Mamu is Back!!! // Sandro Mamukelashvili has agreed on a one-year, $2.2 million deal to return to the San Antonio Spurs

[ace3g]

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1813346920720417043

[Notorious H.O.P.]

Sounds like it's gonna be Bassey next and we'll call it an off-season.

[Degoat]

Good stuff, I haven’t always been the biggest fan of Mamu but can’t deny his on court chemistry with guys.

so this leaves close to 5 million left with the room exception correct?

[Dejounte]

The type of player that could step in as a starter and we won’t skip a beat, IMO

[spurraider21]

Good stuff, I haven’t always been the biggest fan of Mamu but can’t deny his on court chemistry with guys.

so this leaves close to 5 million left with the room exception correct?
my understanding is this is the vet min for him, so we still have the full room exception

[rjv]

:clap

[LeBowen]

Better than Jeremy, tbh.

[r0drig0lac]

power shift!!!

[Mugen]

There it is. I really hope he gets a real opportunity this season. He was criminally underused last year by the old man tbh.

[objective]

Good for him, too bad his defense is so weak.

[BatManu20]

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[TD 21]

He'll probably receive greater opportunity in a literal sense (because I suspect winning will take precedent over development this season), but he's still likely to be the fifth forward.

They desperately need the 3-point shooting that Champagnie might be able to provide, so he'll likely be given the first opportunity.

[timvp]

Good stuff. I liked him best of the unsigned free agents. It seems like Pop has given up on the idea of Mamu playing center though so that probably leaves room for Barlow or Bassey -- assuming Ingram signs a two-way.

[CGD]

There it is. I really hope he gets a real opportunity this season. He was criminally underused last year by the old man tbh.

Nah, his defense held him back

[Degoat]

Barlow has shown more than Bassey thus far, but feels like Barlow might be looking for opportunities outside the NBA potentially? I was fan of bassey but the kid has had to many injuries, his knees are DONE.

[Chinook]

There are potential minutes behind Sochan if the Spurs play Champ at the two. However, it seems clear from this contract that Mamu isn't guaranteed to get minutes. He's even quite cuttable. That the Spurs seem interested in keeping their RE open is interesting. Unlike previous CBAs, teams can't really carry MLEs far into a season.

[BatManu20]

Bassey back too.

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[John B]

Wemby likes playing with Mamu so I kinda expected. Still a pleasant news.

[cutewizard]

Love it

[TD 21]

There are potential minutes behind Sochan if the Spurs play Champ at the two. However, it seems clear from this contract that Mamu isn't guaranteed to get minutes. He's even quite cuttable. That the Spurs seem interested in keeping their RE open is interesting. Unlike previous CBAs, teams can't really carry MLEs far into a season.

Castle and to a lesser extent Branham will eat the backup two minutes.

[tonight...you]

I like his ink work.

[CGD]

Looks like:

Paul/Tre/Blake
Dev/Castle/Malaki
Barnes/Champ/Sidy
Sochan/Keldon/Mamu
Wemby/Zollins/Bassey

Pretty good balance

[Uriel]

So Osman, Duke, and Barlow are gone?

[TekXX]

Let's start Mamu and win some games!

[Ice009]

There are potential minutes behind Sochan if the Spurs play Champ at the two. However, it seems clear from this contract that Mamu isn't guaranteed to get minutes. He's even quite cuttable. That the Spurs seem interested in keeping their RE open is interesting. Unlike previous CBAs, teams can't really carry MLEs far into a season.

So you can't keep it and use it later in the season on potential buyouts?

[Dex]

So Osman, Duke, and Barlow are gone?

Yep: https://www.poundingtherock.com/2024/7/8/24194569/spurs-renounce-rights-to-barlow-mamu-osman-and-duke-jr

[timtonymanu]

Great news!

[ginobilized]

I'm down with another year of Mamu!
His synergy with Wemby was great, offensively and rebounding-wise to end the season.

[Mugen]

Nah, his defense held him back

:lol What about the rest of the team's shit defense?

[LeBowen]

Mamu in games when he played more than 20 minutes:
11.4/10/2 on 47/37/76 with 1.3 turnovers in 26mpg.

Jeremy is obviously a better defender, but if he doesn't get his shit together on offense, Mamu should get way more minutes this season.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

So Osman, Duke, and Barlow are gone?

Yeah, we have very few sharpshooters

[Darkwaters]

Yep: https://www.poundingtherock.com/2024/7/8/24194569/spurs-renounce-rights-to-barlow-mamu-osman-and-duke-jr

Just because you renounce their rights doesn't mean they're gone. They also renounced Mamu after all.

The bigger issue is the lack of roster spots. I think Barlow and Duke can still be brought back for one more 2-way though.

[DPG21920]

I dont think Barlow, even if allowed to sign another 2way, makes much sense. If with how good he looked you didn’t prioritize him over Bassey due to fit with Wemby, then keeping him around vs someone you think fits Wemby better just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

[dbestpro]

Mamu is gonna get some time this year and will surprise.

[jjspur]

Since Bassey and Mamu signed minimum contracts, does the league pay part of the salary and if they do how much counts against our salary cap ?

[JPB]

Tells you anything you need to know about the offseason, that resigning Mamu to a one year deal is probably the best move of the summer :lol

[Seventyniner]

Since Bassey and Mamu signed minimum contracts, does the league pay part of the salary and if they do how much counts against our salary cap ?

From what I remember of the CBA, the league pays the difference between whatever the veteran minimum a player signs for and the rookie minimum, so as not to discourage teams from signing vets. Also, the vet mins count towards the cap/tax/aprons but teams can sign players to vet mins at any time regardless of cap/tax/apron status.

Anyone, if I have any of this wrong please chime in.

[exstatic]

Tells you anything you need to know about the offseason, that resigning Mamu to a one year deal is probably the best move of the summer :lol

Pure Haterade. The best moves were signing CP and trading a player on a two way for Harrison Barnes and an unprotected first round swap.

[scott]

Doesn't seem there is a ton of interest in Barlow anywhere in the league. Wonder if his personality is an issue? Or something else? Just seems odd that the Sidy Cissoko's of the league have roster spots over him.

[J_Paco]

Yep: https://www.poundingtherock.com/2024/7/8/24194569/spurs-renounce-rights-to-barlow-mamu-osman-and-duke-jr

Hopefully all of them catch on somewhere else or go over to Europe. I think Duke Jr. and Barlow are past the point of needing development time in the G-League (maybe Barlow more so than Duke).

If Barlow had more perimeter skills or would've played better beside Wemby, then he easily would've taken either Bassey or Mamu's spot.

Sucks that he's the one that's leaving when he has shown the most growth between the 3.

[J_Paco]

Doesn't seem there is a ton of interest in Barlow anywhere in the league. Wonder if his personality is an issue? Or something else? Just seems odd that the Sidy Cissoko's of the league have roster spots over him.

Teams aren't going to prioritize an end-of-the-bench guy, but that doesn't mean he can't sign with someone closer to training camp.

I could easily see a team like Philadelphia or Milwaukee bringing him in for training camp and keeping him for depth.

[spurraider21]

i dno. barlow was kind of abusing gleague centers who arent as big/athletic as the varsity ones. i dont know how much he grows there

someone has to either be ok with him being an undersized NBA center, or if he does go back to gleague, he has to go back and play perimeter oriented to build that part of his game up, such that he can survive as a 4 in the big leagues

watching him last year, he was better defensively than Collins was, but he always seemed to be ALMOST able to alter/block shots. ultimately... dude's undersized

[tonight...you]

Tells you anything you need to know about the offseason, that resigning Mamu to a one year deal is probably the best move of the summer :lol
Dude, what?

[Knoxxx]

MAMUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!

[JPB]

Pure Haterade. The best moves were signing CP and trading a player on a two way for Harrison Barnes and an unprotected first round swap.

(Last summer):


Oh, I definitely don't want CP3. He's a diva and an asshole who's won nothing, and would be an awful influence in the locker room.





He’s a loser, and has never really been known as a mentor type.

:lol

[JPB]

Then Barnes isa stopgap who doesn't move the needle, Gone in a year or two or at the next deadline. He changes nothing for the Wemby era. People will even forget he played here.

If anything, adding those two vets beyond their prime could indicate they believe in the current core they want to help develop with more experience, which would be really worrying.

the first round swap is fine but like all the rest, virtuality, specially with their bad draft record these last few years and if it is to get another guy who can't shoot that they will "mold" into whatever they think they can, or If it's to pass on players like Lauri because it's too expensive.

[JPB]

But we know how it works, every pick spurs make is a good pick... until it's not., every player spurs sign is a good signing... until it's not, every prospect or reclamation prospect spurs get has great upside... until he has not, and every move spurs make is a good move... until it's not. Some poeple systematically try to analyse what spurs do in a feel good, positive way that necessarly favorizes the team, whatever it is and its opposite.

Personnally, I just try to stay factual, wait to see how things develop, look around and not bet too much on future because you're never really sure of what it will be and there are things you can't control. But if you don't praise everything spurs do, or don"t,... you're a hater.

[Sugus]

But we know how it works, every pick spurs make is a good pick... until it's not., every player spurs sign is a good signing... until it's not, every prospect or reclamation prospect spurs get has great upside... until he has not, and every move spurs make is a good move... until it's not. Some poeple systematically try to analyse what spurs do in a feel good, positive way that necessarly favorizes the team, whatever it is and its opposite.

Personnally, I just try to stay factual, wait to see how things develop, look around and not bet too much on future because you're never really sure of what it will be and there are things you can't control. But if you don't praise everything spurs do, or don"t,... you're a hater.

Yeah man, you're spot-on.

It's not like the Spurs FO have hit home-round picks that they developed into being able to play in the closing lineup of an Olympic game. Or developed into All-Stars - however fringe. Not like they've made relatively consistently positive moves that have the Spurs greatly positioned for the upcoming years, better than a majority of the league, who mostly would rather be in our shoes than theirs.

We should actually start doubting them more, tbh.