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Of course.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--sp...052544949.html
The San Antonio Spurs' exploration of acquiring free-agent forward Andrei Kirilenko in a sign-and-trade agreement with the Minnesota Timberwolves has passed without completion, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
The Spurs seriously considered a multiyear offer for Kirilenko, but Minnesota general manager Flip Saunders has shown little, if any, inclination to assist him in securing a significant financial contract elsewhere, sources said.
San Antonio envisioned Kirilenko, a 6-foot-9 forward, as an ideal fit for its system. He's a gifted scorer, passer and shot blocker, and is able to defend multiple positions.
There were possible combinations of Spurs assets that appealed to the T'wolves, but ultimately Minnesota was unable – or unwilling – to take back the contracts on what could've been an $8 million to $9 million annual salary agreement for Kirilenko, league sources said.
The Spurs reached agreement with two free agents, guard Marco Belinelli and forward-center Jeff Pendergraph. The Spurs lacked the salary-cap space to make a run at Kirilenko without the use of a sign-and-trade.
The T'wolves wanted to keep salary-cap flexibility to make several free-agent signings, including Kevin Martin and Chase Budinger. The T'wolves are still chasing Denver Nuggets free agent Corey Brewer, sources said.
Kirilenko opted out of the $10 million owed him in the final year of his contract and has been searching for a multiyear deal.
Of course.
call them back. throw in another first. do something. dksajfnakjfhasdf
So who else is going to give him more than the MLE?
So Flip Saunders would rather let Kirilenko walk for nothing instead of getting back some players, picks, and/or cash? What an idiot. What a blocker...
Man AK47 musts pissed off Flip,,..
So Flip Saunders, despite questionable decisions (drafting Shabazz, giving Kevin Martin a big contract) actually doesn't do something stupid and help stack a team in the same conference?
Proves he's more competent than David Kahn; were Kahn still in MIN AK would be a Spur by now.
Maybe no one but the Twolves aren't going to sit around and not sign anyone in order to make the move.
1. If Manu takes less money, the Spurs could have fit AK47 under the cap without relying on the sign-and-trade.
2. Well, at least we now know officially that AK47 was the main target.
3. Could there be any life here? Could Woj/Ludden be floating this rumor to try to nudge the T-Wolves into action? Eh ... probably not.
4. $8-9M person is a lot of Kirilenko. I'd be more comfortable at ~$7M range.
5. If the Spurs were active in sign-and-trade talks and were willing to give up assets, I wonder if they'll move on to another target...
Well...we've seen this before. I think we should wait and see. The Market is such that AK won't be able to get top dollar even if he is worth it as long as he wants to win a le, or that he gets all the cash he wants but continues to call game 82 the end of his season, baring injury.
I'll hold a sliver of hope to get this thing still done but that sliver is along the lines of this:
Sure. So Kirirlenko now has to accept that he will not be seeing more than that.
Don't worry Spurs fans. We have Matt Matty Bon Bon
On one hand, that silences the ridiculous ing that the Spurs weren't really trying to improve the team.
On the other, Saunders. He's still salty from all those T'Wolves ass kickings.
Don't forget if they had waived Bonner they'd have been able to sign him straight up as well; regardless of Manu's deal. Still, can't help but be pissed at Manu's deal. Dude better produce.
woo hoo
bring on numero seis
What did everyone expect with ass Flip Saunders as a trade partner?
Sure, but that means pretty much nothing for the Spurs.
Well, at least we know the front office was working on things in their usual quiet manner.
Anyone who says the Spurs aren't trying to improve is re ed so there's no point to silencing them.
RC commenting on cap flexibility was a total wash.. painted themselves into a corner and needed the kindness of strangers to improve a position where they need a backup..
So stupid to throw 16M at our two worst PO performers, basically these two terrible contracts messed up everything.
We shouldn't have needed a S&T to a sign a good player this summer, the last time they have so much cap space in the TD era...
Manu sticking it to Spursfans just one more time this year. He make me not want to shop at HEB tbh.
The Kirilenko situation is strange, tbh..the only other team that has shown interest, according to reports, is the Cavs..so I'm not losing out hope that a deal can be made with the Spurs, although I'm not holding my breathe, tbh..
I'm aware that he said he doesn't intend on returning overseas, but maybe he has changed his mind following the underwhelming response to his rumored demands for a contract, so far, tbh..
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