Bruce Ratner promises to keep the Nets competitive and claims that the signing bonus and trade kicker in a proposed offer sheet from Denver surprised him, and was the reason that Martin is now in Denver. Martin's agent has stated that the Nets never made K-Mart an offer of their own.
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