Spurs withdraw qualifying offer to Neal

[Ditty]

Welcome Greg Oden

[MeloHype]

[spurraider21]

Haven't renounced Blair yet...

[ducks]

spurs should cut del co or trade him for a second round pick and sign Thomas and oden

[Budkin]

Hopefully this good news on Oden.

[Hoops Czar]

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 the organization values De Crapo and Mills more.

[baseline bum]

Damn, hate losing Neal.

[ducks]

Maybe the organization values De Crapo and Mills more.

dude they are less $$$$$$$$$$$$


neal will get paid IMO

[Mugen]

Good news tbh.

[Hoops Czar]

dude they are less $$$$$$$$$

neal will get paid IMO

My point was two wasted roster spots. Neal is better than both. If he chooses the Heat or Rockets, he won't get more than what the Spurs offered.

[timtonymanu]

I will always be a fan of Neal, but this is good news. His defense was just unacceptable. Thanks for your services, Gary. Now don't sign with Miami or OKC.

[chrhawk]

Neal is ass as a defender and as a ball-handler. But when healthy, he is a sixth-man caliber scorer. As the Finals showed us, you can never have enough shooting on your roster. Can't say I'm happy to see him go.

[DPG21920]

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

Ya, which in theory, would be a great value for Neal. I can't believe they would so badly not want Neal back that they were scared of the above scenario.

This off season has been quite bad so far and made very little overall sense.

[DPG21920]

It just makes no sense. If he gets an offer too high, just simply let him walk or get a Trade Exception if you don't like the players. You really can't be that scared of him taking the QO because at that money, it's a great deal.

[playblair]

Heat? Thunder? Rockets?

Hed be filthy on the rockets

word gary neal on the heat or thunder = frighting ........................ open 3's galore...............................

[benefactor]

I doubt he signs for the minimum. He's already been doing that and he turns 29 this year. Time to get paid.

[CGD]

Are they still able to facilitate a S&T? Do the Spurs retain his Bird rights as in the case of Blair?

Unless they sign someone else soon, I dont really get the move tbh. Sure they save 1.1M but that's a cheap asset to keep on the books until Feb 2014 when the Spurs can use Neal to sweeten a deadline deal. It's not like they'd be on the hook after this year.

[DPG21920]

I doubt he signs for the minimum. He's already been doing that and he turns 29 this year. Time to get paid.

So why were teams not making an offer? If they really felt Spurs would not retain him, why not make him an offer knowing that and force the Spurs to either retain a guy at a price they likely don't want, let him walk or engage in a S&T for at least a TE if you really want Neal?

[benefactor]

So why were teams not making an offer? If they really felt Spurs would not retain him, why not make him an offer knowing that and force the Spurs to either retain a guy at a price they likely don't want, let him walk or engage in a S&T for at least a TE if you really want Neal?

They knew when the QO cut off date was just like the Spurs did. There was no reason to make an offer and jump through any sort of hoops when they could just wait until today when the Spurs had to make a choice. Now they can just cut out the middle man with no worries.

[cd98]

They knew when the QO cut off date was just like the Spurs did. There was no reason to make an offer and jump through any sort of hoops when they could just wait until today when the Spurs had to make a choice. Now they can just cut out the middle man with no worries.

Yes, but some takers can't sign him outright unless he just takes the minimum. With the S&T, he had more potential buyers.

[slick'81]

Good bye Gary nice knowing u

[yavozerb]

Yes, but some takers can't sign him outright unless he just takes the minimum. With the S&T, he had more potential buyers.

Well, maybe some of those buyers were teams that offered garbage in return or simply a team the spurs did not want neal to be a part of.

[benefactor]

Yes, but some takers can't sign him outright unless he just takes the minimum. With the S&T, he had more potential buyers.

...and those teams that can't sign him outright have to send something back if they are over the cap. Seems like there wasn't much the Spurs were interested in.

[T Park]

They knew when the QO cut off date was just like the Spurs did. There was no reason to make an offer and jump through any sort of hoops when they could just wait until today when the Spurs had to make a choice. Now they can just cut out the middle man with no worries.

Pretty much this.

[Budkin]

I will always be a fan of Neal, but this is good news. His defense was just unacceptable. Thanks for your services, Gary. Now don't sign with Miami or OKC.

That ing shoeless Miller 3 he allowed ended up contributing to the heartbreaking loss.