Spurs in Serious Talks with Belinelli (Edit: signed to 2 year/$6M)

[deibero]

hes probably worth mike dunleavy money, 2 yrs/6mil

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

I don't think he's that good, but he's bigger and probably better than Neal was last season.

[Chomag]

A pretty big upgrade from Neal. I actually would like this signing. Do Spurs have enough to offer him to outbid teams though?

[benefactor]

THAT dude.

[jiggy_55]

Woj says if they sign him, they still plan on keeping Gary Neal.. Why?

@WojYahooNBA: If Spurs do reach agreement with Belinelli, the plan remains to still try and re-sign restricted free agent Gary Neal, sources tell Y!

[Bruno]

If Spurs got him, Neal won't be back.

They are likely trying to get him for a part of the MLE but another option would be the room exception with Spurs adding player like Kirilenko with their capspace. In that scenario, Neal would be renounced to create cap space which would fit with Spurs going after Belinelli.

[Mel_13]

A pretty big upgrade from Neal. I actually would like this signing. Do Spurs have enough to offer him to outbid teams though?

They have the full MLE and he's not worth anywhere near that much.

[ElNono]

[benefactor]

[Mel_13]

Beli and Gary makes no sense.

[lmbebo]

Its reported that the Spurs signed him to 3 year deal. Dunno how to link twitter

[Bruno]

WoW
I really don't get Belinelli AND Neal.

[Mel_13]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 35s
RT rAmonashelburne: Spurs have reached a three-year deal with with Marco Belinelli

That was fast.

[timtonymanu]

Awesome!

[ChumpDumper]

Would be a good addition, but almost certainly signals the end of getting a bigger name.

[jiggy_55]

ramonashelburne
Spurs have reached a three-year deal with with Marco Belinelli

Edit: She just edited and said its a two-year deal.

[deibero]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA3m
If Spurs do reach agreement with Belinelli, the plan remains to still try and re-sign restricted free agent Gary Neal, sources tell Y!

[DesignatedT]

If they keep Gary then they must be giving up on either Cory or Nando.

[slick'81]

There's jax replacement

[deibero]

info was wrong, its 2 yr deal

[SpursDynasty21]

Awesome!

[spursince#99]

Marco is a ing hooper. He tough as on both ends of the floor. But why would we keep both?

[Bruno]

3 years deal can't be with the room exception so it's a part of the MLE so it's the end of Spurs being able to go after quality free agents.

[monkeypunk]

Cap space or the MLE, not both.

If they sign him it will be with a portion of the MLE.

I thought they were reportedly planning on using the remaining cap space on neal to get over the cap which would give them the full mle to use on someone else. Is that only in play if they are resigning an existing player?

[Mel_13]

If they keep Gary then they must be giving up on either Cory or Nando.

or both.

In that scenario, picking up Joseph's 4th year option would be unlikely.