Anyway we can lure Allen Crabbe from Portland? Good talent, Like him as a player, i think he's exactly what we need to fill our wing situation... What will be enough to get him?
You think Portland really wants to deal with the Spurs? Crabbe is under contract with the Blazers. Believe Blazers have until end of this month to either waive him or he stays on their roster for this year. Do agree he is a good prospect to consider.
Spurs will need that 14th and possibly 15th roster spots for when Pop rests guys like Timmy and Manu especially.
Let's see... on a back to back, Spurs will likely sit Tim, Manu and Tony. The lineup will then look like this:
McCalllum
Green
Leonard
Aldridge
Marjanovic
Mills
Simmons
Anderson
Diaw
West
Still a pretty good team!!
At this point they are just looking for an upgrade over Reggie Williams. Only Dorell Wright and possibly Rasual Butler are upgrades over Williams. Seems like Bonners gone for good as well. would have heard something by now since they have gotten everyone that they wanted this off season. Maybe he joins at the end of the season if their are no decent players bought out. But wow this has been an amazing off season. Did a rebuild while being a true contender for a NBA championship and are still looking for minor upgrades to an already unstoppable roster(on paper).
I'm interested to see what will be Spurs position regarding the luxury tax.
If Spurs don't sign another player and go with 13 players, they will be just under the tax.
If Spurs go with 14 players , they should be just a little above the tax. They could however go under if Boris doesn't reach all his incentives and if West has signed only a 1 year contract and not a 2 years contract with a player option for the second season.
With 15 players, Spurs will be over the tax threshold.
By being under the tax, Spurs should receive about $3M when the luxury tax collected will be redistributed. Will Spurs really try to get these $3M or will they be fine by being around $1M above the tax threshold?
Well, how far away are they from the surpassing the cap? Can they squeeze in another rookie at $500k?
Textbook bind. When you're right at the threshold, a $1M player can actually cost $4M. That last player would have to be a really good fit.
On the other hand, how sad would it be to pass on someone who might help get #6, and then wind up just barely over the threshold anyway?
A free agent signing (that is to say not a draft pick) can't cost less than the minimum salary of a 2 years vet against the tax.
For example, Janathon Simmons, while having a $525,093 salary, will count for $947,276 against the tax.
Rudy Fernandez was looking to come back to the NBA last year, what is he up to? 14th spot?
Why do people assume Bonner is gone? Just because the Kings are interested in him doesn't mean he's interested in them. I can't imagine Bonner going from the Spurs to the Kings, I think he would rather retire.
Disagree. I think Bonner loves basketball and knows that $500K salaries don't grow on trees. It's a relatively small window to earn these sorts of salaries for professional basketball players. Being a New Hampshire guy, I don't think Bonner sneezes at the chance to earn $500K and plays until a team is no longer willing to pay him.
Eh. I think he's made his money. He's not an extravagant guy so I don't see him needing the money. In fact he may go straight into coaching when he retires. Can you imagine going from the Spurs with Tim, Tony, & Manu to Sacramento with Cousins and Rondo? Poor Marco.
Bonner wants to be back with Spurs for the min.
The real question is: Do Spurs want him back?
Bonner has been in the league for 11 years, so its not $500k but almost $1.5m salary. At this time, that's will be too expensive for the Spurs.
for luxury tax purposes, i think it's the same. But that is still 1 million more to pay him over some rookie-type player.
C Duncan/Diaw/Boban
PF Aldridge/West/Bonner
SF Kawhi/Kyle
SG Danny/Manu/Simmons/Reggie
PG Tony/Patty/Ray
Full roster.
Is Reggie still on the team?
I think he signed a 2 year deal but the only portion of the contract that was guaranteed was what he earned for last season.
At this point, I would assume so. The Spurs would have to announce that he's been waived cause he had a 2-year deal.
Well they haven't announced much after they signed LA, so they could have already waived him. I think Eddie is a better prospect if they are keeping him.
Eddie is shooting 44% from the arc in Vegas. If he goes on one of his streaks, he could easily get some guaranteed camp money to see how he plays with the mothership.
The wings seems our soft spot..hope simmons continues to develop
I really didn't like Reggie. He is awful at defense and for a shooter, he really didn't shoot well at all last year. He can shoot however ( had good % in th d'league). I thought they never intended to keep him unless he showed fire an He didn't, but then again, they kept Daye last year so... it ids ossible we see Reggie again. If he goes the Daye route and all of a sudden can't shoot, I see him getting waived. Unlike Anderson and Simmons, he is one dimensional and older thus unlikely to get any better.
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