Aldridge: Caron Butler Signs with Clippers

[ElNono]

David Aldridge
@daldridgetnt
Source: Caron Butler agrees to terms with Clippers. Three years, 24M.

[timvp]

Eh, I think that's good news for the Spurs. That's too much money for an iffy fit.

[Buddy Holly]

8 million is quite a bit over the threshold.

[DPG21920]

El not u 2

[ElNono]

Weird... I'm pretty sure I made this post in another thread... did timvp move it?

[Mugen]

lol @ caron calling the spurs "Frontrunners" to get that extra 1million/year from the Clipps

just doing what a FA is supposed to do, savvy move

[jeebus]

Wow, way overpaid.

[lefty]

lulz

[benefactor]

lol frontrunners...again.

[Anonymous Cowherd]

lol @ caron calling the spurs "Frontrunners" to get that extra 1million/year from the Clipps

just doing what a FA is supposed to do, savvy move

extra 3million/year to be fair to him.

[dougp]

lol @ caron calling the spurs "Frontrunners" to get that extra 1million/year from the Clipps

just doing what a FA is supposed to do, savvy move

Same thing with the Bulls ... he was just playing the system.

[stephen jackson]

24 mill>15 mill

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

If you haven't already read them, take a gander at Bill Simmons' articles on the impending FA period: http://www.grantland.com/columnists/billsimmons

Some of it is BS and hyperbole of course, but there's nuggets of gold in there too. And I think his general thesis, that we're just about to witness a massive gorge of terrible contracts (wasn't the idea behind the lockout to reduce this in the future?), is spot on.

[Mugen]

extra 3million/year to be fair to him.

I think the clippers initial offer was 7million/year for a total of 21 million.

Looks like they sweetened it to 24 million after Caron visited the Spurs.

[Steve-O-Matic]

24 mill>15 mill
The Clippers could be a better team than the Spurs over the next three years, too. That's the thing here that most don't want to admit.

[SenorSpur]

Not surprising. I didn't think he could pass up the extra cash the Clips were offering.

[baseline bum]

'Eh, no way the Spurs were going to compete with that money. No big loss, though I wonder where the team is going to be headed now. I still think they should try to trade Parker to the Clippers for their Minnesota pick and Jordan and blow it up unless they can make a bigtime move for an elite defender who can guard both the 4 and 5.

[LongtimeSpursFan]

The Clippers could be a better team than the Spurs over the next three years, too. That's the thing here that most don't want to admit.

The Clippers have never been a better team than the Spurs.

[stephen jackson]

The Clippers could be a better team than the Spurs over the next three years, too. That's the thing here that most don't want to admit.
theyll find a way to screw it up.

[DesignatedT]

theyll find a way to screw it up.

this

[DaBears]

Anytime the SPURS are mentioned in TRADE TALK or Signing a free agent of note and it gets to the papers it never happens... Why should this have been any different..

[smrattler]

Spurs thought they had Maggette until the Clipps overpaid him. How did that work out for both teams?

[SenorSpur]

Spurs will likely have to settle for a lower-cost, lower profile SF.

[silverblk mystix]

thank god....

[yavozerb]

Spurs will likely have to settle for a lower-cost, lower profile SF.
Ya, not to sad over this lack of signing and agree that a player like Evans or Moon for the min. may be on the way...

[5in10]

Jerebko!

[yavozerb]

Jerebko!

already gone...

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Jerebko!

Staying in Detroit.

[Spurs Brazil]

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Nets trying to learn from lessons of last year, when they overpaid for players in free agency. They eased back on Caron Butler today.

[baseline bum]

^ Smart move not getting saddled with average players. They should stand pat and try to get Howard to Brooklyn next season.

[Man In Black]

'Eh, no way the Spurs were going to compete with that money. No big loss, though I wonder where the team is going to be headed now. I still think they should try to trade Parker to the Clippers for their Minnesota pick and Jordan and blow it up unless they can make a bigtime move for an elite defender who can guard both the 4 and 5.

Curious...I need a guideline. Who would be considered the best in the league for this request? :wtf

[gospursgojas]

Caron is a 20 pt a game scorer with great heart...team player.

Wait.....he didn't sign with the spurs.

He sucked anyway and was injury prone and I hate him.

[arodz]

Caron is a 20 pt a game scorer with great heart...team player.

Wait.....he didn't sign with the spurs.

He sucked anyway and was injury prone and I hate him.


Well Played Sir.

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[timvp]

Caron is a 20 pt a game scorer with great heart...team player.

Wait.....he didn't sign with the spurs.

He sucked anyway and was injury prone and I hate him.

:rollin

[Russ]

Caron is a 20 pt a game scorer with great heart...team player.

Wait.....he didn't sign with the spurs.

He sucked anyway and was injury prone and I hate him.

The Lakers were never the same after they traded him in '05.

And without him last year in the playoffs, the Mavs couldn't match their success of the year before.

[Darkwaters]

To be fair, it's always dangerous to sign a player to a big deal coming right off a season ending injury - without anytime to see if they still have the goods. Might be a blessing in disguise.

Who is the target now then? AK47?

[baseline bum]

Curious...I need a guideline. Who would be considered the best in the league for this request? :wtf

I'd love to land someone like Chandler or Varejao; both pipe dreams though.

[ChuckD]

Eh, I think that's good news for the Spurs. That's too much money for an iffy knee.

Enjoy going from the Penthouse to the outhouse, Caron. :lol

[timvp]

Speaking of Butler's knee, he has suffered now suffered torn patellar tendons in both knees in his basketball career. I can't imagine there's another NBA player in history that was able to return to action who can claim that.

[ChuckD]

extra 3million/year to be fair to him.

Clippers initial offer was 7M a year, and he got them up to 8M a year by playing them with words. That's the million.

[ChuckD]

To be fair, it's always dangerous to sign a player to a big deal coming right off a season ending injury - without anytime to see if they still have the goods. Might be a blessing in disguise.

Who is the target now then? AK47?

Disgustingly, probably JHo.

Wouldn't shock me to see the Rich Russkie in NJ go after AK now that he came up short on Butler.

[rascal]

Ya, not to sad over this lack of signing and agree that a player like Evans or Moon for the min. may be on the way...

:lol Typical the Spurs end up with their 4th or 5th option.

[rascal]

Caron is a 20 pt a game scorer with great heart...team player.

Wait.....he didn't sign with the spurs.

He sucked anyway and was injury prone and I hate him.

Just wait. The spurs will sign some srub and timvp will get all excited about it .

[ChuckD]

Just wait. The spurs will sign some srub and timvp will get all excited about it .

It's funny that you chide other posters for being predictable, when you are as guilty of that as anyone.

[timvp]

Just wait. The spurs will sign some srub and timvp will get all excited about it .

Yeah, like TJ Ford.

Good timing.

[Supergirl]

LOL at anyone who thinks the Clippers won't find a way to screw it up. They're so consistently poorly managed that I have to suspect they're not really trying to be a team, they're the basketball equivalent of the Marlins - a firesale for other teams.

[G-Dawgg]

Fuck that Butler guy....what a prick.......

[Xevious]

So will the spurs still waive RJ if he has no replacement? Or is that a done deal. Of course now you have the same problem the Lakers have... a layer who knows he was about to be dumped/traded.

[TDMVPDPOY]

wait a minute, deron wanted out of utah, so now the nets owner is going to go after ak47? lmao...

[mathbzh]

LOL at anyone who thinks the Clippers won't find a way to screw it up. They're so consistently poorly managed that I have to suspect they're not really trying to be a team, they're the basketball equivalent of the Marlins - a firesale for other teams.



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