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this dude. Hopefully spurs just eat the 6 mil and waive this next year so we can be rid of him finally
Gasol was out for 28 games, due to a stress fracture. Most mortals don't understand that stress fracture is an overuse injury. Nine games into the season, playing 17 minutes per night, and he's got an overuse injury. It doesn't matter if he can occasionally put up double digit points or rebounds. If his body can't stand up to 17 minutes a night, he's washed up.
If he was expiring, someone might have bought the contract and kept him for light-duty insurance. But with that $6.75M hit on next year's cap, the Spurs would have had to throw in some kind of value to move him. That much was true even before he missed 28 games. No chance the Spurs throw in anything of value just to accommodate his dumb ass for a few more months.
I don't know the terms on his guarantee, but maybe Pau figured the Spurs will wait until the last minute before cutting him loose next year, like they did with Jonathan Simmons. If they cut him loose early, he could still sign with another team and make an extra $3M next year. If he thinks he's still got more value than that, he's delusional on top of washed up.
If that's not it, then it sounds like things have completely gone to in SA, and the rats are looking for a way off the ship.
this dude. Hopefully spurs just eat the 6 mil and waive this next year so we can be rid of him finally
probably this. you can only hear pop's tired senile ramblings so many times before you start to tune him out
Was Gasol eligible to be bought out?
Role players asking to be traded
GTFO you piece of
Huh? The Spurs could have taken back about $21 million for Gasol at the deadline. For instance, something like this:
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y5sxqlmr
Since Gasol's contract is dropped to $16 million for next season the Spurs can only trade for a little over $20 million in salary back this summer.
Hawks are not giving you Huerter for a corpse player. Only way to get rid of Gasol contract is if you attach pick with him. Spurs will never do that. Spurs ed up here but its for the best because we need to tank anyway and we need as many corpses as possible.
Newest rumour is that he wants a buy out before March 1st, so he will be playoff eligible if he were to sign with a contender. I hope that's the case and that he leaves the Spurs. On to next season with a healthy squad.
This is ing embarrassing and pathetic. PATFO
PATFO paying this worthless
Pop won't tank. He will flog this dead horse all the way to the finish line. it is barely conceivable that they make the 8th seed. If they don't get swept in the first round, SA should throw a parade on the river.
This franchise is going downhill fast
Tanking sucks anyways, if you look the past NBA drafts there is as much talent in the 10+ range as in the top10. Makes no sense to tank, in the past it used to be a good idea, but league has taken measures against it.
But we're true Spurs fans because we suck PATFO's no matter what!
The vanilla posters here (they know who they are) just look dumber and dumber by the day.
Still a culture guy? Still worth the contract? Still very moveable? Spurs paid Gasol all that money to burn out, get hurt, and sit on the bench pouting.
Disgusting.
I only posted that trade to illustrate the salary the Spurs could take back for Gasol. And this summer he's a contract that could allow a team to shed $20 million in 2019-20 salary while only paying his $7 million guaranteed. Maybe the Spurs are stupid and can't find a deal for him but it's a more valuable trading piece this summer since his 2018-19 salary will have already been paid.
This offseason will be telling. They got a chance to turn it around. Key is is trade Patty to free up cap space. No way of doing this mid-season with this front office. No excuse to not move a guard in the offseason. DJ coming back and need minutes.
Capspace is worthless for the Spurs. No one worth a crap is signing here when the team is middle of the road (and declining) and a small market.
But I was told his value was culture and being a lockerroom guy.
They paid him to scream on court like an autistic , and he was great doing that.
Now other arenas deserve to hear his melodies.
spurstalk studs spent 1 year saying that their contract was easily tradeable (they just forgot to say that we would have to deliver a pick or get a bad contract for it)But I was told his value was culture and being a lockerroom guy.
Hopefully ownership puts more pressure on the front office to get better players.
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Are you Basque?Never trust a Spaniard
Hilarious how Pop was willing to play him to showcase him and the TOSB couldn’t keep up with the Kings.
Gasoft. Hated him the whole time he was here.
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