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SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have waived guard Keith Langford and forward/center Kris Lang.
Langford appeared in 5 games and averaged 6.6 points and 2.6 rebounds. Lang averaged 3.2 points and 2.0 rebounds in 5 games.
The Spurs roster stands at 16.
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Please let the next one be Beno
Darius Mother ing Washington, es!!!
Williams will be the next casualty... to get room for Darius...
Waive Beno!
adios Beno
Interesting. This is a great sign for those who want Washington to make the team. In recent years, the Spurs finals cuts are all done at once.
To me this means the Spurs could be trying to find a way for Washington to make the team. I'm sure the front office is looking for a team that'll take Beno ... which won't be an easy task.
I also don't think Macus Williams' roster spot is guaranteed yet. If Beno can't be traded and the team really likes Washington, Williams could be the one let go. The Spurs won't make the same mistake like when they let go of Raja Bell to keep Derrick Dial just because they drafted Dial ... or at least I'd hope they wouldn't make the same mistake.
Bottomline is Darius Washington officially has a chance now
question: money wise is cheaper to Waive Williams than Beno?Interesting. This is a great sign for those who want Washington to make the team. In recent years, the Spurs finals cuts are all done at once.
To me this means the Spurs could be trying to find a way for Washington to make the team. I'm sure the front office is looking for a team that'll take Beno ... which won't be an easy task.
I also don't think Macus Williams' roster spot is guaranteed yet. If Beno can't be traded and the team really likes Washington, Williams could be the one let go. The Spurs won't make the same mistake like when they let go of Raja Bell to keep Derrick Dial just because they drafted Dial ... or at least I'd hope they wouldn't make the same mistake.
Bottomline is Darius Washington officially has a chance now
Yes. From what I can tell, Williams has an unguaranteed contract. The price of keeping Williams or Washington is the same.
Beno's contract is guaranteed so if the Spurs waive Beno, they still have to pay him and on top of that they'd have to pay Washington's salary.
He does have an unguaranteed contract per an article last week or the week before.
Not only is his contract unguaranteed...but he could also still wind up on the Toros to be developed by the Spurs, even if they waive him....per Chumpdumper...also within the past couple of weeks.
Beno's contract is guaranteed so if the Spurs waive Beno, they still have to pay him and on top of that they'd have to pay Washington's salary.
Yeah but...there is every chance Beno could wind up being IR'ed for the entire season as well...so what would they be paying him for then?
Plus if he is picked up off waivers the Spurs are off the hook for his salary, correct?
Use your Pop decoder ring to figure out if Pop wants Beno on this team...I say he hasn't wanted Beno on this team for a long time now. I think he was fed up with him by the beginning of training camp last season...and even if he wasn't...this season certainly made things worse.
If Pop had wanted to be a nurse for frequently injured players...he'd have become a trainer...not a coach.
It's DWash time....baaaaaby!!!!
I thnk Pop has wanted Beno gone since training game 05.
Its RC Buford's pet.
My gut feeling - which is obviously often wrong - is that Washington makes the squad. It's now down to finding a new home for Beno-mongrel or giving Williams the boot. Washington has just done too much and shown too much promise to pass on.
No offense...you are one with the Popsac like few others...but I'll still hold out for timvp's opinion on this one for the final pre-verdict.
i think it hasn't been a long time... i remember him saying that it was a great insurance to use the team option on his contract considering it "cheap" for the value he has... that was just last year... i just hope they get rid of him ASAP... at least Williams is yet to impress us...
Wasn't looking for your approval on my opinion either Mrs. Barry.No offense...you are one with the Popsac like few others...but I'll still hold out for timvp's opinion on this one for the final pre-verdict
Beno to the Cavs for their trade exemption...we lose Beno, they get a PG, we add Washington & save some cash..get it done.
And I remember Pop having some choice Public words for Beno in Training Camp, last season....
Good thing...
It would have to be a move to get rid of Beno. Why would they waive Williams and keep four PGs on the team?
Because one of those point guards (Beno) is a non-en y. He only plays in blow-outs and if Vaughn went down, Ginobili or Barry would get back-up duties first.
We must also think about the future. Beno's gone, Vaughn may have a single year left, at most. Meanwhile, we have no backup PG, and it's an expensive position to fill. The smartest thing in the world may be to start training the future back-up now, even if it means carrying four of the same position at present.
Yeah, as I speculated during the summer, it sounds like the Spurs were trying to force Williams to Europe. It was pretty apparent due to the delay in signing him and then the Spurs' mouthpiece Buck Harvey writing that article comparing Williams' potential development in Europe to that of Manu. Williams apparently didn't go for the Europe idea but the Spurs still had to offer him a tender contract to keep their rights to him. Williams signed that unguaranteed contract and here we are today.
Williams sucked in summer league and preseason so bad that if the Spurs waive him, I'm completely confident that he'll slip to the Spurs in the first round of the NBDL even though the Toros draft late in the round. No other NBA or NBDL team is going to be beating down the door to get a guy who is lucky to shoot 20% in summer league or preseason action.
Actually, if the Spurs have to keep Beno, if he were to accidentally get injured the Spurs' insurance would cover his contract. Hmmmm...
Correct ... but that wouldn't happen. Not many teams could pick him off waivers and those who could would almost certainly wait after he cleared waivers to attempt to sign him.
I think if Beno were to be waived he'd be in Europe permanently within a year.
I'm not sure if Pop ever wanted Beno. If you remember correctly, in Beno's rookie season he got hurt in training camp and Pop got so mad he didn't even let Beno travel with the team during preseason. Pop was also the one who called Jacque Vaughn on the first day of free agency last summer.
Beno must have a supporter somewhere in the organization but it isn't Pop . . .
Good point.
Last edited by Kori Ellis; 10-24-2007 at 03:25 PM.
The Cavs are stuck until they figure out what they are doing with Pavlovic and Varejao. They can't use a roster spot on Beno with all the uncertainty on that team.
The only way the Cavs would re-enter the picture is if they find a way to trade Damon Jones. But Jones is almost as hard to trade as Beno.
Beno must have a supporter somewhere in the organization but it isn't Pop . . .
Its pop's prissier, dumber friend.
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