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Spurs arent going to make the first offer. The market will set his price. Spurs will probably pay upto 9M I think.
I'd offer him a swift kick in the ass out the door, Tiago does not deserve to be wearing a Spurs jersey next season. Let's move on and find a big for once please.
Spurs arent going to make the first offer. The market will set his price. Spurs will probably pay upto 9M I think.
i hope he stays for somewhere between 7.5 and 10. the closer to 7.5, the better. baynes may not be enough insurance. gobert is looking like a really good target.
8 mil for a dude that couldn't even play decent backup minutes behind Tim in the finals is way too much.
i think splitters problem is more with pop than splitter.
manu is a different subject. he is losing it. if he doesn't retire, he should be a really cheap one year deal.
He had a good regular season, and played well against Memphis and the Lakers in the playoffs, especially on the defensive end. He was finally able to stay injury free, he improved his free throws, and his ability to play PnR was key to the Spurs regular season success. Sure he shrank in the finals, but part of that was MIA going small thanks to the freak of nature athlete that is LBJ. Yes he has an inability to punish the smaller player in the post and to grab rebounds, but MIA's athletes impacted a lot of the guys on the team. In the end, the Spurs might have to overpay to keep a guy who knows the system. Given the options out there, not sure they can afford not to.
This is a tough one. Tiago is a good player and I think the Spurs should re-sign him but I also think the Spurs should add another big as well. Something around 7M/yr is fair to me. Like a 4 yr/28.
Yeah, it's not so hard to reject a 7 footer when he doesn't jump. Or can't jump. Whichever. Every time he couldn't outjump a 6' 6" probably cost him $100-$200k. $8M should be the peak he gets paid, as Bruno mentioned.
I love Manu, but the Room Exception should be his max for next year. With an unguaranteed 2nd year since he won't play more than 1 more year. How could he play more than 1 yr with what we saw? I do love him, he's a HOF.
SnT seem like the best option for Splitter.I don't want the Spurs to pay 8 mil for 6 points and 3 rebounds per game.I'm allergic on big guys who can't rebound.
Tough call. Had the Pacers managed to beat the Heat, Splitter would have been in a much better match up and would've been more valuable. I understand the frustration many have, but a 6'11" center with a PER of nearly 19 isn't exactly easy to come by either. That's why I'm so in favor of them pursuing Brandan Wright-- he's exactly the long, quick, athletic shot blocking center that Splitter isn't, and would be a much better match up against teams like Miami and Golden State. Having both of those guys seems like a pretty good solution-by-committee approach.
Tiago can't rebound and he can't score.. things we will need next season. Cut him loose.
We have to formulate a roster that can beat Miami's elite small ball. Splitter can't even stay on the floor against them, he must go. Aside from the lack of scoring and rebounding, you forgot to mention his worst defect which is being a very weak rim defender. Miami and OKC remain top two foes and attack the rim aggressively. Tim has to play under 35 minutes in the playoffs or he is too tired in crunch time. Splitter couldn't buy him anywhere that time, we'd have been run out the gym!
Still need a team that will have to take on Flakers. Grizz, Clipp. and then Heat.
bring splitter back. play baynes. and fill out the turd tower void with aminu, clark, and brandon davies from the draft. parker, cojo, decolo, mills/fa for point. timmy, splitter, baynes, diaw for paint. the rest can be big well rounded 3/4s. shots, screens, passes, boards, rips, blocks.
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Is there a way that the Spurs could just have Splitter play out the rest of his contract at the sub-5m rate? The timing would be best since they'd have an idea if Duncan is going to retire next year or not. No sense paying him big bucks thisnsummer as the spurs head into rebuild mode after next year.
It's possible they could extend him a qualifying offer and he doesn't sign an offer sheet from another team on a multi-year contract. Possible...but not likely at all. He's the second best defensive big on the market after Howard, so he's gonna get paid.
The guy from the Wolves is the second best big man..
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Source: Trail Blazers have interest in restricted FAs Tiago Splitter & Nikola Peković as potential free-agent signing. More on @750TheGame
Then an Aldridge trade is an actual possibility.
Therein lies the crux of the issue. Not sure Tiago will get the time on the court with TD still prominently in our picture. More touches and playing time are about the only things I see developing TS further, though I am not holding my breath there.
Certainly worth exploring sign and trade options such as Splitter, Neal, and other chips like S Jax and Bonner contracts. It may be Portland just wants to go another direction financially than Aldridge which could be a great thing for us.
Any player that has ability but shown low BB IQ, we can still hope with better coaching, system, teammates etc. would fit better with us.
I wonder why the Spurs still haven't given him the QO.
Could it be that they have and it just hasn't been reported? By when do they have to have it extended to make him officially a "restricted" free agent; tomorrow midnight?
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