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Pendergraph over AK. With an assist from Manu (at least he's assisting again..)
Per RealGM trade checker:
Starting salary of $1.76M.
Second year between $1.68M and $1.84M.
Total contract between $3.44M and $3.6M
Spurs have $650K left on their MLE which is enough to sign a rookie.
Pendergraph over AK
Our rookies are not ready yet though for the game IMO.
there's a good chance AK doesn't sign with us for 3.1 millionPendergraph over AK
That's not the point. With no Pendergraph, there was flexibility to offer AK much, much more than 3.1M (assuming some moves were made that were not all that difficult).
AK was never going to sign here, lets not fool ourselves anymore, please. It was all a Russian ruse!
If you think he's making 3.1 with Brooklyn, ha.
That wasn't the spurs thinking by any means...
Won't see enough court time to make any type of difference.
Yup, he'll play in garbage time and if he does sniff the floor Pop will sit his ass down after his first missed assignment. This is not project time with the Spurs, it's time to win.. Don't understand spending that money for a project.
Because "known qualities" won't play for less than half of the MLE. The only quality bigs you can get for that rate are past-their-prime ring chasers (unfortunately, there wasn't a PJ Brown in this year's FA class) or unproven risks with some upside (see: Pendergraph). The "proven" bigs available for 2-3M are proven crap.
http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pende...er-wasnt-rightPendergraph said that the Pacers did offer him the minimum ($916,099), which surprised him. With a wife and new child, he didn’t want to see his salary of the past two years cut in half.
The Spurs offer was really good, according to Pendergraph, and it was another great organization where he could learn a lot.
The Pacers got Copeland instead...
NPMendoza Nicholas Mendoza 26m
New @spurs forward Jeff Pendergraph dropped in on Sendek at Weatherup center at #ASU today... pic.twitter.com/F9V5UcaCjT
Pendergraph dropped into Sendek’s media gathering. After spending the last two seasons with the Indiana Pacers, the 6-foot-9 forward recently signed a two-year deal with the San Antonio Spurs.
“It’s a great feeling to have somebody that wants you,’’ Pendergraph said. “Free agency is always so uncertain and nerve-wracking every time it comes around, and to have a franchise like the Spurs reach out and tell me they want me to join their team and be a part of (their) history, it’s a great feeling. And it’s nice to know that all my hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed.”
http://www.azcentral.com/insiders/do...er-star-house/
Last edited by ace3g; 07-16-2013 at 06:37 PM.
Wonder if he'll even play next season.
RC talked like he would. Sounded pretty high on the kid.
I'm pretty excited to see what Pendergraph will bring to the table next season. Hopefully he can off-set Splitter and Diaw's rebounding deficiencies.
Would have been a better move about 3 to 4 seasons ago when we were short of PF/C's
Pendergraph Wanted to Return, But Offer Wasn’t Right
Later, he learned that Jim Boylen was leaving the Pacers’ coaching staff to work under Gregg Popovich. That made San Antonio even more appealing.
In San Antonio, his specific role hasn’t been discussed. Because of his versatility, he could see himself playing in a number of rotations beside Tim Duncan, or Tiago Splitter, or Boris Diaw, or Matt Bonner. Pendergraph said that Coach Popovich did tell him to “Come in, work hard, work your butt off and everything will work out how it’s supposed to work out.“That was definitely a pro,” he said. “He was one of the coaches that I was really close with and I was working out with him all the time. Now with him in San Antonio too, things won’t be so strange or different. It’ll be a little bit more familiar.
“I’m going to get in there and learn as much as I can as fast as I can and just try to contribute in any way I can. Hopefully eventually that leads to playing time, real minutes. What I earn, instead of just being a good practice player and teammate.”
And just like with the Pacers, he’s fortunate to be going into a situation where the team is comprised of winners and competing for a championship.
“They’re all stacked, too,” he said. “If you’re playing behind Tim Duncan, he’s Tim Duncan. How crazy is that to go from David West to Tim Duncan. One of the best power forwards in the NBA to the arguably the best power forward ever. Man, just the ability to learn, it’s going to be awesome. I can’t wait to get there, pick people’s brains and get into practice and start playing against everybody and getting my butt kicked.”
http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pende...er-wasnt-right
Great at ude. Let's see if he can learn a thing or two and give the team an option at power-forward in a couple of seasons.
not sure if this was posted in this thread but:
http://aggbot.com/San-Antonio-Spurs-...ticle/20001926
"Pendergraph Discusses Why He Chose San Antonio and More.
Scott Agness of IndianaPacers.com recently wrote a one-on-one piece with one of the newest members of the San Antonio Spurs, Jeff Pendergraph. In the article, Pendergraph revealed to Agness why he chose San Antonio, what he expects to do, and how he is looking forward to learning and thriving with the Spurs.
Pendergraph says he and his wife wanted to return to Indiana, but he was disappointed the Pacers were only offering the minimum while they were out looking for other free agents.
He said he had discussions with the New Orleans Pelicans, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Denver Nuggets, but the Spurs’ offer was just too good to pass up. One main reason he chose San Antonio, was because the Spurs also brought in Jim Boylen, a former assistant coach with the Pacers."
more from the article in link
So Pop sees him as the backup PF?
C Tim Baynes
PF Tiago Pendergraph
And Boris slides to the 3? or do they go with a 5 man rotation?
I don't get this signing tbh, like Belinelli to me it doesn't fill a real need, feels like they blew the MLE on random players they liked.
Patty's got the towel. He's got the huddles.
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