Aaron Baynes will re-sign

[anakha]

Counting Baynes in, is there still roster space for any training camp invitee to make the roster? I remember Bryon Cotton who played in the Summer League was one of the invitee right?

Not without letting someone else go, since the Spurs are currently already at the 15-player maximum.

[Chinook]

i suspect if ayres had been on a 1 year deal rather than 2, he wouldn't be on the roster rn

Or if he were the one with the partially guaranteed second year instead of Daye.

[spursparker9]

Not without letting someone else go, since the Spurs are currently already at the 15-player maximum.

I see. Please let Errors go !!!!

[spurraider21]

I see. Please let Errors go !!!!

it would be an unlikely yet welcome surprise if holt actually agreed to cough up the dough

[ceperez]

Spurs have 15 guaranteed contracts and training camp hasn't even started?

Can the Spurs still sign someone if Mills is injury reserve?

[benefactor]

Prediction...Bayes will realize there is no market for him. He takes the QO and is with the Spurs before the first of the month.

[cd021]

I want to see J Green play with Baynes. The hustle would be off the charts. Anderson and Beli light it up with Cojo on d and dimes.

So our bench would be Cojo-Beli-Anderson-Green-Baynes?

Manu and Diaw?

[cd021]

Spurs have 15 guaranteed contracts and training camp hasn't even started?

Can the Spurs still sign someone if Mills is injury reserve?

They have to have a spot open

[wildchild]

Great news!
We won't see Adams and other bigs eating Ayres alive...

[Dex]

[spurspokesman]

Cool

[bigfan]

Glad to read Baynes is likely coming back. Yeah, I know he's a 3rd stringer and aint all that great but our team needs one big ole bruiser to go against D. Howard and whoever else when the situation comes up.

[DesignatedT]

Daye is most likely the one to get waved if somebody impresses in camp. He and to a lesser extent Ayres aren't exactly safe just yet.

[ElNono]

ElNono will get the good news once he lands in mexico-south

Good .

[manufan10]

Glad too see that Baynes is coming back.

[ginobilized]

Glad Bangers is back. He got to raise his confidence level this summer and that never hurts.

I am no Spurstradamas, but, I'd predict that Ayres and Daye have a fair amount of proving to do in training camp and up to the trade deadline.
It makes all the sense in the world to bring this entire team back along with Anderson. The clock will be ticking on Ayres and Daye.

[DrunkTXLabrat]

So our bench would be Cojo-Beli-Anderson-Green-Baynes?

Manu and Diaw?

I'm counting Manu out for as long as Mills. Manu is so injury prone, it's hard for me to even factor him into regular season lineups at all. i kinda forgot about Diaw, Splitter, Timmy. I think with Mills and Manu out for so long, Pop is going to go heavy mad scientist with the role players. No need to burn out Timmy and Tony, when the roster seems so deep. I think of Tony/Cojo, Green, Kawhi, Diaw, Duncan/Splitter starting. Cojo/Beli/Anderson, Daye, Green, Baynes may not be "the bench" but i think it's a pretty nice go to squad for running out the regular season Timmy, Tony, Manu, Mills clock.

[Spur-Addict]

So you don't know. Thanks for clarifying.

[Andthentherewas21]

I'm counting Manu out for as long as Mills. Manu is so injury prone, it's hard for me to even factor him into regular season lineups at all. i kinda forgot about Diaw, Splitter, Timmy. I think with Mills and Manu out for so long, Pop is going to go heavy mad scientist with the role players.

Why would you count Manu out for so long? Yes he is a bit injury prone, but even with those injuries he has played in nearly 75% of games in every season except 08-09, even with Pop resting him over the past 3 years. Mills is slated to literally miss more than half the season (expected to return Feb.). Manu's stress fracture (discovered in June) should take anywhere from 6-8 weeks to a conservative estimate of 12-16 weeks to heal which would still make him available at the beginning of the season.

[DrSteffo]

Makes sense tbh.

[peacemaker885]

I see lots of rest for GOAT PUFF

[cd021]

I'm counting Manu out for as long as Mills. Manu is so injury prone, it's hard for me to even factor him into regular season lineups at all. i kinda forgot about Diaw, Splitter, Timmy. I think with Mills and Manu out for so long, Pop is going to go heavy mad scientist with the role players. No need to burn out Timmy and Tony, when the roster seems so deep. I think of Tony/Cojo, Green, Kawhi, Diaw, Duncan/Splitter starting. Cojo/Beli/Anderson, Daye, Green, Baynes may not be "the bench" but i think it's a pretty nice go to squad for running out the regular season Timmy, Tony, Manu, Mills clock.

Manu's was fairly healthy last season and played terrific basketball, so i'm not sure why you expecting him to break down this season, where he figures to play even fewer than the 24 mpg he played last season.

Cojo is still a bit unproven as an everynight rotation player. He looks good in some outings and poor in others. He doesn't fits nearly as well the bench of Manu, Beli, Diaw and who ever is trying to play center. He can't shoot and thats a problem, he also needs the ball in his hands to be most effective instead of spotting up.

I'm expecting Parker to be much more healthy this season and hopefully Mills is back sooner than February. Hopefully Cojo plays well in the minutes he is given u until then.

Im doubting Anderson will be a rotation player this season, baring Belinelli being moved (even though the Spurs would probably want to get an SF or PF in return)
If Splitter comes off the bench, then i could see him getting some burn at PF with Cojo Manu and Beli. Other than that, Beli is actually the backup SF, so he would have to earn minutes away from him.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Yessssss

[TD 21]

Ah, I would think of Ayers as being more of a PF.

It is his more natural position in the traditional sense (the same way Daye's is SF), but in today's game and particularly on this team, he's a C.

This is why he and Baynes are redundant and I'd prefer they not have one, though I always thought Baynes would be back.

He plays a bit of both. For his career, basketball reference has it at 53% C and 45% at PF. Last season it was 53% PF, & 43% C.

Not really. He played sparingly next to Splitter early, until they realized he couldn't shoot, at which point he was utilized almost exclusively at C, save for garbage time next to Baynes.

[Chinook]

Indy Ayres was a PF. If Jeff could shoot like that for the Spurs, he'd've been at worse the fourth big. As it is, he's just a slightly undersized center if he doesn't have range.