Report: Gary Neal is likely to re-sign with the Spurs

[TXstbobcat]

That's what the man wants you to think. Parker should be traded for cash so Nando can start (as he always should have) and we can acquire some more talent.

Better idea for you. How about we keep Parker (top 10 player in the nba) and we trade Nando.

[Kool Bob Love]

The USA will not win in the 2016 Summer Olympics Gold Medal. MARK. MY. WORDS.

And I ing hate lebron too.

[Sean Cagney]

Better idea for you. How about we keep Parker (top 10 player in the nba) and we trade Nando.

I agree, get rid of that useless bum. He sucks IMO, very limited and CJ took his backup spot and ran with it.

[Leetonidas]

And I ing hate lebron too.

Kevin love doesn't even care

[Kool Bob Love]

Quite possibly true. The entire world will rise up soon. The USA will fade into irrelevancy as they already are in football (er... soccer for you gringos).

[Kool Bob Love]

Europe is soon to be the king of the basketball world. Then Africa..........


You mean a team made up of a majority of international players?

[tesseractive]

Quite possibly true. The entire world will rise up soon. The USA will fade into irrelevancy as they already are in football (er... soccer for you gringos).

Of course we're irrelevant in soccer. Most every country in the world has this huge thing for soccer, while in the US it ranks in importance somewhere between figure skating and rhythmic gymnastics.

[PlayNando]

Better idea for you. How about we keep Parker (top 10 player in the nba) and we trade Nando.

How about not?

[PlayNando]

And I ing hate lebron too.

LOL, the USA almost lost to Spain, tbh... It's just a matter of time........

When Manu gang raped the USA squad in 2004, it was only the beginning of the era of international supremacy..........

[PlayNando]

Monkeyballing.

[PlayNando]

France is far from the best basketball-playing country in Europe, tbh.

[PlayNando]

Of course we're irrelevant in soccer. Most every country in the world has this huge thing for soccer, while in the US it ranks in importance somewhere between figure skating and rhythmic gymnastics.

Gringos can't handle intelligent sports like football and instead watch abominations on your TV screens like baseball and gringo football. Pathetic, tbh.

[spurraider21]

have there been any updates with this story at all?

[playblair]

have there been any updates with this story at all?

hmmmm...............

[tesseractive]

hmmmm...............

Jason Richardson, here we come!

[Bruno]

With Spurs having re-signed all their main player, Kirilenko signed by the Nets and Spurs having only min contracts to offer at free agents, Neal's situation is to me the most intriguing part left of this offseason.

With Ginobili and Belinelli signed, Neal would the 8th guard of the team. It would be logical to have him not back. However, Spurs haven't withdraw their qualifying offer to him and RC has said that they were interested in bringing him back if he wasn't too expensive.

I can see two explanations behind that:
First, Spurs are genuinely interested in bringing back Neal despite the logjam of guards.
Second, Spurs are bluffing and are hoping to get a little something for Neal through a S&T.

[Baseline]

have there been any updates with this story at all?

Yes, Manu went out drinking with RC, and wound up with 14 million dollars in his pocket. Meanwhile, the Spurs let Kirilenko and possibly others slip through their fingers. And Kirilenko ends up signing with yhe Nets for less than half of Manu's annual salary.

[lurker23]

I can see two explanations behind that:
First, Spurs are genuinely interested in bringing back Neal despite the logjam of guards.
Second, Spurs are bluffing and are hoping to get a little something for Neal through a S&T.

Personally, I think the real answer is option number three: as a team that has relatively few routes to obtain assets, a RFA that they can retain is a nice luxury. If they can keep Neal for a reasonable price, they can decide who they want to keep/who has the most value later in the season, and trade 1-3 of their 8 guards for a position of need, perhaps as late as the trade deadline.