Great find, thanks!
But do you think he may sign for the minimum? I wouldn't think he would sign for that little.
Interesting question that follows nicely with the discussion of which salary cap exception the Spurs will use to sign Nando.
Generally speaking, agreements can made during the July moratorium (July 1-10), but contracts may not be signed until July 11th. As with everything in the CBA, there are exceptions.
Among contracts that may be signed during the moratorium are one or two year minimum salary contracts.
So if we see a press release, or a press conference, today or tomorrow to announce that Nando has signed a contract (rather than reached an agreement to sign), then we'll know that he has signed for the minimum (473K).
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q101
Great find, thanks!
But do you think he may sign for the minimum? I wouldn't think he would sign for that little.
I don't know, but we won't have to wait long to find out.
Good find
That makes it even more likely that he's signing a minimum contract. He can come to S.A., get his physical and sign his deal. The Spurs can even hold a press conference if they want to.
If he's signing something other than the minimum, he can come get his physical but he can't sign a contract and the Spurs won't hold a press conference. I don't know the specifics of the FNT's schedule but if he's signing for something other than the minimum, wouldn't it make sense to come to S.A. next week? In that scenario, I'd think it'd be easier to just come on the 11th and make everything official.
Sorry Bonner. It's just business.
FNT has friendly games the 7th, 10th, 12th, 13th and 15th. They have a little break after that.
It's in Spurs best interest to have De Colo passing his physical as early as possible. If there is something wrong with it, it will gives Spurs more time to go after someone else. De Colo surely wants too to sign as quickly as possible in case if he get injured with FNT.
I always thought he'd sign for the minimum. The Spurs weren't about to waste an exception on a fringe prospect/non rotation player, not when they're presumably trying to sign two (technically, re-sign in the case of one) bigs, one of whom would start and the other of which would probably be a rotation player. Let's not forget, this is an organization that got a far better/more accomplished prospect, in an area of need, to sign for well under market value, so it shouldn't be surprising that they'd get De Colo at the minimum.
They've got the leverage in his case. If he wanted this to be about the money, they could easily allow him to stay in Europe or trade his rights; it's not like they're not deep at guard. They've got Green's rights, they still have Neal and there's at least a decent chance Mills returns. So it's not like De Colo is a necessity now and the odds of him ever becoming more than a fourth guard are probably unlikely. Don't get me wrong, I'm pleased that he's coming, but they don't need him. So if he wanted to come, he needed to take whatever they were willing to give him.
He's too slow to get me exited about his potential in the NBA.
Quit posting troll.
Slow and stocky wins the race.
Everyone seems so set on speed because young, athletic teams like OKC beat teams with it and Pop favors a fast-paced showtime offense with TP at the helm.
The thing is that sometimes slow-it-down half-court sets are the best way to beat certain teams, like Denver or even OKC.
Love the addition by subtraction of Patty Mills. While I would love the returning Mills as well as De Colo, hopefully this spells Neal from the PG handling. He should be what he is a spot up jump shooter/driving into the lane undersized two. Denmon should get a shot too.
Mills isn't gone just yet. The Spurs haven extended the qualifying offer and may match certain contracts. His situation will greatly depend on how the rest of the offseason goes.
- Must admit they do not pretend ... ;-)Faut bien avouer qu'ils ne font pas semblant... ;-)
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It was probably a translation mix up. I think the statement means "they don't mess around" as in "what a cool place".
Wonder if we'll hear anything today. If he's signed for the minimum, we might . . .
*fingers crossed*
Would be nice. The silence is deafening right now.
Yea, I'm ready to know exactly what we're dealing with
Nando is more of a luxury if he pans out. SG (assuming the spurs keep DG which is not a given) is pretty well taken care of. It would be news, but still extremely minor news with regards to team need and where their le hopes lie going into next year. The only thing I really care about is his contract bc that impacts the most pressing issue: the front line.
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If he plays PG then this is major news
Well, Nando is back at the airport so we will hear nothing from Spurs about it. It's not that surprising since he likely can't sign his contract right now.
This site is reporting he passed his physical
http://www.vuelo23.com/2012/07/nando...medium=twitter
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