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I am fine and comfortable with this, I understand. But in this scenario it assumes we have KT. My thoughts are what if KT is gone, we will only have 2 Exceptions to use in order to fill the gap.
You are acting like I am posting things that are completely implausible. My scenario could easily come into play just as yours. My whole issue was KT being a UFA. I said we are not in a real threat for the luxury tax, but it has to be watched in case KT gets a bigger than expected offer. Don't be a MannyDPG is simply new at this.
I am fine and comfortable with this, I understand. But in this scenario it assumes we have KT. My thoughts are what if KT is gone, we will only have 2 Exceptions to use in order to fill the gap.
If KT is gone then they sure as aren't in LT territory. If KT is gone its bad, but if Duncan breaks his leg its bad too. No point in worrying about the unlikely.
Well I am a worrier, that is why I am up so late...was not worried about any other thing (the draft, FA signings that were not ours), the only thing was KT. I wonder if the Nets would be willing to trade some of their bigs. I would absolutely love to get Josh Boone.
I wonder if he could be had, we could use the trade exception on him, but I doubt they would take that...
LLE 4 Diaw ara
If Najera were to sign for less money to come to San Antonio, he could probably make up the difference with endorsements due to his popularity with Mexican Americans along the border.
Who the F is going to offer Kurt Thomas that money? You'd have to have cap room to do that. You really need to start thinking in realistic terms. The MLE is ~ $5.8M. Start there and work downwards.
Najera went to HS in SA? Is that right? I hadn't heard that. Where did he go?
He played a year at Cornerstone Christian Academy.
najara can hustle....but he is the last player on our roster we need...if najara were just 3 or 4 inchs taller, teams would be all over this guy.....if fab had less brain and played like najara id like fab...in a fight, id take najara over fab in a knockout..but this is the nba not the ufc...so until now, we are stuck, with a smart (excuse my french (girlyman) and a short old 6'9 starter, standing next to timmy......i still dont like our bigs, and najara isnt big.....najara can keep on trucking in my book.....waste of space
The Spurs seem to be intent on having the "combination 4" as a part of their roster.
James Gist looks to be a possible option there because he demonstrated in college that he can defend opposing 3s and 4s. Diawara is less likely to defend 4s well and Najera less likely to defend 3s well (less so, than earlier in his career).
najera, can hustle, this team is in desperate need of a hustle type player, plus najera has expanded his game alot in adding the three point shot, not sure about his midgame, but something the spurs need, not sure why some people are against this. People get all over Nocioni, i really dont think there is that big of a difference between the two, Noc is probably alittle bit more dynamic, but costs 50M to get, if Najera can be found on the cheap, thats a great thing. Hustle guys are hard to find.
Acquring a player like Najera is a priority. Someone to defend, rebound and spread the floor. Yet KT's resigining is even more of a priority.
If we can get Najera on a 2 year deal it would be nice
Come on Najera. You'll have a better chance at a ring here than you would in NJ.
I read that Najera's got a fierce loyalty to Nets GM, Kiki Vandeweghe, who was responsible for drafting him in the first place. However I'm sure he'd like to come home and play in front of the home folks.
I just wish he'd make up his damn mind.
I like the idea of Najera as an addition to this roster -- agree on the Malik Rose analogy (though Najera of today isn't nearly what Malik Rose was in 2002 or 2003) and think it gives the Spurs still another Bowen-type who can play while never backing down from anyone. I also think that whottt might be on to something with the notion that Najera is getting to that point where thinking ring might make sense. The Maggette comparison on that point is, as Manny and others have noted, inapt; but Najera has at least been close enough to big things in the past (2003) to think he might want a shot to get to the top of the mountain at least once. He would certainly give the Spurs another, nice tenacious presence on the bench -- he'd fit well, I think, with a group that would include notable redasses like Ginobili, Udoka, and perhaps KT.
I'm also not sold that the Spurs are bent on avoiding the tax. They spent a good chunk of last season doing that, but they've also shown, in the past, a willingness to go over if it can be beneficial. They were marginally over the threshold in 2006-07, after all. Obviously, they'll skirt that line as closely as possible and try to stay on the good side of it, but if teams like the Knicks and Mavericks find ways to shed salary in the short term, it may be less disadvantageous to be on the wrong side of the line.
They did already receive a payout from the luxury tax pool that could be used to pay a limited amount over the line, where it wouldn't really cost them a dollar for dollar, if they are spending someone else's money.
Unless we trade Bonner, I cant see Najera coming to SA..that said he's a HACK & I'd rather him not play for the Spurs.
Net officials met with Hayes and Eduardo Najera yesterday in Orlando. Thorn called them “exploratory-type” meetings.
“Everybody’s evaluating where they are,” he said.
When asked if he thought either or both of them could be a Net by later today, Thorn said, “One of them” could and that “more than likely” it would be Hayes.
“We’ll see,” Thorn said. “Both sides are evaluating.”
Link: http://njmg.typepad.com/zzone/2008/0...on-horizo.html
- Maybe the Nets are done trying to get Najera now that Hayes is on board.
give up Bonner and get Najera, that would be awesome
im sick of spurs only able to get scrub players in FA mkt.......bummer offseason......nobody wants to play in san antonio
Outside of those 3 or 4 days where it looked like we had a real shot at Maggette, I was hoping for a Mason + Najera offseason.
Add those 2, and this team has a decent upgrade from last year, no matter what the chicken littles who accuse this team of regressing will say.
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