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For what it's worth, NBA.com has him at 6'3."
http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/203492/career/
For what it's worth, NBA.com has him at 6'3."
http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/203492/career/
Karl wanting to do a solid for that Texas team that got crapped on by the Clippers. Oops
He and Pop are friends. Just doing the Spurs a solid.
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For Ray McCallum his contract gets guaranteed if he is not waived by July 20. Not sure if that played into SAC moving him.
They got Rondo and Collison. maybe Andre Miller still? McCallum didn't fit in sac anymore.
it may have been a salary dump ... But I think Spurs genuinely interested in him.
Kings likely would have waived him for nothing. From their perspective, they got something that they otherwise would have received nothing.
Spurs get really lucky finding a good CoJo replacement. Just great timing being at the right place at the right time.
I doubt this kind of player gets waived by the Spurs. Spurs value players with work ethic and smarts. Athleticism is just icing on the cake.
I don't see how it would have been a salary dump as noted above.
Hey may have been waived, but probably would have had his contract picked up by another team before the Spurs had a chance. The trade moved them to the front of the line.
I think it's a good get, nice value for a second round pick, kid reminds me some Tyus Jones last NCAA final four MVP who just got drafted in first round...
Really hoping the Spurs sent out that Charlotte pick.
How is that not a salary dump? Kings get a tiny asset for a guy instead of eating his salary. , we don't even know if it's something. It could be the Hornets pick or an equally protected pick.
Underrated aspect of acquiring McCallum is that the Spurs' roster stands now at 12 (minimum of players per roster) and that's including Williams.
Williams might be released tho'.
They could have just not paid him. As I said, the Spurs just cut in the waiver line.
It was a salary dump by Sac. They could have waived him without eating salary, but they also got an asset for him without letting him go for nothing.
Yeah, they dumped a nonguaranteed minimum salary.
Think of the savings!
What's the deal there?
Shaking my head that the Kings would rather stick with declining players like Rondo and Andre Miller than develop talent.
I suspect that Kings think McCallum doesn't have anymore upside left.
Great move by the Spurs. McCallum has all kinds of potential. And as usual, no-one saw CIA Popford coming.
You're right.
It's a disaster.
The Spurs acquiring McCallum should have made the Kings staff think twice of the potential of being fleeced!Great move by the Spurs. McCallum has all kinds of potential. And as usual, no-one saw CIA Popford coming.
I would think that most NBA FO would avoid dealing with the Spurs just to avoid looking like a complete fool. Larry Bird must be really pissed about the Hill - Leonard trade.
Some quotes from his dad:
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nb...urs/29907759/?
Ray McCallum just hit the basketball lottery.
The young point guard is being traded from the Sacramento Kings to the San Antonio Spurs, with the teams also swapping a second-round pick.
His father, Ray McCallum, the Detroit Mercy basketball coach, confirmed the trade this morning.
"He called me last night, and he's in San Antonio now,'' McCallum said. "As long as he passes the physical, it'll happen. He's beyond excited.''
The Spurs have loaded up by signing LaMarcus Aldridge from Portland and also David West, who took almost an $11-million pay cut to join the Spurs.
"That's incredible,'' coach McCallum said of the money West gave up.
McCallum will replace Cory Joseph, who signed with the Toronto Raptors, in the Spurs' playing rotation. He will join a point guard rotation of Patty Mills and starter Tony Parker and get a chance to add an NBA le to his Horizon League tournament championship as a sop re at UDM.
McCallum, 24, was drafted in the second round by the Kings in 2013, after being named Horizon League player of the year.
He averaged 6.9 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 20 minutes per game this season, shooting 41.4% from the field and 32.9% from three-point land.
a dump is a dump. Reasoning behind it is whatever, but Sac wanted to remove his salary from the books.
Nice find! Talk about luck!
I thought that Spurs missed out on Bryce Cotton, but this McCallum is bigger and has almost the same vertical.
They get a trade exception this way.
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