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Unless they signed him to trade him to us
A lottery protected 1st round pick would be good. They'll prob only give a 2nd rounder or two.
Unless they signed him to trade him to us
Nah. You have to wait 30 days to trade picks you've signed. I don't think the Spurs can hold out that long. Plus, it would have been better for the Spurs to have received his rights and negotiated their own deal.
They have Zack Randolph?
Looks like Hawks are about to sign Tavares to a multi year deal. How awesome would it be if that's really part of the Tiago trade?
So the Hawks trade for center Tiago Splitter, the sign another center Walter Taveras to a multiyear deal.
There are some tea leaves here -- who can illuminate?
Filling out the big rotation. Plus, it's not like Tavares is going to be expected to get a big role right off the bat. For either the Hawks or the Spurs.
Here's a Woj article from before last year's draft -- this Taveras dude is 7'3."
Also, note the big hands reference. Does this make Taveras a potential running mate for Kawhi?:
Sources: 7-foot-3 prospect to travel to U.S. to work out for NBA teams
By Adrian Wojnarowski
June 6, 2014 2:38 PM
Yahoo Sports
Walter Tavares, one of the best 7-foot prospects in the world, is working on a contract buyout with his team in the Spanish ACB League and will travel soon to the United States to work out for several NBA teams, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
Several NBA executives believe Tavares, who is 7-foot-3, has a strong chance to work himself into the first round of this month's NBA draft, and several teams choosing in the range of the 20s plan to bring him in for closer inspections, sources said.
Agent Andy Miller will represent Tavares, 22, in the NBA.
Tavares doesn't have a formal agreement on a buyout with Gran Canaria of the Spanish ACB, but there is momentum toward that end, sources said.
Tavares maintains a most amazing story: Before his 17th birthday growing up on the tiny island of Cape Verde, he had never played basketball. A tourist discovered him, recommended him to a Spanish ACB team in the Canary Islands, and soon Tavares was whisked away to learn the game of basketball.
Five years later for Gran Canaria of the Spanish ACB League, he impressed NBA scouts with a 16-point, eight-rebound performance in a loss to the talented Real Madrid in the Spanish Cup. His wingspan, rebounding and shot-blocking abilities make him an especially intriguing prospect to NBA front office executives.
As one Western Conference official said: "He has the biggest hands I've ever seen. He's a very interesting player."
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources...183854588.html
Spurs probably gave away a first rounder to unload splitter...
Never quite understood how people miss that. Swap Robinson and Hakeem for that one playoff series, and the Rockets win in 4 games.
Walter Taveres going to Signs up with Hawks:
https://twitter.com/IAmDPick/status/616630747474956288
So go figure... they have a 7'2" guy, they have Splitter and they also signed Milsap.
So we traded our starting center for nothing and we lost Baynes to Detroit. So I guess Bonner is going to be the backup. Lol
they got better that's the point of a deal what did the spurs get again ?
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Meh, regardless of what happens, trading Splitter to open the salary cap room to offer a max contract was still a worthy gamble. Considering he's been completely healthy for about two months the last two years and is now on the wrong side of 30, he's just not reliable enough to keep and take away all chances of landing a max free agent.
Lol, this is the moratorium, where teams are getting meetings without having any cap space at all. The Spurs jumped the gun; they didn't gamble. If they are content with the return they got for Tiago (like two future firsts), that's one thing. But if they dumped him for the hope to get LMA (since he's the only player they've been rumored to be pursuing besides scrubs like Bulter), then that's almost unforgivably stupid.
Disagree with timvp
Plenty to worry about with splitter and his health, but trading him away for nothing without Aldridge on board is not a good play. Even with Aldridge, they really tanked splitters value and sold incredibly low and made a contender and therefore rival much MUCH better. The latter bothers me more than the return even
Waiting to see what they got back and what they do with the cap space and/or trade exception.
Since no details have come out about what the Spurs are getting back, and the paperwork for the trade hasn't even been drawn up, why do so many of you assume that the Spurs are getting nothing of value for him?
something just doesn't smell right with Aldridge needing a meeting with the Lakers for a 2nd time.
1. Spurs dealt from a position of weakness, why would anyone think they got anything good?
2. Take a look at what ATL even has to offer. They had the 29th pick before the Brooklyn switch. Their record isn't about to get worse adding a legit big like splitter. All they have besides is a lotto protected wolves pick in 2018 that converts to second rounders in 2020. Given the state of the west, I wouldn't hold my breath.
It makes sense for Atlanta to want a legitimate center after Petrovic decided to sign in Europe.
However, signing Tavares puts a log-jam for the 3rd center with the veteran Okafor and Tavares competing for the same spot. Tavares is still a project so I don't see him playing much.
How was it a position of weakness? They offered a starting center. If LMA signed with Phoenix and Bud offered nothing of value, you better believe that the Spurs would just bring him back. I think Bud signing Tavares yesterday was in preparation for sending someone back to SA, even if it turns out to be Splitter.
Tavares is huge, but is not even a year ready to play in the NBA. Just watch the Eurocup where he played.
Spurs need a center and I don't know what Atlanta can send over in exchange. Okafor?
I don't know, but I see no rule in the league where the Spurs are committed to give up Splitter for absolutely anything Bud feels like throwing back. Worst case scenario is Splitter starting on opening day.
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