Splitter Traded to Hawks

[Seventyniner]

Not worth it as we've got the cap space to sign him outright now.

I think it would allow the Spurs to give 7.5% raises instead of 4.5%.

[honestfool84]

I merged the two threads.

Lost in all this confusion... This may be the greatest post I've read all day.

[spurraider21]

Spurs will lose MLE as they will have cap room greater than it.

unless splitter to hawks ends up being part of a multi-team sign and trade

[Knoxxx]

With our Big 3 there and Pop LMA probably realized they couldn't say no.

With regard to Splitter, his salary is just about right and quite cap friendly. We were asking ourselves whether we really wanted to part with Splitter, but of course when the gain is LMA that is a no brainer.

How is this salary dump working? Do we take draft picks back?

[Old School 44]

Thanks Tiago, I hope your calf gets better!

[Dverde]

Yahoo's default pic of Splitter is Blake Griffin stripping the ball from him. Seems to capture dude perfectly. I won't miss screaming at my tv for guy to go up strong. Scouting report is out on his reverse layup.

[benefactor]

Spurs East

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

If Tiago can stay healthy he makes Atlanta a lot better team. Their lack of a true center hurt them in the post season. They were way too small. He can pass...he can defend...he can pull his calf muscle at a whim.

[Richie]

I think it would allow the Spurs to give 7.5% raises instead of 4.5%.

True but we'd have to give up Mills which depending on the final cap figure isn't guaranteed right now. Also expect him to sign a 2+1 at which point the raises don't mean much.

If he's willing to commit for 5 years then I'm all for a sign and trade, we'd have Aldridge, Leonard and Green locked in earning under 50% of the cap in 2017 in that case which would let us add another great piece.

[313]

It was for the best

[Dingle Barry]

i doubt he needs the mle, but i thought of him as well, seems like a decent fit

Certainly not all of it.

[DrunkTXLabrat]

What about possibly adding an overseas player from the Hawks? They own the rights to Gran Canaria's Walter Tavares.

this is what i'm hoping for. if they did this, i'll be impressed.

[Steve-O-Matic]

this is what i'm hoping for. if they did this, i'll be impressed.

I won't. Even in a trade where the primary goal is clearing cap space, you have to come away with a more material asset than the rights to a player like Walter Tavares who has little-to-no NBA future. Tiago Splitter is a quality starting center with a fair contract, for whom certainly more teams than just the Hawks would have liked to acquire. They can (and should) get something of moderate value in return beyond just the cap space, even its just a highly protected first round draft pick down the line. This isn't Eddy Curry and his contract that we just traded.

[DrunkTXLabrat]

BIG ING MISTAKE. I GUARANTEE IT.

i don't know if you're joking or not. but i agree. Splitter had a nice contract, and all that time in the Spurs system. He's been brought along through the draft and stash program and benched for Blair. He is beautiful in pick and roll. His defense wasn't bad. The injuries were annoying, and his space makes room for LMA. i don't think either reason is good enough excuse to dump him. LMA is a loser, i think we're getting RJ 2.0

[ElNono]

in before TD21 rant

[rocknblues81]

If Tiago can stay healthy he makes Atlanta a lot better team. Their lack of a true center hurt them in the post season. They were way too small. He can pass...he can defend...he can pull his calf muscle at a whim.

lol... Splitter making a team a lot better? That's a joke.

Teague/Dennis S
Korver/Thabo
Hardaway Jr/Scott
Millsap (If he stays)/Scott
Horford/Splitter

Sorry, that lineup is a huge bag of .

[RD2191]

i don't know if you're joking or not. but i agree. Splitter had a nice contract, and all that time in the Spurs system. He's been brought along through the draft and stash program and benched for Blair. He is beautiful in pick and roll. His defense wasn't bad. The injuries were annoying, and his space makes room for LMA. i don't think either reason is good enough excuse to dump him. LMA is a loser, i think we're getting RJ 2.0

I'm not joking and I agree. Been saying it since the trade Tiago rumors came up.

[slick'81]

Spurs aren't giving away splitter for nothing .this is getting good

[lefty]

My jaw dropped when I got those tweets from WOJtek... holy ing !!!

WOJTEK

[slick'81]

Lol at any dumbass who would keep splitter over lma

[CGD]

Not worth it as we've got the cap space to sign him outright now.

Is that true? Being able to have access to the MLE sounds good to me.

[itsamanuthree]

If LMA comes on board and Manu stays, I just hope Porky makes a huge sacrifice and refrains from sabotaging the team for at least this one year.

[Richie]

Is that true? Being able to have access to the MLE sounds good to me.

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's no longer possible with the Splitter trade. We would have to send Portland $13.9m of salary and we don't have anyone on the roster to send them. We'd have to take him in to cap space which means losing the MLE and all our cap holds on Jospeh, Belinelli etc... The only benefit would be to Aldridge getting 7.5% raises, but we'd have to give away picks for Portland to agree

[Richie]

Of course if it means getting Aldridge for 5 years at this years cap figure I'm willing to give up some picks in a sign and trade. We'd have crazy cap space in 2017. I suspect it's a 2+1 or 3+1 though.

[DPG21920]

A few posters have been predicting Splitter to the Hawks for weeks, I think Richie in particular IIRC..

Pretty cool/sad that posters here are far more informed than the media that gets paid to write like the Spurs won't be able to make the moves for Aldridge and would lose Green in order to acquire him..

Lol - look what I did to Stein this morning (I like Stein ):