Beno - likely gone if they can find a taker. His time in SA seems to be up.
Bonner - I think the Spurs want him back and will make him a respectable offer. The real question is can he handle sporadic minutes for one more season or will seek out a larger role with another club.
Vaughn - The Spurs will not just let him go. It will be difficult to find a better backup point heading into next season.
Barry - I'm sure the Spurs will listen to offers. He should be attractive to some clubs due to his expiring contract and his name.
Elson - I don't see the Spurs running him off unless they need to. He had his struggles this season, but he and Oberto formed a decent tandem at the 5 and were an overall upgrade over Mohammed/Nesterovic for a much lower price tag. It's hard to find bigs with his athleticism in the NBA and based on the history of other Spur free agent acquisitions, it takes a season or so to get acclimated to the team's system.
Butler - Spurs would be foolish to let a young big like him go this early.
The only way this would seemingly work is to make a 3-team deal, because the Cavs have absolutely NOTHING on their current roster that the Spurs would want in return (not counting the obvious, i.e. LeBron), they won't part with Daniel Gibson (at least not to acquire Beno, and Gibson isn't a fit for the Spurs anyway), and they have no draft picks this year. And I don't think that Cleveland's trade excpetion alone would be enough to entice SA.
Last edited by Steve-O-Matic; 06-17-2007 at 05:40 PM.
Getting rid of Beno automatically fills that gaping hole at the reserve point guard position the Spurs have had for a few years now.
A future second rounder would do it. A free look at Shannon Brown might be nice too, espcially if Ferry pays his salary.
Neither a future 2nd round pick, nor Shannon Brown (who is horrible, by the way), would be deemed more valuable than simply having Beno back on the team again next year. Keep trying.
Of course it would be more valuable to have those instead of Beno. Spurs are pushing the luxury tax threshold.
I'm done trying with Beno.
Bwahahaha. Salary dump >>>>>>>> Beno.
The Spurs were $12.2M over the cap this year - Beno counted $968K. Where exactly is the big "salary dump" here?
I'm all for turning the page on Beno, too, but not for a future late 2nd round pick (never mind for an equally-priced and less-valuable Shannon Brown).
how do you know shannon brown is horrible?
Over the cap = 100% penalty tax. He's scheduled to make $1.7M next season, so a total of $3.4M for a warm spot on the bench. Once again, salary dump >>>>>>>>>>>> Beno.
cap <> tax threshold. Salary dumps don't have to be big -- they just have to be dumps.
So are you holding out for a lottery pick or Kobe?I'm all for turning the page on Beno, too, but not for a future late 2nd round pick (never mind for an equally-priced and less-valuable Shannon Brown).
Beno guarding Tony in next year's Finals.
ill buy him a bus ticket and some cheetos.
That's roughly 8% of the cap we need to get rid of. And since his salary will increase, it's even more than that. Are you saying we should keep that 8% so we can let him sit on the bench for 82 games?
Don't forget about Tony guarding Beno.Beno guarding Tony in next year's Finals.
I think Beno is worth a lower 1st round pick, I would even give him up for a future 1st round pick. Billups took about 6 years to develop as a quality PG, I doubt he will become a Billups but I could see him turning into a starter in this league.
What is even funnier in my opinion is the thought of Beno going to his first Cavs/Spurs game after changing sides and getting his ring. The look on all those returning Cavs players faces when it basically gets rubbed in their face again.Beno guarding Tony in next year's Finals.
Beno will end up in Charlotte or Memphis before he ends up in Cleveland.
great for Beno, he deserves minutes, not playing is killing(killed) his confidence, so let him go.
But Vaughn wont be quite good solution if something hapens to TP.
What has he done that warrants him minutes?great for Beno, he deserves minutes, not playing is killing(killed) his confidence, so let him go.
So its pop's fault that Beno can't play anymore?
Why do i feel like this is Beno logged in.
Like how he reacted from that friggen myspace
"I lost my confidence"
ing pussy ass .
Nobody was blaming Pop, i just said that is better for him to go somewhere he will play JERK!!!!!!!!
I have a feeling Beno will become the Anti-Speedy Claxton...
But not enough to cause any major regrets of letting him go...esp. if he goes to the eastern conf. I think it will be more like a "Oh that little Beno...I'm glad he's finally doing well." (and maybe some mutterings of "that stupid little prick should've done half what he's doing while he was with us.")
I'd trade Beno for a #5 at Taco Bell.
smoking the right stuff I can see myself turning into a starter in this league.
Beno's current value for sure isn't a 1st rounder. we should be happy if we get a mid level 2nd rounder.
trade him to the Cavs for a future 2nd rounder. Cavs own a trade exception, they can use for this.
1.7 M would be the equivalent of a LLE contract, which the Spurs then could offer to a FA, without getting deeper into lux tax territory.
btw. a trade exception is usually a nice thing to have and might be very helpfull at deadline next season.
Cavs have nothing we want.
only good thing from this is that if cavs are dumb enough to want Beno, there's gotta be someone else who might want him.
get rid of Beno please.
I don't believe the Spurs will then retain the trade exception. It doesn't exist as something to pass around from team to team - once it's used by the first team, it's done.
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