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I assume if he's on the bench he's here to stay, right? I hope they wouldn't play him and then say "Great game, now get out."
Hairston stays
By Jeff McDonald on Jan 6, 10 06:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) Save & Share Yahoo! BuzzYahoo! Newsvine del.icio.us Facebook Google Reddit Fark
The happiest man in the AT&T Center tonight: Malik Hairston.
Hairston, a second-year swingman, survived the NBA's contract cut day. All players still on a roster by the close of business today have their contracts guaranteed for the remainder of the season.
By not waiving him, the Spurs have agreed to pay the balance of his $736,420 contract. In a general sense, it probably means Hairston will have a job for the rest of the season.
He'll hang on to the Spurs' 15th roster spot, and will probably head to Austin once Michael Finley recovers from his ankle sprain.
"He's worked very hard the last couple years," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He has improved. He has shown the skills we appreciate, so he was rewarded."
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...ton-stays.html
I assume if he's on the bench he's here to stay, right? I hope they wouldn't play him and then say "Great game, now get out."
(double post)
This is great news and a surprise. I am very happy for Malik
Well, they'd have to pay him his full salary. That would seem to be kind of a waste.
...and a big
Congrats to Hairston. It's shame he won't see any playing time this year unless the Spurs make a trade freeing up some minutes for him.
I'm glad they recognize his improvement and willingness to work hard but I'm a little surprised they're paying him since he isn't playing much.
Waste of money. Glad it ain't my money. Maybe he can be used in a trade.
Maybe you can be used in a trade.
I can't see him ever being an impact player this year or beyond for the Spurs. But, who knows, maybe one day, he can be a nice role player for some team.
I agree. Hairston is a good player, but not worth it.
He's got a lot of upside, especially on the defensive end. He has been developed through the Toros so he already knows the system very well. With several wings coming off the books he is not a bad depth option to keep around to see how he continues to develop...especially at $854,000 next season.
Yeah, he has an upside. At that price, its worth giving him a shot. Sending him back to Austin will give him some much needed playing time.
Hairston shows the potential to be a solid 4th or 5th wing down the line. Next year is likely when his time will come to, if not be in the rotation, at least be active regularly, because the Spurs have five natural SG's under contract and all 5 (including Hairston) are free agents after this season. I expect the Spurs to re-sign Ginobili and Bogans and Finley to retire. That leaves Mason, who I expect the Spurs to attempt to re-sign, but not to break the bank for. Assuming Splitter comes over, both he and Mason will have to be paid out of the MLE and it's doubtful that the Spurs could squeeze both of their salaries into that.
Spurs possess RMJ Early Bird Rights, therefore if they re-sign him for up to 175% of his salary from this year ($3.7M) the Early Bird Exception applies. This is different than the MLE.
Good for Hairston!
Congratulations, Mr Hairston. Keep working hard!
Great news for Hairston! I am glad the Spurs continue to show they are a class organization that rewards hard work and improvement. Not only does he provide good backup insurance for the possible loss of some of the wings next year, but he is cheap and plays good defense.
Even better, how many guys are going to see that the Spurs are rewarding the hard effort and persistance? This will have ripples far beyond this signing for future role players.
They are obviously thinking of the future. Finley won't be resigned, Mason might possibly not get resigned, and even Manu isn't guaranteed to be a Spur next year. I can't believe some of you guys are just writing him off. Just for the sheer fact that it seems we are doing fine without him yall are all ready to throw him under the bus now. I think he still has plenty of upside we haven't seen yet. It's not his fault he hasn't had a chance to prove himself or contribute to the team, and it's also obvious that Pop has seen alot more from him then we have behind closed doors. Good for Malik.
I think this is a good move.. granted we don't have roster flexibility but there is no guarantee that we'll be in position to use it.
Malik is there to provide insurance at SF position. For nest year, things may open up and he should get more PT.
I think it's much more than insurance..Finley went down and Hairston still hasn't received any minutes, so I don't think that's the case..
I think it's clear that they view him as a guy that will help the Spurs as soon as next year, which is the only possible reason they would keep him and keep talking about him in such a positive way IMO..
Chances like this are big for guys like Hairston..he's already proven to be a very hard worker, which is clear for anybody that has followed him..he had to transition his game to the pro game, which wouldn't have been possible had he kept his college playing style..it's also obvious with the improvement he made in 1 year, which speaks volumes on his work ethic..
You combine his work ethic + his natural abilities + the chance to play a role for a franchise/coach that is known to have a system that emphasizes role players as well as any system in the NBA, and he'll have a chance to be a long-term role player IMO..a lot of guys fall out of the NBA because they don't receive the right opportunity + they don't work hard..barring a trade that will help get the Spurs a significant piece, he'll get a very legit opportunity next year as the #4 wing player IMO..
As weird as this may sound only a few months into Keith Bogans tenure as a Spur, perhaps Bogans' current role is a prototype of how they might throw Hairston into the fire next year.
No Mel,..
That piece states that $50,000.00 thousand of Hairston's contract was guaranteed at that time. In non guaranteed NBA contracts there are generally " two " important obligatory time lines in regards to agreement. The first being a partial sum guarantee and the later being the total contract guarantee.
In this case what Stein pointed out was the partial being obligated to fulfill and now comes the all too important remainder of the contract agreement being retained for full payment.
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