Splitter and Javtokas

[ploto]

Not true.

Spurs offered Javtokas a fair deal between close to 2 million.

Javtokas wanted close to the full MLE.

Spurs then turned away.

Sorry- not true. The Spurs signed both Elson and Butler to offer sheets and wanted Javtokas to wait and see what happened. The team in Europe wanted an answer ASAP - Robertas accepted their deal- and he was right because neither team matched the offer sheet and the Spurs ended up with
both Elson and Butler.

[stnick2261]

Sorry- not true. The Spurs signed both Elson and Butler to offer sheets and wanted Javtokas to wait and see what happened. The team in Europe wanted an answer ASAP - Robertas accepted their deal- and he was right because neither team matched the offer sheet and the Spurs ended up with
both Elson and Butler.

You are talking about the summer of '06.... we are talking about summer of '05

[mogrovejo]

The Javtokas ship has sailed. The international posters can offer the best line on RJ, but it seems like he's been a mediocre player for several years. He had a decent stint of play during the last Olympics, but he's never been that good.

Mahinmi is better than Javtokas.

I agree, never understood the fascination with Javtokas. He couldn't be better than a 3rd string center/15th man in the NBAand there are dozens of players who can do that job as well or better than him. Overrated due to thunderous dunks.

[temujin]

That vertical was years ago, before the accident, right?

Right.

He kept his mediocre shooting, horrible passing and decent rebounding.

He sets picks and hustles.

No thanks.

[objective]

You are talking about the summer of '06.... we are talking about summer of '05

Not the way I remember things. I remember Javtokas taking a one-year deal in summer of 2005 with Rytas before NBA free agency even began as he was worried about an NBA lockout.

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Regardless, Javtokas' game and athleticism has slipped to the point where I don't even think about him ever being a Spur anymore.

It's not surprising, the dude is over 30 and has steel rod holding his leg together. Add in the weight he's added over the years and the stress on his legs just plain limited his prime window. Don't forget that his leg pretty much broke twice, first with the accident and then after the first surgery when the metal plate the Euro doctors used to fix his leg snapped.

[scottspurs]

Javtokas will never play in the NBA. Splitter will never play in the NBA if he signs another European deal.