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Exactly.
As great as this would be, I don't really see any reason why he would want to come here. Still, let's hope it happens anyway.
I read an article in the Mpls Star Tribune that said that mainly he was looking for more years, and Minny wouldn't give them to him. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd happily sign a 3/27 deal. How much lower he'd go, I don't know.
Could he seriously be fielding 8-figure deals in Europe? If so, why did he come back in the first place?
Exactly.
As great as this would be, I don't really see any reason why he would want to come here. Still, let's hope it happens anyway.
he's never made an nba finals. the furthest he ever went was the WCF with utah in 09, and even then they weren't considered serious contenders. if he wants to know what the big stage is like, his shot is in Sanantone
One guess I have is that AK wants a 4th year and the Spurs are balking at it. A partially guaranteed 4th year might be the best compromise, because he won't perform nearly up to his salary level 4 years from now.
Certainly possible. Also, realistically, the Spurs need a second team to make a deal happen. It can't be Minny, because they have had to renounce AK already. So it would have to be some other team, either with a sign and trade or with a straight salary-dump trade (like the Golden State-Utah trade) to free up cap space. The good news, at least, is that the obvious salaries to dump (Bonner, DeColo) are only 1-year deals, so for a team with cap space looking to tank, this could help them reach their minimum salary for a year and still leave them free to do whatever next season.
I think El Nono hit it on the head in an earlier post, if AK-47 wants more years, I don't think he is coming here. The Spurs are clearly giving out two year deals at this time to make cap room for when for 2015. That gives them the flexibility to fully blow it up post-Big 3 or to decide if they can do something with Kawai and whoever else is on the roster post 2015.
Except for the almighty Tiago Splitter who got 4 years...
Tiago is young, and potentially a piece they want to build around, like Kawhi, who will get an extension next summer...
we gettin kirilenko 2 years vets minimum obviously...
Pop's got some CIA soviet info on AK
He's 29 and he's certainly no centerpiece to build around , he's the definition of a role player... But they didn't have a choice given the market...
Ehh if we can get Kirilenko at 3 years for a cheaper rate than Tiago, I don't see what the problem is there. Would be just as good (or bad) of a contract Tiago just received.
he's 28. his contract will expire when he's 32. sounds pretty good to me
Spurs operate with continuity as a core concept, which really escapes a lot of people, and thus the disappointment every offseason.
Unless there's a dramatic performance drop or a major ceiling they can't break, I expect Green, Kawhi and Tiago likely to be what the Spurs will look like after 2015.
Really hope we land the Russian, come on RC.
Is not that young like Kawhi, and not the type of piece a champinshiop caliber team would build around, but he could be a star or a piece (you name it) in Sacramento, Atlanta, Phily.
I think they're tracking him. It's weird that there hasn't been a f'ing word in days. No rumors of him anywhere else. That just doesn't happen.
I have no clue what's going on here, but I think this ship sailed a long time ago.
FWIW, only rumor lately isone Sacramento "insider" stating that he was NOT an option for the Kings.
He would have been already signed if teams were interested considering the amount of scrubs hitting the headlines over the last two days.
I would think he already has a team (spurs??) but they might be waiting for potential teams to do ST or salary dump.
We probably won't see anything more until after the 10th. By then the other deals will be done, and then we can see what's remaining. Until then, I doubt we see anything.
DO NOT get me excited there man
BTW Congrats on Jack as a backup PG, dude is a scorer and I am glad he is off GS.
I think the fact that he hasn't been linked to any teams bodes well for the Spurs chances. But again, we probably won't see/hear anything until after the 10th (if he ends up landing with the Spurs).
Which means that 10 more pages of speculation will be added to this ridiculously long thread.
I would bet it probably did, infact nobody is rushing to get him.
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