After being released by the Indiana Pacers a few months ago, Travis Diener was eventually picked up by the Portland Trail Blazers.

That year for Diener was just a waste and had no point or value to it at all. First of all, he had a major toe injury that forced him to miss most of the season and lose his job with Indy.

Diener will now be a free agent on July 1st.

So far, there’s three teams interested in the young point guard.

One are the New York Knicks, who need a consistent guard to run their system. The Los Angeles Lakers are another team, who needs a point guard that can cover faster players and Derek Fisher can’t do that. There’s also the Magic, but that’s if they don’t re-sign their backups.

There’s also a chance of Diener going overseas to play ball in Europe.

“If something doesn’t work out here, I’m not afraid at all to go overseas to play,” he said. “It’s a high level over there, but my first objective is to get another contract here. But you have to weigh all the options. One of the options for me is I want a chance to play and play a lot.

“We’ll see what happens; there’s still a lot up in the air. In a couple of months I’ll know more.”

“It’s a business and I understand there’s a possibility that I could be moved,” Murphy told The Indianapolis Star. “I can’t get away from the ongoing rumors because Travis Diener is right next to me (in the locker room) and he is always informing me of what’s being talked about.”

Murphy has been averaging 14 PPG, 9.7 RPG, and 2.1 APG. Murphy was close making it to the All-Star team this season, but he didn’t have enough votes.

My opinion? I think he’ll stay. I don’t see the Pacers giving up on him now after you look at where they stand: 16-31.