DeJuan Blair signs three-year, $2.7 million contract

[meestahmeestah]

3 years, 2.7M according to hoopshype.com

http://twitter.com/hoopshype/status/2668570857

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Good deal for Blair and the Spurs. I thought the 3rd year would be an option.

[Knoxxx]

Originally Posted by FireDavidStern

As this thread was hijacked with an argument that demeaned all those who participated in it, which might have caused me to missed something, am i correct in assuming that no one has heard any specific details about the contract.

How dare you not read the entire thread!!

[spursbird]

Originally Posted by meestahmeestah

3 years, 2.7M according to hoopshype.com

http://twitter.com/hoopshype/status/2668570857

Thank you. He is really worth far more than the money given.

[coyotes_geek]

Originally Posted by meestahmeestah

3 years, 2.7M according to hoopshype.com

http://twitter.com/hoopshype/status/2668570857

Good contract. Not completely out of whack with what other high 2nd round picks have been getting, yet still a little extra as recognition that he should have been drafted a lot higher than he was.

[Muser]

Good, now he can focus on beasting.

[DBMethos]

Nice. Now go hit the boards!

[timvp]

(I split this out from the other thread because that thread was trashed.)

Yeah, this is right in line with the contract numbers I was hearing yesterday. This is closer to the higher number that was being offered so I'm guessing the third year is a team option. The player option contract was closer to $2.2-2.3M.

I like this deal for the Spurs and for Blair

[L.I.T]

Great deal.

And no surprise it got done quickly. Hope this turns into one of those...Man, the Spurs have done wonders in the draft...type of stories.

[Dex]

Seems like a solid deal. Initially, Blair will get good money for being an unproven rookie and 2nd round pick. Eventually, the Spurs will be the ones getting the deal if he pans out.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Thank the Lord! I can move those candles from my "Blair contract" shrine, back to my altar for St. Roch, patron saint of knee problems. He's going to be working over time this season.

[Muser]

Originally Posted by spurs_fan_in_exile

Thank the Lord! I can move those candles from my "Blair contract" shrine, back to my altar for St. Roch, patron saint of knee problems. He's going to be working over time this season.

Omg that cracked me up .

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Obviously the Spurs were prepared to give Blair a bigger than the min contract right from the start.I wonder, since they had to get the money from the MLE, could this be the stumbling block in the Sheed deal, assuming Sheed's been their No.1 priority over Dice.

[silverblackfan]

Great to hear. Now Blair can get back to work in cleaning that glass and making all the teams that passed on him to cringe. I can imagine the conversations of the other GMs, "Of all the teams he had to fall to, not the damn Spurs!"
Lets hope he has a good healthy 3 years of domination.
If this is what was required to sign him and Dice, then I am glad we did not get Sheed.

[TheCerebral1]

Well he got more than he would have if he went by the scale for that pick. That being said, I completely agree that he is worth more than that paultry rate. Welcome to SA officially.

[GSH]

Rookie scale for the 30th pick comes to $2.657M. Allow for rounding, and that's $2.7M. That's what I've been expecting them to give him. I would guess that it's structured like the scale, too, with the third year being team option.

It allows for some dignity for Blair, along with the financial security. Considering the Spurs are into the Lux Tax, it's a pretty sizable investment. I think he's worth it, and now the Spurs have said they think so, too.

[coyotes_geek]

Originally Posted by TheCerebral1

Well he got more than he would have if he went by the scale for that pick. That being said, I completely agree that he is worth more than that paultry rate. Welcome to SA officially.

There is no scale for 2nd round picks.

[TheCerebral1]

Originally Posted by coyotes_geek

There is no scale for 2nd round picks.

My bad, I'm thinking of the curve for the MLB draft.

[Cry Havoc]

I, for one, still question Blair's motives. Why was he in such a rush to sign a contract? Maybe because HE'S ALREADY HURT and NO ONE knows!?

Blair is CLEARLY a SELFISH player and I for one will not tolerate it!


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/couldn't resist

[urunobili]

Now officially a Spur bitches!

[coyotes_geek]

Originally Posted by TheCerebral1

My bad, I'm thinking of the curve for the MLB draft.

It's all good. The important thing is that the Spurs now have a tremendous young talent locked up for 3 years on a contract that should end up looking like an incredible bargain some time down the road.

[spurspokesman]

Originally Posted by spurs_fan_in_exile

Thank the Lord! I can move those candles from my "Blair contract" shrine, back to my altar for St. Roch, patron saint of knee problems. He's going to be working over time this season.

[Kindergarten Cop]

I am ecstatic that the deal is done, but I thought that Bruno and others stated that there was no possible way to offer a third year (even at an option). I feel much better knowing that we have him for at least three years.

[GSH]

Originally Posted by BG_Spurs_Fan

Obviously the Spurs were prepared to give Blair a bigger than the min contract right from the start.I wonder, since they had to get the money from the MLE, could this be the stumbling block in the Sheed deal, assuming Sheed's been their No.1 priority over Dice.

I keep hearing that the Spurs retained some of the MLE, but I don't see any evidence of it. One of the sites that is usually pretty good about listing transactions, and amounts shows McD's contract as being 3 years, and $18.9M. That would be the full MLE this year, with 8% raises each of the two following years. The third year may be only partially guaranteed, which would make it somewhat less than that, if he only plays the two years. But nothing I have seen indicates he is getting less than the full MLE this season. http://www.prosportstransactions.com...&submit=Search

[coyotes_geek]

Blair getting 3 years at more than league minimum is proof positive that the Spurs had some MLE left over. There's only 4 ways you can add 2nd round draft picks to your team.

1. Cap room, which we know the Spurs did not have.
2. Minimum salary exception, which we know the Spurs did not use because Blair got more than the minimum.
3. The LLE, which can only be 2 years in length.
4. The MLE.

[koriwhat]

watching blair in g1 of the sl was enough to convince me.


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