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The Spurs could also trade for one of them or any rookie-min player on the outs in exchange for cash or something. They couldn't do it if it were a guy on a three-year deal like Jones might be. But on a one- or two-year min deal? Could be worth it, now or later in the season.

That's true both in the sense of taking back salary and having room under the tax to sign free agents to fill the roster if the team does a many-for-1 trade.

IIRC the min salary for a player with one year of NBA experience is like $1.4 Million. That's more than the room the Spurs have under the tax. Reynolds has an accrued season from 2018-2019, so he can't get a deal small enough. A random rookie like Paul Reed could.

Hmm... so if timvp 's chart was correct on salaries, the Spurs should have $962,614 left under the tax. That'd put them far enough under to sign a 15th man if that player is a rookie. That means Reynolds probably won't make the team out of camp, but someone else might. Makes the potential of those...

Yeah. There's be some set-off to factor in as well. Even if they don't agree to give up a cent, signing deals should get the Spurs some savings. It wouldn't be a lot if they were min deals, but if they were portions of the MLE, then the Spurs could clear a couple million.

I don't love the Hawks' off-season. They signed a bunch of JAGs to long-term deals.

I was one of those people who couldn't believe the Spurs took White over Bell. I came around pretty early compared to some STers, but it just seemed like the obvious need at the time. They did a good job there, though I think Bell has a career in the league still.

I believe you're struggling with the idea that the Spurs might be mediocre for a long time and are looking for the quickest fix possible. If you were rooting for the Lakers or Heat, you'd want them to dump contracts as fast as possible to play free agency. For the Spurs, you seem to believe they...

I don't think that's a thing, though. Like who said talent trumps everything when you miss the playoffs? Teams that miss the playoffs perennially almost always have a ton of talent on their roster because of the train of high picks they get and the ability to overpay to get at least middling talent...

Do you REALLY think SA drafts that well compared to other teams, or do you think they might actually develop players well? I think the biggest reason why they seem to have more success with late picks is because they don't ask those players to do too much, especially early. Those young players have...

But they have talent. They just have to develop it. It's also hard to separate culture from coaching or the personalities of the talent. Certainly, plenty of stars and even superstars had way less success than the Spurs did. It wasn't merely talent that carried them through.

Yeah, because they had good culture and chemistry. I thought that was the obvious point I was making.