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Sorry, but I think this is nothing more than a ploy to get more money/years/both out of Miami.
I'll get excited when he shows up for the press conference in SA, until then I'm considering him the newest member of the Miami Heat.
Um, no S&T for the amnesty players if they're waived. Five Mil is his ceiling, unless he wants to play for a ty team with caproom.
Sorry, but I think this is nothing more than a ploy to get more money/years/both out of Miami.
I'll get excited when he shows up for the press conference in SA, until then I'm considering him the newest member of the Miami Heat.
yeah, Pops is going to lose Finley because of this...
once and for all, I won't be disappointed if the Spurs can't sign Finley.In anticipation of a possible deal, Miami placed 20 posters of Finley wearing a Heat uniform on light poles on the streets near the team's arena.
19992003
If the Spurs don't sign Nick Van Exel, I ain't going to any games this year.
How bout that?
The MLE would be used up but there would still be the LLE available.If we give finley 2.5 mil how much do we have left??
Say Finley becomes a Spur - any remote chance to land Van Exel using the LLE or is the team becoming too geriatric?
You are right.yeah, Pops is going to lose Finley because of this...
once and for all, I won't be disappointed if the Spurs can't sign Finley.
1999
The Spurs really didn't need to do anything this offseason in order to remain a contender, so all this talk about getting a key free agent is outlandish in my opinion.
The Spurs won without Van Exel and Finley and can easily do it again.
Miami and Detroit and the other teams that did NOT WIN a le in 2005 are the ones who need to improve their rosters.
Orlando had a 50 foot banner of Tim Duncan in a Magic jersey hung at their arena when he went to visit them a few years back, guess we're screwed again.In anticipation of a possible deal, Miami placed 20 posters of Finley wearing a Heat uniform on light poles on the streets near the team's arena.
Then why all the hoopla of team reps going up to Chicago to visiit with him?
If he wanted to be courted he would go to each city.
This doesn't make any sense.
Ah, yes. A T Park-type line in the sand. Bold move my man...although it's not as though going to the games provides any more insight for you.
I knew that him signing with the Heat wasnt a sure thing. I think he will sign with us as well as NVE. I think Finley is having a tough time making a choice between money from Miami, playing time with the Suns and a ring with the Spurs. If Finley scores when he gets his playing time his minutes will increase. We all know this. When Duncan and Horry speak with him and explain that they themselves have had to play limited minutes to stay fresh for the playoffs he will see that it no big thing and in fact who do you think will get those minutes when Tim, Manu and Tony need a breather. If he wants a ring its SA for sure because Miami will have a hard time finding playing time for all their players and the Suns have lost Johnson and Hunter. Sign Finley and Van Exel already and we can call it a summer and I can pay more attention to my Dallas Cowboys.
Why don't you pull a TPark and not post for a year, that'll show 'em
What if:
Tony/NVE/Beno
Manu/Finley/Sanders
Bowen/Barnes
Tim/Horry
Nazr/Oberto
Rasho and Brent traded to a team under the cap. (Biggest pipe dream ever.)
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the Admiral intervened, called Tim while vacationing in Hawaii.
Tim excused himself from interfering with SA's pursue of Finley unlike ShaQ.
Another thing nobody seems to mention in all this---how bad do you think Finley wants to get back at Cuban? I mean, the best way for him to torment the man who dumped both him and Nash would be to stay out West. Either rejoin Nash in Phoenix or join the defending champs.
Not that I'm sold on Finley joining the Spurs. Just wonder how much pride > $$ in this case...
I have a feeling he's going to sign with Miami. Hey, Kori, is there a Vbookie on where he'll sign?
August 23
Miami Herald (registration required): "The Heat, considered by many to be the front-runner in the Michael Finley sweepstakes, became the first team to meet with the free agent swingman Monday... Phoenix, Detroit and San Antonio have meetings with Finley scheduled in the next few days."
Michael Finley,
The Spurs love you. Our rotation is set, but you ought to come to San Antonio and sit on our nice bench anyway.
Love, Pop
All this damn hooplah for Finley?!?! Don't get me wrong, he's going to make just about any team better, but he's not going to be the amount of talk he's getting here is overkill for a guy who is not going to be the difference between a winning and losing a championship for whoever signs him.
I think that all of this indecision is good news for SA and Phoenix because I think the only real advantage that Miami has going for it is money and Finley probably starting to realize that he could be signing the last contract of his career. Why ride out his career on the bench for a team that is going to be working in so many new pieces while its window of opportunity is quickly closing?
I like Finley's competiveness (spelled right?). He can shoot lights out when he is in that zone. I am sure he can pick up the defense if Barry and G-Rob can. I think he is serious about signing with the Spurs. Usually guys go visit the city that wants him so they can get that "royalty" feeling, but Finley isn't. I think he is really torn on where to sign. Only Miami can give him $5 mil. All the other teams he is considering can't offer that much. He would not set up meetings to waste people's time. He is too old for that. That is something a young player does. I would much rather have a solid backup PG like Watson or NVE and sign DeMarr Johnson or G-Rob. However, I think the Spurs have a good chance of signing Finley now. If Duncan, RC, Pop, and another Spurs player show up the Spurs have a better than 50% chance of landing him.
What's to get back at? The dude gets a chance to play for a real championship contender, will get paid every penny owed by Cueball and will get anywhere from the LLE to $5M more this season, plus whatever other contract he signs after that.
I was just perusing another Spurs site for insight about this whole Finley situation and came across the following thought - it ties in with some of the rumours bandied about about the Spurs shopping Brent.
I don't know about you but this seems like the kind of thing the Spurs would go for to improve the team and the always-on-their mind lux tax situation. Brent played adequately for a first year Spur but he wasn't a stand-out by any means. I don't think the FO is above trading him if they feel they can get better.I thought all that Brent talk meant maybe they were setting up if NVE came but maybe they are looking at if Finley comes. If they really could pull off that GS/ Pietrus/trade exception for Barry, then for Brent's salary you could have Finley, Pietrus, and a cheap rookie-- say an undrafted guy. Now that would be impressive for the FO. They could still sign 2 vet minimums for a roster of 14 and be UNDER the luxury tax!
Yes, he took less money to come but so did Rasho. Didn't stop them from tading Malik either....
Food for thought.
As much as I think Brent could improve with another year of corporate knowledge, Finley is younger, taller and is the better player. He shot a career best 40.7% last year from the arc and can't be worse on defense than Brent. He's been an all-star and is a better scorer.
As far as I understand with the amnesty rules concerning payouts, Miami can only offer Finley about 1M/year more than we can. Interesting.
Last edited by TwoHandJam; 08-23-2005 at 10:33 AM.
One reason I'd love to see Finley in a Spurs uniform is that it might cause a few Dallas Maverick fans' heads to explode. They HATE Bruce Bowen here, mainly because of his conflicts with Finley.
If they're all of a sudden teammates and buddies? It's a mind that I don't think most Mavs fans are prepared for.
The Spurs couldn't possibly have Brent Barry on the block. Right?
I'd do the above mentioned trade. I don't think anyone ever said Barry was untradeable, just that your wet dream of Spree for Barry was counterproductive and stupid.
Let's see, a former all-star shooting guard with good scoring ability or a former all-star shooting guard with good scoring ability for the bench. Yeah, big difference.
But you'd lose Barry's almighty point guard skills, so replacing Barry with Finley makes such a prospective deal "counterproductive and stupid".
BTW, shut the up.
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