Yes it is...time to bury any thougts of acquiring this guy
The Gortat to the Knicks rumors make no sense to me. D'Antoni values players who can dribble, pass and shoot. Gortat can't do any of that. D'Antoni even finds it difficult to use David Lee correctly and Lee is much better at those three skills than Gortat.
No way Gortat ends up on the Knicks if D'Antoni has a say.
Nah...I'm still thinking about it.
Marcin Gortat Drives Fastest Car in NBA
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/06/10/m...st-car-in-nba/
I don't know why I kept having this random thought after reading this article:
Gortat:Black BMW M5::________:White Pontiac Grand Prix
Sick ride. I have always wanted to take a regular car and make it into a wolf in sheep's clothing...kinda like these guys do.
http://www.monstermiata.com/Monster_Miata_Specs.asp
For less than 25k you can have a car that will embarrass your buddy in his Corvette.
Magic Will Pay Luxury Tax to Re-Sign Hedo Turkoglu
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/06/12/m...hedo-turkoglu/
Gortat related:
The only other significant Magic player who becomes a free agent this summer is backup center Marcin Gortat. He is considered expendable, and as a restricted free agent, may receive offers around the league the Magic aren't willing to match.
Not a surprise. It actually might only take around 4 million a year to get Gortat, but in all likelihood there will be some team that is hurting for a big that will pay him more.
Chad Ford mentions the Spurs as possible team that bids for Gortat.
Though the 25-year-old Gortat's inability to shoot from outside will limit his market value, two factors work in his favor: his work ethic and his recent development. And that might just be enough to garner an offer that Orlando will be unwilling to match, perhaps from a contender like San Antonio.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playof...eagency-090613
Make it happen. I've given up on Mahinmi.
Yeah he's toast at the age of 22.
Not the full MLE, and only if McDeyss won't sign.
I think that Gortat is worthe the full MLE. He can play really good as a starter. He is a great blocker, rebounder and dunker (he can dunk from the FT line!). He is also extremely fast. Watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXzu0A5FKuI (especially 4:25-7:35)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OID9NAN5AFs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ceXNxNzW9k
And he is the best 3-point shooter in the NBA (100%)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG72Ll1cLTw
Short attention span much? Kid is 22, has been injured and misdiagnosed by doctors. He's going to be a pleasant surprise when he hits the floor.
Oh, and Marcin Gortat is NOT the difference between the Spurs flaming out and winning a ring. Someone will overpay him the full MLE, and we don't want any part of that.
Sure, he didn't do much in the Finals, but I'd still sign him for a good portion, if not most of the MLE. I think the full MLE might be a bit too much, though.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sport...,4935942.storyThe Magic also risk losing promising center Marcin Gortat, a restricted free agent who backed up Dwight Howard. Gortat made just $770,000 last season and is expected to attract interest. If he should be offered a mid-level offer sheet — starting at about $5.5 million — the Magic would not match.
There isn't ANYBODY we're going to acquire that will put us over the top for a le..we need multiple moves..so whoever we sign with the MLE, we're going to need a few athletic players to help out as well..
if we sign Gortat, we'll have to roll the dice on Hairston/Gist or a draft pick to help out on the wing..if we sign a wing for the MLE, we'll have to roll the dice on Ian/Gist or a draft pick to help out..
Gortat za drogi dla San Antonio?
http://sport.wp.pl/kat,1809, le,Go...wiadomosc.html
Translation? I can't figure out what language that is.
Scoring is no longer an issue, so Gortat's lack of ability in that regard matters even less..the guy can play 1 on 1 defense in the post, as he showed when he played against both Bynum and Gasol in the Finals..
The risk with Gortat is that there's a legit chance that some team will overpay him..we'll see..
Figured out it's Polish.
From what incredibly crappy Polish translators I found, I think it says they're ready to offer him a contract (can't tell what the numbers are), and they're also looking at Rasheed, Zaza, Splitter, and Gooden.
Again, I'm not fully sure what it says. Someone call przem.
Thanks.
Well, he's in the orbit of interest "castle."
Acquired by the Spurs on Tuesday, Richard Jefferson, small-foward, very good gunner, which gives the team from San Antonio assistance in athletic players, which was lacking in this year Spurs play-offs. However, in the trade, the Spurs surrendered a two good front line players: Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas (the third was a 38-year small-forward, Bruce Bowen)
However, even if they were still in storage "dungeon", experts estimated that this team still needs strengthening. There for more than a decade, Tim Duncan, to be - next to Karl Malone - as the best forward in the history of a strong NBA. Duncan, however, is aging and did not receive adequate support last season, he also had both knee injuries, which slowed down his game at the end of the season.
After yesterday's trade the four time NBA champion (1999,2003,2005,2007) will be composed of only seven, or nine players - as long as the two days will decide to use options in the contracts of Michael Finley'a (shooting guard) and young French Center Ian Mahinmi.
Mahinmi spent the entire previous season treating injuries, a year earlier played in only 6 games. So hard to assume that the Spurs have found in him a real help for Duncan. As for other players - in addition to Duncan - Matt Bonner can start at center, but rather it is "four" in the European type, who spends much time on the perimeter. Bonner is a shooter and not an inside player, the type of player that Spurs need to finally return to the elite.
After this trade the Spurs certainly will exceed the level of tax "luxury-tax", they do not have a pick in the first round of Thursday's draft and will be able to spend only about 8 million dollars for the signing of free agents. They have the use of exception "mid-level" (approximately 5.5 million. Dol.) Exception (about 1.6 million. Dol.) And an exception for veterans. The Spurs cannot spend the last two on a player like Martin Gortat.
Gortat actually can count on an offer from San Antonio, which is now speculate for a few weeks, but will this will be the most money he can get on the market? Probably not. Spurs have nine players on the basketball team, will be required to sign at least four more, and spending 4-5 million dollars a year just on our player can bury their chances of building a team with a large rotation.
A large rotation may be very needed in the long season, especially taking into account Duncan's age and his ankles, as well as the injuries to Manu Ginobili. It is likely that the team can get back Bowen and 33-year-old Oberto (exceptions for veterans), but Gortat can forget receiving an offer for the entire MLE. The more so that "spurs" do not typically squander the whole of this sum for one player.
The other centers of interest for the Spurs are, among others, Rasheed Wallace, Drew Gooden, Zaza Pachulia and Tiago Splitter, whom the Spurs drafted and own the rights to.
Maybe Spurs would make a contractual offer for Gortata, but after yesterday's trade , it appears that he will not be able to count on more than 3.5 million. dollars a year. Will it be enough? More becomes known after July 1.
Last edited by Obstructed_View; 06-24-2009 at 01:10 PM. Reason: It referred to Michael Finley as "defender of the shooter", which couldn't be more wrong.
With RC's comments about not worrying about going into tax territory, Gortat may be obtainable after all. This move would put us equal/above the Lakers.
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