Reply With QuoteDo you think Sterling will give him $30 million in cold hard cash next season, with $22 million of that payable now? I don't see it.
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right now is doing a season inside the Clippers
Elton Brand's first season
Coming back home and stuff.
Almost like a little background deal on him, And from what I see Im impressed.
Went back to his hometown for Elton brand day.
Very grounded and down to earth individual.
Would fit in PERFECT with the grounded family Spurs.
ITs too bad that hes restricted.
If he was unrestricted I would say its garunteed were getting him, Im afraid though that Sterling will match.
Do you think Sterling will give him $30 million in cold hard cash next season, with $22 million of that payable now? I don't see it.
We didnt think Jermaine Oneal would stiff the Spurs of a visit.
Well see what he does.
Hopefully Sterling has a heart attack and Baylor says lets just get the 15 days over with and decline.
This is pretty damn interesting. If indeed the Spurs are looking to make that kind of offer, they are some smart mutha as. That is exactly the kind of deal that would cause Sterling to a brick. They have put a lot of thought into this obviously. If we could get Brand in a s&t that would clearly be the best; picks and cash are all Sterling should ever get though.
My only question is this: if Rasho is supposed to make a decision tomorrow, then if the Spurs did make him an offer, this Elton Brand possibility is history, no? I guess conceivably they could sign both of them, if Rasho's contract were the right size. It would be weird, signing Rasho and Brand in the same offseason, but having Nesterovic on the roster is NO WAY reason to not look at Brand, is it? So in my mind, Pop is ready to take both players, if Rasho wants to come, and if he can pry Brand away from Sterling. So we won't get a perimeter scorer if this plan pans out, but we'll have Elton Brand playing next to Tim Duncan for the next six years.
Not bad.
Yeah it's hard to get a good feel for how this will play out. Agreeing to a 6 year deal with Nesterovic would seem like a rather excessive price to pay for 'insurance' should the Spurs not be able to get Brand. I suppose they could try to get creative in how they use Nesterovic should they land both him and Brand. I'm sure we would see a trade of one of the bench bigs in the not too distant future. Obviously you don't pass on Brand just because you already have Nesterovic. The starting salaries I've seen for offers to Nesterovic would still leave the Spurs with enough cap room to make a max offer to Brand. If not Brand then the Spurs need to look at Odom.
and have Rasho coming off the bench to give duncan a breather.
Thats a of a lineup
Jack
Brand
Duncan
Manu
Parker
Nesterovic
Kerr
Rose
Willis
Claxton
Leonard
Brown.
That right there folks is the team to win rings for the next 5 years.
TPark, did you get rid of Bowen?
My bad Bruce.
No, heavens knows I love him.
If hes still there at training camp,
Im ordering one of his jerseys, the big FA signing, and hopefully Speedy Claxton's.
My comp is dying to customize a Brand or Nesterovic or olowakandi jersey!
Damn right it is. The Lakers would be wetting their beds thinking about that squad next May.That right there folks is the team to win rings for the next 5 years.
I imagine that is definitely the plan, MB. My question is, will Odom still be around if Sterling s around for two weeks? That's a long time, and Miami has money and beaches (and beeches). Losing out on Odom is no reason not to do this plan though, as chances are Odom will not want to come here anyway.If not Brand then the Spurs need to look at Odom.
If the Spurs are lucky to pick up both Rasho and Brand, it is hard to see any time for Malik. 36 for TD, 30 for Rasho, and 30 for Brand would take up all the bigman time.
He is fat and happy with his contract. This is his team and he wants to win. If he is winning then I don't see the problem.
If things turn out this way, remember this passage over the next 5 years as to why the Spurs went from a le team to an also-ran."The Spurs considered offering a front-loaded $74 million deal, with $22 million payable immediately. They may, instead, pull out of the bidding, even though Brand has become their No. 1 prospect.
San Antonio has already lost out on Jason Kidd, P.J. Brown and Malone, and can't afford to spend 15 days wrangling with the Clippers, who have the right to match any offer and are promising everyone they'll do it.
Instead, the Spurs may go to their fall-back position, trying to sign Minnesota's Rasho Nesterovic."
We lacked the b@lls to call Sterling's bluff.
Thats ok because with your plan ghost we could have gone from an also ran to a lotto team in that same time frame.
Emmy, we'd have a better chance of getting a star to SA as a lotto team.
If not for the lucky bounce of a couple ping-pong balls, we never get the superstars of Robinson and Duncan and are le-less today.
The front office has not brought in a star other than the draft in 30 years.
Next.
Some articles indicate Odom is in no rush to make a decision. He wants to see what the Clippers do in terms of retaining talent so there's a good chance he'll wait out the 15 day period before he either accepts an offer from another club or signs a long term or one year deal with the Clips. In that case SA could make an offer to Brand and if Sterling matches turn around and make a sweet offer to Odom and see if Sterling would bite the bullet again.My question is, will Odom still be around if Sterling s around for two weeks?
How much talent would Sterling have to bring back to make Odo happy? The more he brings back, the bigger the payroll, and the less happy he'd be to offer Odom big bucks. So eithr way, bringing back talent may lessen an offer to Odom and not bringing back talent may get Odom to accept a poison pill contract like Brand's. A Catch 22.
Um, Sterling doesn't have to do a d@mn thing but match any offer for Odom, which he says he is prepared to do.
The contract offer scenario has changed then?
lmao ghost.
Pop is the luckiest GM ever, no doubt.
Thank god for the lotto picks of Tony Parker and Manu Ginobilli.
(no i am not calling them stars)
Right now I hate the term star.
I just want to win.
My Spurs are going to be doing alot of that for a long time.
Go ahead, keep ing, I'm done trying to reason with you.
could the spurs have leaked this
so they could just trade picks and not have to have a front load deal
Manny, please tell me where the Spurs are without the lottery.
This team can not bring in star talent without the draft.
That much is apparent when we clear cap space for two years, win a le in spite of that, have the league MVP on our team, have no state income tax and a new practice facility... and we still can't lure a star to the team.
Pitiful.
If Rasho has indeed decided to sign in SA, this makes things very interesting.
Yesterday the Spurs had an offer out to Rasho AND a very interesting offer out to Brand. I think that if they have a big secured in Rasho, they should keep pursuing Brand heavily.
If Brand signs their offer sheet and Sterling still decides to match all the things in the Spurs' offer, then at least they tried and they will have a shot at Odom. Sterling isn't going to sign everyone.
The Spurs have nothing to lose by going for it and waiting the 15-days. There's not much else out there that they want to sign.
You think the Spurs will have enough clout to sign Rasho and Brand?
I think it's one or the other.
Also, I believe Sterling will re-sign Brand and Odom, because Miller and Maggette are gonezo.
It doesn't look good for us.
Then by God, Go for Brand! I'm sure signing Nesterovic is going to be insurance just in case the Clipps match. The Spurs dont want to be left without a big man, and having just Tim, Malik, and Kevin upfront to battle Shaq.
16 mil cap room
-6 rasho contract
10 mil left. isn't that what brands max is?
Hey Marcus,
If the Spurs don't go after Brand, this will be just like how Red McCombs and Bob Bass were afraid to trade for Barkley for mings and Anderson in the summer of 92.
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