Don't think we could offer Matthews any more than the $1.8m LLE... same with many players.
We don't have cash to throw around.
Realgm admins should make hard to use this trade machine, it can be very dangerous in some people's control.
Is there any logical meaning of this trade for Charlotte Bobcats? Why would they absorb the huge contracts of Josh Smith and M. Williams, while sending their cheaper versions Gerald Wallace and Boris Diaw?
I really doubt Charlotte trades wallace when they started to look so good 2nd half of last season with him and jackson at the core
i know that would never happen. just thought id have some fun while we wait for everything to play out
Korver would be a perfect fit: low profile, great shooter, good defender, high IQ.
Put Manu at SF. He'd give up a couple of inches to most and more than that to a few like Dirk--but he's been known to defend Dirk before.
Some fear his age and injury possibilitiy but you have only a few more years of Manu and you must ride that horse till it breaks. With the exception of the 2008 season, he has averaged about 75 games a year. I believe he would welcome being back in the starting rotation. He loves to play.
I don't think you coach "scared" of what might happen. You have to take your shot, and he's getting paid a lot of money to be that weapon.
Against the good teams, we don't have the luxury of bringing him off the bench anymore.
Duncan, Splitter, Manu, Hill and Parker as a starting five would give any other coach/team the cold sweats.
no we need a real SF...one that can defend and hit 3s. (Bruce where are you!?!damn you father time!)
Umm...............
Let him dream...
no ing Childress way
haha seriously.
Korver is one of the best three point shooters in the NBA. If he was a good defender too, he'd probably play 35 minutes a game. Last season, he averaged 18 minutes per game. During the regular season Keith Bogans averaged 19.7 minutes per game.
Some salary references: #6 on this list (Outlaw) just got 5 years, $35 million from Nets. #7 (Kleiza) got a 4 year, $20 million offer sheet.
Yep. Given the money being thrown around right now we can pretty much scratch off everyone in the top 15 on that list as being unattainable.
If the spurs can sign RJ for 7-8 mil at this point, that would have be considered a good sigining compared to some of these other guys. Not crazy about it, but hey, for the $ the spurs are not gonna find anyone else.
If the Nets signed Outlaw, who else is there to even bid against?
Bulls don't need him. Knicks I doubt would want him. Nobody else could then even pay over the MLE except the Clippers, the Wizards and the Kings. Minnesota also, though barely. Of all those teams, only the Clippers can pretend that they're not rebuilding long term. If the Clippers want him they can have him.
I hope the Spurs don't just bid against themselves.
Agreed, and I think the outlook only gets better from here. If LeBron goes to Miami (still not sold, but it could happen), the only realistic place for him to land at a salary above the MLE is the Clippers.
Spurs seemingly have a lot of leverage at this point, and should be able to use it effectively to drive down both salary and years guaranteed. I wouldn't be thrilled, but RJ back with the Spurs for 3yrs at an average salary between $7-8M wouldn't devastate me.
Forgot about the Wizards and Kings in my assessment. With Donte Greene and Casspi, it's doubtful the Kings would want RJ. The Wizards make some sense, but I haven't heard any rumors that they're even targeting him.
Yep, it looks like the market for RJ looks thin.
9 teams have capspace (Bulls, Clippers, Heat, Minny, Nets, Knicks, Thunder, Kings and Wizards). If Miami get Lebron or goes with Mike Miller, Clippers are the only remaining legit candidate.
A full MLE offer is $33.4M. If Spurs have only to "fight" with theses offers, they could re-sign RJ on a reasonable deal or be in a situation of strength to do a S&T.
Knicks won't have any interest in RJ as long as Carmelo is set to become a FA next year.
Parker to Portland for Batum, Miller & Prizbila.
Most think he will take the money now.
The knicks can run with Chandler and even Danilo at sf for half the price of RJ.
Why would they sign RJ to a long term deal? RJ will be returning to the sas, just get used to it...
Yeah, with the way the market is shaping up, the Spurs should tell RJ to let them know when he gets an offer. In the meantime, the Spurs should try to beg a decent SF to sign for the LLE.
Dorrell Wright and Rasual Butler are probably who I'd target with the LLE (but they may be base-year players at this point).
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