The only way you can get Marc Gasol to sign for less is if he wanted to come here and was an unrestricted free agent.
You can't ask a restricted free agent to sign for less because then his team will match and his current team gets him for an absolute bargain. You'd be doing Memphis a huge favor doing that. LOL. Why would Marc Gasol do that OV?
Actually, we weren't tax payers last year, though we came dangerously close. We will almost certainly be tax payers this year though, assuming RJ isn't amnestied.
Can someone clarify this point, please: Will we have the full $5M MLE to work with this offseason or just the mini $3M one?
Marc Gasol Pipedream is already dead because hes asking for a contract with a starting salary of 14.8 mil & i gurantee Memphis will give it to him.
As of right now...it looks like just the mini...if we amnesty rj...we would have the full mle from my understanding.
With all due respect, RIF.
Unfortunately Jordan retired a few years back.
tmac anyone? he can play point forward....
What about josh smith? I know the at ude problems plus he's not quite the defensive barrier we're looking for, but maybe he can be a good defensive player under the spurs system.
huge downgrade for the hawks if they trading for rj
i think the hawks might amnesty that draft bust no.1 pick from a few years ago whatever his name is...
The Hawks would never trade Smith for . The would consider it for Parker though.
And the player you're talking about is Marvin Williams and he was the number 2 pick. (the 3rd and the 4th pick were Deron Williams and Chris Paul)
Yes, I would take tmac. He can still do many things. Put the ball on the floor,passing ability,post-up game,creating his own shot,etc. The bad is he'll put up bad shots but I think this will decrease if he was on the Spurs. Not only because we have the right culture but the team is better than the Pistons. He'll feel like he's playing for something and not just to prove himself. Better shot selection combined with getting easier shots will increase his percentages. I think Tiago and Tmac could do nice things on the picknroll.
72 games last year is also a positive sign about his health going forward. Had there been no lockout I would expect Tmac to be in better shape and playing better. Now he may be out of shape and not ready to ball. If he is in shape though I would take him.
Overall I like the unknown about him. For 1.something million he's a great pickup.
TMac is done and wouldn't help IMO. He doesn't really do very much of what you say on any sort of regular basis and is really not a very efficient player at all.
I wouldn't touch TMac with a 10 ft pole.
Last thing we need is another salary on the "DNP - Injury" list.
TMac would be worse than RJ. It's obvious that raw talent isn't enough.
Backs don't heal. No thanks to TMac.
Josh Smith and Kurt Hinrich for TP, RJ and Blair
Pop has always had praise for Kaman... i am not sure his status but im sure they want him a Spur...
You may be onto something here. Parker got outplayed in the Memphis series, and he had critical, bonehead turnovers especially in Memphis. I am not sure if the Butler rumors are true but a lineup of Butler-Smith-Duncan-Manu-Hinrich would be a solid defensive unit and should be an efficient offensive unit as well.
ATL probably would not go for it because Hinrich and Smith come off the books in 2 years while RJ goes for 3 more and Tony for 4. But you never know, ATL has needed a PG since forever.
Bruno, question about Qualifying Offers:
Let's use Oden w/ Portland for example. He was offered a QO of ~$8.8M. That is just a one year deal correct? So if a team like the Spurs (or whomever) offers him the full MLE (5M per year, 4 years), does it go by the first years salary or the total contract that POR would have to match?
I know it's been discussed, but I wonder if the Spurs first rounder could get it done (plus a filler for salary reasons).
This idea has been tossed around by Spurs fans and I really wouldn't mind the move at all.--Your post from last year
What changed?
Another year of watching him play and not show any signs of returning to form. And also, I'm not quite sure what that post was for, you would have to link the thread so I could see the context.
The QO is only a 1 year contract but Portland will have to match the whole contract to keep Oden.
Ok, that is what I thought. So they are already committed to 8.8M so if a team like the Spurs offers the full MLE, they will really only be committing to about an additional 3 years at 4M per which is pretty cheap.
Suns to waive Vince Carter
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/73...r-lockout-ends
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