a look to the future

[alexinstereo]

We need an upgrade at small forward in a bad way.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Hey the knicks are still trying to clear capspace for 2 max contracts signing in t he 2010 sweepstakes....

i think they will give up there first rounders next 2 yrs and try trade for alot of 2nd round picks cause of the unsheed contracts.....THEY dont have any players we want, but if we can trade a few of our picks and jump into the first round for their higher picks on someone we like, we should jump the gun. Spurs should just give up on the 2010 plan...and see if theres anyone they like in 2009 or 2011 FA/rookie class....

[AussieFanKurt]

dont go with Sheed
he's way to old and angry!

[TDMVPDPOY]

dont go with Sheed
he's way to old and angry!

for the league minimum who wouldnt? he said he come here even for the minimum, you be stupid if you dont sign him....

[AussieFanKurt]

if he comes for minimum i guess
but ill be pretty angry if he costs us games because of his usual anger.

[TDMVPDPOY]

if he comes for minimum i guess
but ill be pretty angry if he costs us games because of his usual anger.

doesnt really make a difference costs wise compared to the stiffs on our bench atm not contributing much for what they are paid.

Just look at massenburg when he was with this team in 05, he earned a few technicals and throw outs...didnt costs us anything cause we were a deep team.

[AussieFanKurt]

yeah good point
i'm sold.

[TDMVPDPOY]

the only thing im waiting for is the new bargaining agreement, if theres going to be any changes regarding to euro players drafted in first or 2nd round getting rookie scaling money but dont wanna come here cause of pay issues, if they can get around that...maybe spurs can just throw out an attractive offer to splitter or any euro prospects in the future that would come here and play....minimum $$$ is not attractive for euro players, but for ballers outside of europe trying to make a break into the nba can still see the contract feasible.

[mountainballer]

people should realize reality first before post all the wet dream scenarios.

first off, the cap will go down next year, so will the tax threshold.
reportedly it will be around 69 million.
Spurs already carry contracts for 70.3 million for 11 players for next season.
even if they waive Bruce and Fab (their contracts are only 50% guaranteed), they would be at 66.4 million, but need to sign at least 4 players.
if they can re sign Hairston for the min. (about 710K) and also sign Gist for the min. (about 440K), I guess both count for 710 against the lux tax, they will be only about 1 million under the threshold and still need to sign 2 players.

people should keep this in mind when assuming that the whole MLE will be spent for a player like Sheed or Gooden. (no idea by what exception both could be signed, as some suggest). if Sheed is signed for the MLE, the 2009-10 season of his services will cost the Spurs 10-11 million.
maybe the Spurs are prepared to pay big time tax money. if they land Camby at deadline, they would also have been deep in lux tax territory in 2010.

and btw. Sheed would be a great addition, also at 35. but will this be enough? Spurs would need to use some more money to provide some quality roster depth. like the BAE for a veteran wing, if they waive Bruce.
so or so, if the Spurs use the full MLE for one player, they will finally stand at about 77-79 million. this might mean additional 8-10 million in taxes. does anybody see Holt swallow this? ok, me neither.
my guess is, they will at least waive Fab, maybe also Bruce, and then use the MLE for 2 maybe even 3 players. they sign Gist and Hairston for the min.
like it or not, we will see more Ime's than Sheeds next season. we can pray that some of them turn out to be like Mason signings. (Mason for 2 million.)

[TDMVPDPOY]

i thought gists will be in euro for another year....

[AussieFanKurt]

"people should realize reality first before post all the wet dream scenarios."

rofllll

[coyotes_geek]

people should realize reality first before post all the wet dream scenarios.

first off, the cap will go down next year, so will the tax threshold.
reportedly it will be around 69 million.
Spurs already carry contracts for 70.3 million for 11 players for next season.
even if they waive Bruce and Fab (their contracts are only 50% guaranteed), they would be at 66.4 million, but need to sign at least 4 players.
if they can re sign Hairston for the min. (about 710K) and also sign Gist for the min. (about 440K), I guess both count for 710 against the lux tax, they will be only about 1 million under the threshold and still need to sign 2 players.

people should keep this in mind when assuming that the whole MLE will be spent for a player like Sheed or Gooden. (no idea by what exception both could be signed, as some suggest). if Sheed is signed for the MLE, the 2009-10 season of his services will cost the Spurs 10-11 million.
maybe the Spurs are prepared to pay big time tax money. if they land Camby at deadline, they would also have been deep in lux tax territory in 2010.

and btw. Sheed would be a great addition, also at 35. but will this be enough? Spurs would need to use some more money to provide some quality roster depth. like the BAE for a veteran wing, if they waive Bruce.
so or so, if the Spurs use the full MLE for one player, they will finally stand at about 77-79 million. this might mean additional 8-10 million in taxes. does anybody see Holt swallow this? ok, me neither.
my guess is, they will at least waive Fab, maybe also Bruce, and then use the MLE for 2 maybe even 3 players. they sign Gist and Hairston for the min.
like it or not, we will see more Ime's than Sheeds next season. we can pray that some of them turn out to be like Mason signings. (Mason for 2 million.)

The Spurs definitely have some tough decisions ahead. The one potential piece of good news is that the luxury tax hit would likely just be a 1 year event. After that a bunch of contracts expire, plus Tim's salary drops by a decent amount as well. I would think the Spurs are smart enough to figure out that there's only so much sand left in that Tim Duncan hourglass and will take the luxury tax hit to try and squeeze one more ring out of the Duncan era.

[bigfan]

Rasheed is on the downslope of his career, he has a bad at ude as well. Lets see how Drew does this year anyway.