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Happy dance yourselves into my fists, Portland !
It's just the media for now, but for a while I've figured that it was only a matter of time until the jackals of Portland turned their giant pocketbooks on Splitter. So in an article about the Blair rumor, there's a pic of Splitter and the piece turns from Blair to Tiago.
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. . . The Spurs are headed into a rebuild. They'd rather have Splitter than not, but they could also find better uses for $9.5-10 million a couple years down the road than paying it to Tiago.
Now...if you want to talk a really nice fit into Portland's frontcourt, let's talk Splitter. He's not a classic center but he stays within his offense, he's a potent enough scorer, and he can even defend a little. He'd look really nice playing alongside and behind LaMarcus Aldridge.
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Let's say the Blazers got Splitter for $10 million. Woot! Happy dance.
Happy dance yourselves into my fists, Portland !
I'd rather Splitter than Hibbert and his contract is enormous compared to his output. Splitter is going to be paid by someone.
I don't think they'll even have $10 mil in cap space.
I can see Splitter resigning for the right amount even if he's offered more from another team.
Wait, a moment. They had their franchise C drafted barely 5 years ago.
Not to mention, they drafted another franchise C last year in Miles Leonard.
Splitter is going to get PAID this summer. Denial might help us cope in the short-term but it won't help when teams are throwing huge deals at him, tbh.
That's why this is really our last chance to get number 5.
Yes I agree, he will get a fair amount of big offers, but I think he's happy in San Antonio; we shall see..
It took money to get Splitter here, and for the right amount of money Splitter will leave without blinking an eye.
Splitter doesn't want to go to a franchise with a history of screwing up big men's health.
POR has Aldridge & J.J. Hickson !
More Splitter ???
J.J. Hickson out ?
Splitter spoke a few days ago about finally feeling comfortable in San Antonio because it feels like home.
We would almost certainly match a $10m offer. Would we match a max offer (~$14m)? I don't really see why not tbh, worst case scenario this off season will be to bring everyone back and make a run next year with the same team.
If the Front Office thinks he will get offered a max deal and doesn't want to match it, we should be trading him before the deadline.
Splitter will be paid a lot and I have no problem with Spurs being the team that will give him this big contract. They have enough money available to do so.
Snagging a restricted free agent away from another team is a very hard thing to do. You would think that Portland bloggers would know that given what happened last summer with Hibbert and Batum. A deal starting at 10M will only accomplish one thing for Portland; that 10M in cap space will be tied up for the 72 hours that the Spurs will wait before matching the offer sheet.
In a perfect world, the Spurs would like to get Splitter for Asik money of about 4yrs/33M. In their worst nightmare, some other team offers a max deal of about 4yrs/60M. Both sides have to be aware of the two ends of the spectrum. The question is whether they can reach an agreement somewhere in the space in between that provides enough incentive for both sides to avoid the marketplace.
I still believe that an agreement reached before Splitter meets with another team is the most likely outcome. The Spurs matching an offer sheet is the second most likely outcome. Splitter signing an offer sheet too rich for the Spurs to match is the least likely outcome.
If the Spurs want to contend past the Duncan era, they have to resign Splitter. Good big men are becoming harder and harder to find. There are only a handful of bigs in the league right now who have Splitter's level of skill, and that number is not getting bigger. A trio of Parker, Leonard, and Splitter can contend for many years to come.
Can we actually sign Splitter before the season end? This brings back memories of Manu's contract situation in 2004. I know he declined Denver's offer of a near max and signed with the Spurs. I'm glad he stayed back.
I think Splitter will leave San Antonio only for a big market contender, not to playing in a f*in Portland. No other team in NBA feels more like a spanish team than Spurs with their half dozen of international players.
He can't be signed until July, but they can reach an agreement on the details at any time.
Another thing that is important to remember is Splitters cap hold of $7m. If he gets interest from a team, ideally he could ask the Spurs to match it without signing a contract (which would take a lot of trust on both sides) to give the Spurs time to sign a free agent.
Depending on Manus contract we could have anything from $5m-$10m to spend on a free agent, after which we could match a Splitter offer above his cap hold.
No they can't. They can probably make the playoffs, but won't have home court and no chance of winning a le.
He'd be a decent fit for them, but it depends on how serious the Spurs are about next season.
Odds are decent that Splitter stays but anybody thinking it's going to be cheap is on crack. Best case IMO would be an offer starting at 8.5M/yr.
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