Quote Originally Posted by ohmwrecker
The Spurs should've started this "youth movement" a couple of years earlier. I don't see the smoothest transition out of the Duncan era, but you never know. We have some nice pieces, but no potential superstars.

This wasn't a bad thread, but it went full re in a big hurry.
Problem is a potential superstar coming into his own right now is going to be commanding a potential superstar contract. Right now we have the luxury of rookie scale contracts as Duncan's career ends, then we will have some cap space to adjust to his departure.

Lets say we kept Beno, he looks like a rising star and he is getting 7-11 million a year offers. Would the spurs match that this year? Last year? I doubt it. This is a notoriously frugal FO, and I don't think that sticking with old cheap vets has been a coincidence in the Duncan era.

We really only have our 2002-2004 draft picks to improve the tail of Duncan's career, the other picks were pretty much "best left on board" picks.