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And people complain about Brian Wright…
I believe, even though the kicker is actually paid by SAC, that the money still counts on salary cap FWIW. So if SAC paid the full amount, then that amount they paid would be divided by 2 (for years left on deal) and added to the annual salary cap amount.
And people complain about Brian Wright…
They should offer Collin’s and the CHA pick. It gives them a fig leaf of cover that at the time of the trade, the got their FRP, and when it doesn’t convey, the first SRP will be nice, because CHA will suck.
This is correct, but it’s his choice to exercise some or all of the kicker, which affects his cap number, it’s not about the spurs expense but the cap hit
Paul signing official but terms not announced. I think it was Bruno who mentioned they may turn it into a 2/20 type deal with small guarantee for year 2. Enables us to make the barnes trade without having to axe all the guys
Gold on the clock indeed, the Furphy era is upon us. We are witness.
If he hits with them I am going to be really pissed as I still have not gotten over us not drafting him.
Spurs have 1 roster spot available right?
Wemby/ZC/Bassey
Sochan/KJ/
Barnes/Julian/Sidy
Dev/Branham/Blake
Cp3/Castle/Tre
^ were the details of how we are fitting in Barnes every announced? Seemed like Bassey or Julian (or both perhaps) had to go to make it work. Mamu fits nicely into that last slot on a vet min if we were able to fit it without releasing Champ or Bass.
Considering that Chicago Is quite going tò tank next season why not trade for Vucevic?true that hes bad at defense but hes a wonderful offensive player and Wemby can cover for his defensive deficiencies...something like Collins plus Braham/Wesley (or both) plus some seconds could be enough for the deal..
How many years does he have on his deal? And he's a decent shooter too, isn't he? From what I remember, though, terrible defensive player?
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Free agent Haywood Highsmith has agreed on a two-year, $11 million deal to return to the Miami Heat, his agent Jerry Dianis tells ESPN. Highsmith had significant interest around the league but stays with franchise that developed him into an NBA player.
Osborne suggesting the Spurs were trying to get Highsmith, which is good to know... also this is what infuriates me about local Spurs media. They frequently imply/suggest they know things they can't share with fans... which is their entire ing job. Journalists aren't supposed to be team insiders, they're supposed to inform the public about .
You don't need the media, you got that ideal off-season topic.
There were a few of us suggesting Highsmith as a cheap wing option.
Spurstalk > twitter, confirmed.
if a reporter is told something confidentially, and then he discloses it to the public, he burns that source and loses ongoing access
OTOH, i have no idea why someone would tell a reporter something and then tell him to not report on it. then why tell the reporter?
Helps them shape how they are writing about the off season, general approach etc..
Yeah, that's what I mean. The only possible explanation would be on background and on embargo ahead of a story (I do this all the time in my world). The scenario would be "hey, we're about to sign this guy... he's the info you need to write your story so it's ready to run as soon as we pull the trigger"
But there really is no reason for the Spurs to be telling Tom Osborn "hey, he's a guy we're trying to sign. don't tell anyone though!"
They do this all the time: "if you knew what I knew, you're opinion would be different... blah blah blah". The guys get off on the idea of knowing special that the general public isn't worthy of.
I think it would actually be a policy. We’ll tell you stuff, but you can’t report it until it either happens or it’s dead.
I’ve never seen evidence that the local Spurs media generally has anymore before-hand* knowledge/insight than TSpence & Eric Yang. From time-to-time they’ll have a nugget, but in general they’re not in the loop.
Plus at this stage it’d have to be a matching sign&trade right? Aren’t we over the cap with Paul & Barnes?
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That's a typical embargo policy for organizations, but you only do it when there is imminent news - not "we're thinking about maybe doing this" kind of thing. So, maybe the Spurs were very close to inking Highsmith.
They may have been, but didn’t know their cap availability pending finalizing the trade and the signing of CP.
Might have been a pre-Barnes thing. Maybe the Spurs were on the finish line with Highsmith and then the opportunity to be in the Kings deal came up, and they pivoted.
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