Way too many years.
He would fill the void left by Stephen Jackson
I like AK a uva lot more than Omri Casspi, who I was convinced the Spurs somehow manage to sign this summer.
3 years 18M is OK for me.
3 for 21
Casspi has looked a lot worse over the years. He looks painfully slow and unathletic for a small forward. Kirilenko is much better.
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Spurs' interest in Kirilenko serious
By Marc Stein | July 2, 11:10 a.m. ET
San Antonio is facing a fair bit of financial uncertainty in these early days of free agency, not knowing what sort of market restricted free agent Tiago Splitter will command and openly hoping to re-sign Spurs stalwart Manu Ginobili at a greatly reduced rate from last season's $13 million salary.
But sources close to the situation tell ESPN.com that the Spurs are seriously interested in free-agent forward Andrei Kirilenko now that AK-47 has opted out of next season's $10 million contract with Minnesota.
Would the Spurs be willing to let Splitter go and use the resultant financial flexibility to replace him with, say, Kirilenko and a bargain big man like Greg Oden? Interesting concept.
There. It's fixed.
Would be good for a reasonable price but I'm not overly excited about the notion.
Solid backup for Kawai, small ball 4 . . . if he's willing to play on the cheap. Not a player you let Splitter walk for though.
having another guy that can create would so help the spurs
the key to beat the spurs is to stop tp
also tp spends so much energy trying to create for others
will only get worse because manu can not
Wonder how much of a advantage it is to have TP as his best friend. Probably slightly. It all comes down to the type of contract we offer.
He could be our new Brent Barry
Our backup PG was weak though this year, our offense stalled when Tony was out of th game so yes we do need some O too.Barry was the backup PG and a sharp shooter, different players.^^^^^^^^^^^ This.
Green is more than serviceable as a defender imo. The Spurs are an elite offensive team during the regular season but they had their struggles in the playoffs when Tony sat and Manu was asked to carry the team. We need an explosive 6th man more imo, not necessarily to replace Manu but to replace his role.
I just meant in his looks movements and Swagger, his on court presence from watching that video hi-lights mix... he remind me of Bones.
And for H-E-B commercials.
Who do you have in mind?
Unpopular opinion but I love the possibility of Ellis in a Spurs uni. Jamal Crawford was considered a cancer at one point as well and hes been great off the bench for LA. Ellis in SA is a 6MOY candidate imho.
They're completely different players, but Barry was also the last real free agent the Spurs brought in, so there's at least a little bit of a comparison.
Would be a potent bench but Ellis won't take less money for a bench role.
Chuckers are innately selfish so he'll go to whoever pays him the most.
Yeah, it always takes me a minute to remember that Crawford isn't horrible anymore. He used to be one of the worst chuckers in the league.
Difficult to make happen minutes wise if we bring Gino back. Can't see it working out unless Gino is done.
That's why the Gortat trade would be so great for the Spurs. He gives us steady post offense all game long making a guard creator less important.
Maybe Manu should just retire from the NBA... he can expend his compe ive juices on the National Team.
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