Shutting down Blair? - Contract reasonings

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Originally Posted by poeticism707

Man, you know the Spurs have got it bad when they can't even get their second round, barely in the league and was about to not even get drafted, players to play in SL.

Instead, they demand the MLE, and take summer off, on their agent's advice.

If anyone had a RIGHT to do this, it was DUNCAN after his rookie season, but did he?!?!?

Nope: he came to play, and was the biggest BARGAIN in the league.

To he whom much is given, much is expected: Blair was given much in athletic gifts, but he's not showing anything in the class department.

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Really, stop trolling.

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Originally Posted by hater

1 freaking summer league game. Dude has not proven shit.

Already posters here are balloting him in the hall of fame.

Dude has to play the whole summer league and pre-season to prove anything

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Hater, he's a winner and a beast on the glass. He will make it, and he will be effective. I mean look at him play. He has a natural feel for the ball and those suction cup hands of his are phenomenal.

No, he is no hall of famer, but he is clearly one of the best in the SL. Yes, it's only been one game, but the guy has it. He's confident and makes things happen when he's out there.

He should have been and would have been a 1st round draft pick had it not been for the requested MRI in the Chicago pre-draft camp which revealed his lack of ACL's. That is when teams backed off from picking him.

Anyways, I know it's early, but I could understand why his agent would want to mak a deal now. It's still a business.

I gotta take Blair's side on this. The guy is unquestionably a first-round talent. Everybody's trying to make a guess on his knees, but nobody has any facts on which to make that guess. And, truthfully, the Spurs can't afford to lose him to Europe.

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Originally Posted by init2winit

So does all this BS go away if he plays tonight?

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probably not. not if a mere crappy ass rumor from hoopsworld can generate this many responses.

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Originally Posted by objective

If I had to guess I would say the problem isn't the money like the LLE, it's the number of years.

My memory is that LLEs are limited to 2 years.

Spurs could lose him to an offer sheet after only two seasons. That's not what they want. Why get Milsapped?

If they had MLE left I'm sure they wouldn't scoff too much at greater than minimum salary guaranteed for 3 years, but they don't.

Maybe they'll just guarantee all 3 years at the minimum with the raises.

The key is the length, not the total.

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The Spurs would love it if Blair would take 3 years at league minimum. But I don't think Blair likes that idea. If I'm Blair I want 2 years for as much money as I can get and then I get to sign my second contract a year earlier.

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Originally Posted by objective

Maybe they'll just guarantee all 3 years at the minimum with the raises.

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Spurs can't do that.
With the LLE or the min salary exception, the max length is 2 years.

Just an observation... It's amazing how the attitudes have changed in this place now that we're 2 years removed from a championship. I still remember the summer when the Express-News was reporting that Scola's agent was allegedly low-balling the Spurs, and the immediate reaction here was fuck Scola and fuck his agent.
Now Mr Happy is allegedly trying to play hardball with the FO, and the immediate reaction is 'give him what he wants'. I mean, we're talking about a very promising rookie that only has 1 SL game under his belt.
Anyways, just wanted to point out something that stood out while reading this thread.

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Originally Posted by ElNono

Just an observation... It's amazing how the attitudes have changed in this place now that we're 2 years removed from a championship. I still remember the summer when the Express-News was reporting that Scola's agent was allegedly low-balling the Spurs, and the immediate reaction here was fuck Scola and fuck his agent.
Now Mr Happy is allegedly trying to play hardball with the FO, and the immediate reaction is 'give him what he wants'. I mean, we're talking about a very promising rookie that only has 1 SL game under his belt.
Anyways, just wanted to point out something that stood out while reading this thread.

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Ah, how quickly we forget.

All of this exasperation over a Hoopsworld rumor? Why don't we wait and see what the real deal is first.

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Originally Posted by DBMethos

All of this exasperation over a Hoopsworld rumor? Why don't we wait and see what the real deal is first.

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What a great idea.:toast

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Originally Posted by DBMethos

All of this exasperation over a Hoopsworld rumor? Why don't we wait and see what the real deal is first.

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yeah, i would wait until the next SL game starts before commenting.

Pay the man.

This guy is tougher than Oberto and Bonner combined. Give him the money and get ready to play for a championship. Can't afford the drama with what's at stake this year.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

Spurs can't do that.
With the LLE or the min salary exception, the max length is 2 years.

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my mistake.

So to clarify, LLE or no LLE, the Spurs can't give him more than 2 years. No scenario exists to give him a 2+1 or anything of the sort.

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Originally Posted by Kori Ellis

Really, stop trolling.

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hands down worst poser on ST .. i wish i knew who's troll ...

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Originally Posted by objective

So to clarify, LLE or no LLE, the Spurs can't give him more than 2 years. No scenario exists to give him a 2+1 or anything of the sort.

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Yes, Spurs can only signed him to a 1 or 2 years contract.

well,at least he says on his twitter that he can't wait for his next SL game

Have we seen the final figures for McDyess? Could the Spurs have left some MLE money to spend on Blair?

I hate this, it's making me nervous. I've fallen in love with his bball game. Hopefully we'll get news soon

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Originally Posted by timvp

Have we seen the final figures for McDyess? Could the Spurs have left some MLE money to spend on Blair?

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realgm has a starting salary of $4.5M for McDyess. :wow

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Originally Posted by Bruno

realgm has a starting salary of $4.5M for McDyess. :wow

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:smokin

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Originally Posted by timvp

:smokin

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Yes, nice intuition. McDyess getting the full MLE in his first year seemed to be given.

I'll wait for some non-hoopsworld news. At least this rumor has some background behind it, but their stuff still seems fabricated. I think their writers look at all the things that might happen and throw it out there, so that when one of them is true they had it reported first.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

realgm has a starting salary of $4.5M for McDyess. :wow

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HoopsHYPE.com is showing $5,854,000 $6,322,320 $6,790,640

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Originally Posted by Big P

HoopsHYPE.com is showing $5,854,000 $6,322,320 $6,790,640

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hoopshype sucks for salary info. realgm is significantly more reliable and has some league sources.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Have we seen the final figures for McDyess? Could the Spurs have left some MLE money to spend on Blair?

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Props on that.:toast