McDonald: Finley stays; big, tall task left for Spurs

[Bruno]

IIRC, NVE was signed using this, as well as Manu.

NVE signed a min contract.

[Agloco]

Then they should see what it takes to pull off another salary dump trade to bolster the bench, such as for a Nocioni or a Foster.

+1

Finley's re-upping isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[timvp]

If you see Bonner as a player who can provide 10-20 solid mpg, adding only 1 good bigman is almost a no-brainer. If there are some serious doubt about Bonner ability to play in the playoffs, it's very risky to have a bench with him and rookies.

In the "adding 2 solid bigmen" scenario, one will likely come from FA and the other from a trade where Bonner would be gone. The rotation will be Duncan, big from FA, big from trade and rookies.

At the end, I do think that Finley picking his option has a quite big impact on what Spurs should/could/will do this summer. I would have rather like him not picking it but with him picking it, a trade to upgrade the 3rd big from Bonner to a better player makes a lot of sense.

I'm not sure whether Bonner can recover from his horrible playoff showing. Both Pop and Duncan were outwardly pissed at him by the end of the series. It took years for Pop to warm up to him so if Pop has soured on Bonner again, he might as well trade him.

It also probably depends on the big the Spurs eventually land in free agency. If it's a shooter, then Bonner is more likely to be traded. But if they land a big center like Pachulia, you kinda have to keep him just to have the perimeter shooting big. In that scenario, having Bonner would give some protection to Pop going to small ball with Fin.