2 years for 4 million each at max would be ok. Then trade away Bonner please!!! and sign a young and athletic P/C to clean up the glass and compensate for the lack of speed for KT.
His name is Ian Mahinmi, and he's already signed.
People act like young good PF C grow on trees and are easily signable I guess.
Not just that. They ignore the one already in the pipeline.
People act like young good PF C grow on trees and are easily signable I guess.
Yeah I mean, people ignore the progress Mahinmi made this year and the scary good potential the kid has.
I for one am very excited to see how he plays next to Duncan defensively.
I wouldn't mind to play Ian for 20-30 min pg to develop him but I am sure Pop wouldn't. Pop would rather play Horry instead. I am a bit concerned about his strength too. I want a more powerful PF to be signed for cheap. Maybe I can dream SPURS can get Paul Milsap or David Lee ??? just kidding.
If he doesn't take the minimum he should then take the finger and a kick in the ass.
It doesn't really matter.
Why do you think "pop wouldn't"?
I don't think KT was "great" outside of his defense on Shaq ... but I want him back. His main problem was his offensive cohesion with the rest of the team. That could possibly fix itself after a training camp. Even if he doesn't, he's worth bringing back now that Splitter yellowed.
IMO hes smart enough for it to be fixed with a training camp.
Plus a player like him keeps Pop in a good mood
ing lying piece of .
A friend of MINE who is SLEEPING with KT's agent's girlfriend and who has naked pictures of her spread-eagle that he will post on the internet if the ever talks--told me that KT is going back to Phoenix...
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Kurt Thomas under contract would likely mean very little time for Ian Mahinmi I fear. The temptation will be to ride the experienced guys like Oberto and Thomas and send Mahinmi back to Austin to get stronger and more seasoned.
I don't know. Thomas and Oberto are neither more than part time players at this point. 20 minutes a piece. Pencil in TD for about 35 and you have roughly 20 minutes open in the bigman rotation.
That's is what I am also afraid of. I think Mahinmi should be at 20+ minute guy in the regular season. He needs that to make him a decent NBA player. If Kurt Thomas is resigned, he will not play anything more than garbage time. He will get Matt Bonner minutes, if even that.
I think Duncan's minutes get cut down a tad.
I think Oberto's gets cut down as well for Mahinmi.
I really don't believe Pop will cut down on Oberto's minutes for Mahinmi. He is too stubborn and too willing to play vets over younger guys.
20 minutes of big man rotation left over from TD/Oberto/KT = 12 minutes smallball, 5 minutes Bonner, 3 minutes Mahinmi
Oberto always manages to show up for big games though...his passing has been great these past two postseasons. If Ian doesn't show big things at the beginning of the season, i have a feeling he might see Bonneresque min.
Pop has been trying to get his hands on KT for years, and as big as he played in the Phoenix series... I just can't see Pop letting him go.
I haven' been overly impressed by him and he doesn't bring at all what Spurs need (youth and athleticism).
However, Spurs have a lot of holes and only one MLE. Re-signing Thomas becomes a priority of the offseason because you can get him without using your exceptions.
Diop for the LLE is maybe the only better realistic option than re-signing Thomas but Diop market value is higher.
KT will be the third big man next year, Mahinmi the fourth, but if anyone loses time it will be Oberto I think. He and KT will play more or less depending on matchups, and TD and Mahinmi will get constant minutes. Pop knows he needs to develop Ian to have any shot at another ring in the Duncan era, so that's what he'll do, even against his instincts.
What happens to the Red Rocket is anyone's guess.
This is probably what is going to end up happening.
only if he wants to take a paycut as a backup, the only thing we can offer in return for him taking a paycut is another full chance at a ring...the spurs will first need to find another starting center so that kurt can feel comfortable the spurs are going to make another run....if for a second kurt finds out fab is going to start at center...kurt will demand more money cos he knows he will have to play alot of ball next season. he also knows with fab and himself coming off or starting, they cant play against the other wests bigs, and i hate saying that.......go spurs go
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