For anyone wondering how much salary the Spurs can take back in a deal that has them trading just Blair, the magic number is somewhere between $1.54 Million and $1.64 Million. With Baynes' contract taking up about 500k, the Spurs are less than half a million bucks under the tax line, which the Spurs consider a hard line this year. This is about what trade rules would allow anyway, so it's only a big deal in certain cir stances.
Adding Neal into the deal increases the max return salary to about $2.4 Million, which is a pretty penny. The tax limitations play a much bigger role here, as the Spurs could take back 460k more if they weren't up against the tax. Including Bonner in a trade makes it even worse, as the Spurs are limited by about $1.8 Million more than they would be if they weren't against the tax line.
That's just an overly technical way of saying that a Blair trade is unlikely to be for anyone substantial. My hope is that the Spurs can get away with a straight salary dump and use the savings and open roster spot to try out combo-forwards to sign for next season. How's Jajuan Johnson been doing?
I don't get it, he used to be able to jump and run. Oh well, I hope this doesn't come back to bite us in the ass.
lol why would bobcats or jordan take this clown if their objective is tank mode and stay below the cap to reap the revenue sharing of lux tax payers...
At this point, flexibility>>>>>>a player based on what Blair's contract can get you. It has potential to get a little toxic (although Blair handles things well overall, he's emo at times which is understandable) - so moving Blair IMO is a must for healthy lockerroom.
Sucks because it must be really, really tough being young compe ive and have your health deteriorate when you had a promising start to your career.
no acls
I hope we do a Jackie Moon and trade Blair for a new washing machine.
he hasnt done to improve his game, spurs are in win mode and not in a position to babysit wankers how to improve there game
wheres that jumpshot he was going to add to his game, yet everytime he gets any minuntes his back to his old self with teh same circus shots bull ...at leasts malik rose had a jumpshot late in the years he was a spurs that he can rely on...this clown, even whattaburger wouldnt employ him
I still like a trade for Jeremy Tyler, if the Warriors would have it. Some time in Austin could do Tyler some good.
Everybody loved Blair when he came into the league... and even right now his stats are far from awful for a bench big. He just doesn't provide anything the Spurs need right now. Plus the Spurs know they need to move him when Bayne comes, or is it going to turn into a full-blown drama queen.
Given Chinook's summary, either the Spurs go straight into a salary dump move and get some flexibility with an open 15th roster spot, which could be useful to sign the top of the scrap heap; or they pair him with Neal and trade him for a decent guy (hopefully a SF/tall SG who is defensively-minded).
Get rid of Blair, Green or Neal and De Colo and get a decent guard. Let Bonner and Jackson go and get a good third big and a good younger small forward.
I got excited when I first saw this thread, and then I realized it was just a bumped thread from before the season...
Spurs asked Miami for a first rounder from what I read, but their bluff got called
Also Blair can only serve as filler in a trade, nobody wants him and his expiring contract is very small.
Jackson has in the range of a 10 million expiring contract. Maybe the best way to get something half valuable in return is to package Jackson and Blair together for a team wanting to tank and or take contracts off their books at years end. If Jax is gonna get ejected and act like a head he wont be missed.
id rather hang onto jax, let him do his thing in the playoffs, and hang onto his expiring contract
Cuz if they let him play they would officially be tanking.
While the source of this article is Hoopsworld, it comes from a piece written by Alex Kennedy that is a solid writer with some inside source. What surprises me in his article, is that there seems to have a true market for Blair. Spurs won't obviously get a lot for him but they should be able to trade him relatively easily
Not true. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see the Spurs move him to a team thats under the cap. In that trade they'd probably just get draft considerations and/or rights to a foreign player.
I wouldn't be surprised if a Theo Ratliff-like trade went down.
I'd like to see the Spurs hold onto Blair for injury insurance, but part of me would like to see him get a chance to earn a decent contract next summer by getting sent somewhere he could be in the rotation the rest of the year. He's an awful fit for the Spurs since Tim is so immobile, but I think he could be a decent player elsewhere; maybe even a return to the form he showed early in his career. This team would have been such a great situation for Blair back around 03, but right now it's about the worst one he could ask for. It wouldn't surprise me to see him have a breakout year next season somewhere he fits though.
What if the Bucks got Blair?
You'll miss him in May and June.
I don't mind a straight salary dump because the Spurs could use the roster flexibility closer to the trade deadline.
Tyler is the exact kind of AAU system inflated, over self estimated player the Spurs wouldn't have.
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