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Actually, Javtokas or some other big for the LLE. Leave the remaining MLE alone. I'm hoping the rooks can play...
With roughly 2 million left of our MLE, I assume these players could be had..
Walter Herrman
Quinton Ross
Jarvis Hayes
Maurice Evans
Kirk Snyder
Yakhouba Diawara
Antoine Wright
Tony Allen
Flip Murray
Or we could opt to resign Barry or Finley
Who would you go after?
Actually, Javtokas or some other big for the LLE. Leave the remaining MLE alone. I'm hoping the rooks can play...
I assume we aren't going to sign anyone else until we know what Kurt Thomas is going to do.
I'll be stoked if we're able land Walter Herrman.
Javtokas would be nice as well.
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Matt Barnes has turned us down before because of his infatuation with playing on the west coast. Therefore I don't see that as a realistic option then again I could be wrong.
1. Barry
2. Allen
3. Wright
Honestly, I think we'll resign Finley. I think he'll be a great option off the bench .
That being said, it would be nice to try and land a solid 3/4.
I think we resign Finley only if Kurt goes somewhere else. To explain since we have Finley's bird rights, resigning him wouldn't use up any of our MLE or LLE. Then we would use the remaining of our MLE or LLE for a big IF Kurt leaves. Kurt needs to be locked up for the next 2 years.
Mason and Hill could badly suck. It's more than likely they do. Barry's gone. Clearly you need to resign Finley, then.
We spent $6.5 million on Bonner and Mason, guys who very well could deserve no playing time whatsoever.
3.75 million to be exact. Per year.We spent 3 million on Roger Mason?!
Have you not seen enough of Finley's act to know that he's no longer a suitable option for this team? The guy is a virtual one-trick pony. Unless he shooting well, he doesn't give you much. Can't drive, bad handle, doesn't rebound and can't play D. What more do you need to see?
Even the one aspect of his game for which he is known for - shooting - he's undependable at best.
It's sooooo time to move on from this guy. I'd much rather have Barry back than Finley - and to be honest I don't really want either.
As for the remaining options, is Dorell Wright out of the picture?
I think he is considering Miami would be faced with a tough decision whether to match a deal worth around 2 million a year.
You can also possibly add Shaun Livingston to the list. He's been renounced and I doubt any team gives him a expensive contract.
Should have signed Diawara for cheaper and used the rest to ensure you at least resign KT. Diawara would be a stud on the right team. GK ruined him but he should be an NBA starter.
We don't need to use the MLE to sign Kurt.
And I agree, Diawara is something special.
Of those options, Diawara and Hayes make the most sense because of their size and ability to play SF. Spurs would have a hard time convincing Hayes to come to the Spurs for two years and barely $2M/yr, but could probably land Diawara.
I think both have been mentioned in various articles as having drawn interest from the Spurs FO as well...which I'm not sure you can say for the others on that list.
The addition that some mentioned is Javtokas. Would he come here on a two-year deal worth slightly more than the LLE if the Spurs offered? He'd be insurance if Kurt Thomas left and/or if Oberto regresses, which is likely.
I don't know what the chances are for the Spurs using the rest of the MLE, but if they are able to lock up a player that fills another hole, I'll view the Mason signing a bit better.
Finley just sounds better as a starting option for this team...it's comfortable. Probably better if he doesn't re-up with this team, but they do need size and ability to play SF after the Mason signing.
On Dorrell Wright, his qualifying offer was well over $2M so he'd be taking a paycut and the Heat would assuredly match any offer. He's out.
I don't see how Livingston fits with this team's needs. He's got the tantalizing potential and seems like a good all-around kid, but the Spurs are chock full of guards at this point...especially when Livingston comes with the huge injury risk and isn't a reliable shooter.
If Diawara had enough talent to be an NBA starter, he wouldn't be receiving LLE-type offers or still be on the market.
I like his size and defensive toughness, but I don't see him as anywhere near the starting-calibur player you do.
Then again, I don't see Roger Mason as a starting-calibur player as some others do...so I guess my I need to be recalibrated.
Livingston was starting to improve his percentages the year he went down (last year).
The Spurs are hardly chock full of point guards. Parker, Vaughn... then Hill can play a little piont, Mason supposedly can (yeah right), and Barry is gone. Not a single guy right now is a pass-first point guard, other than Vaughn.
Vaughn is still around, Hill was drafted to be the backup PG (not off-guard), and Mason can fill the Barry role. That's three possible PGs backing up the starter who will most likely play the most minutes of any starter on the Spurs.
So why do the Spurs need another, when they clearly have better uses for the remaining money (SF and C)?
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