Ludden: Tim Duncan re-signs (3 years, $30M), Patty Mills re-signs, De Colo signs

[ploto]

I would not be surprised if the Spurs look for a team under the cap and try to trade them Blair and cash for a second round pick just to shed his salary off their cap space.

[BackHome]

[QUOTE=TD 21;6018324]Precisely.

Here's a three way trade I concocted: Blair to the Hornets (who only have three rotation bigs) for next year's 2nd, then Neal with the 2nd to the Bucks for Sanders (with Udoh and Henson, he's redundant and has no chance at cracking their big rotation; plus they were interested in Hinrich, so they'd obviously like another guard).

That clears out the logjam at guard and gives the Spurs the type of athletic, shot blocking big -- who can play both big positions -- that they need.

I would wet my pants if we were able to do this trade and this trade actually makes sense for both teams. we could even throw in Boner to make them feel good.

[Mel_13]

I would not be surprised if the Spurs look for a team under the cap and try to trade them Blair and cash for a second round pick just to shed his salary off their cap space.

Or they could just cut him and pay nothing.

[pad300]

If the second rounder is Cleveland's rights to Milan Macvan, I'd do immediately.
A Bonner, with balls and rebounding.

Milan Macvan
The Euro version of Kevin Love. I don't know that he's more than 60% of, but he'd still be a nice get. The question is, would he come over? And how much would it cost? If he'd get in shape and lose 20 lbs, he'd be such a better player... Anybody who thinks Blair is fat, needs to look at this guy. Still, he can play some damn good ball.

[NickiRasgo]

Awesome news in two days.

[Ditty]

I can see Manu resigning for 2 years $12-$14 million would be perfect for next summer, it could give the Spurs alot of salary cap flexibility, and from what I've calculated enough for a max contract, for next year or the following summer.

[MannyIsGod]

You can pretty much all but guarantee Manu will get a 2 year deal around 15-18 million next year IMO. I think that it makes the most sense for his new contract to match Duncan's in terms of when they expire.

God I hope not.

[rascal]

spurs have done nothing to improve on last years team yet, and due to age, they are worse going into next year.

need to do something significant

Agree. Expect the spurs to come back with the same team with a minor change or two that will be deep end of bench role players and this place will explode with excitement. It happens every year.

The Spurs haven't reached the finals with the same core in 5 years and they keep bringing back the same team. Just too conservative to get back a championship formula.

While the Lakers get Nash and are in the mix for Howard.

[rascal]

God I hope not.

When Manu hits the wall of age it is going to be ugly.

[baseline bum]

Agree. Expect the spurs to come back with the same team with a minor change or two that will be deep end of bench role players and this place will explode with excitement. It happens every year.

The Spurs haven't reached the finals with the same core in 5 years and they keep bringing back the same team. Just too conservative to get back a championship formula.

While the Lakers get Nash and are in the mix for Howard.

So what allstar big in his 20s are the Spurs going to offer Orlando for Howard?

[Spur|n|Austin]

Nice!

[rascal]

So what allstar big in his 20s are the Spurs going to offer Orlando for Howard?

The lakers always seem to manage to retool on the fly with stars in their prime. The Spurs have to get lucky with ping pong balls. No ping pong ball luck no les in san antonio. Lakers front office > Spurs front office.

The lakers front office is more aggressive in making things happen while the Spurs trot out the same team year after year with small changes.

5 years and counting with no trips to the finals for the spurs with the same core.

[rascal]

Hope I'm wrong, but this will be his last season as a Spur. Of course, I don't know Manu personally and I'm not a clairvoyant, but since the last two years he had been declaring that he is really banged up and it would be nice for him to retire playing at 36, in the best basketball league(NBA). And if you think about it, it kind of makes sense. He had achieved almost everything a basketball player can achieve, there's nothing else left for him to win. Plus he has family now and he would want to spend more time with his kids.
I'm just basically guessing, but something tells me this is going to be his last season as a Spur. Hope I'm wrong

I am guessing he will come back with Duncan coming back. He will ride out with Duncan.

[spurraider21]

Does anybody know if tim's contract is paid evenly or if it is front/back loaded

[Mel_13]

The lakers always seem to manage to retool on the fly with stars in their prime.

2 les in the last 10 seasons.

[benefactor]

The lakers always seem to manage to retool on the fly with stars in their prime. The Spurs have to get lucky with ping pong balls. No ping pong ball luck no les in san antonio. Lakers front office > Spurs front office.

The lakers front office is more aggressive in making things happen while the Spurs trot out the same team year after year with small changes.

5 years and counting with no trips to the finals for the spurs with the same core.

You should go cheer for them. By all means...please...go.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tim for $12mil (as we've known all along), 2 years with 3rd year player option. Excellent.

Diaw $9.2mil, 2nd year player option. Strange deal to take at his age.

Green for $11.3mil over 3 years. Even better than expected. He is a steal at $3.8mil just as he is blossoming.

Mills as the backup PG. Fantastic! I think he'll be a key for the team and by mid-season people will be very surprised at how important he is as a spark off the bench.

Great start to the FA season!

PS Given that there's all this talk of bringing DeColo over, I guess Neal is pretty much gone?

[benefactor]

2 les in the last 10 seasons.

During that time they had a stretch that included consecutive first round exits and missing the playoffs all together.

Great job retooling on the fly.

[racm]

I wouldn't call having Kwame Brown as your starting center retooling on the fly either.

When you go from "All-Defensive and retired jersey" Bruce Bowen to "young two-way player" Kawhi Leonard as your starting SF in a span of 2.5 years, that's not bad.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

No-one could stop the infectious movement offence we played last year (even in the WCFs we were mostly scoring freely), and returning with the same cast and a full pre-season can only make this team stronger. The D needs improvement, the bench needs to hold steady under pressure (as they did all year until the 2nd round of the playoffs - they were poor against both the Clips and OKC), and the vets need to stay healthy, but we're still in with a decent shot. Who'd a' thunk it after that flameout, and Tim's worst season, in 2010-11?

There's still hope that, if the cards fall the right way, Timmy could get his 5th ring. And either way I'm pretty sure the journey will be interesting.

[Big P]

Tim for $12mil (as we've known all along), 2 years with 3rd year player option. Excellent.

Diaw $9.2mil, 2nd year player option. Strange deal to take at his age.

Green for $11.3mil over 3 years. Even better than expected. He is a steal at $3.8mil just as he is blossoming.

Mills as the backup PG. Fantastic! I think he'll be a key for the team and by mid-season people will be very surprised at how important he is as a spark off the bench.

Great start to the FA season!

PS Given that there's all this talk of bringing DeColo over, I guess Neal is pretty much gone?

He signed a 2 year $2.8 mil deal with the Spurs today!

[TMTTRIO]

Hope I'm wrong, but this will be his last season as a Spur. Of course, I don't know Manu personally and I'm not a clairvoyant, but since the last two years he had been declaring that he is really banged up and it would be nice for him to retire playing at 36, in the best basketball league(NBA). And if you think about it, it kind of makes sense. He had achieved almost everything a basketball player can achieve, there's nothing else left for him to win. Plus he has family now and he would want to spend more time with his kids.
I'm just basically guessing, but something tells me this is going to be his last season as a Spur. Hope I'm wrong

Agree. I think it'll come down to how this season turns out

[Wild Cobra Kai]

When Manu hits the wall of age it is going to be ugly.

It already is.

[FkLA]

Manu wouldnt detoriate much from where hes at right now tbh. His strongest weapon right now is probably his ability to run the pick n roll and his ability to see the court...that doesnt go away with age tbh.

[ElNono]

the comparisons with the Lakers FO are pretty funny... the Lakers have no problem dipping in luxury tax territory because they make a ton more money being on a major market. TV contracts, merchandising, etc. Free agents are also much more likely to go to LA simply because endorsements there are simply way more lucrative. Big markets will always be more enticing, regardless of whatever CBA constrains are there.

The Spurs are on a completely different boat. They're on a small market, due to their success, they don't have high picks to start a full blown rebuild process (like the zombie sonics had to do). They're also trying to milk the last few decent years of their franchise stars while they can. The Spurs will eventually have to go through a rebuilding process, and at that point nobody knows how long it will take to land another franchise star. Duncan, Lebron James or Durant don't grow on trees.