The Spurs Must Extend Elton Brand an Offer

[Ghost Writer]

The Spurs front office can't be ready to throw in the towel and settle for PJ Brown after clearing cap space for two years and witnessing the Lakers add Malone and Payton.

[Truthsayer]

Its not throwing in the towel if they have already been in touch with the interested parties and know that it isn't going to happen. Just because we are in the dark about who they have talked to and what they are saying doesn't mean that they are in the dark. Maybe Brand's agent has already told Pop that Brand is not going to sign any offer sheets. We can't assume that if the Spurs sign PJ its because they didn't have the balls to go after Brand. That would just be an assumption on your part.

But then that wouldn't be anything new. You assumed that we could have gotten Weber and now Weber admits he didn't even call Pop back. You assumed we could have gotten Spree, when you have no evidence of that. You assume that we could have had Payton, but at what cost you really can't say. etc. etc.

You are really quick to make derisive comments without knowing all the facts.

Mister win now, worry later. Well they did it. And you just can't accept that they did it their way.

[Archie]

Don't worry, Truthsayer. Ghost knew it all along.

[scott]

Dammit Ghost, don't be hijacking perfectly good threads.

[Archie]

scott, I too appreciate Ghost's dogged effort to search through Coon's Cap FAQ and the actual CBA itself to find an answer to your question in this thread. If it wasn't for Ghost and his excellent cap knowledge I don't know what this board would look like.

[Tony Le Parker]

Im in no big hurry to sign PJ Brown, because outside of the Spurs getting Brand, we are not gonna repeat next year. We got bent over in FA, accept it. Invest in young players that you can get on the cheap, like Magette and Odom. Don't spend the money just because it's there because that will hamstring them for years to come. If they overpay Kandi-ass or Nestorevic (meaning anything more than 1.5mil), I will seriously reconsider buying any tix next year to watch a WCSF flameout. Make a pitch for Brand, let the dice roll.

[Ghost Writer]

Hijacking threads?

I started the thread, pal.

The Lakers just added Payton and Brown.

We waited two years to sign a star.

I won't apologize for wanting to explore an opportunity to land Brand rather than rush to sign PJ Brown.

Don't get mad because we don't agree.

[Archie]

You've added nothing to that discussion, Ghost. Not once have you bothered to research the cap rules on that. Go back to the nursery the adults are having a talk.

[Ghost Writer]

Whoopty-do. You guys did the nerd work. Thanks!

I am more in favor of convincing him to accept an outright offer from us anyway.

Please go back to complaining about me for no apparent reason. It's your therapy.

[Archie]

How the F can you discuss this subject otherwise?

[Ghost Writer]

We already asked about a S&T, creep.

We haven't tried offering Brand a contract outright. It's not the 16th yet.


Settle on PJ Brown. Haven't you made up your mind?

[Archie]

You ing dumbass.

[Ghost Writer]

Brand > Olowokandi > PJ Brown


B1tch.

[kohai]

Rebounding - wash
FG% - PJ, by a mile
FT% - PJ, by yet another mile
blocks - Kandi, 1.6 to 1.2 career
tougness - Kandi doesn't even appear on the radar.

[Ghost Writer]

Good.

Kidd and PJ Brown are out of the picture, narrowing the front office's focus.

1. Convince Brand to sign an offer sheet.

2. If that doesn't work, try again for a S&T even if we have to trade Parker.

3. Replace Parker by signing Arenas outright.


If none of that is possible, then:

a) Offer Olowokandi a contract.

b) Extend an offer to Odom and hope Sterling doesn't match.




The thing that disturbs me is that the front office is high on Nesterovic.


I had a premonition that ultimately we;d be looking at stealing away some Clippers.

[Ghost Writer]

Utah is going to extend an offer to restricted Brand.

Denver is going to extend an offer to restricted A. Miller.



Where are our b@lls?




Question.

[Admiral]

Jason Kidd still has 'em, Ghost.

[Marcus Bryant]

Perhaps the Spurs have? You don't know.

[Ghost Writer]

I want to read in the paper reports that the Spurs are:

1. Prepared to offer Brand the max and dare Sterling to match

2. Working on a S&T for Brand involving anyone not named Duncan

3. Offering Olowokandi between $6-10 million

4. Prepared to offer Odom between $7-10 million and dare Sterling to match

5. Offering Arenas between $6-10 million

... in that order.


I am sick of reading about Nesterovic.

[scott]

I'd adjust your order of preference to read like this:

1
2
4
5
Some other options we haven't thought of
Nestero
5

[Ghost Writer]

I'd be getting nervous about Olowokandi signing elsewhere by the time we'd get a decision on Odom. If Odom was a PF/C, I'd say wait on him.

[scott]

I'm not as averse to Kandi as some other posters- but it appears that Pop/RC aren't even considering him. I don't think he's gonna happen, no matter how bleak things start to look- so might as well forget about him.

[Ghost Writer]

Um, no.

As Maggette, Miller and Nesterovic look elsewhere and Brand and Odom remain restricted free agents, the Spurs will ahve no choice but to look at 'Kandi.

It concerns me that they've taken this long.

[scott]

It shouldn't. What part of "they think he sucks ass" are you failing to understand?

[Ghost Writer]

Please post the report that suggests the front office says, "they think he sucks ass", scott.

I've laid out the Spurs options, pal. Read today's Insider for some more insight at the Spurs dwindling options.

Better yet, try coming up with some options for yourself, rathater than just tweaking the ones I laid out for you.

I'll be waiting to comment.