The NBA has announced that the salary cap for the 2013-14 season will be $58.679 mill

If the rumors about Spurs likely re-signing Neal are true, it makes the whole Spurs off-season even more foolish. By amnestying Bonner, Spurs could have had $5.5M in cap space to use on a quality player while Pendergraph would have been signed with the room exception and Splitter, Ginobili and Neal would have been re-signed.

I really don't get what Spurs are doing this summer, they just had so much better options that would have allowed them to improve their team.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

If the rumors about Spurs likely re-signing Neal are true, it makes the whole Spurs off-season even more foolish. By amnestying Bonner, Spurs could have had $5.5M in cap space to use on a quality player while Pendergraph would have been signed with the room exception and Splitter, Ginobili and Neal would have been re-signed.

I really don't get what Spurs are doing this summer, they just had so much better options that would have allowed them to improve their team.

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and sucks when you see someone like Luc Richard Mbah a Moute could be had for only two 2nd round picks...

http://youtu.be/HDaFMZfIsV4

Everytime I see the Spurs keep Bonner around I think of this

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Originally Posted by Bruno

If the rumors about Spurs likely re-signing Neal are true, it makes the whole Spurs off-season even more foolish. By amnestying Bonner, Spurs could have had $5.5M in cap space to use on a quality player while Pendergraph would have been signed with the room exception and Splitter, Ginobili and Neal would have been re-signed.

I really don't get what Spurs are doing this summer, they just had so much better options that would have allowed them to improve their team.

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I especially agree with that last sentence.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

If the rumors about Spurs likely re-signing Neal are true, it makes the whole Spurs off-season even more foolish. By amnestying Bonner, Spurs could have had $5.5M in cap space to use on a quality player while Pendergraph would have been signed with the room exception and Splitter, Ginobili and Neal would have been re-signed.

I really don't get what Spurs are doing this summer, they just had so much better options that would have allowed them to improve their team.

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So as it stands now, the expiration of Jackson's contract was merely a money saving tool for Holt and not cap relief that could strengthen the team. We theoretically could have made these identical moves with that contract on board

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Originally Posted by ace3g

and sucks when you see someone like Luc Richard Mbah a Moute could be had for only two 2nd round picks...

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Good remark, Spurs could have been the team getting Mbah-A-Moute in a salary dump instead of Sacramento in that scenario.

You know what, though, we thought last offseason was boring and look at the strides we made during the 12-13 season.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

If the rumors about Spurs likely re-signing Neal are true, it makes the whole Spurs off-season even more foolish. By amnestying Bonner, Spurs could have had $5.5M in cap space to use on a quality player while Pendergraph would have been signed with the room exception and Splitter, Ginobili and Neal would have been re-signed.

I really don't get what Spurs are doing this summer, they just had so much better options that would have allowed them to improve their team.

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I said the same thing in another thread. It's like the team got caught between trying to use cap space (stashing the pick and letting Neal go) and staying over the cap (keeping Bonner and using the MLE). They've also showed curious timing with their contracts, especially with Neal. All in all, I'm pretty confused. I expect to see a trade soon, but it wouldn't surprise me to see them do something crazy like trade Diaw for another two-guard.

Like I said the weirdness of it all makes me think spurs have a couple or more cia tricks in store. Unfathomable we would only run a $60 million payroll. I think once we committed $16 million to bringing back Manu and Splitter cap room was out of the picture and it was full mle and incoming/outgoing sign and trades strategy. We will see soon enough.

So, what the hell are we going to do with all of these guards?

I get the feeling something big is going down....something very big.

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I get the feeling something big is going down....something very big.

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like the league's first 5 guard lineup? we're gna go so small miami's gna have to bench lebron :lol

I get the feeling something big is going down in your avatar... something very big.

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I get the feeling something big is going down in your avatar... something very big.

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Going up

That too. :lol

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Originally Posted by spurraider21

like the league's first 5 guard lineup? we're gna go so small miami's gna have to bench lebron :lol

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:pop:: Magic Johnson was 6'9, Matt Bonner is 6'9... say hello to my new Point Guard.

Spurs keep the team together that was 30 seconds away and add Bellinelli. There are worse things.

Anyways, we are assuming McDonald has Pendergraph's contract details correct and that the Spurs aren't amnestying Bonner. Could very well be the plan if they can't move him.

Good point.

I can't say that I understood a whole lot what the Spurs did this offseason. Both Tiago and Manu wanted to comeback and looking at what other free agents received their salaries were reasonable. However, the Spurs did not address their need for a backup point guard that can run the pick n roll. Joseph, Mills, and De Colo are all guys that get them into their offense as opposed to running it. There is no backup small forward for Kawhi (I don't consider Belinelli a small forward) and the rebounding hasn't improved with their additions. At this point I just hope the Spurs are able to sign Oden. It's probably the only time a team is going to find a big as skilled as Oden for cheap, even if his knees are shot.

Further, we are assuming that Kirilenko is even willing to sign with the Spurs for what they could offer.

Spurs had their targets, made calls, assessed who was available, then acted accordingly.

For those of you jumping off the cliff, get some perspective. In the summer of 1992, the Spurs passed on a trade of Willie A and Terry Cummings for Charles Barkley. Later that summer, Rod Strickland walked in free agency and Terry Cummings blew out his knee. And the Spurs hired Jerry Tarkanian as their head coach. And Trader Bob signed Vincent Del Negro from the Italian League.

The Spurs could've had the following starting lineup in 1992-93:

1 Strickland
2 Ellis (Dale not LJ)
3 Elliott
4 Barkley
5 Robinson

Instead Red McCombs and Trader Bob managed to waste more years of DRob's prime and that season in particular was finished off by a Barkley jumper over DRob at the top of the key in the last game in Hemisfair Arena.

Keep this in mind the next time your ass is whining about this being the worst offseason ever. Damn.

And Holt Cat is light years ahead of McCombs as a NBA team owner. McCombs was so effing juvenile and clueless, yet thought he knew basketball. He was Jerry Jones before Jerry Jones, well actually he was worse than Jones. At least a team Jones owned won something before he shat all over it with his brilliance.

McCombs actually sat court side at Strickland's first game back after leaving in free agency holding a homemade poster board sign with "Rod, I'm sorry. - Red" which apparently was meant to be humorous.

That joker is lauded as some kind of hero in SA for keeping the Spurs in SA but the best thing for the team and the city he ever did was to step away from the franchise.

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Further, we are assuming that Kirilenko is even willing to sign with the Spurs for what they could offer.

Spurs had their targets, made calls, assessed who was available, then acted accordingly.

For those of you jumping off the cliff, get some perspective. In the summer of 1992, the Spurs passed on a trade of Willie A and Terry Cummings for Charles Barkley. Later that summer, Rod Strickland walked in free agency and Terry Cummings blew out his knee. And the Spurs hired Jerry Tarkanian as their head coach. And Trader Bob signed Vincent Del Negro from the Italian League.

The Spurs could've had the following starting lineup in 1992-93:

1 Strickland
2 Ellis (Dale not LJ)
3 Elliott
4 Barkley
5 Robinson

Instead Red McCombs and Trader Bob managed to waste more years of DRob's prime and that season in particular was finished off by a Barkley jumper over DRob at the top of the key in the last game in Hemisfair Arena.

Keep this in mind the next time your ass is whining about this being the worst offseason ever. Damn.

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Originally Posted by Marcus Bryant

Further, we are assuming that Kirilenko is even willing to sign with the Spurs for what they could offer.

Spurs had their targets, made calls, assessed who was available, then acted accordingly.

For those of you jumping off the cliff, get some perspective. In the summer of 1992, the Spurs passed on a trade of Willie A and Terry Cummings for Charles Barkley. Later that summer, Rod Strickland walked in free agency and Terry Cummings blew out his knee. And the Spurs hired Jerry Tarkanian as their head coach. And Trader Bob signed Vincent Del Negro from the Italian League.

The Spurs could've had the following starting lineup in 1992-93:

1 Strickland
2 Ellis (Dale not LJ)
3 Elliott
4 Barkley
5 Robinson

Instead Red McCombs and Trader Bob managed to waste more years of DRob's prime and that season in particular was finished off by a Barkley jumper over DRob at the top of the key in the last game in Hemisfair Arena.

Keep this in mind the next time your ass is whining about this being the worst offseason ever. Damn.

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wow we could've gotten a prime barkley? holy shit. Wonder if tha team could've beaten jordan in his absolute prime though

:wow Lakers paying 30 million tax for this season. Bloody hell