rather than his future goals. “I will make a decision about my career at the end of the season. I do not want to think too much about it,” he added. Sundays Zaman

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Ersan Ilyasova is in line for a lucrative payday next summer, when he will be an unrestricted free agent. Milwaukee Bucks general manager John Hammond has said the team wants to re-sign the 6-foot-10 power forward, who has made major strides in the final year of a three-year, $7 million contract he signed in the summer of 2009. But there could be plenty of competition for Ilyasova's services, both inside and outside the National Basketball Association. Ilyasova played for Anadolu Efes in his native Turkey during the lockout last summer, and he played two seasons for Regal FC Barcelona after leaving the Bucks following the 2006-'07 season. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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