LJC and Bertans

[Richie]

Jean-Charles will almost certainly be on the roster next season. He already said he was coming over and he has a guaranteed contract when he does.

I'm not so sure, dude is the 11th man for Asvel who are mid table in the Pro A. If he can't even get more than 11 minutes per game in France he's probably not ready for the NBA.

[Mel_13]

I'm not so sure, dude is the 11th man for Asvel who are mid table in the Pro A. If he can't even get more than 11 minutes per game in France he's probably not ready for the NBA.

They can't keep him over there if wants to come to San Antonio.

[FlAVaK]

^I guess Richie meant the Spurs would not want him, because he´s not playing that much and that good.

But what about this: Maybe Asvel doesn´t play him that much, because they want to develope other players, which will be there next year also...
(So they know, Jean is a sure goner!)

[DrunkTXLabrat]

^I guess Richie meant the Spurs would not want him, because he´s not playing that much and that good.

But what about this: Maybe Asvel doesn´t play him that much, because they want to develope other players, which will be there next year also...
(So they know, Jean is a sure goner!)

The spurs should use the same method. ::cough:: Bonner and Ayers ::cough:: the whole idea behind the thread. ::cough::

[cd021]

I agree that Kantor represents a realistic target for 2015, but you're almost guaranteed to overpay to pry an RFA away. At a certain price, a team will match even if they don't really want to keep the player just to retain the asset and trade him later. Tricky game to snag a guy like Kantor or O'Quinn, for another example.

I agree. Kind of what the Nuggets did with Nene (different, in that he was an UFA and had played in the league for a while) they wound up resigning him to a 5 year deal, even if he wasn't in their long term plans and then flipped him before the trade deadline. I guess the Spurs could offer a 3 year deal in the $40-45 million range and hope that Utah takes the conservative approach and let him walk. That doesn't seem like something the Spurs would do though.

[cd021]

I'm not so sure, dude is the 11th man for Asvel who are mid table in the Pro A. If he can't even get more than 11 minutes per game in France he's probably not ready for the NBA.

The Spurs have some incentive. They can lock him up on the rookie scale for 4 seasons starting next season at $918,000. As opposed to waiting another season and having to use an exception or cap space to sign him to a multi-year deal.

[DrunkTXLabrat]

Because draft and stash players actually get to play in Europe. Bring them here and let them fill out a roster spot...just to play five minutes a night? To say they get injured while citing Bertans and Jean-Charles is anecdotal evidence. That's simply taking a small sample size to bolster your argument. How about Adam Hanga or DeShaun Thomas? Robertas Javtokas or Sergei Karaulov? The Thunder have good draft and stash players in Tbor Pleiss and Alex Abrines and both have been doing fairly well.


I'm not sure I can say this for Daye but definitely for Bonner: his experience is valuable. It takes a year or two to get acclimated to Pop's system, and the window is closing for Duncan and company. It would be wiser to keep veterans who keep the wheels running than bring in someone with little to no knowledge of the system.


Regarding your argument on their knees, the Spurs brought both forwards over last summer to have them evaluated. If they can't play abroad, what makes you think their knees are in good enough shape to withstand the rigor of an 82-game NBA schedule? By average, a second round pick yields value only 24 percent of the time; it would be absurd to expect tremendous value from players like Bertans.

the serving size was never small and it continues to grow. and https://youtu.be/xWBSf4BfKRk