Do you actively try to be as stupid as you can possibly be?
"There's a sense..." and "it is believed that" are Stein's way of saying he really has no special inside information about Maggette and is simply offering up possibilities, just like the rest of us. It's just like the draft, where multiple experts assigned about a dozen different names to the Spurs...every single one of which was incorrect.
The best thing everyone can do is find something else to do for the next 9 days and check back in on the 16th.
The 9th is when FA starts, and when you'll see the RFAs like Smith, Deng, and Childress get their offers. Then their teams will have a week to match, putting us at July 16th.
Nothing is going to happen in FA with the big guns like those three, Maggette, and J.R. Smith, until the issue of cap room for Philly and GS has been answered, and at the earliest that will be the 16th.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap/
good or bad news ?
76ers & Warriors can kill us now...
I'd say Maggette liking the Spurs' offer is good news.
Brand Could Make Decision Very Soon
that might speed up some things
if Maggette doesnt come to the spurs.....ill club a baby seal
Good news if only MLE teams are on the board; then sounds like Magette will choose us...
Bad news if either the 76ers or Warriors decide to open their pocketbook for more than 5.8 mil... which sounds like that is what he is kind of holding out for... so will (reluctantly) go with us if he can get no better than MLE.
under no cir stances should the spurs pursue ronny turiaf.
What if Jack Bauer orders it?
I can't see a situation in which this doesn't drag on for a while. At the very least I'd say July 16th. But if the Sixers and Warriors keep stabbing at RFAs, he might be talking August.
However, the good news is that Maggette is a major domino in free agency. Once Brand decides where to go, I'd say Maggette is the next big domino. Teams will wait to see where he goes and I think all of free agency will slow down until he decides. Once Maggette decides, then I expect all the other less heralded swingmen to start falling in place. In this scenario, Spurs can afford to wait Maggette out.
The worst case scenario is that Maggette waits and waits while everyone other than the Spurs have moved on from the dream that Maggette can be had for the MLE and then the Sixers or Warriors sign him. If that happens and the Spurs are left picking from like the Jarvis Hayeses of the world, that'd really suck.
Giving a deadline for Maggette to decide is pretty risky and not really something the Spurs are in position to do. Asking a guy who is seriously thinking about taking less than his market value to hurry up and decide isn't very slick. I expect the Spurs to wait patiently as Maggette looks for a big payday and then hope he decides to go with the two-year deal to try again in 2010.
I agree timvp. This thing is far from over. Check back this time next month on Corey Maggette.
If Sixers and/or Warriors have made an offer to a restricted free agent on July 9th and if Maggette told Spurs to wait until July 16th, I can see Spurs making an offer to JR Smith on July 9th.
That would be nice.
Why would the Spurs do that if Maggette told them to wait until the 16th?
This is going to be one long, pain in the ass process. Thank God summer league will soon be here to distract us and give us something else to talk about.
We've focused on the possibility of the Spurs missing out on some other free agents while Maggette decides, but how about Maggette missing out on where he'd want to go for the MLE while the Warriors and Sixers decide? If he ended up signing with a team for the MLE without any cap flexibility in 2010, that would make it much more difficult for him to finally receive that large contract offer. Maybe he could opt out anyways and find another team to give him that large contract. But his sign and trade options would be limited and if he did sign with another team outright then he'd be only eligible for 8% raises.
Maggette has an impetus to get this resolved quickly too.
The more you wait, the less quality FA will be available. If Spurs wait the whole summer that Maggette makes his mind, Spurs could end up with no Maggette and no quality FA available in August.Why would the Spurs do that if Maggette told them to wait until the 16th?
Spurs really need a SG/SF, they can't afford to stand pat.
yeah. Spurs are not known for staying put waiting for a player
poor baby
I almost would take jr smith over cm
he is younger
its debatable.
i personally would sign CM. more experienced,more versatile.
Maggette is EASILY better than JR Smith..there's no argument..if we can get Mags for the MLE, then you don't even hesitate..
this is good news IMO..
Philly will NOT get Maggette, I'd be absolutely shocked if they did..so really, the only compe ion seems to be Golden State..now this would be a TERRIBLE signing for the Warriors, because this move isn't a move for the future, and it wouldn't even guarantee them a playoff spot in the West..most Warrior fans I've talked to don't want Maggette neither..but the Warriors have made questionable moves in the past, so it wouldn't surprise me..
the positive is that there's no way Maggette is using us for leverage..the only 2 teams that can offer him more money are Philly and Golden State, and everybody knows that..so there's no way that would work out..
I'm not gonna believe anything until I see it though..
I dont think Maggette is going to wait till the 16th, i think he will make his decision before Wednesday.
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