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Born: Jan 1, 1985
Height: 6-11 / 2.11
Weight: 240 lbs. / 108.9 kg.
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I think the hope is that he'll sign a deal after the Spurs use FA money, as his deal will be bigger than his cap hold. Hard to imagine the Spurs not putting in serious effort to resign him.
Pay him.
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Gonna get paid... Minimum $40 Million/4 Years. Maybe more!
I think the Spurs will keep Splitter and pay him, but after looking at other contracts, 4 years, $40 million sounds a little high.
A few contracts handed out last year:
Ilyasova: 5 years, $40 million
Ryan Anderson: 4 years, $34 million
Asik: 3 years, $25 million
If Splitter got the same deal as Anderson, his first year salary would be slightly under his cap hold so it would make sense to sign him before pursuing other free agents. Any other contracts that might be a better comparison to what Splitter might get?
Splitter is 28 so this will likely be his only big contract. Can't see him taking any less than Anderson got
Give him what he needs, we've got to resign him after the year he's had. And he's technically in his athletic prime. But a player like him can probably play well into his 30's, it's not like he really relies on his athleticism for the most part.
While it's obviously way too soon to draw conclusions after one playoffs game, it's still interesting to see at how Spurs can manage Splitter free agency if they aren't sold by his playoffs campaign.
The key is that making the $4.9M qualifying offer is very little commitment for Spurs. CBA rules allow a team to withdraw a QO until July 23rd without the player's consent. July 23rd is well after the amnesty claiming period and the period where the main FAs are signed. This rule basically allow Spurs to look at other free agents while keeping Splitter in their back pocket if they can't get the players they target.
You can imagine great offseason scenarios where Splitter isn't re-signed.
Word was, when Asik, Anderson and Iliasova signed their contacts, that they all have been paid too much.
Splitter, actually, is still not on the same page (and has not the same numbers) with these players.
Plus, these players were signed as to be among the best three players in their respective teams.
Big men are always paid a bit more than they're worth, and Spurs have also to consider that Splitter has already the benefit to finally know (or supposedly know) the System... but frankly I can'ìt imagine him being paid near (or more) than Duncan.
Imho the money should be among the 6-8 million dollars per year (ex. 5 years for 35 millions).
It's a touch decision for Splitter. His market value has sort of taken a hit recently. If he has a great playoffs, that's all moot. But if he doesn't, then he has to decide if he should take a relatively modest long-term deal ($40M/5) or gamble on a short-term deal ($14-18/2) and hope he'll get another pay day. I see all those scenarios as being beneficial to the Spurs. They'll either get a great performance from Splitter in the post season, or they'll get a player that they know fits what they want to do on a better deal than they may have expected mid-season.
Personally, I'd like to see a modest deal that allows Splitter to go back to the bench. I'd be fine with paying him $8 Million for that role.
I don't see the Spurs paying him more then 7 million a year.
I think that also depends on how the Spurs do on this playoffs. If we get deeper than last year I'd Splitter re signing, other than that I'd say he'd like a more important role on a regular PO team.
It's possible that we as Spurs fans overvalue him just because he's the 7 footer we've needed for years. In a free agent class that is stacked with big men, he might not get paid much.
Just off the top of my head, teams with cap space would be chasing Howard, Bynum, Smith, Jefferson, Millsap and West ahead of him, then players like Hickson, Brand and Kaman are in the mix too. I imagine Splitter will get paid less than Hickson but more than Brand or Kaman.
If I'm a 7 feet NBA player, I would never sign a 2 year deal if I have the opportunity to sign a 4 year deal.
I wouldn't risk, lets say, 15$M (2 x 7.5$) so I can make, maybe 20$ in 2 years.
Too much at stake, 2 years older, you don't have control over your minutes,injuries in tall guys...
If I had to bet, I would say he signs a long term deal, with the teams that offers him the longest one.
I think around 8m/yr for Splitter is fair. I'd be fine with giving him 4 years 32 Mil.
36-40/4yrs is fair enough.
How the rest of the playoffs will go has a huge effect on his contract. Right now I'm thinking a 4 year/$32M is the highest I'll go.
If he doesn't get his starting gig back these playoffs, Spurs should just let him walk.
If Pop doesn't want to play him, then why pay him?
Pop found every reason to bench him year 1. Lost faith in him real quick in year 2. And now has him just as a back-up in year 3.
Just let him go and let Pop satisfy his quote of "Maybe it's Matt Bonner!" as starter.
I have a hard time justifying paying him more than Manu, tbh. I'm not sure if he's worth $8 million/year unless he really starts to play better quickly in the playoffs.
http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2013/0...d-free-agents/The Spurs have the right of first refusal and will exercise that right if the offers come in at the right number. But Dallas and Atlanta have to have him on their short lists, with several other teams focusing in on him early on in the process
Try to work out a sign-and-trade with Atlanta if the number is too high. They have some decent young pieces, and Ferry may do the Spurs a solid to secure Splitter.
If the price is too high for the Spurs to match, why wouldn't Atlanta just sign him outright? Looks like they'll have a lot of cap space.
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