djohn2oo8
06-30-2013, 10:09 PM
San Antonio Spurs (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/sas) restricted free-agent center Tiago Splitter (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4306) could command an offer sheet that averages $8.5 million to $9 million annually, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
The Portland Trail Blazers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/por) are expected to be a suitor for Splitter, league sources said. The Utah Jazz (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/uth)and Atlanta Hawks (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/atl) have salary-cap space, a need for a young center and general managers – Dennis Lindsey and Danny Ferry, respectively – who were Spurs front-office executives when Splitter came into the organization.
The Spurs will be in a strong position to match an offer sheet and keep Splitter, because they'll free of Stephen Jackson's $10 million salary and expect to re-sign Manu Ginobili at a lesser salary than the $14.1 million he made this season.
The baseline for a Splitter offer sheet will likely be the three-year, $25 million deal that Houston awarded center Omer Asik in free agency a year ago, sources told Y! Sports.
The Portland Trail Blazers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/por) are expected to be a suitor for Splitter, league sources said. The Utah Jazz (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/uth)and Atlanta Hawks (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/atl) have salary-cap space, a need for a young center and general managers – Dennis Lindsey and Danny Ferry, respectively – who were Spurs front-office executives when Splitter came into the organization.
The Spurs will be in a strong position to match an offer sheet and keep Splitter, because they'll free of Stephen Jackson's $10 million salary and expect to re-sign Manu Ginobili at a lesser salary than the $14.1 million he made this season.
The baseline for a Splitter offer sheet will likely be the three-year, $25 million deal that Houston awarded center Omer Asik in free agency a year ago, sources told Y! Sports.