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Why didn't your Lakers try to get him back, eh?
TD may have 1 or 2 years like last year left in the tank. It could have been him passing the torch to Baby Drew like The Admiral did for him back in the day. This would have been a gamble worth taking.
Worst case scenario: you guys are out of $6M because he got hurt or couldn't put up stats good enough to earn that additional $6M. You guys would decline his team option next year and move on... Or
Best case scenario: he puts up stats and y'all end up paying him $12M next year then pick up his team option for next year. Plus you guys get another year or two out of TD because Bynum is actually taking the reigns. KL and AB take your franchise into the next decade or so.
Of course all of this is contingent upon his glass knees actually holding up, but he's a risk worth taking. Pop could have turned him into a consistent beast. TD is his idol, so health permitting it would have worked out because he would have listened and learned. As big as he is I've read many times that he patterns most of his game from TD's.
Spurs should have taken the risk like the Cavs did. If it works out, i strongly feel they will be the new NBA powerhouse with LBJ, Kyrie, and Baby Drew (in 2014). This year and next would essentially contract years so he'd have extra motivation to put up numbers. Would have been a win-win for the Spurs, but as it is right now the Cavs are sitting pretty.
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Why didn't your Lakers try to get him back, eh?
That's why.
Our FO is not enamored with his agent David Lee due to previous contract negotiations with his agent.David Lee has another client named Trevor Ariza - who we also lost. I knew we'd lose them both. It was only a matter of time.
Still a risk worth taking. Last time he was healthy:
That's why.
18.7ppg (55.8%)
11.8rpg
1.9bpg
PER: 23
too injury prone even considering the worst case scenario
I wasn't aware 2 years 24 million was a flier
They have been fluke injuries though:
- Kobe fell on his knee one year
- Odom in another one
- Bwling accident last year
Y'all still should have gone after himPERIOD. $6M is dirt cheap for an all star big. I could even see Pop watching his mpg to minimize the risk of him getting injured. In his lone all star season he proved he could play 35 mpg. Pop could have (theoretically) helped manage his minutes so that you guys get the biggest ROI possible. Oh well.
When you're first year is only $6M guaranteed (with incentives), and the next year is a team option, you do it. Bigs historically get paid. Once upon a time even Kwame Brown commanded $9M. You are saying Baby Drew ain't worth $6M+?
High risk, high reward son.
This team doesn't need a back to the basket 7 footer. Would it help? Sure, every team in the league could use one of those guys. But don't lose sight of the fact that we were two missed free throws, 2 missed rebounds, and 2 made threes away from a Game 6 victory where if any one of those things dont happen we have a parade on the Riverwalk this year. You don't make major changes to those kinds of teams.
High risk, high reward doesn't qualify as a flier. neither does 6 mil guaranteedWhen you're first year is only $6M guaranteed (with incentives), and the next year is a team option, you do it. Bigs historically get paid. Once upon a time even Kwame Brown commanded $9M. You are saying Baby Drew ain't worth $6M+?
High risk, high reward son.
That could be 1 or 2 years more than Bynum has.
Bynum and Duncan doesn't seem like a combination that will work on the floor, especially defensively.
Defending the PnR would be a nightmare for the Spurs with both on the court.
That's because the NBA actually has a salary FLOOR, and he was signed for one year to meet that figure. That was also under the old CBA, you know, the one where the Lakers never gave a about the tax, and wouldn't dream of amnestying anyone. You can throw all that out the window. It's no longer valid.When you're first year is only $6M guaranteed (with incentives), and the next year is a team option, you do it. Bigs historically get paid. Once upon a time even Kwame Brown commanded $9M. You are saying Baby Drew ain't worth $6M+?
High risk, high reward son.
I would say that none of the reasons so far are "it". The reason the Spurs wouldn't go after him is that he just doesn't give a about basketball.
The Spurs don't want that much "maybe" in their organization. The Spurs want people they can count on, even if its less talent.
Which means he's basically a slower, worse defensive version of Duncan. . .only also has huge injury issues, at ude problems, and costs more.
Btw, he hasn't played more than 65 games in a season since 2007 when he wasn't starting half the time and only playing 22 minutes a game. It's practically a guarantee he won't make it all the way through any season since he's never done it. He just missed the entire season last year.
If Duncan retired this offseason, I could see them having gone after him. Duncan will be around another 2-3 years and probably play more games, score more points, grab more rebounds, and block more shots than Bynum over that span because he's far less likely to be hurt (contrary to some's belief, he barely misses games)
I have nothing against Bynum as a player (besides the injury issues and occaisional lack of effort on defense), but I don't see why you'd bother comparing him to Timmy who even in his old, declined form has been producing more. Certainly always been more reliable too.
The Spurs do not take risks. Most conservative team in the league.
the dude has the at ude of a child and he's injury prone.
Risking 14 million on manu sounds worse to me.
Cause he's an immature bum with 2 bad knees.
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Would not shock me in the least if Bynum retires or is out of this league before TD..
He doesn't stretch the floor, tbh.
we don't need bynum because Aron Baynes is the Dwight stopper
The second year is a team option, first only half guaranteed, so it's a flyer.
NoHe doesn't stretch the floor, tbh.
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