Worst offseason ever. For a team that supposedly does more with less, this offseason we did less with way more. Just terrible.
Printable View
Worst offseason ever. For a team that supposedly does more with less, this offseason we did less with way more. Just terrible.
I would say its Inc. Ending the reign of the turd towers has finally come to pass. That alone is a form of success. Replacing it with 8 guards is a head scratcher.
To me, the question on how successful the off season is rests on the shoulders of the physical play of Baynes and Pendergraph. Both players must make their presence known. Pop needs to give Baynes as much time as possible. if he pans out, he actually makes Splitter a tradable asset. That 9 mil could go a long way to curing what ails this team.
So, they can get by at least through training camp and the first part of the season. Give Baynes 20 minutes a night. Make Splitter expendable (if you can) and then use that salary to go get the guy we need. AK47 by the way was not that guy. We need a younger player who can play both forward positions and help now and in the future when the team belongs to Leonard.
C-
Keeping Manu and Splitter was a plus, but both were overpaid.
Keeping Bonner on a 4m contract was dumb.
They signed a good SG in Marco, but the team still lacks a reliable backup PG and Kawhi still has no backup (so, small-ball coming up).
D...wasted a great opportunity to improve the team with cap space. Instead we be brought back the worst performers in the Finals at bloated prices and signed a lateral move shooting guard. Also, we wasted a first round pick on a foreign player that will not see court time in the Duncan era and Pendergraph will never crack the rotation ahead of Bonner, who will retire a Spur.
They did nothing to match up any better with Miami or a healthy OKC next year, I think we are in for a short playoff run.
B-
Could've been an A if we got AK-47. The only good thing that comes out of his decision to join the formed superteam in Brooklyn is that they make the East more top-heavy strong...Miami is really going to have difficulty getting to the finals if they don't get bigger. Relying on Lebron to do everything will take it's toll. Brooklyn has the pieces to hurt Miami outside and inside and they have players that can defend Miami's perimeter game well (Lebron).
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
last time this board celebrated an A+ off season was in 2009, when the Spurs acquired a guy named Richard Jefferson.
so this board traditionally isn't very much on spot, when judging the Spurs offseason moves.
that said, I give a B and it isn't over yet.
keep a core intact is often easier said than done. (see Mavs 2011)
and Pendergraph will become another Danny Green story. book it.
Meh. Need to see what happens with Blair and Neal first.
Every time we talk about not getting a star player someone brings up Richard Jefferson as an example to never go after a star player, again. Using this logic we should never resign an ex-Spur, again (Jax).
Well said. The jizzstorm over RJ in 2009 didn't help the team, and the meltdown after the WCF loss in 2012 didn't hurt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by mountainballer
Not quite applicable in this case; Manu was never a threat to leave and Splitter was restricted. The rest of the core was already under contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by mountainballer
Ok now you're reaching. :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by mountainballer
I'll give it a C-.Belinelli and Pendergraph could become good asquisitions.But the Spurs basically blew their cap space and none of the major problems are resolved.No help for Tim in the paint,no back Sf,shitload of guards and we don't know who the backup pg is....It seems they've put all their eggs in one basket and that's Kirilenko in S&T.No wonder they failed.It could have been done much easier.
C. Manus and Tiagos contracts are great and so are the two new guys.
Wish they would have gotten AK, but he was going to the Nets all along.
If they get Oden then I'll give them a B.
And if they also get a good SF, not another scrub or another guard, I'll give them an A.
But they kept Bonner, thus the C.
report out that blazers agreeded with splitter for 4 years 36 millionQuote:
Originally Posted by baseline bum
spurs decided to match and did not sign offer sheet
Mike Monroe @Monroe_SA
.@tonyparker commits to play for Les Bleus in Eurobasket in Slovenia in Sept., per FIBADaily bit.ly/12Joz3d
He committed to the NT a long time ago alongside Diaw and De Colo. All 3 have been on the NT roster given 2/3 weeks ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by ace3g
Since the end of the season, Parker has been spotted at the Reunion (a french island in Indian Ocean), in France and he is in now in China. He seems to hate to just chill during the summer and has always this crazy schedules.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Keepin' it real
A++ thanks to the spurs FO I know better math... 1 Manu = 1,6 Beli
B-
Considering this team almost won the championship, keeping it together isn't bad at all. Even if they had a couple of chances to improve significantly, I'm not upset about mostly staying pat and adding two solid players.
Adding the two solid players will be bigger than most think IMO! Those two will be upgrades over Blair and Belli will take some good mins IMO from some people.Quote:
Originally Posted by -21-
B
C+
F+
Really? This was worse than giving RJ a monster contract? Worse than the monster Francisco Elson/Jackie Butler offseason? :rolleyesQuote:
Originally Posted by Russo21
C-
:lol at lets just keep the team together because this team almost won the championship
1. The Spurs didn't even win the championship.
2. Spurs actually won the championship in 2007, kept the same team together and were slapped down in 2008. They were the actual champions yet failed to make it back to the finals. Logically, how will a team that ALMOST won the championship fare better than a team that actually won it all?
3. I doubt the Spurs will have a another lowest turnover game in finals history (tied at 4TOs). Also doubt Green will have another best 3 pt shooting in NBA finals history. Without those two flukes, Spurs win one or two games max.
Liked the Marco signing and glad the Spurs didn't overpay Splitter but that's pretty much it.