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People need to be prepared to be disappointed. I'd say the realistic chance of SA signing Blatche is in the 5-10% range.
Ehh, pipe dream for spursfan IMHO
People need to be prepared to be disappointed. I'd say the realistic chance of SA signing Blatche is in the 5-10% range.
You just gave me some hope if the odds are that high broski.
So you're saying there's a chance?
It would be funny if the Spurs sign Blatche and/or do the Patterson trade during the ST downtime.
I was thinking that too.
No that would be great.
The point: you missed it.No that would be great.
By design lol. I get your drift.
I've seen worse articles from bleacher report.
If a Blatche thread can get 13 pages this place is going to go ape in 2013.
Just a pipe dream. Spurs don't get free agents. He'll go to like.... ing Milwaukee or something.
I don't know how much merit 'Real Time NBA (NBA_365)' has on Twitter, but as of two hours ago they've tweeted "A source has told NBA_365 that the Spurs are "seriously considering" signing Andray Blatche to a contract."
I'm looking at their other tweets right now and nothing they're saying seems to be far of course, so maybe this is legit.
https://twitter.com/NBA_365
Time to speculate. I can only hope that this is true.
Don't see why they wouldn't. What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't work out then just release his ass.
Only thing I can think of is the Spurs are trying to work out another deal before they end up signing Blatche.
Dag I hope it's true....
The NBA_365 "source" is ST, specifically this thread
No.... Don't say thatThe NBA_365 "source" is ST, specifically this thread
Let's hope it's true. I'm on the Blatche bandwagon since he was amnestied.
A reason to be optimistic that it isn't a made up rumor is that it's not a tweeter account with 10 rumors made by day.
It probably is. And if it is, the holdup was probably either because they tried to trade for Patterson (or someone else) first, but have come to the conclusion that they will not be able to make it happen at a price they're comfortable with or because they wanted to do an extensive background check on Blatche and monitor his progress throughout the summer or a combination of both.
For those who have gotten your hopes up over this, I hate to say it, but they more than likely view him as a reclamation project as opposed to a plug-and-play option. Translation: He'll start off as the fifth big and will likely retain that role until throughout the season. If all goes according to plan, he takes Bonner's spot a season from now and they cut Bonner loose. Given all that, it wouldn't surprise me if the deal is for two years, with a team option for the second.
A two year deal is unlikely, because of the overall salary situation Bruno explained here.
Blatche is a seven year veteran, so his minimum salary should be around 1.15 million, according to this site, which shows the numbers for 2010/11. (I couldn`t find the numbers for 2012, but I guess they are even higher...)
So, signing Blatche to a deal longer than one season probably would put the Spurs over the luxury tax treshold!
Blatche salary would be $1,146,337: http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q16
If Spurs sign him to a two years contract, they would be about $3K below the tax but they could end above the tax because players like Neal and Bonner have performance bonuses that will raise Spurs team salary if requirements are met.
However, I think Spurs wish is a 2 years contract with a team option on the second year. The issue with it is that Blatche might not want that kind of contract. The luxury tax shouldn't be an issue since Spurs next move after signing Blatche would be to trade Blair and maybe Neal too.
A PF/C rotation of Duncan, Diaw, Splitter and Blatche should be fine if Diaw and Blatche are in decent shape. Bonner would be a nice insurance at the end of the bench for the regular season.
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