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I'm pretty sure we will be carrying 15 come playoff time.
Pop: Spurs to limit roster to 13 or 14
By Mike Monroe on Oct 7,
"We do (have tougher decision to make)," he said. "One thing, we're going to limit our numbers this year. We're not going to carry as many people as we have in the past. That makes you evaluate things a little bit more quickly, but hopefully correctly.'
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...urs-to-li.html
I'm pretty sure we will be carrying 15 come playoff time.
yes 15th men at one tim are now tearing the league up
how many of them can you name?
good one ducks! one for ducks ppl
So basically what we've been saying for a couple of months now. The Spurs are going to try to stay under the luxury tax, and to do so they need to stay with 13 or 14 players.
Yup. Who wants to pay several million for IR fodder?
If the training camp trend continue, cutting the roster to 13 shouldn't be a tough choice to make for Pop. In fact, what should be tougher is to find two good players for the 12th and 13th spots. I'm not sure Spurs have 2 NBA worthy players among their non-guaranteed guys. And when you add that some of the players with a guaranteed contract (Anderson and Neal) have sucked so far, Spurs could have a huge depth problem on the perimeter.
currently it seems as if #8,#9 and #10 are the areas of concern. those players will be regular rotation guys, but if Anderson and Neal suck, we will have a big hole at either back up SG and back up SF.
a trade for a player like Chandler or Rush (maybe even Dahntay Jones?) looks more and more inevitable.
Well he was a 15th man when he was like 14 years old in Sacramento.
The Spurs have 11 fully guaranteed contracts:
TP / Hill
Anderson / Manu / Neal
RJ
Dice / Blair / Bonner
Duncan / Splitter
From there, I think the team needs a third PG and a backup SF.
To be fair Tolliver was giving every opportunity and was only cut when it was apparently he could not hit a jumper if his life depended on it in a Spurs uni.
Yep, it doesn't look good for the moment even if it's too soon to push the panic button.
Let's hope someone pans out because doing a trade won't be easy and will even be nearly impossible if Spurs are committed at staying below the tax.
Antonio McDyess?
Seriously, though . . . why didn't Gee play last night? I haven't read anything about an injury which leaves two possibilities: He is a sure thing to make the roster, or he is involved in an impending trade . . . what else?
he is the next to go? (very unlikely)
impending trade? Dice didn't play as well.
currently Dice is our one and only tradeable player with a non rookie contract outside Tim and Tony.
Dice and Gee will get a lot of run next game, unless they are hurt (which I don't think is the case).he is the next to go? (very unlikely)
impending trade? Dice didn't play as well.
currently Dice is our one and only tradeable player with a non rookie contract outside Tim and Tony.
Hard to get everyone in a preseason game, especially with the camp invitees all eligible to play.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Can't think of any!
Once again, MaNu4Tres says what I'm thinking. Nothing to worry about here, folks. I'd prefer they give players 20 minutes in alternating games, rather than prevent anyone from getting into a rhythm by trying to get everyone 10 minutes in every preseason game.
tonights game should be somehow crucial for the bubble guys. this might be the last game when those guys get some minutes. (especially when some of the regular players don't even travel with the team)
in the last 3 games Pop will work with the regular rotation.
right now from the guys with the non guaranteed contracts only Jerrells looks to be a lock. (would bring the roster to 12)
but Spurs might still keep Gee and Temple for some more weeks as potential trade filler. (November 25th is the date when the next 100K from Gee's contract would become guaranteed, plenty of time till then)
this would mean that Gist is the next to go. I also don't see a reason to keep Bobby Simmons. Cousin might survive some more days. (or he is gone the moment Tiago is ready to play)
btw. waivers. reportedly Danny Green will be waived soon. not that he has ever looked like a NBA player since he was drafted by the Cavs 2009, (in the preseason he looked horrible), but someone will mention that this board was pretty high on him before the 2009 draft, b/c as a college player he looked a lot like a player, who fits the typical Spurs role player profile.
Gist will be kept, belive me.
Why do you think this? I think he is far from a lock in my opinion.
I doubt it. They'd keep Cousin over Gist, IMO.
gist has alot of pontential, but I think his offense game needs to get alot better and not be as wild so I hope he plays for the toros this year and could make the team next year if he continues getting better offensively and stays or even gets better on the defense side which has been great.
Not for sure, i mean...he will be not the first waves, he'll be cut after Temple and Cusin.
So I shouldn't believe you.
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