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I disagree that Parker will be a solid value. He'll still be getting paid like a decent starter when he isn't one. Even with the cap at $94 million, his % of the cap is still too high.
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I disagree that Parker will be a solid value. He'll still be getting paid like a decent starter when he isn't one. Even with the cap at $94 million, his % of the cap is still too high.
Still, though, more flexibility in the short-term for teams like the Spurs, even if they don't get Durant..more opportunities to take fliers on low-cost projects from Europe that would normally take a higher % of the cap..
I would take Lin over Parker without blinking. Just my 2¢
TP is a negative player. I still don't think so...Man, Kawhi Leonard is going to potentially be making less annual $ than Kent Bazemore, Jeremy Lin, etc..
Danny Green is going to potentially be making less than E'Twuan Moore and Tyler Johnson
Even Aldridge's 20+ million is going to look like a bargain when you realize that broken Noah and Ryan Anderson are going to receive 18 mil/year or so..
Ridiculously good value from the Spurs' front office for the next 3-4 years..
Also, as much criticism as he receives nowadays, TP is going to return solid value next season, too..
They have no chance at Durant and none of the European projects has a high ceiling.
Flexibility sounds great, but the reality is, even next year they'll be hard pressed to find the dynamic, lead creator type guard they need to put them back in the tier with the Warriors, Thunder and Cavaliers.
Now, to be fair, there's more than likely nothing they can realistically do to solve that, but if all this amounts to in the long run is a cleaner cap sheet, who cares.
Where you see that? Or watching on TV (what channel)?Tyler Johnson and E'Twuan Moore are going to get paid 10+ per year..
Jeremy Lin and Kent Bazemore might approach 20/year
Also, reading a lot about guys getting really huge 2 year deals - teams have to meet salary floor of 85M, have tons of money and it limits long-term risk...
Also, as many of have said, people need to look at contracts in relationship to percentage of the cap vs raw dollars as tough as that will be with our trained mindsets.
Also, Also, Also, while getting value will be tough and what SA is doing makes perfect sense, regardless of value SA needs more talent. Might be tough this year, but no later than next year. SA is in a tough spot - if they don't get a younger(ish) talented guy they like this year, they need to be very careful about eating too much into things next year.
But they also have to try their best to improve right now with LMA's age and a core that is used to winning.
I don't know, if a player like Lin really gets paid $20 mil a year, that's like 1/5 of the cap space for a team. seems awfully high even thinking like that.
It sounds as if I'm in the minority here, but I'm fairly confident we're right in the Championship mix with a few minor tweaks. Is it just me - or did most of the people here forget that the Spurs won more games last season than they had ever won before? Combine that with the fact that it took more than a third of the season for Aldridge to adjust to his role on the team. If not for an injury to Aldridge's shooting hand and horrendous officiating, it's not out of the realm of possibility to say that we could have advanced and pushed the Warriors in the WCF - and perhaps made it to the NBA Finals.
I realize that I may be a bit naive and perhaps a tad overly optimistic, but one would surmise that the Spurs had barely made the playoffs and were on the verge of being a lottery team if they were just going by the posts of most of people here. I refuse to believe that the sky is falling if Durant does not sign in SA (which was a long shot in the first place).
Regular season means nothing.. The Spurs didn't have an extra switch to kick in to gear when the going got tough. Most of the core guys we have are ancient and getting older.. We are second round fodder unless Pop lets Kawhi play 40 minutes a game during the regular season so he has his legs during the playoffs.
I've stated that KD is looking for a long term plan. Just going by his own words and actions but the media is fascinated by the cap and +1 but it just doesn't make sense to me if you're OKC or KD going that route. I think deep down he's looking for the best long term plan. I think OKC is somewhat in a panic mode with the Horford rumors..again trying to sell a long term plan. But I dunno how you can convince Horford to take less $$ and sign when KD and Westbrook aren't committed lol. But if KD actually just resigned either a 5yr or +1 in OKC they can move forward and try to get somebody like Horford etc.
Just doesn't make sense and it's crazy to me the media hasn't speculated more about Boston or SA who I think are ahead of GSW when it comes to landing KD.
Speaking of which:
I'm pretty sure every game other than Game 1 (Spurs favor) and Game 6 (Thunder favor) came down to the 4th...and if I recall correctly the league admitted the Spurs got screwed out of 2 (Game 2, Game 5).
You don't know about basketball tbh.
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The refs ed up a lot on both sides.. but if the Spurs just make shots and run a competent offense in the last 5 minutes of these games then they win but what is going to change over the next year? Parker going to turn into an assist machine and pass the ball to Kawhi instead of bricking every shot he takes down the stretch? Is Boris Diaw going to be more motivated and not be in the dog house? Will Tim Duncan turn 31 instead of 41 if he comes back.. Will there be continuity if they bring in another big to play instead of Duncan.
The Spurs after winning in 14 should have slowly started to address needs for players that were slipping but they've always been about trying to stop gap problems, lets try to fill in a piece here and there and wish for the best. Now their ageless wonder is looking his age and the players that made up the team are on their way out. Can't expect another 67 win season this year and can't expect everyone to play above water like they did this past season especially with rookies coming in and learning their respective roles and how they do things in SA.. I think you need to set your expectations to be reasonable and not call people not knowing basketball because they don't agree with you.
But go on thinking what you want..
Dallas knows he's a fraud IMO. You don't dump max money into a guy with health issues, questionable motivation/attidude at best & one that seems like a snake in the grass.
Players are still getting overpaid in my opinion. If the cap was the same I wouldn't think Noah is worth 13mil either. Teams have a lot of money to spend and a limited supply of players. That's going to cause players to be overpaid especially when the players that are worth more more are already under contract. When you have good value on existing players then incoming players are going to get more than their share. Perhaps will see smaller contracts that ends before existing players get new contracts. Bottom line even when you do the math after the contracts come out I think many will think they are getting overpaid.
I have a feeling he ends up in LA
He's a good player, but man, he's literally perfect for LA
Nothing of much interest basketball-wise.
He's lifting weights 3 to 4 times a week and some cardio and drills in the court, but seems like an offseason regimen. He made a comment he gets restless and starts to feel old in the offseason when the training regimen is lax. A trainer from San Antonio is scheduled to visit Argentina to get him in shape.
Maybe without realizing it he conceded of plans to come back for next season by mentioning the San Antonio trainer.
The rest is a lot of personal stuff, pictures of the day, favorite apps, favorite quotes, etc. a lot of non-basketball stuff. You do get to know more about the man.
Pretty sure Thunder benefited from Game 2 and Game 5. How did they Spurs benefit form that?
Who played above water? I'm pretty sure Boris, Danny, Patty all had down years. Yet they still won 67 games while fitting in a big piece like LMA.
I think it's more of a troll. Dude's probably a personal trainer of his. He has a national team to prepare for. Wouldn't surprise me for that trainer to be in SA even if they are not associated with the team.
Larry Coon made a great point. I thought LA would keep Clarkson and pay him whatever because they desperately need talent and they are learning the hard way they are no longer a FA draw like before. If they want to be a FA draw again, they need not only equal money and the lure of a big market, but a good roster ready to compete.
They can land Parson's but no franchise players until they are good (which is not surprising, but also shocking how far the NBA has come).
But Larry Coon was stating he thought LA would love for Clarkson to get Gilbert Arenas'd. With the first 2 years being under 6M that let's them not only keep a young talented player, but not mess up their cap space in the two most important years.
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