How does the new CBA affect the Spurs?

[cd98]

Just an FYI, there is an inside article on this topic for anyone that is interested in reading it.

[Bender]

someone please post it, thanks

[chazley]

SAN ANTONIO SPURS

http://espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/nba/lrg/trans/SAS.gif How it helps: The ability to use the amnesty rule in any season was a huge boon to the Spurs. Owner Peter Holt was the head of the labor committee and he pushed hard for it so they could keep Richard Jefferson (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1006/richard-jefferson) this season and then waive him in the summer of 2012 if the team decides to rebuild.
The Spurs will likely be luxury-tax payers this season. Luckily for them, the new more stringent luxury-tax penalties don't kick in until 2013 -- just in time for the Spurs' rebuilding process.
How it hurts: San Antonio may have one of the best front offices in the NBA, but having David Robinson and then Tim Duncan (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/215/tim-duncan) all of those years really helped the situation. With Duncan on the tail end of his career, how do the Spurs replace him? Short of hitting another home run in the lottery, they may have to drink from the bitter cup that small-market teams have been drinking from for years, and pretty soon.
If that's the case, Holt may regret not holding out longer for more substantive system-issue changes. It looks like Oklahoma City might be the new San Antonio and San Antonio might soon be the next Indiana.
Immediate impact (this season): The way the new deal is structured gives the Spurs a one- to two-year window to keep competing with their current core of Duncan, Manu Ginobili (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/272/manu-ginobili) and Tony Parker (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1015/tony-parker) without facing the stiffer luxury-tax penalties of the new CBA. In short, it looks like they're keeping the band together at least one more year.
Long-term impact (future seasons): The Spurs' future is as hazy as anyone's in the league. The Kawhi Leonard (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/6450/kawhi-leonard) trade on draft night was an attempt to start adding some young talent. But unless the Spurs are able to flip Manu and Parker for younger, talented players next summer, there could be a long, difficult rebuilding process coming.