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Why invest $20 million/year in a player who obviously has degenerative ankle/foot symptoms for at least the past few seasons?
I just hope Diaw doesn't end up on another contending or rival team and all of a sudden starts to give a sh*t again.
Why invest $20 million/year in a player who obviously has degenerative ankle/foot symptoms for at least the past few seasons?
A 2 year/ $14 mil, with a fully non-guaranteed second year, is awesome value even for a fat Boris. Just watch the likes of Lin and Gordon get 8 figure deals over multiple seasons.
Everyone is completely overthinking all of this. Including me. They were a 67 win team last season and should have beaten the Thunder and had a chance against GSW. The chance for Durant is still there and even if that fails, the FO knows what it has to do to improve and i trust that they will do what is necessary. We're f'n spoiled tbh.
Dallas likes overpaying....
are they even gonna have a meeting with durant at this point?
Didn`t they already overpaid one PG ?
Yeah but they can always get more overpaid players...
Some teams - like 76ers will have troubles with minimum cap space floor or whatever this is called. They could take Diaw just for protected 2nd rounder in 2025. It`s more difficult to have Durant say 'yes', rather than making cap space for such signing.
I don't understand keeping Diaw when Pop soured on him so bad to give him a dnp in a closeout game.
Usually once a vet player is dead to Pop, they stay dead iirc
Spurs probably believe or know they can get rid of Diaw in a trade with his possible expiring contract if someone they like will sign with them and need to clear up money. Also it keeps Cleveland, Golden State and OKC from getting Diaw if the Spurs would flat out release him.
Perhaps they see a little bit of Draymond Green in Diaw, albeit in a softer, fatter, lazier and less compe ive form.
bad news about Diaw (he sucks), good news about Conley (it is not worth the max)
Last edited by r0drig0lac; 06-29-2016 at 05:10 AM.
I think passing on Conley given his probable price-tag is wise.
Last edited by BillMc; 06-29-2016 at 05:51 AM.
Spurs should have traded Diaw by now. He's lazy and overweight. They probably think he is the key to beating GS lmao. So it's basically the same team as last year. If they don't figure out how to upgrade their starting pg position and get a mobile big then don't expect them to beat any of the elite teams, especially in the West. Spurs won't beat OKC, Clippers or the Warriors. So same team = same result in the playoffs. They need an injection of youth and athleticism.
Or maybe just maybe, they are planning on trading him after they guarantee his contract. A lot of teams would love to have Boris (and his contract) on their roster coming off the bench as playmaker.
If the Spurs didn't have his lifelong best friend on the team I doubt he's ever even a Spur. He left every team before on bad terms with his lack of effort and thinking his way is the smarter way. He's a major danger to quit on any team he gets traded too or signs with, and teams know that. Too many stories of his elitism when it comes to his approach to basketball and how he treats coaches.
Maybe he plays hard for Golden State and Kerr, but without Parker around to keep him engaged, I doubt he does any good for anyone else. And God help the team that doesn't put a weight clause on his deal.
Not even close. 2014 and 2015 were essentially the same team.
FWIW. Diaw will going to play in 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament here in Manila next week.
Duncan was also an all star, tbh. He'll be 41 by the time playoffs come around
I need a Whataburger in honor of Diaw.
Not really. Splitter was healthy in 2014, and back to being a china doll in 2015. Parker was completely wrecked health wise by the end of 2015.
And a healthy splitter changes everything vs the clippers
Right, but it wasn't necessarily the wrong decision to bring the team back as is (as was?). In the summer of 2014 the FO couldn't have anticipated Parker dropping off that badly or Splitter getting that injured.
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