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He has career earnings in excess of 182 million. Maybe he'll give the Spurs a discount.
Spurs won't be able to afford him.
He has career earnings in excess of 182 million. Maybe he'll give the Spurs a discount.
Just read that Tom Orsborn of SA Express News expects him to be gone. Sucks to lose such a guy, a great fit. Seriously how expensive could he be.
Not sure how I feel about this...I think long-term wise, this is not good for the Spurs, just get it over with the next year...
I think G. Hill coming back.
After saying earlier that he plans to opt in? Agree that he changed his mind after catching wind that he is being shopped around in trade rumors.
Spurs would be able to afford him just fine. The question is going to be if they actually want him.
Now.....RC.....Salary Dump Parker and your journey to my good side will be complete.
Pau never said he was going to opt in. He said he wanted to be a Spur for the foreseeable future. And despite my optimism, this move is still in line with that.
I hope they aren't doing this to give Porker his 3 year deal...
What deal would he need to stay in CP3 sweepstakes's?
I don't have my spreadsheet with me, but the team would still need to trade Green or stretch/trade Tony to make enough room for a full max. So any bit of salary Pau takes up runs against that.
I don't see how Pau opting out in order to sign a longer contract for less money would be a good thing in terms of attracting Paul or another max or near max player. The easiest way to create cap space was to trade him or if he'd opt out not to return.
Him getting a new contract is likely the end of the hopes for Paul.
His minutes will go to Bertans and to a lesser degree to Anderson IMO.
Pau never thought that "the good life" could be lived in SA.I think he wants to hang out, be well-paid (but not to excess) and live the good life.
Can't argue with that.
Ok just checking..and you're not gonna like this but Spurs are looking to trade Green and stash/trade the first...
I think that only makes sense if he's planning on playing two years while getting paid for 3. And even then that's kind of low since it would be essentially playing the second year for $8 million since he's opting out of $16 million for next season. Usually players seem to do these kind of opt outs to get a lot more guaranteed money. Hence my expectation of him wanting 3 years, $35 million. That would clear $5 million off the Spurs cap number this season since they could offer a starting salary a little over $11 million with 4.5% raises to hit 3 years, $35 million.
I will flip much more about the first than about Green.
Because if SA really wanted to trade Pau to get CP3 Pau would not have opted out. If he did opt out and it was not discussed with SA he just did them a massive favor bc now they don't have to trade him. He's off the books.
sources? is this inside info?
^^I'm sure it's going to be in this range. Pau's not going to go 3 for $24M. His self-evaluated worth will be much higher than that.
do it rc.
What's the rule on max salaries? All the articles I read quote Paul's max at 35% of the cap, but I know the CBA used to be written so that a max salary was 25%/30%/35% of a somewhat lower percentage of the average BRI than the average BRI used to calculate the cap. Is that rule still in place in the current CBA, and if so, what's the difference in the average BRI figure they use to calculate max salaries vs the average BRI they use to calculate the cap?
This by itself means nothing. Pau could be opting out so the Spurs can keep the band together... Simmons, Paddy, pay Manu what he deserves, etc., not so the Spurs can improve through free agency.
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