RICHARD JEFFERSON opts OUT!!

[TDMVPDPOY]

we lack a sf, makes trading parker to the pacers for granger + ford is real sense

or to memphis for gay + conley....do it

[ohmwrecker]

Parker, Hill, Blair. Whatever direction they want to take the team (Rebuild, tweak...) they have options. And yes, the guys you mentioned with partially/unguaranteed contracts are assets.

Trading Parker, Hill or Blair will just create another hole in the roster and no one is interested in our "partially/unguaranteed contracts".

[angelbelow]

The real panic mode would be:
- RJ leaves, no S&T
- Splitter not coming
- Pop doesn't trust Anderson and play him during garbage time
- Masterpiece is resigned
- Mason / Bonner still play 15 mn a game
- Hairston is our starting SF and Udoka is the back up
- At the end of the season TP signs with the lakers

lol panic mode would be an understatement if all these points were to happen.

[coyotes_geek]

Got damn the stupid is just oozing out of the cracks tonight. Really? Any random scrub can average 12 ppg?

No kidding.

[UnWantedTheory]

The thing is that pile of dog may be valuable for others, specially since it's a expiring.

Fertilizer for future growth.

[ducks]

splittler needs to be signed for a 3 year deal so spurs have full bird rights
or can spurs get him to accept half the mle and option out after 2 years? then get paid
spurs then have some money to get a sf

[Das Texan]

The real winner tonight though is Peter Holt


I'm sure he is doing doughnuts in his Holt equipment tonight.

[ducks]

splittler needs to be signed for a 3 year deal so spurs have full bird rights
or can spurs get him to accept half the mle and option out after 2 years? then get paid
spurs then have some money to get a sf

[DPG21920]

Trading Parker, Hill or Blair will just create another hole in the roster and no one is interested in our "partially/unguaranteed contracts".

Link? I keep giving you plausible answers. You give nothing of substance. I don't think trading one of those guys necessarily creates another hole (obviously if they are trading TP they are rebuilding so the point is moot there).

But Spurs have a decent amount of guards. Moving Hill, while he is a very good player, for a something of value, could again be a net gain.

[Agloco]

To be fair, wouldn't you say that it was "conventional wisdom" that there was less than a 1% chance of RJ opting out of $15M this upcoming year before the news broke?

Considering that a max contract under the new CBA was rumored to be around 8-10 million per, no. Makes sense for RJ to secure a 3-4 year deal around 6-7 mill per now. Under the new umbrella he'd command around 3 per max, assuming he had a decent season in the upcoming year.

[scottspurs]

I think it will be a lost easier to convince a free agent SF to sign for the LLE now that their assured the starting job with RJ gone. I believe this opens things up a little bit for the spurs.

[ohmwrecker]

RMJ had a wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better first year than RJ did. Way better. Not surprising because he could shoot.

A half decent year is better than the sparse "flashes" you saw. Spurs won about the same amount of games the year before RJ.

The only difference in the playoffs was a healthy Manu and Hill getting more time.

How many ppgs, rbds and blocks did RMJ average that year? The only reason everybody is so down on RJ is that his production per $$$ ratio wasn't equitable. Not really his fault that. He doubled Bowen's offensive production in his last two years AND out-rebounded AND averaged more blocks than Oberto and Thomas.

[Buddy Holly]

Really?

Other teams banging down the door for Malik Hairston are they?

No, I think they're banging on the door for the cleverly sarcastic wit of yours.

[Agloco]

How many minutes do you foresee James Anderson getting next season?

20-ish during the regular season. If he proves to be a sharpshooter, then Pop will extend those minutes through the playoffs. If he's pedestrian, Pop will reduce his minutes to around 10-12, as per standard playoff rookie protocol (see DeJuan Blair).

[TwelveGs210]

Ok..question..if the Spurs clear the 15 mil off the books, couldn't holt just go right back into the luxury tax if he chose? I mean, if he was already facing the chance of having to pay his sorry ass this year, then why not go like 10 Mil back into it and get something with value? This of course unless there is some kind of regulation about doing this kind of thing.

[SpursTillTheEnd]

eric b i bet you where one of the people who thinks dairy queen is better then whataburger, shut the up hariston>rj

[DPG21920]

How many ppgs, rbds and blocks did RMJ average that year? The only reason everybody is so down on RJ is that his production per $$$ ratio wasn't equitable. Not really his fault that. He out doubled Bowen's offensive production in his last two years AND out-rebounded AND averaged more blocks than Oberto and Thomas.

Yeah, and the Spurs still won the same amount of games and ended up getting swept by the Suns. He was a terrible fit and if you can't see that, then I don't know what to say.

Feel free to have your opinion and freak out. I don't see this as a big deal basketball wise. I see it as a great deal financially for the team. Thats it.

We will see how things play out.

[TDMVPDPOY]

splittler needs to be signed for a 3 year deal so spurs have full bird rights
or can spurs get him to accept half the mle and option out after 2 years? then get paid
spurs then have some money to get a sf

MLE value sounds about right for his price anyway since top3 lottery picks earn that much anyway...i see nothing wrong if he thinks his worth MLE since he was projected to be a lottery top3 pick had he declared a few years earlier...

anyway splitter at MLE is better then what we spend on rasho when he was a FA 7-8m a season for clumsy looking guy on the court....

[Kamala]

What a total bust the Jefferson move turned out to be. I would have never imagined this last summer. I can't believe he opted out of the 15 million. Fawk this is shocking!

[Buddy Holly]

The thought of a veteran like James Jones just makes me Giddy!!!

Let's be honest, a picture of a cheeseburger and a side of fries makes you giddy.

[Kindergarten Cop]

Considering that a max contract under the new CBA was rumored to be around 8-10 million per, no. Makes sense for RJ to secure a 3-4 year deal around 6-7 mill per now. Under the new umbrella he'd command around 3 per max, assuming he had a decent season in the upcoming year.

I'm not saying that it doesn't make sense now to consider it, but virtually everyone (posters/pundits/talking heads/etc) was saying that there was no way in that Jefferson walks away from $15M/yr before he announced it this evening - heck, some are questioning whether he'll make $15M for the remainder of his career.

[SpursTillTheEnd]

lmao buddy holly clownin

[ohmwrecker]

Link? I keep giving you plausible answers. You give nothing of substance. I don't think trading one of those guys necessarily creates another hole (obviously if they are trading TP they are rebuilding so the point is moot there).

If we are rebuilding then . . . sure trade TP. Maybe Tim and Manu can retire and the Spurs can be a perennial bottom dwelling lottery team for years to come. Why even bother signing Splitter? it, right?

[Agloco]

I'm not saying that it doesn't make sense now to consider it, but virtually everyone (posters/pundits/talking heads/etc) was saying that there was no way in that Jefferson walks away from $15M/yr before he announced it this evening - heck, some are questioning whether he'll make $15M for the remainder of his career.

Oh, he'll do that and then some. By today's salary scale, most teams would be willing to blow the MLE on him (6.5 mil approx). The unknowns of the future landscape are causing more players to opt out than "conventional wisdom" would usually dictate (see Dirk, etc, etc.). Players want security, RJ is no different.

[DesignatedT]

1 hour sons.