Reply With Quote**** Kidd
**** O'Neal
**** Payton
**** Odom
Let's sign LaFrentz Jr.
Why get a "big" who can't bang, play D, or board when the team has plenty of decent offensive options already?
**** Kidd
**** O'Neal
**** Payton
**** Odom
Let's sign LaFrentz Jr.
Shaq is a beast. Who plays him well? You think JO'Neal is going to go against him? I'm saying Rasho will push up the team rebounds because he blocks out.
I'm saying Rasho will be fine against most centers.
MB your rap is a 0 out of 10. your screaming like everyone else is an idiot and you don't know . Plenty are think O'Neal but it's basically you and baseline for Kidd. Name one sportswriter that says get kidd (besides what Aldridge said 3 months ago) -- the case is becoming more ridiculous with every round. I know... sportswriters don't know . their all idiots you guys are the smart ones
...and **** Yao that damn commie.
Name one sportswriter who thinks the Spurs should pass up Kidd for Nesterovic. Thought so. The Spurs are not planning on adding anything less than an all-star caliber player this summer. Apparently you haven't been paying attention over the last 5 years.
No one is saying sign Rasho. Everyone laughed at your stupid proposal for how to spend the cap in chat.
Well I guess we could see what happens... we'll see whose closer to what goes down...
I bet Cuban's happy the Mavs blew their shot at Duncan for a soft, no-rebounding and no defense-playing foul magnet signed to a huge deal. Now we can get one of our own, only he's not even as good as the one Dallas has.
yeah I can see you MB and Ghost laughing...
you guys have been right about... hmmm let's see. 1 out of about 50.
Yeah I know you smart guys just know management is going to run out and figure out ways to spend as much money as possible for 47 largest US TV market SA. I'm still laughing my ass off about Ghost crowing over here about how good that trade of NY's pick was -- yeah 20 year old Nene Hilario wouldn't be a good knick. Or dropping Yao off his fantasy roster after 2 bad games. Or on his analysis of TP... but at least he does trademarks right?
And BB your about 5.3% better than ghost congrats.
The Spurs have been paying 3 max-level contracts for the previous two seasons, mensa.
9.9 doesn't equal 12 right? it get's worse after the first year right?
TD's salary is going way up. keep working on your figures and assumptions (SA is NOT paying lux tax, so if you squeeze under and the biggest contracts get 10%+ raise guess what happens the next year...)
This is what happens - also note I use Bird raises (12.5%) for my worst case estimates
Let's assume the following:
2003-04 salary cap = $40 M
2005-06 salary cap = $44 M
Duncan signs for the max he can get after not opting out this season (if he does he'll make less)
Spurs sign a 30% max player with Bird max raises (2003)
Spurs sign Tony Parker to a max deal (2005)
Spurs sign Jax to a Bowen deal (2003)
Spurs sign someone like Speedy to the other $2M (2003)
Spurs sign Manu for $6 M starting (2005)
2003 max FA - $15 M
Duncan - $15.0182 M
Parker - $11 M
Manu - $6 M
Rose - $5.775 M
Jax - $3.75 M
(Speedy) - $2.5 M
draft pick - $800K
$2M to fill out a bench
TOTAL $61.8 M
lux tax = $56 M
Therefore, the Spurs spend $5.8 M in luxury tax, which isn't much to field a contender.
cut the draft pick off if you want to save money
Also, Parker at $11 M (max for him on a $44M cap) is a of a reach.
Learn something about the cap before you waste our time.Yeah I know you smart guys just know management is going to run out and figure out ways to spend as much money as possible for 47 largest US TV market
As for Dunc's salary it will increase by $3 to 4 mil total over the next 3 seasons. Oh no.
not going to happen. that's a difference of let's say 10 million (after the payout) that year and it get's worse after that. You know phoenix lost 3 million (including the playoff money) and there salary is 53 million. Phoenix is a substantially larger and richer market than SA.
Let's be more frugal...
If we sign Speedy that's 10% raises, not 12.5% because we don't have his Bird rights
Assume they say fuk the pick
Assume they fill out the roster with younger minimum guys, so cut another million off
Now Speedy makes $2.2 M
total = $59.7 M
Spurs pay a grand total of $59.7 M, and pay a tax of $3.7 M for a le contender that will sell every season ticket and every luxury box for the next 5 years
let's assume we pay Manu $5 an hour and that TD loves the SA so much he takes a pay cut. Get over yourselves you can't have everything...
You can't assume we are going to pay lux tax. It's not going to happen. That's a pretty brave assumption at 6 million for manu also.
The Spurs can afford to carry that payroll. Here's a newsflash...BRI will be increasing during this period. For those of you scoring at home that includes the ABC/ESPN deal.
SA's market size doesn't mean as much anymore thanks to the CBA that was signed back in 1999.
Get over yourself. You know very little about the cap.
bbum...don't forget that teams that are slightly over the lux tax threshold don't pay the full tax. In addition the basic assumption that there will be a luxury tax for 2005-06 is in doubt.
Yeah fans from LA are going to come and pay for the tickets at the SBC and buy lux boxes. Local markets make up a large part of a teams revenue... Why do you think the Knicks can pay that salary or Lakers? Why do you think the Knicks are worth so much more than SA?
$6 million starting is about what Manu will probably be worth by then. Right now he's worth MCX at best, but I doubt it when Karl Malone, Juwan Howard, and Gary Payton will might be had for that.
Also note I'm giving you Tony being a max player for your argument, though I strongly disagree with him being worth max money.
Manu would get 6M this year. there is no way people are paying over the MLE for fossils like GP and Malone that's for sure.
well you low balled SJax also. lux tax isn't happening, count on that.
Then why is there even a team in San Antonio? Why have the Spurs made it clear that they will be pursuing a max free agent this summer?
The national TV contract accounts for the largest part of NBA revenues the last time I checked.
The facts belie your argument.
Ginobili wouldn't get more than the MCE this summer.
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