Spurs withdraw qualifying offer for Simmons

[jermaine]

All this talk about this like he's a starter! GTFOH this ! The Spurs helped his punk ungrateful ass!

[DPG21920]

Mozgov got $64 million man, don't try to tell me $27 million is ridiculous. Of course RFA handicapped Simmons. Most teams had to figure if they offered MLE the Spurs would match. You have to throw huge contracts at an RFA most of the time, eg Hardaway's $71 million.

That's my point. People who are sought after get big offers. Simmons got no big offers. Nor do MOST PLAYERS of his caliber.

[DPG21920]

Mozgov got $64 million man, don't try to tell me $27 million is ridiculous. Of course RFA handicapped Simmons. Most teams had to figure if they offered MLE the Spurs would match. You have to throw huge contracts at an RFA most of the time, eg Hardaway's $71 million.

Also don't know why you're heroing for Simmons. He didn't say RFA handicapped him. He said SPURS did.

[keithington1]

To the Rockets makes sense.

[MannyIsGod]

Well, someoe said that he said the Spurs did. I'm going to withhold judgement until all of this bull is over. Spurs having earlly bird rights is still good as it means a S&T isn't dead.

[baseline bum]

Also don't know why you're heroing for Simmons. He didn't say RFA handicapped him. He said SPURS did.

LOL saying I'm heroing for Simmons when I already said I'm ok with the Spurs renouncing him.

[Vic Petro]

This Tejeda joker is ing up his client's free agency. I don't see any other NBA players on his client list.

http://basketball.realgm.com/info/ag...ndo-Tejeda/157

[ElNono]

Thanks Jeff Van Gundy... he's been fluffing Simms on every national TV game, now his agent thinks he's the .. smdh

[ceperez]

This Tejeda joker is ing up his client's free agency. I don't see any other NBA players on his client list.

http://basketball.realgm.com/info/ag...ndo-Tejeda/157

Could simply be greedy considering he's only got one client!!!

[loveforthegame]

Who's leaking this stuff?

The second player to reportedly blame the Spurs and want out. First Aldridge and now Simmons.

[Hoops Czar]

Who's leaking this stuff?

The second player to reportedly blame the Spurs and want out. First Aldridge and now Simmons.

Richard Jefferson and David West as well. But everyone is content with blaming the player rather than the well respected elephant in the room.

[dabom]

Richard Jefferson and David West as well. But everyone is content with blaming the player rather than the well respected elephant in the room.

Porker?

[benefactor]

Wonder if Simmons will swallow pride and come home

Wonder if you will swallow pride learn proper grammar

[bic50]

Richard Jefferson and David West as well. But everyone is content with blaming the player rather than the well respected elephant in the room.

Robert hurry and sjax

[tholdren]

Wonder if you will swallow pride learn proper grammar

Forgot ? Grammar police

[SnakeBoy]

Could simply be greedy considering he's only got one client!!!

Nah, Simmons is the problem. Tejada has been begging Simmons "Help me... help you. Help me, help you."

[Ice009]

I told you all that he's being a selfish head with no loyalty. The Spurs gave him a shot at this payday and this is how he repays them. lol.

[Spurs9]

Just saw a ticker during the Lakers game at the bottom, "Spurs working on a deal to Keep Simmons, despite them renouncing."

[DPG21920]

People heroing for Simmons thinking he deserves more than 9M or that the offer was not fair is baffling me.

I mean, you have guys like Jabari on Twitter saying "the man isn't asking much, he just wants to be compensated fairly". What?

[Leetonidas]

Unfortunately the summer of 2016 made a bunch of scrubs think they're worth 15 million a season

[Hoops Czar]

Unfortunately the summer of 2016 made a bunch of scrubs think they're worth 15 million a season

Unfortunately, a lot of teams had stupid money to spend and scrubs were the beneficiaries of that stupid money.

[daslicer]

People heroing for Simmons thinking he deserves more than 9M or that the offer was not fair is baffling me.

I mean, you have guys like Jabari on Twitter saying "the man isn't asking much, he just wants to be compensated fairly". What?

Simmons tried to play the market and get overpaid but it seems like it's not going work out for him. I have no problems with the spurs low balling him and him having to take a lesser deal than the original 9 mil deal. He played the game and lost.

[SpursFan86]

Gotta agree with DPG. 3 years/$27 million is more than reasonable. If Simmons thinks he's worth much more than that, all power to him...but I'll pass.

And let's be real: Simmons isn't going to be the difference between us and a championship I'd rather preserve cap space for the next few years, even if landing a big name FA is pretty unlikely.

[apalisoc_9]

I'd sign and trade simmons for a role player big.

The Hernangomez dude from NY is decent, Nance JR is a decent 4th big...Very good offball player etc.

There must be a way to get S&T simmons.

I'd like the spurs to give LA a call and see if they would interested with a S&T for Nance...

[SAGirl]

People heroing for Simmons thinking he deserves more than 9M or that the offer was not fair is baffling me.

I mean, you have guys like Jabari on Twitter saying "the man isn't asking much, he just wants to be compensated fairly". What?

Simmons, the 34th best remaining FA look at this list:

then remember all the players that have taken small deals (and short 1 or 2 year deals too) this season. I honestly thought he was getting paid myself, but this offseason has been brutal for FA considering the disaster that teams did to themselves last offseason.