http://hoopshype.com/salaries/san_antonio.htm
$41.8 + an additional $2.5M for Splitter + 7M for Manu.
that's on the high side of about right, imo. i think there's still space. splitter was cheaper than expected. bonner can still be amnestied. and i expect neal will be signed to an offer the spurs won't match.
iggy/josh smith types are outta the picture. but ak, aminu, millsap, earl clark (crosses fingers) types are still affordable.
I guess this team is getting younger. I don't see why would they otherwise give an Injury prone player that can play 20 minutes a game 7M.
Most likely course for Spurs now is to stay over the cap via Manu/Tiago cap holds, use full mid-level, then sign new Manu/Tiago deals.
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Last edited by Shifty; 07-03-2013 at 02:38 PM.
Ha comparing my salary to to the millions of dollars that pro athletes make is silly.
Why would that even matter?
The comparison is not relevant because nobody makes as much money as these NBA stars. Manu doesn't need those extra 4 millions, he's already mega rich
Oh and for the record, Duncan and Parker both agreed to make less money then they could , for the good of the team
sure, but they have short careers...
Irony?
Reality... how often you hear "former nba player X broke"? It's a combo of things...
What do you think are realistic options at this point? Does anyone think Holt will really swallow the pill and amnesty Bonner? Because it seems we'll either have 6 million that way or the midlevel if we go over the cap, and I'm not sure Kirilenko is coming for either
At this point, I'd even bring Neal back. Convince a scoring guard like Jarrett Jack to take the MLE to play with a contender, sign a backup for Kawhi with the LLE, and get Greg Oden with the vets min.
Gives them more money to spend.
TY RC n Pop
Not surprising when you consider Allen got 5mil and JJ Red 6.5 mil tbh.
I think a Neal replacement/upgrade in the MLE range... just guessing though, I have no idea what's going through their minds.
http://hoopshype.com/salaries/san_antonio.htm
$41.8 + an additional $2.5M for Splitter + 7M for Manu.
Tony Allen got $5m, Kevin Martin is looking at $7m IIRC... most of those guys don't need to run an offense either...
Anyone of worth actually available for that price? I hope they don't go after Jack
In case anyone was wondering, this probably means Bonner is staying. He has more value as a trade asset than his cap space would have.
I'm not going to lie. I'm kinda bummed. I really wanted the team to trade Bonner's deal on draft night. I could see them not doing that and not using their pick if they wanted to go under the cap. But apparently, that's not the case.
But let's see what happens now. I haven't heard about Kirilenko getting interest from anyone that wasn't the Spurs, so his market is pretty low. The full MLE might be enough,
Hoopshype sucks. Shamsports is much better.
Anyway, that figure probably doesn't include Bonner.
Manu is not going to purchase a private Jet like Pippen or gambles millions $$ in Casino like Barkley... The man is smart and wise, he should be ok. So as I said, he does not need those extra 4 millions (unless he spends it to help poor kids)
Check your numbers.
It's 41.8 plus Splitter's salary plus Manu's salary plus Neal's cap hold. The numbers for Splitter and Neal were not included in the 41.8
Not sure what's left out there... I mean, you could argue the Spurs were asking for a discount in the Monta/AK47 sweepstakes as it is, that hasn't changed, in that sense. If Bruno is right, the Spurs can still offer AK something backloaded for 3 years starting at 6, but going higher (6, 7, 8?).
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