[ESPN NBA Guru] NY Vin number? Agent says Baker's is $3.5M

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If true, it could end Dampier pursuitErick Dampier may be willing to take the Knicks' $4.9 million mid-level exception ... but is it already gone?Vin Baker's agent, Aaron Goodwin, told ESPN Insider Chad Ford on Thursday that Baker already has agreed to a multiyear contract with the Knicks that starts at $3.5 million -- eating most of New York's mid-level exception."Vin is done," Goodwin told Ford. "The [Knicks] mid-level is gone. ... Vin [contract] starts at $3.5 [million], which negates Dampier for mid-level."While...

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