So who are the other possible suitors?
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So who are the other possible suitors?
The spurs are banking on green, Leonard, and splitter making continued progress. They made remarkable strides from two years ago, to last year. If they can replicate that, next season, they should be in good shape. Again. What's the problem?
The Spurs are still the favourites in the West, especially with OKC losing Martin, but the West doesn't have any powerhouse teams, so the conference is still open, tbh..Quote:
Originally Posted by Poolboy5623
However, had the Spurs actually used their cap space on an impact player like Kirilenko or somebody else, they would have been a level above the rest of the conference, tbh..
Seems like the Spurs were content with staying pat and internal improvement with OKC losing Martin and the lack of dominant teams in the NBA at the moment, tbh..
Holting pattern again huh
I was never that high on AK47. No doubt he would've helped but not a game changer. I think Stephen Jackson at 35 is still much better than AK47. I'm hoping that maybe there's a way that SJAX comes back for the league minimum. He won't get any other offers after being waived. Teams are staying away from him.
Probably a long shot but you never know.
Another cheap option is James Anderson...he'll probably get waived by the Rockets.
Kirilenko just had an 18 PER season with a shitty Wolves team, he's still a very good player, tbh..
Stephen Jackson is one of the worst players in the league right now, and I'd be surprised if a team signs him, tbh..
WTF? The Spurs were five seconds from being the best team in the league in 2013. Nobody got tremendously better this offseason. Houston will have to incorporate Coward in to their offense and team. His signing is already causing waves with Asik who wants to be traded.
Lakers may have improved a little by shedding themselves of a talentless, overrated malcontent but they added no personnel to substitute for Kobe's expected recovery time or Flight's position.
Oklahoma City lost Harden AND Martin. They've done nothing to make up for those losses.
Memphis lost their head coach and part of their identity.
The Clippers may have improved but I'm not concerned about them either. As long as they have Griffen as their go-to player, we're fine.
Dallas is a joke.
Golden State just got worse. How do you let solid role players just leave ? Jack, Landry, Biedrins. No way am I counting RJ as a loss.
Who am I missing ? We should be the favorites in the West again. As far as I know, we lost only Blair at this point. Gary Neal hasn't been offered a contract and we could still match it. Blair is the only guy who is most likely not returning.
Splitter/Diaw/Bonner/Baynes.. always have and always will.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baam
Yea looks like the spurs are fine rolling out green as backup small forward. I mean it worked out ok in the finals but still it would have been nice to have a true back up sf that can play small ball 4.
Sure, but the Spurs could have been a level above the rest of the conference, rather than being the best team on the same level, tbh..Quote:
Originally Posted by tmtcsc
Article says nothing, though, the tweet speculating about 2y/4m deal is interesting if on point. Still wouldn't rule out a sign and trade involving Neal and De Colo for an underrated SF backup. Nando is an interesting prospect but I can see him bitching a lot this coming year with Belli in tow.
I actually think the team got slightly better tbh. Belli + Pende > Blair + Neal + marginal corporate knowledgeQuote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
Love all the pull it out of their ass assumptions here.
Those possible improvements are insignificant on a old team. Even a slight player decline erases those improvements.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGD
It could be that the Spurs were unwilling to give a long term deal to a 32 years old player.After the Jefferson fiasco,they're probably not ready to give a long term deal to a player,that hasn't been proven in Spurs system.
Excellent point.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursSerb
So many want to assume that the Spurs had a plan to create and use cap space. We'll never know it that was ever the case. Even if they did have AK47 as a possible target, that plan could have died on initial contact with AK's agent if he told the Spurs that a 2 year deal wouldn't be considered. The Spurs had to go beyond 2015 with Splitter, as they will with Kawhi, but they very well may have drawn the line right there.
his article was really stupid nothing but speculation it came out before latest specualtion figure
I would not even count that figure he is an idiot
I guess the question will be, how serious were the Spurs in getting AK47? Hopefully Wojnarowski will give us some insight with one of his columns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
How does one read that article and say OUT? Comprehension is a lost art.
NO longer considered viable doesn't mean OUT OF THE RUNNING. It just means that based on what appears, it would seem that Spurs can't entice AK47 with what perceived little money they have left to offer.
It's a given that he'll be running plays for Leonard. Specifically, I'd imagine he'll be utilized as a pick-and-roll ball handler some, which makes the Belinelli signing especially perplexing, because then they don't necessarily need another wing to serve as a secondary ball handler/Ginobili insurance. Instead, they should have signed an actual backup SF, such as Delfino, who can actually handle somewhat as well. And if they still weren't satisfied on that front, then they should have brought in a proper backup PG.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baam
Baynes not only won't be cracking the rotation, but won't even be cracking the active roster, so long as the other five bigs are healthy and they're not giving Duncan the game off.
We won't know shit until it's already happened, so speculating is worthless anyway. Spurs weren't rumored to be interested in Pendergraph until right before they signed him, same with Belinelli. Whatever is going on, that faggot McDonald doesn't know shit and neither does anyone else probably. But if Adrian Wojarnowski said the Spurs were eyeing him, they probably were/are. And since we still won't know the full details of their deals for a few more days, it's all up in the air. Who knows.
I really hope the Spurs are not going to begin the season with the roster they have now though, they need a backup SF. Green/Diaw/Manu/Beli splitting time ain't going to cut it.
Well, if Bonner contract is still mostly non-guaranteed, the following scenario would work in theory:
Spurs trade Bonner and De Colo for Kirilenko
Minny trade Kirilenko for Kevin Martin and Bonner
OKC trade Martin for a TE
Utah trade TE for De Colo
Add pick, rights to foreign player and cash to balance the trade. Spurs could have Kirilenko with a 8.2M salary in that scenario.