Re: Who Is Stealing Money On The Spurs
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Originally Posted by adam8065
How much is he worth then? How much do you pay crappy 7 footers in the NBA? I'm not going to look up every centers salary and then average what price for a center is, but if you want to do that go right ahead. 3 million isn't that much money considering that he is 7 feet tall.
Mahinmi makes less than a million....so he's a better value as a skinny F/C.
And next year, Splitter will come on board also making less than a million dollars.
Elson is worth the vet min and even at that price I'd let him walk if I were the Spurs.
Re: Who Is Stealing Money On The Spurs
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Originally Posted by adam8065
They make less, but Pop doesn't play rookies. The only rookie that Pop has ever played was Tony. And after winning a title the Spurs wanted to bring back the entire team so paying 3 million isn't that much. How much is the league minimum 1 million or so? And if it around that much what could have the Spurs done with that extra 2 million sign Mahinmi or Splitter who Pop wouldn't have played anyways?
You're getting away from the simple point of this thread....
The point is not to ask who the Spurs could've gotten instead or who was available....
The point was to say that Elson is not a $3M NBA-calibur Center. That's my opinion, and I don't care if you or anyone else share it.
Bottom Line: Spurs gave Elson $6M and he hasn't done enough in my opinion to earn the money he's been given.
Re: Who Is Stealing Money On The Spurs
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Originally Posted by adam8065
They make less, but Pop doesn't play rookies. The only rookie that Pop has ever played was Tony. And after winning a title the Spurs wanted to bring back the entire team so paying 3 million isn't that much. How much is the league minimum 1 million or so? And if it around that much what could have the Spurs done with that extra 2 million sign Mahinmi or Splitter who Pop wouldn't have played anyways?
BTW, the only reason I brought up Mahinmi and Splitter is because someone posed the question and so I thought I'd give a couple examples of current Spurs players who's potential value exceeds what they're being paid.
I could've gone with Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, or even Udoka....
