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As much as we liked Tiago and Boris, .........Gasol and Lamarcus are definitely an upgrade over Splitter and Diaw!
You are right with this... with Gasol, Manu and even Parker sitting out many games, Anderson needs to step up.
As much as we liked Tiago and Boris, .........Gasol and Lamarcus are definitely an upgrade over Splitter and Diaw!
Seems like Spurs have their roster full but can still add training camp/vet min. contracts at this point:
Starters: Gasol/Aldridge/Leonard/Green/Parker
Rotation players: Anderson/Ginobili/Mills
Other rotation players: Dedmon/Simmons/Bertans
Benchwarmers: LJC/Murray
Current training camp/make good contracts: Forbes/Arcidiacono
That is 15 players. Only Forbes and Arci are not guaranteed, with Simmons expected to become guaranteed on 7/30.
Spurs are not proactive with trades yet have done the following:
Traded for Richard Jefferson
Traded away Richard Jefferson
Traded away Hill for Kawhi
Traded Tiago
Traded Diaw
That's just the big ones over the last couple years. Not including stuff like when the Spurs tried to trade for JR Smith back in the day, etc.
Someone who has followed basketball for 2-3 years talking about the history of the Spurs and their front office
They have always been about improving the team and being a le contender. They've consistently changed and done what they've needed to do to keep the team in the mix. They haven't always made the splashy move, but that doesn't mean they haven't been proactive.
Spurs are not proactive with trades yet have done the following:
Traded for Richard Jefferson
Traded away Richard Jefferson
Traded away Hill for Kawhi
Traded Tiago
Traded Diaw
That's just the big ones over the last couple years. Not including stuff like when the Spurs tried to trade for JR Smith back in the day, etc.
Someone who has followed basketball for 2-3 years talking about the history of the Spurs and their front office
They have always been about improving the team and being a le contender. They've consistently changed and done what they've needed to do to keep the team in the mix. They haven't always made the splashy move, but that doesn't mean they haven't been proactive.I have really gotten on your nerves.
You are mine now.
No.
A one year rental of Westbrook is
ING USELESS.
Unless he agrees to ext,
which he is won't, just no.
San Antonio will NOT lose 29 games next year....... get real! The over think this one people.
Ernest quoting the tiago n boris trades were not really trades. They were salary dumps where they got nothing back in return then used that salary to sign free agents...how we got rj way back i cant recall
Still expecting Damien Inglis to be signed.
RJ was a salary dump for the *ucks. Spurs traded Bowen, Kurt Thomas, Oberto iirc. I don't think any of them ever played a game in a *ucks uniform.
They may have been salary dumps but they were still trades and trades that were made that involved players that were key rotational players. The idea that SAgirl is saying the Spurs don't make those kinds of moves is just flat wrong.
The fact is that it is not common for top 5-10 players to be traded in their prime. So in turn it would not be common for the Spurs to be involved in trades for top 5-10 talent. But that does not mean the Spurs are not proactive and do not make trades to improve the team, including sending out rotational players. Doesn't matter if the trades netted rotational players in return or the savings were used to sign a FA.
Id say more active for free agents than pulling off great trades...so basically they sit back plotting for years then strike when their targets are available
For an organization that values stability it is amazing the turnover we've had. From that 2014 championship team 2 years and a month later only Manu, Tony, Patty, Danny, Kawhi and maybe Bonner remain.
Still, I like our new youth.
Imagine if we didn't sign Aldridge... It would've been a rebuild instead of a retool. But we knew this was gonna happen when Duncan hung them up.
And Kawhi getting paid like a Mozgov for the next 3/4 prime/peak years
Also I don't waant to hear anything disparaging about us "tying our future" to Aldridge with that contract in this market
Truth. That LMA sighing (and Kawhi an Danny re-signing) were huge.
Dion waiters to the heat on a one year deal worth 2.9 million
Pat Riley is truly the GOAT.
Being real and telling his washed up shooting guard to hit the curve if he wants more money. Then went on and signed Manure killer, Dion Waiters, for only 2.9M
Waiters and his agent really overestimated his value
Could have accepted the QO and stayed in OKC for 6.8m.
Maybe he thinks he will be the starting SG in Miami and get a bigger check next season. I don't think he is a starting material player, so we'll see.
With the next cap e looming, this is a good year to bet on yourself. But you're right that he could have done essentially the same and made $4M more by just doing what you said and accepting the QO.Waiters and his agent really overestimated his value
Could have accepted the QO and stayed in OKC for 6.8m.
Maybe he thinks he will be the starting SG in Miami and get a bigger check next season. I don't think he is a starting material player, so we'll see.
Yeah, I definitively see this kind of bet working for some players (like T.Jones playing for the minimum to play in better situation with his former college teammate AD in NOLA) or Sulliger choosing to the Raptors for MLE money. But for some reason I don't see Riley overpaying to keep a delusional scrub like Waiters.
Waiters could've stat-padded all year in OC and potentially gotten a huge contract with 7.5% raises once Westbrook leaves. Riley won't matter too much, Waiters is only chasing the money here and it'll only take one dumb GM to give it to him. The deals next summer will be even crazier than what we've seen this summer.
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