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I wouldn’t hold it against him if he doesn’t, he will be getting a ton of money from other ventures besides his NBA salary though so there is a chance.
That first extension will be massive though I think, regardless.
Hopefully, Wemby will follow DRob’s & TD’s example of taking smaller contracts to allow the team to continue to sign good players to maximize compe iveness.
I wouldn’t hold it against him if he doesn’t, he will be getting a ton of money from other ventures besides his NBA salary though so there is a chance.
That first extension will be massive though I think, regardless.
I know it goes against the Spurs mythology but David did sign a contract that gave him the average of the top 2 player salaries in the league every year too
Kornet's deal structure will likely be dictated by whether or not the Spurs can manage to have it as a S&T in a multi-team deal. That could preserve the full MLE.
Increasing is good if Kornet is signed with the MLE and because the last year is a team option. Decreasing is good since that 4th year will line up with the first year of Wemby's extension.
whats even the use of retaining the MLE at this point?
We could keep it open until the deadline (or until such time when a trade happens) and then acquire a player whose contract fits by just fully absorbing him into the MLE.
That would be the only benefit from my POV, because it’s not like there are any more FA’s out there we need to be racking our brains over
Better to have it than not to have it IMO. It leaves some options even if they don't fully use it.
we have plenty of trade-sized contracts. anybody else we could get the MLE could be had just be sending branham/wesley
We're at the point of the off-season where people are desperate to spend money on just anyone. Feels like this is every year.
What happens if the other team doesn't want salary back, though? Like, to not pay luxury tax, is there a certain point of the season you have to have the salary down by, or does it have to be before the start of the season?
some people like seeing the club use the resources at its disposal to help the team on the margins
we unretire the cash considerations jersey and send it to them
Gonna be super annoyed if we don't end up using Branham/Wesley's contracts prior to the deadline and they're still out of the rotation tbh.
Other team may not want branham/wesley though. Having the MLE to take a player into saves the other team more money. For example if BOS needed to be clear of Hauser's deal, they could just send it into our MLE and save an additional $5MM versus taking Bran or Blake back
Edit: saw above that you mentioned sending cash considerations, but that doesn't help with the aprons or the tax for the other team. I'm not saying we actually will do this, but this is the answer to your question of what the point of turning Kornet into a S&T. This is the reason.
garcia reporting the signing is official. while the team wont announce them, we should be getting contract details somewhat soon. hopefully its a declining deal given we have no other use for the MLE at this point
nice!
Really fantastic deal. All the head scratching over his headline number was for naught.
This also makes him quite the trade asset at the 2027 deadline if that were required for some reason (acquiring team would only have half a season and $2.5MM of potential dead money to worry about, which the Spurs could offset by including the cash).
it's amazing how things calm down in here once actual facts replace speculation.
Great front-loaded contract for the Spurs tbh. Only partially guaranteed money the 3rd year + a team option on the 4th year. If he starts sucking for us for whatever reason or becomes injury prone, we can just bail after his 2nd season. Good tuff.
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Update: The San Antonio Spurs signed Luke Kornet to a four-year, $41 million deal, which descends, is fully guaranteed the first two years for $21.45 million, has a third-year $2.55 million partial guarantee salary and a fourth-year non-guaranteed salary, sources told Hoopshype
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Yeah, I was highly skeptical of this deal how it was originally announced, but if these are the terms it's hard to knock on it. Great deal, great job by the FO.
Love it. Makes so much more sense now.
Wow, good . I was on board with the contract even if it were a straight contract with relatively equal amounts for all 4 years...but knowing the full details it now goes from a solid contract to a great one IMO.
He will wear #7.
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