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I have no idea what it says, but I found this on today's Hoopshype's News section with the tag line of: "Tiago Splitter's representatives are putting pressure on the Spurs so they make an offer for their client as soon as possible."
http://www.noticiasdealava.com/2010/...den-una-oferta
Splitter apremia a los Spurs para que le trasladen una oferta
La franquicia texana dispone de margen de maniobra tras liberar la ficha de Jefferson
La cuenta atrás para la prácticamente segura marcha de Tiago Splitter a la NBA ya se ha iniciado. A poco más de una semana de plazo para que expire la fecha límite (15 de julio) que le permite acogerse a una cláusula de salida y rescindir su contrato con el Baskonia para las dos próximas temporadas, los agentes del pívot brasileño ya han apremiado a los Spurs para que trasladen en el menor tiempo posible una oferta satisfactoria que haga realidad el sueño del todavía integrante azulgrana de cruzar este verano el charco.
La franquicia texana, a través de sus altas instancias, ha reiterado en infinidad de ocasiones su deseo de contar con Splitter en su nuevo proyecto. La orfandad de interiores de buen nivel convierte en poco menos que una obligación la tarea de incorporar a una de las pocas estrellas que todavía pulula en el baloncesto europeo, pero sus directivos no han activado hasta ahora todos los resortes a su alcance para materializar ese interés en una oferta convincente que empuje al de Joinville a abandonar la capital alavesa. De momento, intentan cuadrar números para ver todas las posibilidades a su alcance y, sobre todo, no superar el límite salarial fijado por la NBA, que quedará establecido en alrededor de 56 millones de dólares en la campaña 2010-11.
En contra de los intereses vitorianos juega el hecho de que San Antonio dispone de un mayor margen de maniobrar para contratar a agentes libres después de que Richard Jefferson, uno de los contratos más onerosos de su plantel durante el pasado ejercicio, abandonase el equipo a finales de junio. El técnico Gregg Popovich se ha encontrado con un dinero extra con el que, a priori, no contaba para invertir en refuerzos que cambien el maltrecho rumbo del conjunto.
Salvo que adopten la improbable opción de traspasar los derechos del brasileño en el habitual intercambio de jugadores -Toronto estaría interesado según medios americanos-, los Spurs podrán acogerse a la excepción de nivel medio -recurso que concede la NBA para superar el límite salarial- para lograr su propósito de reclutar a Splitter.
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Splitter urges Spurs to make an offer
The texas franchise has a better maneuverability margin after freeing Jefferson's contract
VITORIA. The countdown to the practically assured arrival of Splitter in the NBA has started. With a little over a week left (Jul 15) until the limit date that allows him to opt out of the last two seasons of his Boskonia contract, the agents of the Brazilian player have already urged the Spurs to provide a satisfactory offer as soon as possible that would make his dream of playing across the sea this summer a reality.
The texas franchise, through their officials, has repeated numerous times their wishes to have Splitter as part of their new project. Their lack of interior talent make it pretty much obligatory to add one of the few remaining stars that still play in European basketball, but their front office has not yet punched all the buttons that would translate that interest in having him into a convincing offer that would push the player from Joinville to abandon his current team. Right now, they're trying to fit in numbers to examine all the possibilities available to them and, above all, not to go over the salary cap specified by the NBA, that will be set to about $56 million for the 2010-2011 season.
In play against the Vitoria interests is the fact that San Antonio now has a bigger margin to maneuver in order to hire free agents after Richard Jefferson, one of the most expensive salaries on the team the past season, decided to opt out of his contract. Coach Popovich now has found himself with some extra money, something he didn't think he would have originally, in order to invest in players that can turn around the bad outlook of the team.
Unless they choose the unlikely avenue of trading his rights -Toronto would be interested according to the american media-, the Spurs can use the MLE -a recourse the NBA provides to go over the salary cap- to finally recruit Splitter.
The new found money doesn't make sense.
Yeah, I don't think the writer understands how the whole thing works...
But hey, I merely translated the original article
Wait, what the !?! The Spurs FO havnt even made an offer yet? Thats just insane. What the is the FO doing goofing around with him like this? My god, get on the ball RC! The Splitter deal is nothing to toy around with.
Makes sense, actually. They can't sign him until tomorrow anyways, and the MLE available won't be available until tonight. Also with the cap space number in place, it's easy to sit down and tweak the numbers.
Perhaps your right there, it's just that this was the last thing I was expecting. Regardless, thank you for translating the article for us.
Well technically speaking, the MLE available is not going to vary millions!!! So wtf does that change? If he's going to make 5.4 or 5.7 or 5.2, it doesn't ing matter. It's the full MLE and that's what he have to offer.
I don't see what "tweaks" could be made?
I'd rather hear Splitter's agent urging the Spurs to offer a deal than the other way round. It probably indicates his desire to jump to the NBA.
It matters from an assessment standpoint. Now that RJ opting out puts them under the luxury tax, I'm sure the ideal situation the FO is seeking is to remain there. So they need to know exactly how much are they under/over the salary cap, what the luxury tax is going to look like, and then determine how they want to spend the money they have available. If they're indeed intent in keeping RJ to a lower but extended contract, all those values need to be taken into account when extending him an offer sheet. And small tweaks on that offer and Tiago's may be needed to remain under the luxury tax threshold.
Nah, he's right. The Spurs are probably the most shrewd franchise going and maybe the most creative in terms of structuring contracts and creating some room and flexibility when otherwise there'd be none.
It's similar to how they structured the McDyess deal so that they could pay Blair and invest a little money elsewhere at the bottom of their roster with the remainder of the MLE.
When the numbers are released today -- and Coon will have everything updated shortly after -- the Spurs will be ready to negotiate with Splitter and put the cards on the table to show him why it is that it'd help him and the Spurs to leave some of that MLE on the table.
Whether he does or not is another story, but it's just the smart and prudent due-diligence the Spurs have always been a prac ioner of.
I'm sure the Spurs and Splitters agent are playing a little poker here. It would certainly be to the Spurs benefit if they could get Splitter to agree to a deal that left them something from the MLE that they could then go use on another player. So maybe this is a sign that Splitter's camp just blinked.
Spurs be tweakin' yo... playin that mean poka... Splittah be blinkin' y'all ....don't worry we got dis dawgs
Thanks for taking the time to translate ElNono.
I split this out into its own thread. It's a notable story because a lot of Spurs fans thought that there was a good chance that negotiations were already complete and the two sides were simply waiting for the 8th to make it official. That, apparently, is not the case.
I'm guessing Splitter is still priority No. 1 right now, however it is a bit odd that there are rumors of the Spurs being interested in MLE type players such as Kyle Korver and Wes Matthews.
I'm sure they will come to an agreement soon.
There is not much of a rush for both sides when you think about it. Spurs were probably caught off guard by the RJ move (like stated in the article) and are now examining what they should do very closely since the dynamics have definitely changed. Something will be done soon.
This article is bull .
To me that's a sign that the Spurs don't think they'll need the full MLE to get Splitter. If that's the case, it would be nice to know just how low a deal someone like Korver or Matthews would be willing to accept because that would play a role in how much hardball you might want to try to play with Splitter. It might be worth it if Korver for example would be open to a 3 or 4 year contract starting at around $2 mil. I don't think there's any doubt that the Spurs would love to find a way to be able to use their MLE to land Splitter plus someone else.
There's no way the Spurs squeeze Splitter and Korver or Matthews into the MLE. Korver and Matthews will get deals starting around at least $3 million. I can't see Splitter signing for less than $4 million per season.
The Spurs would be lucky to have an amount equal to or greater than the LLE after signing Splitter.
I think this is as simple as:
Splitter, "I have to opt out of my contract by the 15th to come to the NBA... what's the hold up on my contract offer?"
Spurs, "We won't know the actual number to put onto the contract until tonight... don't worry, it's coming"
I was a little irritated about this at first(I was one of the ones that thought this was already a done deal), but upon reading the comments of others it makes sense. I still think they have already has some discussion on ballpark figures...and with this coming out right before the salary numbers are released it leads me to believe that Splitter wants to get an agreement in place as soon as the Spurs know what the numbers will be.
This is just Lindsey manuvering to get him to Houston. Nothing new here.
Maybe the Spurs are concocting a trade deal for the Lebron aftermath
Coach Pop did say there was something like ten offers for Tiago...and there were two deals that weren't "serious enough" for Parker from the Blazers and Knicks, RJ opting out, sources throwing around Parker's name in potential Bosh deals, Parker's name coming up in the media, hmmm...they could be really busy on the phones since this is one crazy, power-shifting time in the NBA.
Agree that whatever money you might have left over from Splitter wouldn't be much more than the LLE. But even if the money isn't better than the LLE being able to use the MLE would allow the Spurs to tack on extra years over the 2-max that the LLE can offer.
I also agree that the odds of Korver & Matthews getting $3+ mil offers are very good, but if you're the Spurs it's only a phonecall and all Korver & Matthews can say is "no". There's nothing lost by asking, especially during the moratorium period where you can't do anything.
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