San Antonio has agreed to a trade a future second-round pick for Ray McCallum

[Kyl3]

A lot of respect for both Ray and the Spurs going on at kings forum.

[milkyway21]

If only we can bump that game vs San in late February we can check how Spurstalk reacted to RayMac's 20-pt game..
We were so desperate to win during that time..almost at the bottom of the WC lol

[BatManu20]

George Karl giving Pop a solid.

More like Vlade Divac being a GM. But I digress.

[BatManu20]

[milkyway21]

That's actually Doc Rivers otherwise Pop would have sign Mo Williams

Well, thanks Doc. :

[spursistan]

good for 3rd stringer who will likely see 6-12 min max..I'm expecting a huge patty mills season and this guy won't be needed much..

[Lostwingman]

Parker stay be helping players get recruited. Was there any player last year that didn't score 20 on Parker?

There was probably a brick someone put in a sneaker that managed a sole tip-in tbh.

[dg7md]

Certainly better than CoJo. Really nice pickup.

[MI21]

This is a fantastic trade. He really isn't that dissimilar to Cory Joseph but comes a lot cheaper, obviously.

[Spurtacular]

RM is a poor man's Cojo. Spurs should've held on to their pick and found whatever summer league reject they needed to find, imo. That said, I think RM will work out well enough as a third stringer.

[Bruno]

Don't know enough of McCallum to say if it's a great trade but it surely can't be a bad trade given how little Spurs are giving up. This second round pick might even not be a true one with Spurs still having Hornet's top55 protected 2016 pick.

By my understating of the CBA, this deal doesn't even cost money to Tim because of different rules to calculate cap room for signing FA and trading rules when a team is under the cap.

[milkyway21]

I think what made Pop recruit Ray is his similarity to Lillard's game esp on pick n rolls...

His father must be happy he's a Spur now under the wings of Popovich & Manu/Parker

[sexinthatsx]

RD2191 I know you're a homer for Cojo, but honestly do you think he was worth 30 mil for 4 years?

[milkyway21]

Don't know enough of McCallum to say if it's a great trade but it surely can't be a bad trade given how little Spurs are giving up. This second round pick might even not be a true one with Spurs still having Hornet's top55 protected 2016 pick.

By my understating of the CBA, this deal doesn't even cost money to Tim because of different rules to calculate cap room for signing FA and trading rules when a team is under the cap.

[BillMc]

Yeah, he's a quick, penetrating, true PG.

Third PG was a bigger need than it might appear to be on the surface, given that Mills is essentially an SG on offense and isn't a good fit with the starting lineup. If/when Parker get's injured or needs a game off, the third PG needs to be a caretaker type that they can get away with starting.

Well said.

[BillMc]

More like Vlade Divac being a GM. But I digress.

[Chinook]

By my understating of the CBA, this deal doesn't even cost money to Tim because of different rules to calculate cap room for signing FA and trading rules when a team is under the cap.

I remember you saying that last year, but I didn't see in the CBA FAQ where the difference was. Would you be willing to clarify?

[Arcadian]

How does Mills feel about this? I wonder if he thought he would be the full-time backup PG when Joseph left. Hopefully there was a clear understanding between him and the coaching staff that he's more of a combo guard on this team.

[FireMicoHalili]

2nd rounder might come with condition that Spurs select for the Kings

[Sean Cagney]

Me and my little brother Nathan89 both agree he looks like the next Gary Payton.

One can only wish he is half that good...

[FireMicoHalili]

also he's a one-year rental? Not sure that's great considering it takes a while to adjust to Pop's Summertime kind of play. I'd say fair considering the Spurs might end up with the 59th/60th overall pick.

[Kawhitstorm]

RM is a poor man's Cojo. Spurs should've held on to their pick and found whatever summer league reject they needed to find, imo. That said, I think RM will work out well enough as a third stringer.

McCallum was the Summer league MVP last summer so he's already better than any summer league reject. Not to mention he outscored none other than Tony this past season in a h2h matchup.

[Chinook]

2nd rounder might come with condition that Spurs select for the Kings

Wanna say the Kings do all right with their second-rounders (IT, Whiteside). It's their first-rounders that end up being busts.

[Kawhitstorm]

also he's a one-year rental? Not sure that's great considering it takes a while to adjust to Pop's Summertime kind of play. I'd say fair considering the Spurs might end up with the 59th/60th overall pick.

His make or break will be next training camp. He will be apprenticing this upcoming season. At most, Pop might use him as an emergency starter (ala Kyle Anderson) just to have a ball handler on the court rather than having him calling/running sets. Otherwise, he will be learning on the job during garbage time & spending time w/ the Toros along w/ Kyle.

[BatManu20]