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NJ has cap room to absorb his contract...the Spurs do not....what part of "the Spurs have no money to spend" don't people understand?
Nets got a steal here. Utah did it just to save 10m. They're tanking this year again
Man i just wish the Spurs had gotten him. He is perfect for our system. A high bbiq big with range
NJ has cap room to absorb his contract...the Spurs do not....what part of "the Spurs have no money to spend" don't people understand?
I doubt Okur is going to be worth $11 million. He was already slowing down and then he tore his achilles. Last year he looked horrible. And Okur doesn't exactly strike me as the type of player who is going to get in fantastic shape to make up for his declining mobility.
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side note: AK-47 to Nets is now deader than fried chicken.
^That's a dangerous metaphor for a basketball analyst to use.
Opens up money for him to return to Utah.
I was hoping that they would unload Al Jefferson for anybody - RJ, Bonner, draft pick? - at some point this season just to get rid of the contract and 'cause of the glut of front court players. I was dreaming but now with Okur gone, I can't even dream up that scenario.
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Jazz have the cap room now, but don't know any reason Utah would want RJ with Josh Howard and Gordon Hayward on their roster (and possibly AK47.) Bonner would be a cheaper replacement for Okur (if that's a type of player they need.)
I wouldn't be upset if they were able to pry Jeremy Evans away from the Jazz.
Memphis rescinded qualifying offer to Hamed Haddadi (7 footer). Anyone seen his game?
Sweetney looks like he ate Blair.
^ Literally laughed out loud. Not a good look there...
In spot moments against Blair and Bonner, he looked like an awkward beast.
His knee is jacked. No thanks.
I wouldn't mind taking a gamble on the guy. He was fairly decent in the Spurs-Grizz series.
If there's anyone who ever needed a three-digit jersey number, here you go.
Sweetney looks like he ate Blair.
How the did he get a larger contract?
SPURS will become an average team with at least 2 starters away from being a contender. They resemble Jazz when Stockon and Malone were close to retirement. They better not to spend any MLE to sign an average FA. In this and next years, they should concentrate in increasing the value of their young players and trade them away when their values are high to ac ulate higher picks for future rebuilding. Tanking may not be an option though as it's not good for ticket selling although I would like them to do so.
For anyone interested, here's a good article by David Locke on the logic behind the Okur trade. http://www.nba.com/jazz/features/locked_on_jazz.html
Virtus Roma and Vladimir Dasic reached an agreement to part ways. The forward was sidelined by the Italian team few days ago due to his poor performances since the beginning of the season. Dasic arrived in Roma last summer and in the current season was averaging 11ppg and 5.7rpg in 8 games played.
http://www.sportando.net/eng/italy/s...part_ways.html
http://www.nbadraft.net/players/vladimir-dasic
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthre...ighlight=dasic
Last edited by Mel_13; 12-23-2011 at 05:55 AM.
Greg Ostertag is coming back. Spurs should sign him.
Spurs need to go as hard as they can after Varejao
The Spurs should sign NO ONE! Yep, that's right. Not a single other person (maybe bring Ryan Richards up for the league min but that's it).
Here's why:
The Spurs aren't going to win a championship this year. They know it. TD knows it. TP knows it. Manu knows it. This year is just a year of closeout - allowing the older players to play out the last parts of their contract and then ride off into the sunset. McDyess retired, Manu and TD are next (after this year's over).
Given that the FO knows this, they're hedging everything on the 2012 free agency class and draft. The draft is supposed to be fairly stout and there are still a few decent FAs that might be available.
When TD and Manu go, and they amnesty RJ, the Spurs will be something like $35 mil UNDER the cap.
They've got good young supporting cast players in Anderson, Blair and Splitter. TP will still be good. All the FO would need is that ONE ELITE frontcourt player - someone along the lines of a DeMarcus Aldridge. That player might be in the draft, it might require a trade.
But, either way, this year is already over. They might make the playoffs as a 4-6 seed and maybe even look fairly compe ive after all is said and done, but the Lakers, Dallas, Ok and the Clippers are all still better teams.
So Spurs fans, you can whine/ /complain all you want - the smart play is to not spend another dime, write this year off and look toward the future!
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