Spurs withdraw qualifying offer to Neal

[look_at_g_shred]

!!!!!!!!! Will miss you Neal.

[BatManu20]

Still don't think Oden comes here. Would be shocked tbh. Miami and New Orleans seem like far better options.

[Baam]

I hope he does well wherever he goes, pop and the FO overpaying soft underachieving POS like T-Vag and Bonner instead.

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

I think this signals Oden to the Spurs. I bet the Spurs don't give Oden the min though.

[TheGreatYacht]

Damn I'm having mixed emotions. Anyone know what this means for our roster? Are we signing someone?

Damn it, this more than likely means that the FO has given up on S&T's. Staying pat. The norm, unless they pick Greg Oden or wait till the trade deadline to make some moves.

[look_at_g_shred]

Still don't think Oden comes here. Would be shocked tbh. Miami and New Orleans seem like far better options.

If you listen closely, his knees are screaming, "Spurs...please pick the Spurs!!"

[TheGreatYacht]

I think this signals Oden to the Spurs. I bet the Spurs don't give Oden the min though.

I thought the Spurs were out of cap space therefore allowing them to offer nothing more than a minimum to a FA am I right?

[McGusto55]

Good...

[spurraider21]

Just making space for Denmon

[toki9]

What benefit at all do the Spurs have for doing this? They don't need cap space, aren't near the LT and now lost the right to do any S&T. If they didn't want to do a S&T they simply could have not matched the offer. Am I missing something?

Maybe they're doing it so that it would open up market for Neal and help him along...sounds like the team has decided not to bring Neal back, so maybe they figured it'd be best for all to expedite a resolution by helping him out?

[rjv]

neal will be missed less than we thought, unless marco b really lays an egg, which i highly doubt will happen

[Bruno]

For people wondering about the timing:
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q115

July 23 Last day to withdraw a qualifying offer to a restricted free agent without the player's consent

[McGusto55]

Damm Budkin your avtar makes me want to cry..

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[Darkwaters]

What benefit at all do the Spurs have for doing this? They don't need cap space, aren't near the LT and now lost the right to do any S&T. If they didn't want to do a S&T they simply could have not matched the offer. Am I missing something?

No, I'm with you. The only advantage would be that his cap hold is lifted. But that's a totally moot point now. So what benefit do they get out of this?

Maybe teams have been wary of offering a contract to him thinking the Spurs might match. Perhaps this is a way of helping him out and allowing him to sign more quickly? That's the only thing I can figure.

Or maybe they're worried that he might have signed the qualifying offer? Although, that'd be a really good bargain if he signed it.

[Bruno]

Spurs were bluffing when RC they were fine with re-signing Neal at a reasonable price. Other GMs haven't been tricked by that and none offered a good S&T for Spurs. Spurs folded just before keeping the QO for Neal would have been a more serious engagement.

Now, it will be interested to see how much money Neal will get. The Belinelli signing was in part justified by Neal being more expensive to keep.

[spurraider21]

They probably are out of S&T scenarios with Neal so they cut him loose

[Bruno]

What benefit at all do the Spurs have for doing this? They don't need cap space, aren't near the LT and now lost the right to do any S&T. If they didn't want to do a S&T they simply could have not matched the offer. Am I missing something?

Neal could ahve end up signing the QO which would cost Spurs $1.1M.

[lurker23]

For people wondering about the timing:
http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q115

Thanks Bruno. That explains an awful lot.

Pretty much an indication of what many of us suspected...they probably weren't horribly interested in bringing him back, but wanted to leave options open in case a S&T came up, or he ended up signing a cheap contract.

[Reeko_Htown]

I hope we can sign him. Would be a great 6th man backup to Harden.

[Holden_Caulfield]

does this mean we are getting oden?!?! extra roster space!!

[keywester]

If Neal is gone, who is going to be the designated gunner? I can't see De Colo or Cojo taking up the slack. I guess it'll be Mills?

[benefactor]

Grande Beli will erase all memory of Neal.

[justinandimcool]

Will be missed. That Clippers tying 3 to force overtime was the best moment I've ever seen live, other than Dwight's ejection.

[cd98]

I have mixed feelings about Neal leaving. My main question is why if he only cost 1.1 million, why let him walk and keep De Colo and Mills. As limited as Neal is, I think he's better than those two, even as a back up point guard. Especially when he's really the back up to the back up point guard as CoJo is the real back up point guard.

[Juggity]

Sad to see him go, but he can make an impact for another team. Good luck Gary, you acquitted yourself well during your 3 years with the spurs.

Hopefully, this signals an Oden signing or something similar