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Barnes would play for the spurs' LLE or what's left of the MLE. With SA he'd get steady burn (20+ minutes), and a chance to contend for a championship, as well as a reasonable salary, all the things he claims he's looking for.
Barnes would play for the spurs' LLE or what's left of the MLE. With SA he'd get steady burn (20+ minutes), and a chance to contend for a championship, as well as a reasonable salary, all the things he claims he's looking for.
He'll probably end up with the Cavs. They have the money and can give him the playing time he wants without having to earn it on the floor...
Just let it go already.
By Marc Stein
This is the week, by all accounts, that San Antonio and Richard Jefferson will complete the restructured deal that we’ve all assumed had to be forthcoming since Jefferson stunningly opted out of a $15 million salary for next season on the eve of free agency. The specifics in terms of years and dollars remain unknown, but I’ve been assured that Jefferson will officially be back with the Spurs quite soon.
http://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/pos...haq-t-mac-more
I think the FO has always wanted this. They have waited long enough to get the market value down on RJ and are now ready to sign him up for what he's worth on this team.
Is it possible that most FA SFs have been waiting for this shoe to drop before committing to SA? That way they could cleary see how their role would be defined.
The FO are going to get their guy, but have had to sacrifice other FA possibilities. Who do we sign as his back up? Morrison? Just give me a shooter with heart. That's all I ask for, a 6'7''+ shooter with heart.
I'm hoping for a Splitter-esque contract surprise . . .
Morrison is a pretty emotional player, can shoot the ball, and he's 6'8. Give him the chance to be a rotational player as the backup SF to RJ and I think he'll shine.
RJ is back but we still need a backup; I hope we can sign Butler
http://www.bulletsforever.com/2010/7...hat-huge-small
So much for that huge small forward market
by Mike Prada
Remember how we said a couple weeks ago that the Wizards have tons of small forward options in free agency this summer? Yeah, about that...
Tony Allen got three years and $10 million to play for the Grizzlies.
Matt Barnes is maybe heading to Toronto, but it might not work with the salary cap. Either way, he's probably not an option.
Ronnie Brewer got three years and $12.5 million to play for the Bulls.
Josh Childress got the full mid-level exception from Phoenix.
Richard Jefferson is about to stay in San Antonio.
Kyle Korver signed for three years and $15 million with the Bulls.
Linas Kleiza got the full mid-level exception from the Raptors.
Wes Matthews got an insane full mid-level offer from the Blazers.
Mike Miller took his talents to South Beach.
Anthony Morrow got a three-year, $12 million offer from the Nets, and Travis Outlaw joined him for the full mid-level exception.
Quentin Richardson signed with the Magic.
Personal favorite Dorrell Wright signed with the Warriors for three years and $11 million.
Therefore, that leaves only Josh Howard, Rasual Butler, Devin Brown, Marquis Daniels, Antoine Wright and Keith Bogans remaining from that original list. There are other options of course, such as (deep breath) Rodney Carney, Joe Alexander, Michael Finley (shudder), Devean George (shudder), Joey Graham, Stephen Graham, Trenton Hassell, Jarvis Hayes, Dominic McGuire, Tracy McGrady (shudder), Adam Morrison (shudder), Sasha Pavlovic, Bobby Simmons, Jerry Stackhouse, Ime Udoka, Damien Wilkins, Quinton Ross and, of course, Cartier Martin, but ...
Okay, nevermind, let's just open this up. Who should the Wizards sign to fill the small forward hole? Should they sign anyone, considering that there are lots of small forwards on the market next year.
Even tho he didn't see a lot of minutes, learning from Phil Jackson and competing with Kobe and Lamar everyday in practice has to improve any young player.
eehhh.....50/50 on him backing RJ up...
76ers Are Open To Trading Kapono
Jul 20, 2010 5:19 PM EST
The 76ers are open to trading swingman Jason Kapono, reports ESPN.com's Marc Stein.
Stein writes that the Clippers and Kings could have interest in Kapono's three-point shooting ability.
Read more: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap/#ixzz0uGenMyyd
Kapono for Dice should work.... That's about the only thing possible on our side. They don't want RJ.
No way I trade Dice for Kapono. Spurs need Dice.
Not willing to part with Dice this year. Not for Kapono.
Next off-season is when the Spurs will trade the remains of McDyess' partially guaranteed contract. IMO
Was just stating what would work. Not sure what the possibilities are but Antonio already said he plans on retiring after this season. If a team could come to an agreement to buy him out to save money and then he signs right back here for 1 last run that would be awesome.
Oh yeah, that would be great. I like Kapono, but I would not give up anything of value for him.
Last edited by DPG21920; 07-20-2010 at 06:49 PM.
Absolutely. Blair is coming along nicely, but his D isn't anything remotely close to the caliber Dyess plays. It's going to take someone a lot more special than Jason Kapono to make it worth our while to move Dyess.
Dyess really stepped it up in the playoffs. In my daily recap of last season, I was re-watching game 6 of the first round and he did an amazing job on Dirk and his jumper was sweet money. He boarded pretty well too, and had that sick block on Terry.
He turned out to be the anti-Bonner... sleepwalked throughout the season but really went to another gear in the playoffs. We'll see if he has one more season left in the tank, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt right now.
Dice really turned it up in the playoffs. C_G is right about Dice. He is very valuable, even if he is on his last legs.
meltdowns. I expect Splitter's first year to be solid but unspectacular. Of course there will be bumps in the road as he adjusts to the NBA game, but he'll get there, and bandwagoner/cliff-jumper-incited meltdowns can go themselves!
The world in general needs to rediscover the virtue of patience.
A lot of people keep saying we have to sign a backup... WTF? We have two ideal backups in Gee/Hairston. How do you think young players develop? By PLAYING. One of our youngsters has to be the backup, surely.
Totally agree.
McDyess was right up there with Bowen with his defense on Dirk last year.
The guy brings it in the playoffs, Spurs will need him again this upcoming May and god-willing June.
Agreed, Dice was awesome on Dirk - totally took him out of his game. Wasn't so great against the Suns, but that's because the pace of the game didn't favour him.
with RJ returning I'm pretty sure the Spurs won't use the left MLE money for a SF. they will keep it to either avoid lux tax (depending on the new number for RJ they will likely be about 3 million under) and keep some flexibility for mid season signings.
it would be nice to have another SF, but they don't really need a pure SF to cover the 15 minutes that are left. Manu, Hairston and Anderson are decent options for that Back up minutes.
Spurs will likely still look for a minimum veteran wing, either bring Bogans back, or sign whoever is willing to come in for the minimum. (Bogans? front runner because he is a known quan y. much like Vaughn was. or Hayes? Wright? Simmons? Wilkins?)
meltdowns. I expect Splitter's first year to be solid but unspectacular. Of course there will be bumps in the road as he adjusts to the NBA game, but he'll get there, and bandwagoner/cliff-jumper-incited meltdowns can go themselves!
The world in general needs to rediscover the virtue of patience.
A lot of people keep saying we have to sign a backup... WTF? We have two ideal backups in Gee/Hairston. How do you think young players develop? By PLAYING. One of our youngsters has to be the backup, surely.
We need a backup who can shoot.
Hairston nor Gee can shoot.
No amount of games against Minnesota or Toronto changes that.
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