DeJuan Blair signs three-year, $2.7 million contract

[coyotes_geek]

jesus, CG, most people can't even differentiate between cap and lux tax threshold. I fear you just blew some peoples cerebellar.

btw. what about this:
Dice got 5 million straight, which would leave 850K of the MLE.
considering the allowed pay rise Blair could get 850 + 920 + 990, this sums up to slightly above the reported 2.7M.
(Dice could get 5.0+5.4+5.8 = 16.2 million)

That's another scenario that works. And you're right that it does match up nicely with what Blair is rumored to be getting.

[vander]

The salaries that show up on the websites are the cap numbers and the cap hit is not just an average.

Not sure what the Spurs actual cap number is yet.

oh darn, I thought perhaps we were actually under the tax yet

[Cry Havoc]

Here's what I think the Spurs did. A 3 year deal starting at full MLE, totalling $15 mil with a partial guaranteed 3yrd year would look like this.:

Yr 1 - $5.854
Yr 2 - $6.322
Yr 3 - $2.824 (the guaranteed portion only)
Total - $15.000

But the Spurs could have told Dyess they needed to save some of that MLE for Blair and then offered him a 3 year deal starting at something less than the MLE that would still net him the $15 mil over the 3 years. That would look like this:

Yr 1 - $4.630
Yr 2 - $5.000
Yr 3 - $5.370
Total - $15.000

This would save the Spurs around $1.2 mil of their MLE and guarantee Dyess his $15 mil, but Dyess would be taking a hit in years 1 and 2. However the CBA allows teams to take 20% of the contract value and pay that in the first year as a signing bonus. I won't get into all the mumbo jumbo on how all that works but you can read about it here. http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q62

What it ends up working out to is that Dyess would actually be cashing checks as follows.:

Yr 1 - $6.630
Yr 2 - $4.000
Yr 3 - $4.370
Total - $15.000

Even though Dyess would end up recieving more money in the 1st year than the actual MLE, it works because the CBA states that a player's cap figure is equal to the amount he earns, not the amount he gets paid. There's a distinction here because Dyess is in essence getting paid money in the 1st year that he hasn't actually earned yet. But he doesn't care and the Spurs are okay with it because it allows them to save some of their MLE. It's win-win. This couldn't have happened without Dyess agreeing to it so we owe him our thanks.

Well, you just proved the latter portion of your username. Props.

[Brazil]

Good deal indeed.

Really this year the Spurs FO deserve huge props, everything is being done good and fast. We're blessed to be spurs fans ! Look at the mess for other major teams: mavs rapped by Orlando, LA in trouble with Odom, Portland going nowhere, Heat under pressure to find quickly a decent supporting cast for Wade, Suns being the suns...

So far the fastest smoothest successful off season spurs, celts and magic, the rest is on mess mode.

[Marcus Bryant]

Timmy being the great leader that he is, will choose sign for a minimum contract.....I hope..

I believe he'll be choosing retirement at that point.

Ditto for Manu.

[urunobili]

I believe he'll be choosing retirement at that point.

Ditto for Manu.

It depends if they win one or two more b4 retirement...

I think that if they win one more or two... they may go for a third with TP as "the man"

TD off the bench 10 min big and Manu spot up shooter 5 min off the bench too....

[johngateswhiteley]

I believe he'll be choosing retirement at that point.

Ditto for Manu.

barring career ending injury, i bet TD plays into his late 30s...i'll say 38-39.

[Libri]

Good, now he can focus on beasting.

And beasting he shall.

[xmr210x]

watching blair in g1 of the sl was enough to convince me.


http://tinyurl.com/slg1p1
http://tinyurl.com/slg1p2

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[loveforthegame]

Sweet deal.

Now let's get this season started already.

[iilluzioN]

good news!

[ohmwrecker]

I believe he'll be choosing retirement at that point.

Ditto for Manu.

Manu maybe. It will be difficult to play as hard as he does and have a long career. However, I think Timmy can play (depending on his health) in an incrementally decreased role for another 5 years or so. I would like to see TD have a Abdul-Jabbar like career.

[Libri]

watching blair in g1 of the sl was enough to convince me.


http://tinyurl.com/slg1p1
http://tinyurl.com/slg1p2

Thanks for the links!

[coyotes_geek]

I believe he'll be choosing retirement at that point.

Ditto for Manu.

After we sign Dwight Howard in 2012 they'll stick around.

[TMTTRIO]

Manu maybe. It will be difficult to play as hard as he does and have a long career. However, I think Timmy can play (depending on his health) in an incrementally decreased role for another 5 years or so. I would like to see TD have a Abdul-Jabbar like career.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see Manu becoming more of a shooter. He's already said that he wants to play for a few more years and that he's going to be working more on his shooting and mid range shots so that he can do it.

[SonOfAGun]

[Borosai]

Good.

[completely deck]

Love your signature!

[ElNono]

I believe he'll be choosing retirement at that point.

Ditto for Manu.

I agree. They'll probably ride together into the sunset...

[Mugen]

good for Dejuan, how comparable is that salary to late first rounders?

[hater]

so is he playin next SL game?

[koriwhat]

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no problem. look for me soon in other threads!

[peacemaker885]

so is he playin next SL game?

Now that we have invested in him, I think of 'saving' him for the real thing....

[duncan228]

Spurs get Blair under contract
By Jeff McDonald

DeJuan Blair is ready to return to summer league action.

The Spurs have come to contract terms with Blair, the No. 37 overall pick in the June draft. Blair announced the completion of the deal on a televised interview with ESPN this morning. Spurs general manager R.C. Buford has confirmed the news.

The Spurs held Blair out of Tuesday's summer-league victory over Denver, in part to tie up loose ends in contract negotiations.

According to this report, Blair's deal is guaranteed for three years at a total of $2.7 million. If that is accurate, the Spurs will have given Blair a portion of their mid-level exception, meaning that contrary to previous reports, they did not give their full MLE to recent free-agent signee Antonio McDyess.

At any rate, Blair is expected to sign his deal sometime before 5:30 Las Vegas time, when the Spurs tip off their next summer league game against Oklahoma City.

[DMX7]

Spurs get Blair under contract
By Jeff McDonald

At any rate, Blair is expected to sign his deal sometime before 5:30 Las Vegas time, when the Spurs tip off their next summer league game against Oklahoma City.

It's feels good to sign and b a spur I am excited GO SPURS LOL!!!!!
-Dejuan Blair via Twitter

http://twitter.com/dejuan45