Official 2016 Spurs Offseason Thread

[DPG21920]

By the way, this is a disaster for Dallas. They are stuck with literally one (maybe two) starters on their roster and the legit possibility that Dirk leaves.

They have whiffed & whiffed & whiffed in Free Agency since Cuban blew up his championship team for no reason. Sure, they landed Parson's & Wes but those guys were risks and he had to pay a ridiculous amount for them.

This is bad for Dallas although there is still time for them to land a few players.

[Dex]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/20...vailable/amp/#


Looking over that list, Matt Barnes is coming to the Spurs, isn't he?

Wouldn't be the worst guy coming off the bench, but goddamn I'd hate to look at that punchable face for 82+ games.

[TheGreatYacht]

I'd stop watching basketball. Not even kidding.

Damn , you don't want anybody

[RD2191]

Damn , you don't want anybody

Right? I get all salty and . Naw but fa real Barnes. Anyone but that .

[GSH]

I actually prefer the way ace3g posts tweets. The embeds loading makes me lose where I was in the thread.

Okay, that really did make me laugh. I like Ace, so I'm not giving him any grief about his posts - just the idea that losing your place in the thread is a good thing.

[DPG21920]

[RD2191]

So who do you guys think we sign? Pau and Conley?

[montgod]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/20...vailable/amp/#


Looking over that list, Matt Barnes is coming to the Spurs, isn't he?

Not with Parker still on the team .. LOL!

[raybies]

It's crazy, the theme nowadays is going to the most compe ive team. And I mean for top free agents. It use to be best franchise with money. Players want to win now and feel they need help to do it instead of players like Shaq who started from nothing, went to the Lakers. Lebron really started a trend. It's the super team era.

[raybies]

Okay, that really did make me laugh. I like Ace, so I'm not giving him any grief about his posts - just the idea that losing your place in the thread is a good thing.

Imagine how many post he would have...

[TheDoctor]

So who do you guys think we sign? Pau and Conley?

Matt ing Bonner.

[Chinook]

By the way, this is a disaster for Dallas. They are stuck with literally one (maybe two) starters on their roster and the legit possibility that Dirk leaves.

They have whiffed & whiffed & whiffed in Free Agency since Cuban blew up his championship team for no reason. Sure, they landed Parson's & Wes but those guys were risks and he had to pay a ridiculous amount for them.

This is bad for Dallas although there is still time for them to land a few players.

What makes this so much sadder is that Carlisle will find a way to make a playoff team out of them.

[Ron Swanson]

Matt ing Bonner.

He's the glue that holds the team together.

[montgod]

Nope. He'll be in SA on the same deal he's on now.

Oops, I was one year short. I forgot it was a 4 yr deal for 80 mill with player option after 3, not 2.

[Chinook]

Okay, that really did make me laugh. I like Ace, so I'm not giving him any grief about his posts - just the idea that losing your place in the thread is a good thing.

It's not a good thing. It sucks, hence why I dislike people doing that over just copying and pasting the text.

[DPG21920]

Rockets bringing Clyde to their meeting with Bazemore

"Hey, listen to this audio clip of me calling the games, I will go so full on homer for you that I will make you an All-Star"

[Kindergarten Cop]

He's the glue that holds the team together.

He'll be "the glue" as a member of the FO/coaching staff - not as a player.

[Chinook]

Rockets bringing Clyde to their meeting with Bazemore

"Hey, listen to this audio clip of me calling the games, I will go so full on homer for you that I will make you an All-Star"

I still can't get over running a full-court press for Kent Freaking Bazemore. Just because he's about to get overpaid doesn't make him a marquee guy.

[cjw]

Can't wait to see what Barbosa, Rush, and Speights get. Some team should pay them enough to take them away from GSW. Not sure what they do with Ezeli either. GSW is about to lose a lot of depth or pay a ton of money.

So much for resting guys more next season with that depth on the bench sapped away. And on the poster who said GS's cap situation is better than the Spurs - it is, until next offseason. Then they're in big trouble, especially if Barnes is getting paid $20+

[sasaint]

So who do you guys think we sign? Pau and Conley?

Conley is not coming here. 1) TP ain't leaving and 2) he will get a much better offer than we can make - probably from the Mavs.

More like Pau and Austin Rivers.

[TheGoldStandard]

What makes this so much sadder is that Carlisle will find a way to make a playoff team out of them.

He is a virtuoso of coaching up nobodies

[GSH]

I can't believe that this is what the NBPA wanted. Sure, now you have a nouveau-riche group of players to balance out the old max guys, but a cap-smoothing measure would have given more players money. It's crazy how guys like Lebron hoodwink them.

I don't think it would have been such a problem, if the cap hadn't taken such a ridiculous jump in one year. And that got me thinking. You're all over the CBA and cap-related issues, so I have a couple of questions for you.

1. This big cap jump is because BRI ed last season, right? Could income really jump that much in one year, or was it some kind of accounting trick? I'm sure they artificially lowered income during the CBA negotiations, to some degree at least. But if their plan was to keep salaries down, why did they let them come roaring back all at once like this?
2. The only way all of this makes sense is if the small market teams got a share of that jump in income. So is any of this part of a plan to minimize the advantage that big market teams have?

One thing is certain - a 34% jump in income is very unusual for any established business - especially if they aren't offering some amazing new product. So my radar naturally goes off a little. Companies shift income from one year to another all the time (they call them "gray areas" in accounting). I just don't see what the league's angle would be for this. But I can't believe that a 34% increase in income could just happen without any warning, either.

[cd98]

Rockets bringing Clyde to their meeting with Bazemore

"Hey, listen to this audio clip of me calling the games, I will go so full on homer for you that I will make you an All-Star"

Yep.

[ceperez]

Conley is not coming here. 1) TP ain't leaving and 2) he will get a much better offer than we can make - probably from the Mavs.

More like Pau and Austin Rivers.

Just looking at the Free Agents, maybe Spurs should just get Seth Curry. Could be cheap and he could bother Steph come playoff time.

[Drom John]

I don't think it would have been such a problem, if the cap hadn't taken such a ridiculous jump in one year. And that got me thinking. You're all over the CBA and cap-related issues, so I have a couple of questions for you.

1. This big cap jump is because BRI ed last season, right? Could income really jump that much in one year, or was it some kind of accounting trick? I'm sure they artificially lowered income during the CBA negotiations, to some degree at least. But if their plan was to keep salaries down, why did they let them come roaring back all at once like this?
2. The only way all of this makes sense is if the small market teams got a share of that jump in income. So is any of this part of a plan to minimize the advantage that big market teams have?

One thing is certain - a 34% jump in income is very unusual for any established business - especially if they aren't offering some amazing new product. So my radar naturally goes off a little. Companies shift income from one year to another all the time (they call them "gray areas" in accounting). I just don't see what the league's angle would be for this. But I can't believe that a 34% increase in income could just happen without any warning, either.

There was plenty of warning.

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