Mel_13
07-17-2010, 08:36 AM
Part 1 in this thread: http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159103
Part 2:
Tiago Splitter is officially a Spur.
Matt Bonner will be a Spur for another 4 years (should he see the end of his new contract).
Richard Jefferson?
They're working on it -- all signs point to Jefferson donning the Black and Silver sometime shortly, but as the saying goes: Don't count your chickens until they've picked up their $15.2 million option.
And with that, we look to what we've learned, what we know, and where the Spurs go from here.
What We've Learned
If you were to ask anyone knowledgeable of the NBA or its finance over recent weeks and months about the going rate of a certain first-class Brazilian bigman, chances are they'd tell you most -- if not all -- of the Spurs' Mid-Level exception would be about right. The Spurs were in dire need of Splitter's services -- a player that was getting paid quite well by his Spanish club -- and being three years removed from his 2007 draft class, Splitter was now eligible to eschew the rookie pay-scale and garner the Mid-Level exception from the team which held his rights. It wasn't a forgone conclusion Splitter would receive the whole Mid-Level exception, but the smart money was on him securing the majority of it and probably winding up at a number around $4 million in his first year.
Continue Reading >>>> (http://reigningblack.blogspot.com/)
Part 2:
Tiago Splitter is officially a Spur.
Matt Bonner will be a Spur for another 4 years (should he see the end of his new contract).
Richard Jefferson?
They're working on it -- all signs point to Jefferson donning the Black and Silver sometime shortly, but as the saying goes: Don't count your chickens until they've picked up their $15.2 million option.
And with that, we look to what we've learned, what we know, and where the Spurs go from here.
What We've Learned
If you were to ask anyone knowledgeable of the NBA or its finance over recent weeks and months about the going rate of a certain first-class Brazilian bigman, chances are they'd tell you most -- if not all -- of the Spurs' Mid-Level exception would be about right. The Spurs were in dire need of Splitter's services -- a player that was getting paid quite well by his Spanish club -- and being three years removed from his 2007 draft class, Splitter was now eligible to eschew the rookie pay-scale and garner the Mid-Level exception from the team which held his rights. It wasn't a forgone conclusion Splitter would receive the whole Mid-Level exception, but the smart money was on him securing the majority of it and probably winding up at a number around $4 million in his first year.
Continue Reading >>>> (http://reigningblack.blogspot.com/)