If it is Tavares, here's an interesting little piece about some financial gymnastics. Someone smarter than I am (Bruno?) would have to weigh in on the feasibility, but it seems credible. http://www.peachtreehoops.com/2015/6...amar-patterson
The fact that the compensation is not yet known, this long after the fact, tells me this trade is contingent on Aldridge signing. If he doesn't, I fully expect the Spurs to pretend this never happened, like the rumored Jefferson amnesty.
Hopefully, if it all comes to fruition, Tavares is a piece coming back, but I'm skeptical. I heard a few months ago that the Hawks are high on him. That said, they're now well stocked at C and both big positions in general for at least the near future, so who knows.
But wait... is this contingent also on Milsap not signing with the Hawks?
He just signed with the Hawks! Let's hope the deal isn't voided.
doubtful
Actual contracts aren't signed for a couple weeks. Plenty of time to flesh out the details. This sounds like the Spurs & Hawks agreed in principle, but will send in the paperwork a little later.
It's a pity to lose Splitter's elite post and team defence, but that's the price you pay for LMA.
Pretty irritating if we can't get any decent prospects back.
Sounds like Pop and Bud have a gentlemen's agreement. Will probably work out details depending on what else happens in the next week.
Thanks again, Bud.
At the very least, we didn't get Daye back.
This leaves the Spurs with the same squad that played well down the stretch this season. Maybe Pop & company decided it was time to move on from Tiago no matter what else happens. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Spurs take it low and slow for a while. Be what he may, at least Baynes is familiar with TD and the system. No need to fubar the chemistry if Timmy and Manu are up for another run.
It would be surprising if the Spurs didn't get a pick from Atlanta. At the very least a couple of 2nd rounders.
Atlanta's Picks
2nd Rounders
2016-Atlanta
2016-Washington
2017-Miami (protected from 31-40)
2017- Brookyln
2017-Atlanta
I'd be cool with the rights to Taverez (7'3 Center, 23 Years old) alogn with the Washington and Brooklyn 2nd rounders. If not a first.
You really don't want that. They have the guy who can stop LMA when healthy.
Umm Tiago was part of that squad that played well down the stretch. What are you talking about? Tiago was very aggressive, maybe the most aggressive I'd ever seen him and playing some of his best ball in all of his time in San Antonio. It all started going down the drain when he got hurt again with about 3 games left in the season. You could see the Spurs level of play in those games dropped.
I'm going to now comment that I don't like this trade if the Spurs don't get Aldridge.
The Baynes Blake Griffin kept baptizing in game 1? Bayes is not the same as TS defensively.
Nice. Helpful to have teams you can deal with. Still, even with a contract dump, should get back an intl prospect and a pick for Splitter.
They also get a Splitter-sized trade exception, right? Could come in handy down the line.
Spurs were around 21 wins and 7 losses this year when Tiago was cheerleading, including the last five wins of the regular season. Sure Baynes, and just about all other Spurs were punked by the Clippers. There may already be a second row seat behind the Hawks bench with his name all over it.
This is such a bogus trade. There's no nothing about this deal. No press release, no word of any other player contract nor draft picks nor draft rights involved. Just a mention by some reporter in 140 characters or less that all that will be figured out later.
They would have to renounce any and all exceptions to free up the cap space they would use for a contract, so no.
This should be a chapter in Spurs/CIA Pop lore. The bull "trade" which everyone reported without actually happening. Until (we hope) it needed to.
So Baynes got owned by Blake I remember a certain All Star getting owned by Hakeem... happens....just clean it up and move on....
A few years with our D League affiliate Hawks will do him some good.
Well, David only got owned in one series by Hakeem. Head to Head it's something like 30-12 in D-Rob's favour. That whole series has tainted the perception of Robinson. Sure Hakeem was better, his post game is what made him better, but David also had to guard him in single coverage most of the time in that series whereas the Rockets doubled teamed David.
It ain't Tavares
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