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just give him 3yr/15 million with the last year being a qualifying offer. splitter can get money now and get more later if he thinks he's worth more and the spurs lock him up for duncan's last two years.
just give him 3yr/15 million with the last year being a qualifying offer. splitter can get money now and get more later if he thinks he's worth more and the spurs lock him up for duncan's last two years.
Scola should have obliterated any reservations the Spurs have held about Euroleague bigmen.
If we can't get Splitter the only other option is to go ahead and nuke the gulf of mexico oil leak.
We don't need Splitter, we have Bonner, he spreads the floor and knows the system. Splitter is a primadonna, and can't play NBA ball. Trade him to Houston to get out from under Gee's partial guarantee. We could probably get back a second rounder.
What's sad is that we don't even have a bad, bloated contract to dump...
Well, they still owe McDyess 1.5 years more guaranteed. All McDyess does is steal time from Bonner.
The Plus/Minus stats must not be ignored.
Bonner's can't even lay claim to that ignominious stat anymore. His +/- as I recall in the playoffs was putrid, worst on the team (Hill might've beat him out not sure)
The whole Splitter fiasco-in-the-making isn't exactly coming out of left field.. the F.O. dropped the ball on Scola just a few years ago (when even Manu Ginobili was pressuring to sign him). It has been hilarious however reading thousands of posts in the past few months assuming Splitter would be in the bag.
He never sounded very excited to play under Popovich (who would?) and was never going to "settle" for less than the MLE.. and it looks like he wants something even larger... a salary in the 7-8m range which is probably way more than the spurs are willing to spend.
Luckily for the spurs the raptors may provide an option (if the rumor is true) for a S&T (for what, god only knows.. Calderon?)
It's a risk to offer full MLE for 5 years to a player who even didn't play any single NBA game. And I think that Spurs is thinking this twice. Giving 5 yrs 35M to a rookie is too much.
Yes Splitter is Europe's best big men, he has potential etc. But there are too many failed European players in NBA,(Like Jasikevicius and Navarro) who were great in Europe. That's why Spurs should put a team option to 4th year contract, this is a must. It's an insurance policy.
Get with the program, kid. Splitter's as sure a thing as Al Gore attempting to rape a masseuse. Haven't you seen the extensive video on the site? Splitter will lift weights and bulk up to 285 lbs and easily manhandle Gasol and Bynum by himself while simultaneously recieving head from Vuja and guarding Odom out on the perimeter.... all with one hand tied behind his back. You just wait and see......
I have a hard time believing the Spurs are worried about a guy like Splitter living up to a MLE deal and I'm guessing they'd rather have him locked up for five on that pay-scale, seeing as how rotation Bigs are a real commodity and paid as such -- Splitter on an MLE isn't going to be some debilitating contract or something they'll never live down. If he's in the rotation starting or as the first Big off the bench, he'll have been worth it.
splitters been in the mountains gettin train by rasho
Went ahead and took the liberty.
Hahaha, nice sarcasm.
Thanks dude. I didn't see the video that you offered, I'm pretty sure that it's fascinating. But I live in Europe Turkey and I watched Splitter all season long on TV.
He has amazing skill set, he's very athletic, he's successful he carried the underdog Caja Laboral to championship with a sweep against European Champions Barcelona.
But as I stated in my previous post, he didn't play a single NBA game. He can(and believe he will) be a very good player in NBA. But there is a risk the we can't underestimate. Too many European stars couldn't fit very well in NBA and return to Europe.
Of course I saw the Gooden's and Milicic's contract, the big man prices are too high in NBA. That's why I don't say that we should not to offer full MLE to Splitter. I only say that there should be a team option in 4th year of contract to protect Spurs. If Splitter can play, we can use option easily. But if he can't, at least we can release him after 3 years and that would be a mutual benefit for both side.
But I do think Splitter is about as sure a thing to be a quality NBA starting bigman as there is. The guy can clearly play, handles the pressure well, and he'll fit our team beautifully. There will be bumps in the road, but I think by year 2 we'll be very happy with Splitter.
Freakin SIGN HIM already!
Ruff, dude, ease off the 5 hour energy.
Right now, who's better? Gortat or Splitter?
Grrrrr. I'm getting tired of Splitter.. it's already a week after July 1 and we are still a big limbo.
Is he coming or not?
check in again in about a month?
You guys just need to relax...he'll be here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URG93cBvja0
Splitter is a much more complete player in virtually all basketball skills.
They're different kind of players. Splitter is more talented and athletic, Gortat is more strong. Splitter will be way better than Gortat if he can live the expectations but now Gortat is more experienced in NBA.
International ball is more physical. Splitter will be fine once he learns what is called a foul and what isn't. It's why Manu is so fearless driving to the cup. His roots are from a more physical league.
I think that's it. If someone like Gortat gets paid almost 6 million USD a year, he probably thinks he should get more.
Great news, lets peny pinch now with the saved money from RJ deal.
The good news so far is that Mike Monroe has not written a hit-piece for the FO yet claiming that Splitter wants guaranteed minutes or such BS like that (something that happened during the Scola debacle). If he hasn't badmouthed him yet, I have high hopes they're frantically negotiating and can arrive at a good ending.
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