Lol, it doesn't show that at all.
Thinking this very well may be the way to go....find out what some of the euro guys got & see how few of the young guys grow. Spurs will be fine in regular season, if they get lucky & strike gold in one of the euro/young guys then maybe we make some noise in playoffs....regardless you go into the off season knowing what you got and clearer picture of needs/how to get better
I have a very unpopular view here, but our only way up is for our youngsters to develop. My only concern is to re-sign Boban. After that our only upside comes from our youngsters. I just want a single big man with experience in FA bc I think Tim is retiring, and someone needs to take his minutes. That is my single interest. Anything else is going to have to be provided by youngsters we are about to have. Pop is indeed going to have to do some serious coaching.
Yeah it's crazy this year. Scrub Mahinmi getting $64 mill/4 years is insane.
LOL wow......... That is one of the worst, insane how much these bums are getting paid.
Spurs will sit this one out, use 2016 as a farewell tour/youth development season, and have a plan to contend again with a re-vamped roster in 2017. That's the smart thing to do, and that's why they'll do it.
That Mahinmi contract... must be praising the Mavs for turning him into a legitimate NBA player
Pretty interesting article on NBA salaries...
Russell Westbrook Is Really Worth $344 Million, And Other Tales Of The NBA’s New Salary Cap
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...ew-salary-cap/
Pay Manu, re-sign Boban, bring over the best Euros you can get and call it a free agency.
LOL... I've been saying it, but nobody believed it. I think that's what's going to happen.
I could be wrong, But I think the Spurs could package Diaw and Duncan's contract (assuming he's retiring), and get a player making around $13M - maybe someone like Allen Crabbe? The Blazers would get Diaw plus be able to spread Duncan's salary, so they clear about $4M, if I got that right. Or the same if they S&T Harkless for about $6m, and then trade for Tim's contract - they still clear up $4M by spreading. Maybe different teams/players, but they might be able to score a player by leveraging that $4m cap savings.
Other than that, I still don't see anyone the Spurs can afford who will be better than what they have, or the players who are in their pipeline - most of whom will likely get less than the guys they would acquire. As funny as it sounds after that KBP thread, I'm starting to count on the hope that Bourousis will be spending some time under the basket for the Spurs this season, and that Bertans will be back to 100% after the injuries.
I'd like to see what Bourousis can do. And having lived in Latvia I'm rooting for Bertans by default.
I'm not sure Timmy is done. I've heard conflicting reports. Some saying he was at the meeting with KD, others saying he wasn't. Not that it means too much either way in relation to his retirement.
If he retires though, isn't up to the club with his contract whether they pay him? I certainly could be wrong, but if we trade the contract to another club they don't have to s out for him if he retires. Spurs would, I guess, because its effectively a back payment for letting them get LMA last year. Though I could be off on all of this.
If his contract can be traded and TD keep his cash, then I like your idea. Crabbe would be a good pickup.
They would trade Duncan to another team, and THEN he retires. As of right now, he is still an NBA player, and his contract is binding. I could be wrong, but I think the other team can still spread his contract over three years. He gets paid, and they get to clear $4M this season. (Although they do have to carry $2M each of the next two seasons.) There are going to be some teams trying to make acquisitions where $4M could make a difference.
I'm starting to think the best thing the team could do is use some of the money they're saving by not signing anyone noteworthy to guarantee money to the best prospects they can. So like what they did with Simmons and Jimmer last year but with five or six guys. Sure, they'd throw away a couple million bucks, but they could probably get the cream of the crop from the summer league. Dunno if Forbes will break out, but it would be great if he were already locked up just in case. And if he sucks, just cut him and eat the dead money.
I think you have a good idea on what they are kind of already doing. Not only in the rookies they are bringing, but Ryan Arcidiacono and Forbes. They are two shooters. On the one hand they drafted a very young and raw rookie who has the physical tools at least to be able to start in the team in about 3 years when Tony is coming off his big contract, if he develops at least comparably to Cojo (and he could potentially be much better). On the other hand, they have picked up some guards with a low ceiling but who can shoot right away and can provide spacing for our forwards or fill a Patty Mills role is he signs elsewhere in 2017.
Spurs should definitely lie low this year and don't sign any long term contracts that can eat up too much cap space. Then swing for the fences for a player like CP3 or Westbrook next year. Big name FA's will now be more amenable to joining the Spurs after The Decision 3.0
Just take the punt this year and develop the young players.
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