48MoH: How Should the Spurs Spend Their MLE?

[DPG21920]

please someone tell me what MLE is

It stands for the "Mid-Level Exception". It is a type of contract that is equal in worth to the average NBA salary. So it can change from year to year and this year it is expected to be around 5.8M.

When teams are over the cap (meaning they have no cap space to sign a FA) they are allowed to use the MLE. It can be used on one player or split between several. It can be from 1 year long to 5 years.

[Spurs9]

id crap my pants if we got odom.

[duncan228]

I have to be honest, I had no idea that LJ worked for 48MoH.

Are you joking? It's hard to tell sometimes...

If you're serious:

The article wasn't written by LJ, it linked to LJ's Bigman breakdown thread here.

If you were joking, never mind.

[hater]

I agree Odom >> Sheed or Dice or any other big FA

we'd screw the Lakers BTW

[HarlemHeat37]

Of course Odom would be the best, but there's pretty much 0 chance of us getting him..

[Libri]

Are you joking? It's hard to tell sometimes...

If you're serious:

The article wasn't written by LJ, it linked to LJ's Bigman breakdown thread here.

If you were joking, never mind.

Does 48moh accept freelance submissions?

[duncan228]

No I was serious. But what 48MoH is a Spurs website? I hardly read those sites sometimes.

It's a Spurs blog now in the ESPN TrueHoop Network. It's great, one of the few worth hitting.

http://www.48minutesof .com/

[duncan228]

Does 48moh accept freelance submissions?

Not that I know of.

[barbacoataco]

I'd be surprised if Odom signed with the Spurs. More likely he might be looking to get more money from the Lakers by talking to other teams. I don't think the Lakers will lose Ariza and Odom.

[duncan228]

Although the name is odd since the real philosophy is called 40 Minutes of . It was started by Nolan Richardson, the old coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. It is currently use by the Missouri Tigers and Richarson's old assistant, Mike Anderson. Basically the colleges get athletic players who can run the full court press for the whole 40 minutes of a college game.

Didn't know that. Thanks for the history.

[lefty]

I'd be surprised if Odom signed with the Spurs. More likely he might be looking to get more money from the Lakers by talking to other teams. I don't think the Lakers will lose Ariza and Odom.

Odom is not coming

[Blackjack]

Does 48moh accept freelance submissions?

It's a Spurs community of sorts, somewhat like Spurs Talk, so reader participation is welcome.

They do allow contributions and if it's a slow time or the subject matter peaks enough of an interest for them to want to display, if not expound upon, then it's a possibility your submission could be displayed at 48MoH.

Here's an example:

http://www.48minutesof .com/2009/...-and-patriots/

[Libri]

It's a Spurs community of sorts, somewhat like Spurs Talk, so reader participation is welcome.

They do allow contributions and if it's a slow time or the subject matter peaks enough of an interest for them to want to display, if not expound upon, then it's a possibility your submission could be displayed at 48MoH.

Here's an example:

http://www.48minutesof .com/2009/...-and-patriots/

Cool! Thanks for the info!

[Blackjack]

Started a new thread, it was merged.

And that would make sense; it's been a long day and I'm clearly not as sharp as I should be.

[bless1187]

i think L. Odom is a pipe dream, there's a slight chance he leaves LA. assuming if we miss out on our top targets in R. Wallace or A. McDyess, i would rather we go with a combo forward for our 4; in the years past, pop preferred a more traditional lineup in which we have two big man to rebound and block shot; but over the past two years pop been leaning toward a more offensive oriented lineup in having only one big man "M. Bonner or the small ball lineup of M. Finley at 4". i think if we have the right player, the small ball lineup with a combo forward could be extremely effective both on offense and defense.

one player which really stands out and seems like a possibility to be acquired is M. Williams of the Hawks. he is SF / PF at 6-9 and 240 lbs. he is still only 23 and a former 2nd overall pick. i watched him sparingly this season, he is one of the best Hawk defender on the team and is adept at guarding both the team's top perimeter player or lighter skilled post players such as B. Diaw, D. Nowitzki, L. Odom ,etc. He improved his jumper a lot this year shooting it at a 36% clip. he is great team player that don't dominate the ball and is also at the same time very coachable.

i sense there is a slight chance if we were to go after M. Williams for the full MLE for maybe 3-4 years, the Hawks might not match it. since i just don't think there management is willing to spend more money since there management has publicly stated that they will try to resign M. Bibby, Z. Pachulia, R. Murray, and even J. Childress but leaving out M. Williams; and it been reported that M. Bibby had agreed to a deal with the Hawks already; and i think they are leaning to go with a starting lineup of : M. Bibby, J. Crawford, J. Johnson, J. Smith, A. Horford
so i'm guessing there's a good chance that M. Williams will not be in a Hawks jersey next year.