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thats right....... the nuggets will match it.....
smith would be a great addition to the spurs roster. an athletic wing that can drive the lane, shoot the three, and score in bunches giving the spurs a consistent fourth offensive option that can take the load off the big 3.
jr will be an energy palyer off the bench and is a threat to go for 30. he showed his potential in the playoffs this past year and if given the minutes will have a great impact on the spurs.
the only problem is that the nuggets will most likely match a full MLE.
thats right....... the nuggets will match it.....
Yeah and the Nuggets will go into the red because of it.
Thats why its not happening.
is it possible for the Spurs to get both Artest and JR Smith?
Well, the Nuggets just traded for SG Sonny Weems. Looks like they're preparing for something...thats right....... the nuggets will match it.....
No. Unless we did a Sign and Trade with one and gave the FULL MLE to another. Highly unlikely.
No, because it is likely that each one would expect the full MLE (or at least very close to it for JR). Now if we were to do a S&T, it would make it possible - but very, very unlikely.
IF someone signs Smith to a full MLE offer sheet, The Nuggets will not match the offer if Martin,Nene,Melo,Iverson,Camby are all still under contract. They wont put themselves in that bad of a luxary tax situation for JR Smith. Unless any of those contracts are dealt before or during the time JR signs an offer sheet for the full mle, the Nuggets will let him walk.
Exactly.
If the Spurs want to commit the full MLE to him, he will come.
It's JR Smith or bust time for the Spurs.
possibly both the nuggets and spurs knew before the draft that JR would be moving to the spurs this off season (most likely a sign and trade) and this is why the spurs didnt use their #26 pick on a wing.
or the spurs are just hoping to get JR from FA and the nuggets have already decided not to match
Just on a side note:
DENVER, June 27 -- The Denver Nuggets have made a qualifying offer to restricted free agent J.R. Smith, Nuggets Vice President of Basketball Operations Mark Warkentien announced today. Per team policy, terms of the offer were not released.
In accordance with the league’s collective bargaining agreement, in order for a team to retain its right of first refusal with respect to a restricted free agent, the team must tender the player a qualifying offer prior to June 30. A restricted free agent may sign an offer sheet with any team, but is subject to a right of first refusal with the team for which the player last played.
Smith, 6-6, 220, has averaged 12.6 ppg while shooting .396 (306-772) from three-point range in his two seasons with the Nuggets since being acquired in a trade with Chicago on July 20, 2006. This past season, he averaged 12.3 ppg in 19.2 minutes in 74 regular season contests and 18.3 ppg in 27.0 minutes in four playoff games.
Denver would still resign him anyway since the year after it a few contracts are off the books like cambys and iverson i think
exactly........ you guys are nuts if u think the MLE is enough to get it done. Stan will match it without flinching. 20mil off the books next year with AI.
In your wet dreams.
we dont need this .
spurs fans forget...we went to the WCF with the oldest team in the league and manu had 1 foot!!!
azubuike or artest.
I think you're forgetting people age...spurs fans forget...we went to the WCF with the oldest team in the league and manu had 1 foot!!!
1. No cursing in les.
2. JR Smith can help out. He's already better than Azubuike and about on the same level as today's Artest and younger.
Lmao. Dude is calling Smith a , yet he would have no problem bringing in Artest? Artest is more of a risk than Smith, I think.
and another ignore...
Same level of what???
Scoring?
Craziness?
Team Play?
Defense?
Shooting?
Ballhandling?
Passing?
They are very different players.
Artest is crazy. Smith is just immature. Artest is almost 29. Smith is almost 23. Artest is more polished defensively. Smith is more polished offensively. Artest needs to operate primarily in the paint to be effective. Smith operates primarily on the perimeter and can seriously space the floor.
Klieza is also a restricted free agent.
Iversons contract may come off the books but they still have Kmart/Nene/Melo/Camby all under bloated deals. Plus keeping Klieza will cost from 4-6 million as would JR Smith. Plus add in additional salaries they bring in if they have any hopes of improving their roster. It's not insane to say the Nuggets wont match. Plus we will see if their owner wants to pay that much for the lux tax this season. Time will tell.
not till next year...
http://www.shamsports.com/content/pa...es/nuggets.jsp
Then that makes things much easier for them. Time will tell if Denver does it. That team has so many holes on their team but keeping JR is one of many holes to fill.
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