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say it with me San Antonio
PAY HIM PAY HIM PAY HIM
http://baskonia.elcorreo.com/noticia...-20100623.html
Basically:
Baskonia offer him a extension till 2015..
Splitter is grateful with the interest of Baskonia but his intention is play in the NBA..
say it with me San Antonio
PAY HIM PAY HIM PAY HIM
A couple of exciting quotes in that article.
But I'm not going to swim in the Splitter hype until there is talk of contract figures. We saw what happened last time . . .
Ok need translation of the article for us Spanish illiterates
Good news. Does the article say how much per year they offered splitter?
Google translation of quotes:
Aware of being in a critical moment in his career, Splitter does not close any door, although it stresses its desire to prove himself as soon as possible in the best league in the world. Speaking to this newspaper, the inside Barca said that "I am grateful, but my intention is to play in the NBA. It is not a categorical refusal, but almost. Splitter recalls that "the moment I expected, but what I have in my head right now is playing in the NBA."
"At Baskonia already made clear that was not a financial issue, but career goals. I think it's a good time to make the leap. It's something I always wanted to do. I am neither the first nor the last, "he said.
now how much?!?
Sure seems like he has a strong preference to coming over, which is the general consensus of everyone. It's been said he'll likely join for a while now.
He says its not a financial issue, and that it's a good point in his career to make the transition to the NBA. Its something he has always wanted.
It is all talk until he signs on that dotted line.
Sure.. but a dream is a dream, and every great basketball player dreams of playing in the NBA as he has said.. He has a desire to play there and I think that's what matters.. Considering he is at the top in Spain, I would bet he's joining the Spurs..
A contract of 6 years and $30M+ is a lot of got damn money. But at this point, Splitter pretty much has the Spurs bent over. The front office can't afford not to bring Splitter over.The presumption among other NBA GMs also has Splitter's starting price exceeding $5 million and the length of his contract running as much as six seasons.
Presume this: Buford will cut the best deal he can for Peter Holt and his partners, cognizant that recent economic turmoil in Spain has eroded one edge Caja Laboral previously enjoyed in the battle for Splitter's services.
Mike Monroe
6 Seasons? Holy .
According to the CBA or some , if I remember correctly, Splitter has to be signed for a minimum of 3 seasons. 6 seasons, though, is nothing to sneeze about. Splitter clearly does not want to be affected by the new CBA in 2011, although he definitely can't sign for 6 years with the MLE, which is against the CBA.
It IS a lot of money, and yes, Splitter & Co. have the major upper-hand in the negotiations. In 3 years, that contract could be a major albatross. However, if Splitter is close to the level we think he is, that contract could be a bargain in its latter half. Honestly, if I were Splitter, I'd want no more than 3-4 years, so I could cash in on the ridiculous money that bigs get in the NBA, even under whatever form the new CBA takes.
Splitter can't sign a 6 years contract. The max length allowed by the CBA is 5 years.
I was about to look that up.
Gotta love Monroe.
Is it 8.5% raises or 10% raises? I suppose it is 8.5% raises because it is the MLE.
It's 8%.
10.5% are when a team re-signs one of its player using bird rights.
Thank you. I was confused between 8%, 8.5%, 10% and 10.5%.
5 years 30 million for Splitter would be a good deal. I'd take that. Likely a bargain for us, and Splitter has guaranteed money well through the CBA. Even if the Cap goes to a hard cap with the new CBA, 6 million is hardly cap killing for a presumed starting centre.
After the Scola abortion hopefully the Spurs won't screw this one up.
I think I'd prefer a 5-year contract over a 2 or 3 year one, it gives some cost certainty, and given Splitter's very strong play in Europe, his salary is more likely to be a bargain than a hindrance.
I wonder if he'd take a 5-year deal starting at $4.2M. Remember that raises are 8% of the first year of the contract; they don't compound. I picked $4.2M because the rest of the MLE (around $1.5M?) would be close to the LLE amount, giving the Spurs two slots to sign players above the minimum.
The salaries would be:
$4,200,000
$4,536,000
$4,872,000
$5,208,000
$5,544,000
for a total of $24,360,000. This isn't bad for a starting-quality big man.
5 year deal with a player option after the 4th
We don't know if he'll turn out to be a starting quality big though.
Or a 4 year deal with a player option after the 3rd. If Bird Rights survive in the 2011 CBA, the earliest Splitter could become an unrestricted FA with full Bird Rights would be after his third NBA season.
If we ran a pool, I would guess that Splitter signs a 4yr deal starting at around 1M below the full MLE (about 4.8M) and has a player option for the 4th year.
So 4yrs/21.5M with the last year (6M) as a player option.
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