Portland bloggers talking up outbidding Spurs for Splitter

[capek]

Really? Splitter looks good because in Parker is ballin his ass off making everybody look good....Splitter sucks.

Were all 20,000+ of your posts such ty troll takes?

[spursmartyr]

Good points all around and well articulated. They have all of Allen's microsoft money to back them and they tread that fine line of making you wonder what their true motives are. Winning? Or playing spoiler? Over the years they seem to have a tendency to "money whip" only certain small market teams (like the spurs and jazz for example). Makes you wonder if they are just another subjugated cog in Stern's endless fanatical ambition to have his media darlings in the finals every year.

I wouldn't be surprised? Stern is a Jew, after all. Lots of stuff constantly going down under the table.

[Beaverfuzz]

Both guys are pretty good, but Batum is further along in the development curve and might have helped last year to get us over the top, so i don't think it has come out any better (though i can't say it was any worse either).

Batum also disappears in games for Portland quite often...trust me, I see quite a bit of Blazer ball each and every year. Leonard still has time to grow to take over (more than likely) Ginobli's spot.

[Mel_13]

Snagging a restricted free agent away from another team is a very hard thing to do. You would think that Portland bloggers would know that given what happened last summer with Hibbert and Batum. A deal starting at 10M will only accomplish one thing for Portland; that 10M in cap space will be tied up for the 72 hours that the Spurs will wait before matching the offer sheet.

In a perfect world, the Spurs would like to get Splitter for Asik money of about 4yrs/33M. In their worst nightmare, some other team offers a max deal of about 4yrs/60M. Both sides have to be aware of the two ends of the spectrum. The question is whether they can reach an agreement somewhere in the space in between that provides enough incentive for both sides to avoid the marketplace.

I still believe that an agreement reached before Splitter meets with another team is the most likely outcome. The Spurs matching an offer sheet is the second most likely outcome. Splitter signing an offer sheet too rich for the Spurs to match is the least likely outcome.

That's from Feb 12th.

[Juggity]

That's from Feb 12th.

Good call!

[Raven]

That's from Feb 12th.

respect.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

The crystal ball was working!!