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Color me cynical, but I'm skeptical of the NBA-worthiness of a guy who can't find minutes with one of the worst teams in the association.
Found this on RealGM.com. Something to possibly keep an eye on for the summer.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar...anders_option/
The Bucks will not pick up the option on the contract of forward Joe Alexander, sources told Yahoo! Sports.
The decision will make Alexander the highest pick in NBA history to have his rookie option declined.
Milwaukee officially has until Monday to pick up the $2.7 million option or allow the forward to become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
It's pretty easy to see how this could happen. Obviously the emergence of Luc Richard M'Bah a Moute, their 2nd round pick in the same draft, has made Alexander expendable. Furthermore, a franchise as cash-strapped as the Bucks cannot afford to invest in two young, emerging SFs. And Alexander hasn't developed as rapidly as the Bucks would've liked. However, that doesn't mean he's a bust.
Here's the book on Alexander, according to HoopsHype:
http://hoopshype.com/players/joe_alexander.htm
From a Spurs perspective, after missing out on the likes of Nicolas Batum, Serge Ibaka, Omri Casspi and Mbah Moute, in recent drafts, they are still in dire need a young, long, athletic SF to play behind RJ.
That said, and should Alexander hit the market next summer, could the Spurs have interest? Should they?
Color me cynical, but I'm skeptical of the NBA-worthiness of a guy who can't find minutes with one of the worst teams in the association.
I'd rather go for Outlaw
Sounds to me like this kid was drafted too high, when he actually was in dire need of some D-League seasoning.
We could pursue him after the contract is up.
And people said the Spurs had a quick hook with Ian. One year? Really?
8th pick has option declined after one year. Now that's a bust.
I doubt it. He is interesting as he is very athletic and has some potential upside, but some team that misses out on the bigger free agents next year will probably give him around 2 million. With very little certainty regarding him, I don't see the Spurs giving him that much if they are interested.
I think it was more a positional logjam on a cash strapped team.
To be honest, I didn't really remember him, and had to go look him up. NBAdraft had him rated as a 10 of 10 athletically. Ship them the carcass of Mike Finley and a second rounder, cut Malik, and go with this as your dev swingman project.
One problem with that notion. If he pans out, they would have to use the LLE or part of the MLE to keep him. (Although when I looked up his salary, a Finley trade was my first thought.)
Pop will not make a move until he's comfortable with his lineup. He has 3 guys sitting on inactive who could be bette.
Finley is not going to be traded and neither is Bonner unless it is a no brainer deal. It will certainly not be for a player like this.
All signs point to the Spurs extending Bonner and Pop loves Finley and is now the starter. It is not going to happen.
Pop's incessant man-love for Finley is so strong that it wouldn't surprise me if the FinDog is back again to haunt us, and stunt the development of yet another SF, next year.
What signs ?
Yeaaaaaaaaah boy. NSFW.
Personally, I'd love to see him in the Spurs' program.
I'm not sure how serious his injuries have been or if they were of the injury-prone variety, but he's got a lot of skill, size and athleticism that would be intriguing..
I don't see it happening, though.
Pop seems to like his small-forwards to be power-forwards masquerading as starting centers..
There have been a few comments made in articles that the Spurs have mentioned this. Along with the fact he is still starting.
He is to young. Pop would never play him untill he aged 10 more years... no point.
Well, I don't remember a single article saying that Spurs would re-sign Bonner next summer.
It was not as explicit as that. Just some comments that "from what we gather, it seems the Spurs are interested in extended Matt Bonner..."
Not really confirmed or direct quotes, just kind of the writers "take" on their conversations with personnel. I will try and find the articles I am referring to.
Point is, do you see the Spurs trading Finley and Bonner?
I just find strange to see Spurs talking about re-signing Bonner while he has show nothing in playoffs and that there is still a full year of basketball before he becomes a free agent.
I can definitively see Spurs trading Bonner.
Trading Finley is less likely but Pop/Spurs have decided not to re-sign Oberto and Bowen this summer so Finley also could be a goner.
Bonner extension talks, if they exist, are done simply to raise Bonner's confidence level IMO, and possibly drive up his value to other teams since they see the Spurs still love him..there's no reason to currently extend his contract, he hasn't done anything to warrant it, and this is coming from a Bonner fan..
With that said, I'm not a fan of Alexander at all..
Bonner isn't eligible to get an extension. The most Spurs can say to him is : "we like you and we would like to re-sign you next summer."
I wonder what the market would be for Bonner anyways..there aren't really any similar players to him in the NBA right now..he's a lot better than guys like Scalabrine, but he's not as good as guys like Troy Murphy or Okur..
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