RICHARD JEFFERSON opts OUT!!

[DJB]

hey , spurs are over the cap, how the do they replace him and with what?!!?

+100

[EricB]

I can't see the Spurs giving him a LT deal.

MAYBE MAYBE 2 years 20 million.

MAYBE.

That I'd put at 2%.

The S&T would be a lucky break but no way they get a starting quality small forward in return.

good god.

[Shastafarian]

You still get the MLE if him opting out puts us under the cap, which it does. As logn as you over the salary cap at the BEGINNING of the offseason, you get the MLE.

Nope. The off-season hasn't officially begun yet. No MLE or LLE.

[ducks]

I don't think it puts them under the cap. I think it's close, but I didn't look at the numbers.

they are under the tax but not salary cap

[Spursfan 87]

, this is bad news!

We have no money to sign a replacement

[Kori Ellis]

False. Under the cap.

Did you count the place holders and everything?

[Creation88]

look Richard Jefferson was a POS. his contract was inflated and the idea that he was a huge trade asset is a ing pipe dream if i've ever heard of one. this team is better without him and his contract even if we can't get another player to fill his spot.

mid-year trades never work out anyway. i'd rather get Jefferson outta here now.

[Shastafarian]

Did you count the place holders and everything?

ooooo no I didn't. It's gonna be REALLY close. We need capologists in here!

[angelbelow]

Could this possibly mean that the Spurs have a S&T deal in the works for RJ? Hopefully the Spurs didn't just get screwed otherwise.

lets hope so

[BadMotorscooter]

look Richard Jefferson was a POS. his contract was inflated and the idea that he was a huge trade asset is a ing pipe dream if i've ever heard of one. this team is better without him and his contract even if we can't get another player to fill his spot.

mid-year trades never work out anyway. i'd rather get Jefferson outta here now.

Go ask the Lakers if a mid season trade for Gasol worked out for them.

[EricB]

look Richard Jefferson was a POS. his contract was inflated and the idea that he was a huge trade asset is a ing pipe dream if i've ever heard of one. this team is better without him and his contract even if we can't get another player to fill his spot.

mid-year trades never work out anyway. i'd rather get Jefferson outta here now.

Yeah starting Malik Hairston at small forward is really a plan for winning.

Get the out of here.

[Shastafarian]

We'll say this:

If it puts them under the cap, they're screwed.

[chazley]

First, he walks out on his fiancee, now he does the same to the Spurs.

[Kori Ellis]

ooooo no I didn't. It's gonna be REALLY close. We need capologists in here!

Yeah - it's super close. I still think they are over.

[texasqb2]

Nope. The off-season hasn't officially begun yet. No MLE or LLE.

That I don't know. When does the offseason start? After a champion is crowned or July 1st? I don't believe him opting out is official til the offseason begins anyway.

[TDMVPDPOY]

since his opting out, we at 52m without splitter

does that mean we can sign splitter up what is leftover under the cap > MLE VALUE

then use the MLE on some FA?

[texasqb2]

The salary cap hasn't been set, so how would we know if we are over/under?

[slick'81]

wtf spurs are ed for sure no trade value now and i think spurs are still over the cap?!?horrible start to fa for sa

[Spurs Brazil]

Christmas morning in Spurs front office with Richard Jefferson opting out of $15 million. Incredible.
2 minutes ago via UberTwitter
http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA

[mingus]

so this affects whether or not the Spurs will be able to sign Splitter as well? obviously, i know nothing about how the NBA economy works.

but besides that, this sucks for a couple reasons:
1. he's not tradeable by the deadline, which otherwise would have yielded us players
2. we have no starting SF, as if having a back up wasn't BAD ENOUGH.
3. we're basically at where we were before last year. who's going to produce enough outside the big 3 to let Manu and Tim stay healthy before the playoffs.
4. this puts SERIOUS pressure on guys like Hill and Splitter to play very, very well. not sure if they're ready for that.

[Mel_13]

Spurs player sighting of the evening.

We're season ticket holders and my son won a door prize at the Draft Party last week. It was for VIP access at the FIBA-Americas U18 tourney finals here in San Antonio. I sent him a message about RJ just as they were moving him to the VIP area at center court. The Bronze Medal game between Argentina and Canada is going on now, so Manu is there and my son gets seated right in front of him. So, he asks Manu to sign his cap and tells him about RJ. He says Manu was absolutely incredulous.

[EricB]

We'll say this:

If it puts them under the cap, they're screwed.

Either way.

But if its under? Yeah even more so screwed.

There is no SF out there to replace him, no capspace to even sign one.

This is a friggen nightmare...

[thekingrobert]

best news of the year

[TheProfessor]

So why does Woj think the Spurs' FO is so happy? Just for the financial implications?

[Creation88]

Yeah starting Malik Hairston at small forward is really a plan for winning.

Get the out of here.

hey you ing idiot. Richard Jefferson played 80% of the season at PF anyway. get your ing facts straight, dip .