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If the Spurs are bringing the bulk of the team back they're going to need cheap options to fill out the rest. Bertans at the minimum fits that game plan.
Sure he'll have to earn his time. Maybe some of that in Austin too. Better to find out now whether he's got it or not.
Good luck to him, he has the skills to carve a niche for himself.
If he's any good, the Spurs won't have his bird rights when it's time to re-sign though
Agreed. Even without the bulk of the team back, if they make a run at premier FA, or even the not so premier, they will need youth in cheap contracts with some potential to get better and contribute still.
My comments were aimed at speculating about a min one year contract like Simmons', which some speculated really means it's a training camp deal and he will have to make the team. It's possible. I think the point you made earlier about the club retaining cap flexibility is probably at the top of reasons.
summer league starts next month
He sucks, wouldn't be able to get his shot of, too slow, weak and stiff...
he's like a really athletic and higher Kyle Korver
Probably not.
Well lets see what he can do.....
He sucks, is unathletic, and injury prone. Sounds like a Spur....pass. Btw, as long as Parker starts, it's the 2nd RD at best for the Spurs. Lets be realistic.
Associate head coach only. Bonner is only wearing a suit next year.
Wow.. just ing wow lol
Big, athletic and can shoot the 3. What's not to like?
Did you see the highlights posted in the first page. There's even a comment there praising his atjleticism.
Finally!!!!!!!!
A 6' 10 gangly, rangy shooter with balls!
Have a good feeling about this guy,
that he'll be able to contribute IMMEDIATELY
from 3, which the Spurs need DESPERATELY.
The two acls injuries are a big deal, but he obviously came back to his
normal self this year.
Buy this guy out and sign him asap.
Get Bonner off this team yesterday.
Yes...he's got a lot to be excited about.
training camp invite? i doubt he makes the team
Not really. There is still risk there. The flip side is if he busts obviously you aren't saddled with anything later. Plus, it's so cheap it helps maximize what you can do in FA while still having depth in years 1 & 2.
Plus, the reason I am not concerned, is that SA seems to have a great culture of guys taking less than market value. Sure, that doesn't guarantee anything, but SA seems expert about building relationships and loyalty and it's paid off more often than not.
He would have been here sooner if he didn't tear both acls. He can flat out shoot.
A two year deal would be dumb. They need to protect themselves with optional/unguaranteed years 3 & 4. That takes cap room, but it's worth it. It's not like Durant is coming.
And they shouldn't cheap out either. If it takes more than the minimum it's worth it, like a 4/6 or 4/8, etc
His first name is a last name. That's strike one ...
"Davis" has historically been a first name. It's only been recently (relative to human history) that's it's become a last name.
I suspect in the new era the Spurs are entering, they are about to value cap flexibility the most bc they will need that third banana from FA either this season or the next and they don't have assets to trade for another player or into the draft lottery that they can spare. (I mean all these trade ideas are floating around for Mills, Diaw, Danny, Tony, Anderson, practically everyone we have guaranteed outside of LMA and Kawhi, but we don't have an indication that they will even move Boris, and some of these guys are too old to be too valuable and others too young and unproven, and I am sure Spurs would rather not trade Danny, the one asset that could really interest some teams, so I am assuming the guaranteed guys stay put).
Therefore, FA is the only way to get significantly better right now and thus they can't tie their cap with projects which at this point Bertans still is + he's risky bc of his injury history.
Regardless of injury history, the money I'm talking about for Bertans is PEANUTS. Any time the Spurs go cheap over peanuts it ends up bad. They dumped Scola to lose 2.5 million and it cost them big for years.
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