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Hope he doesn't have Visa issues like Patty did.
I was wondering why you had not commented. I was thinking: 1) He's in shock and passed out 2) He sleeps really late
Hope he doesn't have Visa issues like Patty did.
NO MORE BONNER AND BLAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
Love the signing.
Low risk/solid reward with the Baynes addition.
What surprises me is the timing of it (considering he's from Europe). If R.C and Pop are willing to sign him to a 3-4 year deal mid-season, they have to be completely sold on what he can add to this years' squad.
EXACTLY what we needed!! A tough SOB!
I you can get a 6-10 guy, with some athleticism and somewhat able to catch the ball and knows anything about the game, singning him for the minimum is a no-brainer.
There's 100's of players without a NBA job that have those credentials. There's a lot more to it.
That seems to be the popular opinion, but I don't see it. He can definitely take Blair's role as garbage time/emergency big, but I don't see him in the rotation this season. At best he plays the sort of minutes played by Oberto, Bonner, and Splitter in their first seasons with the team. Bonner has those minutes again this season, but they're sure to disappear in the playoffs. Signing Baynes now accelerates his development with the team so that, if he is a legit NBA player, he'll be ready to join the rotation right out camp next season. Just my 2 cents.
I would caution against that conclusion. It's actually very common to sign rookies to long-term minimum contracts mid-season. Look at Anderson right now. The Spurs did it first with Green (whom the cut and re-signed to a two-year deal a little later) and DaSean Butler. They did it with Malcolm Thomas last year. There is usually some trade-off of years and guaranteed money. The player is willing to sign a long-term deal that they'd have to honor if they play well in exchange for guaranteed money that the team would have to honor if the player plays poorly. This is what happened here.
That said, the fact that the Spurs paid a buyout for him is a good indicator of Baynes' value in Pop's eyes. They could have tried to wait until the off-season, but they felt they either needed him this year or couldn't risk another team paying the buyout and scooping him up.
Edit: What Mel_13 said, too.
Ya, the key is the buyout. That is a decent chunk of change to pay for someone if you aren't decently high on them. You are correct in other people sign mid-season non-guaranteed contracts regularly in his spot, the difference is the team does not have to commit an additional 300-400K to do so.
A hidden value of Baynes is that he give Mills and De Colo a big man with whom to practice the pick and roll during garbage time. Blair's good at the PnR, but it's better to have a tall player to simulate Spiltter and Duncan. Mills especially would benefit from learning how to make that play consistently, and Baynes being a fellow countryman could accelerate that.
The question I have is whether Baynes will spend time in Austin. I could see it for at least a few weeks.
Yep, plus guaranteeing two years is pretty abnormal. $1.3 Million is too much money to give to a player that you don't expect to play well. Add in the 400k, and that's almost the commitment a late first-rounder gets.
NO MORE BONNER AND BLAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
So when is he suppose to get here? Obviously not tonight against LA but, when should we be expecting him?
Hopefully it is in the contract that him and Patty have to wear the Aussie Highlighter Green shoes at least 1 game of the season:
That basket looks low, just sayin.
Kill Bill bait.
Well I would say this is a step in the right direction! Good job FO. Hopefully we move blair before the deadline.
In before rascal, tbh..
A 4th big....Splitter's back up tbh once he get's acclimated in a few months from now he should get some quality playing time imo
Holy crap. Meetings all day this morning. And then I come out to see this
Awesome news. I was high about him during the Olympics. Dude looked like a solid, rugged player with NBA potential.
Big props to the folks in the Think Tank who have been discussing the possibility for months.
Can he shoot freethrows?
can he like play today or something? the Lakers would have been a nice tune up game for him.
Might be a few weeks. Lots of things need to happen. FIBA has to approve the deal. He has to pass a physical and sign a contract. Then he'll need to get a work visa. I wouldn't bet on seeing him at a home game until after the RRT.
More useless Baynes info. DX shows that Baynes, Sanikidze, and Bertans all share the same agent.
http://www.draftexpress.com/agents/Marc-Fleisher-78/
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