ESPN Stein: Spurs have AK47 in their sights

[cd98]

The bigger question is which contender can offer him a better deal? A young team won't want him. His suitors are contenders.

[monkeypunk]

The bigger question is which contender can offer him a better deal? A young team won't want him. His suitors are contenders.

How many contenders have the full MLE this year?

[pgardn]

The guy who is not on your team is always a better fit...

[PingPong]

Spurs played against one of most impressive teams of the decade (probably) and took it to the 7th game with three eldery players, two or three médium players and a bunch of scrubs. And people keep complaining about it. Wich team would do the same thing with players like Neal, Green, Bonner, Blair, Mills, De Colo, Baynes, Joseph in thir roster?

[mudyez]

The bigger question is which contender can offer him a better deal? A young team won't want him. His suitors are contenders.

It's not like we aren't a contendor (even while only beeing the 2nd to 4th best option). If its true that AK is tight with Pop and TP it should leap them ahead of any other contendor (that can only give the MLE).

[Baam]

It's not like we aren't a contendor (even while only beeing the 2nd to 4th best option). If its true that AK is tight with Pop and TP it should leap them ahead of any other contendor (that can only give the MLE).

Yeah right the guy is gonna jump on the occasion to make chump change because they chose to pay Tiago Splitter...

[mudyez]

Yeah right the guy is gonna jump on the occasion to make chump change because they chose to pay Tiago Splitter...

It's not like he has to impress someone like a 24year old guy hoping for a big paycheck after this one.

This is more like Boris than Blair!

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurs played against one of most impressive teams of the decade (probably) and took it to the 7th game with three eldery players, two or three médium players and a bunch of scrubs. And people keep complaining about it. Wich team would do the same thing with players like Neal, Green, Bonner, Blair, Mills, De Colo, Baynes, Joseph in thir roster?

Outside of Neal and Green how much did those other player that you named contributed to the Spurs' success in the playoffs?

[timvp]

Welp, time to forget about AK47

[Baam]

It's not like he has to impress someone like a 24year old guy hoping for a big paycheck after this one.

This is more like Boris than Blair!

Yeah but you're not giving him fair money and you're not giving him a starting spot. He's friend with TP, not married with him, at some point you can't fit a square peg into a round hole...

[Nathan89]

Listen, moron. JJ Re is making 6.5 million dollars/year. Manu runs the offense, is a playmaker that like it or not, would make the Spurs a whole lot worse without. If your stupid ass looked past the last two games of the year, you would understand that. But you don't because you're stupid as .

Ignore list. ing idiot.

*waits for the "MANU LUVUR CUZ I HAS A DIFF OPENYON DEN YEW".

Talking about Manu from many years ago?

[mudyez]

Yeah but you're not giving him fair money and you're not giving him a starting spot. He's friend with TP, not married with him, at some point you can't fit a square peg into a round hole...

Yeah, but I thought we are talking about MLE teams/contenders only. Money is the same and I'm not sure which contender offers AK47 a bigger role hence a starting job (I guess, you could make a case for MIA).

[Nathan89]

The bigger question is which contender can offer him a better deal? A young team won't want him. His suitors are contenders.

Timberwolves gave him a very nice contract last year. Were they contenders?

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Talking about Manu from many years ago?

..... no

[Raven]

i still hope for ak47 to come here with the mid level tbh.. i mean what team would want him anyway, all the contenders are way over the cap or aren't good fits, rebuilding teams wont sign him, with minnesota out of the race, we are in theory his only landing spot.

[PingPong]

Outside of Neal and Green how much did those other player that you named contributed to the Spurs' success in the playoffs?

That's the question. Wich another team would get the same anchievement with these kind of contribuitors?

[tuncaboylu]

I think that AK47 would accept full MLE.

[ducks]

I would have thought manu would

[ceperez]

AK47 like is coming the spurs for a pay cut. The guy already took a pay-cut before by playing in Europe. He didn't have to, but he did it.

Besides, he already opted out of a 10 million contract. Dude is taking a pay cut to win and the only likely destination where he is going to play a role is with the Spurs.

[monkeypunk]

I would have thought manu would

Couldn't use it on him. Could only use cap space...

[bthewigwam]

I think that AK47 would accept full MLE.

I tend to agree for this reason. Does anybody think he would've gotten a deal worth more than the $10M he turned down? It very well could be because he wanted the security of a longer term deal but it could also be because he just wants to play for a contender.

[ducks]

Couldn't use it on him. Could only use cap space...

he could have taken the mle money not the mle

[manufan10]

He stated that he was looking more at years than at $$, so the Spurs could still be in play.

[monkeypunk]

he could have taken the mle money not the mle

Sorry, I didn't have my mallard translator active.

He may very well have taken mle money, we haven't seen anything official yet...

[DesignatedT]

All depends on what else is out there for him.