George Hill Possibly Bought Out

[SAGirl]

They didn’t need to give Patty those 4 years. Just like they didn’t need to give Pau 2 additional years right?

Whats disappointing is that they didnt really plan for the future. Patty is a bench player that has no higher ceiling than where he is right now. Might even decline in coming seasons too when that quickness takes a step back and he’s no longer coming off screens like a fastball he might have trouble getting himself free.

It’s just disappointing that they are stuck with defensively challenged midget lineups bc they are going to have to find playing time for the 50 million man, + Tony, thus pushing everyone else out of their spots and possibly taking playing time from more well rounded players to play a glass cannon. Nope. Shouldn’t have been that long of a deal at least.

Team was going to be changing and they may even want to resign some of their RFA who have played better than perhaps they thought coming into the season. Too bad.

[Chinook]

They didn’t need to give Patty those 4 years. Just like they didn’t need to give Pau 2 additional years right?

Pau and Patty are in slightly different situations. In a sense they could have let both walk or dragged on negotiations with both hoping to get better deals. In that regard, they are the same. However, they could have avoided guaranteed money in the third year of Pau's deal by giving him more APY over a two-year deal. In this sense they are different. In the sense I think you mean it, who knows how much better of deals they could have gotten by playing hard ball? For all we know, Patty could have gotten a $45M/3 deal in free agency. I don't think that's unreasonable looking at Re 's, Teague and Hill's contracts.

Whats disappointing is that they didnt really plan for the future. Patty is a bench player that has no higher ceiling than where he is right now. Might even decline in coming seasons too when that quickness takes a step back and he’s no longer coming off screens like a fastball.

Patty has a decent future if Manu and Tony both retire. Dude fits fine with Murray and White going forward. Same with Kyle if he's retained. Definitely a deal that getting out of makes sense, though.

It’s just disappointing that they are stuck with defensively challenged midget lineups bc they are going to have to find playing time for the 50 million man, + Tony, thus pushing everyone else out of their spots and possibly taking playing time from more well rounded players to play a glass cannon

As I've been hinting at throughout the season, I'm pretty sure Pop is playing two-PG lineups on purpose and that this has been his plan since last year. He was probably going to start Parker and Paul had CP3 agreed to sign with SA.

[SAGirl]

RC panicked. Tony had a busted leg, Manu went on a 2 months vacation to Spain and almost retired. They led Hanga to believe they were going to sign him and then backpedaled at the last minute.

They panicked too when JSimms didn’t want to come back, and went and signed Brandon Paul after they had already drafted a 6’4” guard with defensive potential in the 1st round, and still had Forbes and Murray under team control. Could have signed a better big or drafted one than Joffawful, but noooo.

They just did a lot of panicked in the summer that wasn’t that progressive. It was all reactionary. Hope it pans out bc it’s my Spurs.

[SAGirl]

If the alternative was Patty overpriced or no one . I take no one tbh. Team already had enough guards developing and committing that much to a bench player who isn’t even a 6th man quality player it’s too much. He’s no Jj Re . He’s no Hill or Jeff Teague. He’s a bench player. Has never been a starter quality guard not will he ever be. Not for a good team.

[Ice009]

Do you remember last season Patty saying he wanted to start for a team. I always said to friends of mine, he's not a starter on a high level team. If he's a full-time starter and your best "PG", then that team is most likely a lottery team IMO.

[SAGirl]

Do you remember last season Patty saying he wanted to start for a team. I always said to friends of mine, he's not a starter on a high level team. If he's a full-time starter and your best "PG", then that team is most likely a lottery team IMO.

I didnt think he’d be back when he said that.
He started the season playing abysmal and explaining he had no pressure bc his contract was for past deeds. so maybe he doesn’t have a filter and thinks things through b4 he spouts them out.