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I think he has real potential to be a poor man's Scott Pollard.
The "Red Rocket" would be in his natural habitat in Houston
I think he has real potential to be a poor man's Scott Pollard.
This place would explode if Bonner played for another team and contributed to a Spurs playoff exit.
And sign who, exactly? This isn't exactly the greatest FA selection in NBA history.
Cap space does not mean jack . Figure it out Spurs fan.
YepI think he has real potential to be a poor man's Scott Pollard.
Uh, no.
Lol at people being amazed at Splitter FT improvement, the guys choked in 2012, he had a similar regular season %
MB going HAM on these fools...
I could see it, too. Howard needs a stretch-four with him at all times to be his best.
I think they're shopping Lin and Asik differently. Lin doesn't have much value, and they'd be find just getting something useful for him, which is why they're trying for Calderon. Asik is a real gem, though. They know he can fetch something really nice. So long as they don't need the cap space for anything, I think they'll hold onto him. At worst, he's the best backup five in the league.
What do the Spurs need more: an $8m big and bring back essentially the same team, or grab someone like Blatche for $1m a year and use the cap space to go after an FA like Jarret Jack who can create his own and run backup point? Manu's on the decline and we were exposed in the Finals by not having anybody besides Parker on the perimeter who can run the offense. Obviously, Splitter to Blatche is a downgrade, but is it that much of a drop off when we also have Diaw to plug in at the 4 if we add a playmaker?
Yeah, but the Heat can say DG's three point binge was a fluke after exposing his flaws in Games 6 and 7. Look, we simply can't stand pat and hope TD and Manu find the fountain of youth for another year but Splitter isn't the problem. He's important in key matchups against certain elite teams out West, so keeping him is a priority. 3/25 is a fair deal and he would've gone for more had he shown up in the Finals so we should consider it a kind of discount. Plus, we should still have money left over to get another solid contributor.
Folks are ridiculous to suggest 25/3 isn't a fair price for a big like Tiago. I was afraid of 30/3. Pay the man!
8-10 mil for a center in his prime only averaging 10 and 6. LMAO!!!!! I'll pass.
There are some good free agents available. I'm not sure if Splitter will ever get better than he is now. Regardless, I'd let him walk. That's just my opinion.
I wouldn't want Blatche on this team if he paid us $1M per year.
Blatch actually looked pretty decent for the Nets last season.
25 million for 3 years will absolutely be a below-market price for a 7 footer who was the second best big in a team, a good defender, a P&R roll expert and a reliable player who only played one bad series - that too the finals - where he was overmatched because of the other team going small.
Players like Asik, Monkeyball Jordan!, Bargnani, Tyrus Thomas, and so on have been paid much much more for offering far less or being more flawed.
Ugh, this is one of those catch 22 deals, He's hit his ceiling and will not get any better but will the Spurs go out and find someone to fill in the spot because San Antonio is not an attractive team? Probably not. So we can buy this guy for 3 years and expect crappy numbers, inflated because he gets to start games next to Duncan. The only reasoning would be that he's going to develop a post game by a miracle during the off season, learn not to shoot that ty hook, learn to rebound when it matters and put up offense when he's not in there with Duncan.
Everyone is looking at him like he's great in the pick n roll and to a certain point he is, if he catches the ball 3 feet from the basket and Manu is in the game wit him because Parker will not pass the ball to him regularly, nope his pick man is Duncan. Unless Tim decides to play for 3 more years and is just as productive this is a horrible signing because we're obligated to pay him and once Tim starts to decline his crappy presence will be apparent and nobody will want to touch him.. Sure, people were clamoring for him in years before because we didn't know what he could do, and now we do. We know exactly that he's when he gets stopped short of the rim, has no offense whatsoever unless he's 3 feet from the basket and is slow and can't rebound consistently.
Catch what? Hopefully it isn't contagious. Next year is the last shot. Sign it and move on.
Say what!?!....a Spurs fan that gets it? This is one of the best posts of the last year. Right on the mark.
Asik > Splitter if there's any real possibility of trading for him.
Three years/$25 million for Tiago, where do I sign up?
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