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hopefully we can get something in return. blair does belong in this league
The San Antonio Spurs currently hold the rights over restricted free agent DeJuan Blair and are making fellow NBA franchises very aware of it.
Over a dozen teams have expressed interest in the power forward but according to Hoopsworld’s Alex Kennedy, few teams have made any offers the Spurs would deem beneficial and have refused to budge on trading the former Pittsburgh star
http://fansided.com/2013/07/27/san-a...ade-scenarios/
hopefully we can get something in return. blair does belong in this league
C'mon...get this scrub off the team, so he can go somewhere else and play 20x better than he ever has.
Difference between a dozen teams interested in signing him for the min and a dozen that want to give him a 2-3 million dollar contract.
the spurs handle blair in the same annoying manner that they handle bonner. bewilderingly!
Blair is not restricted.
If he wants to show his value, sign for the min and prove people wrong. SA has no reason to help him if the move doesn't help the franchise.
Love how the Spurs are trying to juice the situation. May end up with nothing though
Depends on Wat teams wAnna offer him any thing over the min. Can't believe spurs r still trying to dig something of value out of blair
Trade this ing scrub already.. Bonners ass too!!!
Blair is hardly a scrub, he could probably help out alot of teams in the league tbh
As elemento pointed out, Blair is an UNRESTRICTED FA and the Spurs have no control on who Blair signs with - so the premise that the Spurs are "playing hardball" is false.
There is, however, at least one team that is interested in giving Blair the type of money that he is looking for - but the only way that they can do it is by the Spurs doing a S/T because they are over the cap. I'm sure that the Spurs would accommodate Blair, if they were receiving something desirable - but Blair (or anyone else) can't expect the Spurs to take back something that they don't want just to help him get to the team that he desires. It may be in the Spurs best interest to simply let him walk without any compensation whatsoever. I suspect that if there is a way that all parties (i.e. the Spurs, the Wizards, Blair) can get what they want, then you will see a S/T in the next few days/weeks. Otherwise, Blair may be forced to settle for a minimum short term deal with a decent/good team or a slightly above minimum deal from a lottery team - but to say that the Spurs are basically holding him hostage is a farce.
Re ed article; Blair is unrestricted and the Spurs aren't holding up with him being able to sign elsewhere.
I think Blair is overplaying his market value causing a stalemate between parties. I doubt he sees much more than the minimum and teams are reluctant to offer up a long term deal because of health concerns. Once Blair comes to this realization and lowers his demands, he'll be signed.
His advanced numbers are very impressive. (15pts and 11 rebs,. per 36 minutes) he also has a career P.E.R of 17. Not many guys like that on the market that are as young as him either. I would think he'd be in line for a 3 year, $10 million dollar deal. He will not sign for the minimum ($988,864) He would either be incredibly stupid and or desperate. No reason to believe he is either.
FO is trying to make money grow out of trees. They're just trying to play with the scraps left from the mediocre offseason they've had tbh.
Of course they are. Washington has shown the most interest (at least so we've heard) yet they only have enough to offer him the minimum ( less than $1 million) He could be S&T'd and receive closer to his price range $3-4 million annually. If a team signs him for the vet min. it would be an impressive bargain. A career 17 P.E.R and is only 24. Injury history or not it would be a steal. That won't happen. He isn't on the fringes of the NBA. I'd imagine something will happen this week.
The Spurs are unwilling to do a S&T, drastically limiting his options. Thats a pretty big deal for him. Its the same situation Minnesota put us through with AK-47.
A career P.E.R of 17
Career per 36 minutes of 15pts, and 11 rebounds.
If he's a scrub then I have been using the word incorrectly.
That would be the Spurs going out of their way to get him a deal. Why should they take back garbage contracts? No way I'm paying ty Jan Vesely $3.5 million just to get Blair a contract and I doubt the Spurs want to pay Ariza $7.7 million.
Spurs and Wizards are over the cap anyways so wouldn't the numbers have to match? Bonner would have to be included to get Ariza unless the Wizads have a high value on Dejuan Blair to where the numbers would match.
If you can't crack the rotation with Matt Bonner playing ahead you = scrub.
You can spit all the P.E.R fantasy crap but in the end Blair still couldn't get off the bench.
Since when did Pop start playing players based on P.E.R?
Ill answer for you...never.
Every time DeJuan turns around all he sees is a locked door to the Spurs' locker room. That's hard ball for sure.
teams are probably only offering 2nd round picks
If that we're the case, the Spurs would jump at it. They would be getting a draft pick for free. The Spurs are reluctant because the only team that is reportedly offering a deal in Blair's desired range is dangerously close to the luxury tax threshold and must send out salary (as opposed to only sending out picks, even a 2nd) to make the deal worthwhile.
He may be viewed as incredibiliy stupid if he does sign for the minimum (seeing he is worth well more) however you have to ask yourself...what is his percieved value around the league? for a guy who has no acls and now is not of any use to the spurs the minimum may be all he will get, contrary to what advanced stats may say
you realise he started a fair few games for the Spurs right?
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