Reply With QuoteWe'll see. I'm sure the Spurs wouldn't offer anything less than the max.
Wouldn't a max contract for Brand from the Spurs now be $82.125 million over 6 years?
Still room for a bidding war, it seems.
We'll see. I'm sure the Spurs wouldn't offer anything less than the max.
Chump, I wouldn't be surprised if the figure from the radio was calculated before the new salary cap came out. I imagine the Spurs will adjust their offer accordingly as I think Brand is unlikely to risk being stuck in Clipperland for 6 more years unless he receives the max dollar amount.
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I hope those who decided to retype this post 45 minutes later at other sites will at least take the time to make the plagarism a little less obvious next time.
That is really bad plagarism. That is really not cool.
Offer Brand a salary of 6 years, $61.592 million and a signing bonus of $20.5313 million. Sterling would be forced to pay $28.7436 million the very first season of the contract if he matched. This is the best the Spurs can do under the CBA, and I hope they go for it.
Ah, am I missing something?
We are apparently going to sign Rasho and Elton? Surely if we have Elton we hardly need bloody Nesterovic!?! I'm confused.
Maybe they're trying to get Sterling to bite on Elton so we can get Odom a little cheaper? Seems to me that Odom is a better fit if we sign Rasho than Elton. Not saying I don't want Elton, that would be fantastic, but why blow our whole cap on 2 bigs when we are going to need a SF soon? Unless they see Jax as the starting SF, and then how do you do the frontcourt minutes???
Tim
Elton
Bruce
Manu
Tony
Leaving
Rasho
Malik
Kevin
Steve
and another guard on the bench?
Chemistry-wise that looks an odd team to me.
What am I missing???
Gotta say this is more exciting than watching Jerry Buss lose a couple hundred thousand in real poker -- though that was fun too....
posted this in another thread:
would you guys take this depth chart?
5) duncan/rasho/willis
4) brand/duncan/horry
3) bowen/sjax/horry
2) manu/sjax/kerr
1) parker/t.lue/kerr
if we pry brand away from the clippers, then sign and trade speedy and malik to washington (or somewhere) for a rookie contract and a future pick. (we save some capspace)
how about something like that?
Signing Rasho is insurance of an extra big, in case the Clipps match Brand's offer, therefore, they wont be stuck with Tim, Malik, and Kevin just manning the 5 spot. Signing Rasho helps the Spurs be more aggressive and allows them to wait the 15 days for the Clipps to match. Besides Brand is the guy they wanted over O'Neal. Odom wouldnt want to be a Spur anyway. Brand on the other hand does.
Ruff (sup homey?),
They wanted a sure thing in Rasho because they need a big no matter what. Now they are going for it all. Some people in the organization had Brand on the top of their wish list above Kidd and JO, so now it's a risk free attempt at striking gold.
There is no way you can pass up a player like Brand. If by some miracle they land him, then you either trade Malik or Rasho down the line.
Rasho could be the insurance plan.
in anycase its an expensive insurance plan. if they somehow do get brand... malik won't fit.
I'm ing sitting on eggs s here. If we sign Brand I'm gonna throw a huge-ass party. Signing a player of this magnitude is so monumental that it's about the best thing you can get short of winning a championship. It's the chance at becoming a ing dynasty.
Tim
Brand
Bowen
Manu
Parker
That lineup is just sick both offensively and defensively.
*crosses all fingers and toes*
Im tellin ya,
if Rasho some how doesnt fit in, they trade him to New York for Spreewell.
Knicks wanted Rasho bad, and Pop wants Spree.
PJ and Spree have made up already, so its all good.
Sup LJ.
Well, if Rasho's insurance I geddit. But if we do land Brand we have to wait a while to trade Rasho, yes? It might also piss him off since Minne are offering more money than us aren't they?
I thought being nice to players was a priority in the NBA since the behaviour of individual franchises towards their players influences future FA decisions (but I guess that doesn't matter to us for a while after this year)...
What happened to bringing Scola over???
How does the signing bonus affect the cap?
If it doesn't, then why don't people try to get around the cap by just using big-ass bonuses all the time?
If the Spurs manage to land Brand- the Lakers' moves become irrelevent.
Shoogah,
The signing bonus is averaged over the length of the contract (i.e., over a 6 year contract a 12 million dollar signing bonus would add 2 million a year to the player's deal).
The catch is the signing bonus average + yearly salary cannot exceed the maximum payable salary for the player.
So in effect, his total salary + total signing bonus = max contract.
That's why the reported offer is lower than the max we can offer him, but when you factor in the signing bonus, then he's getting the max.
AHF
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Plaigiarism?
How many homies out West DO YOU KNOW? Those guys know lots of , I should know, how do you think I got the link to XTRA?
THE MIB IS CONNECTED.
If Rose or Brand can play some time at the 3, then you could get away with Duncan, Rasho, Brand and Rose.
C - Brand, Rasho
PF - Duncan, Rose
SF - Bowen, Rose
SG - Jackson, Manu
PG - Parker, Manu
C: Brand 38, Rasho 15
PF: Duncan 38, Rose 25
SF Bowen 28
SG: Jackson 30, Manu 28
PG: Parker 38
That would work2
Too bad, they could have traded him to NY for some cap room....or something...that might have worked...maybe in a few years.
MIB they plagarized you. Not accusing you of anything.
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Lee Hacksaw Hamilton is reporting on the www.xtrasportsradio.com that the Spurs & David Falk are trying to work out a contract that is heavily front-loaded and includes poison pills in the contract.
I'm not sure how it will all break down but the way I heard it on the radio is that the Spurs will give Elton a 6 year 65 Million contract. For those that don't know what a poison pill is: Its a clause or allowance in a contract that makes it hard to accept if you're not prepared to follow through. This is how it works in this situation. The plan is to front-load the contract by giving Elton $9Mill in the 1st year of the contract plus an $11 Mill signing bonus. While its true that we'd lose 15 days and wait if the Clippers will match, Donald Sterling will have to have $20 Mill on the table in that 1st year. Considering that the last FA he signed was Eric Piatkowski at 5 years $15 Million, I'm thinking he might actually let this one go by...EVEN IF ITS ELTON. $20 Million to start? That would be difficult to give up for a noted miser like Sterling.
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Just saying I know those guys out west and we've always been cool. They were cool enough to call me to let me know.
And now you do too.
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