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USC just churns out the good decision makers.
No, that would be another OJ.
USC just churns out the good decision makers.
Most overpaid player in sports? I know for certain in the NBA he is.
There are going to be many decent players who are going to be left out of the 4x and 3x increased salaries that can be had for 2x salaries. The Spurs are just waiting to see who's left standing when the music stops.
This is a fair point, and I will watch next season no matter what. Bottom line is I love our team, and if Duncan and Manu come back there's extra incentive to watch knowing that it'll definitely be their last year. But for the first time in a while I feel like if we don't do anything, we definitely won't win it next year. For the past 3-4 years I always thought going into the season we had as good a chance as anyone of winning a championship. I thought that going into this years playoffs too, but now I think it would require so many crazy, unexpected breaks to go our way in order for us to win. Hopefully I'm wrong though, either way it should make for a good season.
Also I'm nowhere near being a Parker hater, he's an all time favorite player of mine and we wouldn't have won nearly as many rings without him, but at this point his contract is definitely a burden of sorts. I'm not saying we needed to get Mike Conley, but we do need an upgrade at point guard desperately (with ideally parker coming off the bench as a back up)
Jefferson may have just had the most profitable season of his whole career. He played just well enough, on a championship team, to get offers in this FA frenzy. He could get himself a great big bonus payday at the end of his career. SJax screwed himself, the way he handled his exit from the Spurs. If he had just stuck in the league, and maybe had a decent season, he could be looking at the same thing.
I wonder how Fabbs' heart is doing?
Wonder if DeJuan Blair will get back in the league to get any of this money. Guy missed his chance.
Yeah, it's sick what the timing has meant. Think what Patty Mills could get right now. I know people about him, but honestly he'd be getting triple what he's being paid if he was a FA this season. If Dejuan was coming off that playoff year with the Mavs, when he gave the Spurs so much trouble? It's just the luck of the draw, but you can see why some guys would really want to get one of these kinds of paydays. The ones who have been out of the league mostly don't have a chance, but you couldn't blame them for trying.
ST Poster#1 Hey man in 1903 a candy bar cost a penny.
ST Poster #2 candy bars are expensive as #@$# today. Could you imagine how many candy bars I could have bought in 1903 if my salary was proportionate to the price of a candy bar as it is today?
ST Poster#3 the same?
Actually with the contracts being handed out his seems like a bargain now under the new salary cap
As much as I loved Jackson in his 03' run, he dug his own grave the last 3 years of his career. If he wasn't so delusional with his pursuit of becoming a rapper, spending all summers in studios instead of the gym-- he may still be in the league.
You . As usual, you're either clueless, or just pissing on everything like a dog. Most people have figured out that you can't pay everyone on the team $10M+ and still stay under a $94M cap.
What people are saying is, "If THAT guy is worth $20M per year, it's going to take $150M to field a great team." A max contract is still the same percentage of the cap, no matter what dollar amount is involved. Same idea with near-max. Teams are handing out max and near-max contracts to people who don't justify that.
You're one of the last people who should be ing about the stupidity of "ST Posters".
For me, it's not so much that the rising cap has changed the entire financial landscape, but that teams are caught up in the frenzy as if the money will be around indefinitely in a way that justifies overpaying anyone right now... Conley is a good player, no question, but no scout, coach, or opposing player in the league would ever consider him for the le of Best Player in the NBA. He's not even in the top 10. Memphis has been a better than average team for quite a while now, but one that had a relatively small chance of winning a championship... now they've made their better-than-average-but not-great PG the highest paid player in the league. There's definitely an air of irrational exuberance surrounding the move.
I think the sticker shock will eventually wear off and the Spurs will be forced to throw $15-20 million at role players if they want to build a decent team.
Right now, I definitely think the FO is in a wait and see mode since they do not traditionally throw so much money at free agents. When the $15-20 million contracts become more familiar, the FO will feel more comfortable doling out money if they see someone they really like.
Although, the FO definitely would like to discover the diamond in the roughs like Green, build through the draft, try to find good trades, and re-build seemingly done players for cheap. Just hard to see the FO spend this much cash on free agents. Yes, the cap has increased but even when the cap was low, the Spurs were unwilling to bid for high cost free agents unless it was a complete no brainier (LMA and Durant this year).
Don't know if it's for real but saw Conley was offered >150 million for a 5 year deal from his team. If that isn't the definition of stupid I don't know what is.
More & more, I expect the Spurs to go the trade route or find a euro player this off season-- there will be a need for some teams to shed salary, and that's one thing to watch... something like Memphis moving Brandan Wright, Miami moving Josh McRoberts, Boston & Jerebko...
The only legit big name FA shot right now feels like Pau, who I think might take a paycut to join an organization he respects.
Yes spurs10 thats been all over the place for 24 hours now old news
they aren't. the comments, and yours, are equally impressive. keep going strong!!!!
Thanks...just saw it. Un#$%$ingreal. Good for him!
That's how much the Spurs would have offered Conley if they pursued him. Just slightly less and over 4 years since the Spurs can't give max raises and the 5th year. That's why I thought it was ridiculous to go after Conley, especially if the Spurs keep Parker. Maxing out Conley just doesn't make sense. He's not a max player and the Spurs are still paying $15 million for Parker.
Maybe our team will be all euros if they can get guys to lock in 5 year deals at 2 per
In terms of who we sign this offseason, that might very well be the case. I could see them signing one FA to a 8-10 million dollar contract the rest are our past draft and stash guys.Maybe our team will be all euros if they can get guys to lock in 5 year deals at 2 per
Pop would have to do some more serious coaching than he has in a while.
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