Green's status for next year.

[dunkman]

Green and Diaw are starters, the Spurs must keep them. It's also important to bring Lorbek, since Duncan won't be playing for long. Logically, Duncan is perhaps a top 5, top 10 all-time player that even Dwight Howard couldn't replace. However, the Spurs need to add talented bigs and they have the opportunity with Diaw and Lorbek.

Perhaps it would be better to add Lorbek than keep Green, since finding a talented SG may be less problematic, than finding a talented PF/C.

[InK]

Green and Diaw are starters, the Spurs must keep them. It's also important to bring Lorbek, since Duncan won't be playing for long.

I dont think Lorbek comes to a stacked rooster with no chance of playing time. Dont think he cares as much about the money ( he can get more $ in Barca then on the Spurs) as he cares about the playing time; so if Diaw stays i think Lorbek is gone.

[therealtruth]

Yeah thats true to a certain extend, but if the kid keeps coming through at crunchtime like he has been doing last few months, its hard to see how his value wouldnt balloon up beyond that mark. George Hill, another product of the system is making the Pacers FO feel really good about themselves these days. That fact along with Greens stellar play might just be enough for A team on brink of contention to pull the trigger and throw ML at him.

Bird had had his eye on George Hill for a while. There's no indication of that with Green.

[dunkman]

I dont think Lorbek comes to a stacked rooster with no chance of playing time. Dont think he cares as much about the money ( he can get more $ in Barca then on the Spurs) as he cares about the playing time; so if Diaw stays i think Lorbek is gone.

The Spurs wont give him playtime guaranties, if he wants to play, he would need to play better than Bonner and Blair.

[InK]

Bird had had his eye on George Hill for a while. There's no indication of that with Green.

What i was saying is that the "product of the (Spurs) system is not going to be as productive elsewhere" line of thought has lost some value with the way Hill is playing for the Pacers. And with Green i dont really think thats a major issue anyways, its more his inexperience and 1 year in the league that would scare teams away.

[InK]

The Spurs wont give him playtime guaranties, if he wants to play, he would need to play better than Bonner and Blair.

On the current rooster his compe ion would be Blair, Bonner at the point is a few minutes specialist who will get his those minutes till Pop gets bored of him. And beating Blair out of his playing time would give him what, a few garbage minutes here and there. Dont think that would be enough for someone who got named into Euro's first all team.

Diaw and Splitter are just better natural fits for the Spurs then Lorbek is tbh.

[Andthentherewas21]

I don't think Green will get much beyond 4-4.5mil a year. He is a guy that does a lot of things good but not great. He is a glue guy. He can't create his own shot, hes a good individual defender but isn't really a lock-down defender, but he can knockdown an outside shot, and hustles.

The problem is, he is too expensive for the super-teams (NY, MIA) or the Lakers (not super but in capspace ), and he doesn't have the veteran leadership and experience for the up-and-comers (Jazz, Timberwolves, Kings). There is a pretty limited market for him, and teams like the 76ers, Blazers, ect already have guys similar to Green. There is going to be a limited market for him.

[tesseractive]

On the current rooster his compe ion would be Blair, Bonner at the point is a few minutes specialist who will get his those minutes till Pop gets bored of him. And beating Blair out of his playing time would give him what, a few garbage minutes here and there. Dont think that would be enough for someone who got named into Euro's first all team.

Diaw and Splitter are just better natural fits for the Spurs then Lorbek is tbh.

Lorbek should be a perfectly workable backup to Diaw once he acclimates. Give Splitter more minutes by keeping Timmy's minutes low but don't play him with Tim much, and give Lorbek Bonner's role as Diaw's backup. He can post up as well as hit shots so he would be a natural complement to Splitter playing the roll man. His defender can't leave him because he can pop out for a shot, but if they put a small on him, he can back his man down.

[InK]

Lorbek should be a perfectly workable backup to Diaw once he acclimates. Give Splitter more minutes by keeping Timmy's minutes low but don't play him with Tim much, and give Lorbek Bonner's role as Diaw's backup. He can post up as well as hit shots so he would be a natural complement to Splitter playing the roll man. His defender can't leave him because he can pop out for a shot, but if they put a small on him, he can back his man down.

Well that seems to be around 10mins for him and Bonner to fight over, since we are going small ball for good stretches. What im saying is that its unlikely that Lorbek comes to the NBA team in which the ideal scenario is that he completely pushes Bonner out of the rotation and gets to play 10mins a game for less money then he would make in Europe.

[Dingle Barry]

Regardless of what he's proven he can do, I think such a small sample size comes with flash in the pan risk that will scare teams away.

[HarlemHeat37]

Pretty much agree with Andthentherewas21's post..

He's a versatile, all-around player, but none of his skills stand out..slightly above average defensive player, good spot-up shooter, good intangibles..his floor game is lacking and he's inconsistent at finishing at the rim..

I can't see many teams lining up for a big offer, unless he plays at a ridiculous level in the WCFs and Finals..

It would benefit both parties, Green and the Spurs, if they can agree on a reasonable deal, considering he fits the system very well..

[tesseractive]

Well that seems to be around 10mins for him and Bonner to fight over, since we are going small ball for good stretches. What im saying is that its unlikely that Lorbek comes to the NBA team in which the ideal scenario is that he completely pushes Bonner out of the rotation and gets to play 10mins a game for less money then he would make in Europe.

That would certainly makes sense. Even if he were rocking 15 minutes as the backup it still wouldn't be ideal for him, I'm sure.

It would be a shame to lose out on him, but if that's the price for landing Diaw and getting our shot at winning it all this year, I'll take it.