Obviously Bonner'll still probably be in the doghouse, and we all know the Spurs won't be able to trade him, so he's just going to have to keep warming up the bench.
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but wouldn't Javtokas come in under a rookie contract, meaning the Spurs could sign him, just like Hill or Hairston, without dipping into the MLE or LLE. If the answer is yes, then I'd suspect the Maggette (full MLE) and Delfino (full LLE) rumors are true and that what's his frick from the EN might be right that the Spurs are looking at Javtokas as a 6th big.
Nah, he's like a free agent and only the Spurs have his rights, but they must have the cap room (or exceptions) to sign him.
Damn. Thanks for the answer. But does that mean the Spurs could sign him with their Beno money?
Kill_Bill_Pana....
Nope. That's only for trades.
The good news is Russian leagues big money is 2-3 mil, they dont pay the money the spanish teams do...and his buy out is reported to be 500k
javtokas should get what oberto got when he came to the spurs....
This is wrong. Russian teams pay huge money.
plenty of new footage of Javtokas with his russian team in this highlight video of various Lithuanian players. There's a lot of older Javtokas stuff, but all the new stuff with Dynamo starts at around 6:15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlKiiMI0O6Q
he looks a bit heavier.
Juck Favtokas.
He has a nice floater.
Still looks pretty athletic. He and Splitter must have had the same coach at some point because they both have that same disgusting hook shot. I wonder if the Express-News mentions him a lot because they know he might be coming over ... or just to fill up their word count.
That'd be pretty cool if Javtokas shocks the world and agrees to play for the Spurs summer league team.
Could use his athleticism.
What is the contract situation? this foreign player things have been backfire for Spurs
Russian teams are considered poor....thats way all the good players tend to gravitate to the spanish leauges...Javtokas is a super star and is making about mill american.
yeah spurs paid for him to walk
and he was worried about beating out elson and said THE SPURS
His quickness is a definite plus.
He's capable of getting his shot off quickly, whether from the outside, or from the post.
if he thinks he can not outplay elson
His confidence sucks
say no
i say we sign him and siskauskas and call it a summer
+ maggette.
Javtokas makes sense if the Spurs lose Thomas or if they move Bonner.
Has his offense improved at all, or is he still pretty one-dimensional?
It might be worth it to the Spurs to see if they can sign Javtokas to a 2 year deal for the LLE. If he is worthwhile, they could give him a raise in the summer of 2010...or they could use him in a deal before then. Splitter not coming over may just have created an opportunity for him, if he does want to play in the NBA.
One wonders if Splitter had opted to join the Spurs if they would have an interest in retaining Thomas...
[QUOTE=Marcus Bryant;2648870]It might be worth it to the Spurs to see if they can sign Javtokas to a 2 year deal for the LLE. If he is worthwhile, they could give him a raise in the summer of 2010...or they could use him in a deal before then. Splitter not coming over may just have created an opportunity for him, if he does want to play in the NBA.
One wonders if Splitter had opted to join the Spurs if they would have an interest in retaining Thomas...[/QUOTE]
As much as they like Splitter, I have a hard time believing they'd get rid of Thomas for an unproven rookie.
They probably hoped to have him learn from him for a year or two. Splitter would get his minutes, but Thomas would be (at minimum) a nice insurance- policy come playoff time.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
