It's already been reported on spanish TV and it makes a lot of sense. According to reports, Joan Laporta (FCBarcelona's President) finished the negotiations himself.

Details and breakdown after the jump.

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http://www.as.com/baloncesto/articulo/baloncesto-wolves-suben-oferta-ricky/dasbal/20090817dasdaibal_2/Tes

According to As, a spanish sports newspaper more trustworthy than Marca, the Wolves are still trying to find a way to bring Ricky this year.

According to the paper, there's a 4.6M$ (3.2M€) offer, just 300K short of Real Madrid's, which Joventut was willing to accept.

There are more Minnesota business involved in the offer, and a direct intervention by Glen Taylor himself.

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From marca.com

"I'll go to the NBA in 2011"

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According to Marca Kahn and Fegan have an offer for Joventut consisting on 4M€ (over 6M$) for Ricky's buyout (which is 5.7M€.

That's the biggest offer Joventut has received, as there are others from European teams, most prominently Real Madrid (always according to Marca, which is always biased for Real Madrid).

The report says those 4M€ come from sponsor deals from businesses around Minnesota.

On the lawsuit: Ricky is in a small town running his camp and improving his shot with Jarinn Akana, a shooting coach who works for Fegan's agency, so he hasn't had the chance to sign the papers to retire the lawsuit against Joventut, what he's going to do according to sources.

Jordi Cairó, from Joventut's staff said that the Wolves arrived adding some positive things.

There are still two days of meetings left, and Ricky's will is to fix all this within a week, but Joventut is expected to make it as long as possible to get the most out of it.

Rules:

Lottery selections + Blazer selections (24, 33, 38, 55, 56)

Both images and text accepted.

Scoring:

Lottery:
Exact match: 5 points
1 position away: 3 points
2 positions away: 2 points
3 positions away: 1 point

Blazer Picks:
Exact match: 10 points
Player selected by the Blazers with another pick: 7 points
1 position away: 3 points
2 positions away: 2 points
3 positions away: 1 point

Traded picks:

If the Blazers trade a pick, that pick would score like a Blazer pick regardless of who's picking.

Deadline:

June 24th 6:00 PM PDT

Big Prize:

The Winner gets a Barcelona tour with local guide, some beers or similar, and maybe even a ticket to a Joventut / Barcelona home game. Travel expenses not included (I can't offer much more than that).