Weirdly, I can see that. The signings have been consistently surprising: Bonner getting resigned and with a raise, then Splitter getting signed for peanuts. RJ will probably still be overpaid in most people's eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
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Weirdly, I can see that. The signings have been consistently surprising: Bonner getting resigned and with a raise, then Splitter getting signed for peanuts. RJ will probably still be overpaid in most people's eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
I would like to read this by this time next year:Quote:
In his first season in San Antonio he appeared in 81 games, averaging 12.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 31.1 minutes while shooting .467 (362-775) from the floor, .316 (59-187) from the three-point line and .735 (208-283) from the free throw line. Jefferson scored in double-figures 54 times, including eight games with 20-or-more points.
Is it too much to ask when considering the second year adjustment and without the baggage of that huge contract?Quote:
In his second season in San Antonio he appeared in 82 games, averaging 15.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 31.1 minutes while shooting .516 (400-775) from the floor, .418 (92-220) from the three-point line and .781 (250-320) from the free throw line. Jefferson scored in double-figures 74 times, including eighteen games with 20-or-more points.
I hope it'll be 3y/15mil :hat
I hope it's 3 year/3 million TBH.Quote:
Originally Posted by Texas_Ranger
The contract would need to be less than $15M/year but more than $15M total.
$9M for three fits early in the free agency.
But with seemingly no competing offers, I'd predict that the Spurs talk RJ down to
$9M for two or $8M for three.
I'll take the under. If the Spurs were really offering something like 4/$36 I don't think it would have taken this long for him to sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by timvp
Yeah Jefferson won't shoot above. .400 from 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shifty
Good news now that it is official. :tu Here's to hoping he improves in his 2nd year ala other guys who took a while to pick up the system..
That depends where he shoot from. He certainly did 2 years ago:Quote:
Originally Posted by Muser
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3905/jefferson2009.jpg
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/39..._shotchart.png
If Jefferson could shoot like that for the Spurs it would be awesome but I just don't see it.
I think that's true, but he could give the Spurs a similar effect if he could be that guy who gets himself to the line with greater frequency than he did last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Muser
It's not realistic to think that he can get to the level he occupied a few seasons ago, but if he could make his 3.5 FTA/gm in 2009-10 into something closer to 5.0 FTA/gm in 2010-11 (and maintained the same FT%) he could conceivably make a bigger difference for him and the team than if he improved his 3pt% to something around 40%.
Welcome back Puto.
Terms were not disclosed. Translated...opting out did not work out quite as planned.
That's what Pop has to drill into him, attack the basket with force. When he's on his game he can get to the line at will we saw that in flashes last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown
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Originally Posted by Canibspur
My sources say.....
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Originally Posted by lefty
People here always say that RJ is a poor replacement for Bowen. Defensively, I agree. Although, when properly motivated, Jefferson is a pretty good defender. Honestly, the only perimeter defender in the NBA who is as good as Bowen is Artest.
I see RJ filling a role more like what Sean Elliott did for the Spurs. If he can hit his mid range and 3s just consistently enough to make his defender commit, he can blow by just about anybody on the baseline for a dunk.
He'll have the same type numbers as last year and will suck defensively. The only difference will be we'll expect it this time. It'll still hurt though.
If he becomes good from the corner three, watch out.
^^^^big if.
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Originally Posted by Muser
Let's be honest, aside from the biased opinions of RJ. He was the best available SF on the market, that we could actually afford. He is better than anyone else you people were discussing, such as James Jones, Raja Bell. He will deliver, and most importantly, he is definitely familiar with the Spurs' system, and is already part of the team chemistry. Without RJ, we would have been starting an SF that should have been back-up at best. But now that RJ is signed, The Spurs will make haste to get him a back-up, and they will. & with Pop, it's not about the ppg, it's about how cohesion, which is why Bonner was resigned.
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Hopefully, not only will RJ improve within the system as far as understanding what he needs to do, but hopefully Pop now better understands HOW to get RJ to do what he needs him to do.