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Nice find
Riley is pretty good at what he does so I guess it is a good sign he also wanted Mason. This could also explain why Mason's salary is a little bit inflated.
I wonder if the Heat wanted to sign Mason to play him and Wade in the backcourt.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/b...,3938162.story
Miami Heat's Pat Riley: Only one got away
By Ira Winderman | Sun-Sentinel.com
1:45 PM EDT, August 28, 2008
MIAMI - Miami Heat President Pat Riley said today that only one player targeted by his team got away this summer.
The surprise was that player was guard Roger Mason Jr., who left the Washington Wizards to sign as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.
Riley, addressing his team's personnel for the first time in weeks, said his goal had been to add both Mason and forward James Jones, but ultimately had to settle on adding Jones as a free agent from the Portland Trail Blazers.
"The only player that we didn't get in free agency that we wanted was Roger Mason and we couldn't. It was going to be either/or, really," Riley said shortly after a ceremony at AmericanAirlines Arena that saluted Dwyane Wade's gold-medal success at the Beijing Olympics. "We tried to convince one of them to take the $1.9 (million low-level salary-cap exception). But everybody else we wanted, we got."
The Heat still retains its $1.9 million exception, but otherwise has no exception space after splitting its $5.6 million mid-level exception between Jones, Denver Nuggets free-agent swingman Yakhouba Diawara and second-round draft pick Mario Chalmers, the point guard out of Kansas.
"We were able to squeeze three players into our mid-level, which, to me, was sort of a coup for us," said Riley, whose team is operating above the NBA's soft salary cap and therefore limited to utilizing salary-cap exceptions. "Now we're just trying to fortify with pieces and obviously we need help at the post."
In addition to looking for an additional post player, Riley said the Heat continues to negotiate with free-agent point guard Chris Quinn.
Otherwise, Riley said it is possible the Heat simply moves forward with a current core built around guard Dwyane Wade and forwards Michael Beasley, Shawn Marion and Udonis Haslem.
"I mean, anything can happen," he said. "But I think the nucleus will probably go into training camp."
Training camp opens Sept. 27.
Nice find
Riley is pretty good at what he does so I guess it is a good sign he also wanted Mason. This could also explain why Mason's salary is a little bit inflated.
I wonder if the Heat wanted to sign Mason to play him and Wade in the backcourt.
U mean the Spurs signed someone thats good?
IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
yeah but Riley wanted ricky davis
unbeavable!
good guy!..
i have a good feeling about Mason. hopefully hes a mix of a Barry/Finley type player.
just a younger version...haha
When it comes to targeting FAs, Pop and Riles seem to be birds of a feather. Remember the Spurs signed a guy named Bruce Bowen away from Riles and the Heat, several years ago.
On another note I really wished the Spurs would've gone after Denver Nuggets free-agent swingman Yakhouba Diawara.
did Manu have a ceremony of his previous gold medal success back in 2004 in SAT?
We've had interest overlap with the Heat with Haslem and Daequan Cook too.
I'm kind of hoping the Roger Mason acquisition goes a little like the Bruce Bowen one. No one cares about it at the time, but it turns out to be a genious move looking back.
Is San Antonio in Argentina?
Getting the hard for Roger Mason....wow....slow offseason no doubt.
He's ok coming off the bench.
your answer is misleading... SAT = San Antonio and i am asking if he got one from the Spurs franchise
In a related story...only one of the players the Spurs targeted didn't get awaythis summerMiami Heat President Pat Riley said today that only one player targeted by his team got away this summer.
Why would they? Let's throw him a party for beating America!
Premature exhiliration. 'Popped can still keep him out of games.T-Park U mean the Spurs signed someone thats good?
IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
Roger Mason's the kind of player who has the potential for 30 point games. But based on his career, there's something holding him back. I have a feeling he's the "I'm collecting paychecks" kind of NBA player but I'm just guessing.
This last season, he had a breakout year once Agent0 went down. He had a good Playoff run and torched the out of the Cavaliers in some of the games.
Why then would the Wizards just let him walk away like that. Was he only playing for a new contract? I guess we'll have to wait another 61 days to see him in action.
13 PPG, 2 APG, 3 RPG
would be sweet from Mason
ok, making it clearer for you
Why would the San Antonio Spurs, located in San Antonio, Texas in the United States of America, celebrate Manu Ginobili's Gold Medal for Argentina?
Miami recovered nicely getting Mario Chalmers in the 2nd freakin' round of the draft, so all is not lost for them by missing out on Mason.
Reporting indicated that the Wizards wanted to re-sign Mason, but matching the Spurs offer for him would've put them over the lux tax threshold. That also could be the reason why the Spurs offer was a little higher for Mason. It was reported in the Washington Post that after signing Arenas, Jamison, and their 1st RD pick, the Wizards were about 2.5 to 3 million under the lux tax mark. The Spurs signed Mason to a 2 yr, 7.3 million dollar contract which probably starts at about 3.5 million.
At one point, Pat Riley also wanted to add Juwan Howard for a load of money, so maybe Riles isn't exactly the talent judging compass we should use to determine if Roger Mason is a good signing or not.
Riles was smart enough to draft Charles "Spider" Smith in the first round. That's all the convincing I need that the man is a certifiable talent guru!!!
/lock this thread now cause it's ovah!
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