Roster - Remaining Spots

[tholdren]

what about Unrestricted FA like Emeka Okafor or Luis Scola? They would be defensive minded, and able to rebound? Okafor plays center.

[SpursFan86]

Scola and defensive minded don't belong in the same sentence, tbh

[tholdren]

Scola and defensive minded don't belong in the same sentence, tbh

that's not true. Scola hustles, and bodies players up, and has active hands.

[CGD]

It's actually that amount minus $525k (which is already being charged to the team as a minimum roster charge). Also, LJC's full hold is closer to $800k because he was picked at lower spot in the draft. So both combined only take up about $800k in cap space. Pretty cheap for guys who could be fringe rotation players and see PT during the dog days of the season.

Interesting, thx. Seems like good value to me for the 5th big and 3rd string SF.

[Chinook]

Saw the contract that O'Quinn got Chino ? Huge steal.

Gigantic. Would love to have had him on the Spurs for that.

[HarlemHeat37]

I wonder if the Spurs had any interest in O'Quinn..he seemed like a good potential fit and Borrego coached him, too..

Could it have been a financial issue? Saving any potential money for West or Joseph if Manu retires?

[jhfenton]

It's actually that amount minus $525k (which is already being charged to the team as a minimum roster charge). Also, LJC's full hold is closer to $800k because he was picked at lower spot in the draft. So both combined only take up about $800k in cap space. Pretty cheap for guys who could be fringe rotation players and see PT during the dog days of the season.

You're right, the net increase is ~$400K per over the minimum roster charge.

[Andthentherewas21]

Gigantic. Would love to have had him on the Spurs for that.

Knicks got a great deal there. I thought he would be getting deals around the MLE range.

[Uriel]

Joseph is not coming back with the Aldridge signing. I doubt that he plays for the min.

Parker/Mills
Green/Manu
Kawhi/Prince/Anderson
Aldridge/West/JLC
Duncan/Diaw

That's what I expect to see in the end with a vet PG signed for the MIN as a 3rd stringer.

JLC? You mean LJC, right? Also, you forgot about Bonner.

[Uriel]

This is how I project the Spurs' Depth Chart to look next season (best case scenario):

PG: Parker / Mills
SG: Green / Ginobili
SF: Leonard / Prince or Butler / Anderson
PF: Aldridge / West / Jean-Charles
C: Duncan / Diaw / Stoudemire or Boozer / Bonner

That leaves a roster spot for a summer league invite / D-League prospect / veteran waived at the buyout deadline.

[Russ]

JLC? You mean LJC, right? Also, you forgot about Bonner.

Bonner might have to be an assistant coach.

Also, the second round pick may be a better big than LJC at this point -- they can sort that out during the Summer League.

[elemento]

JLC? You mean LJC, right? Also, you forgot about Bonner.

For some reason I thought Jean Livio Charles instead of LJC

And please no to Bonner.

[Chinook]

Also, the second round pick may be a better big than LJC at this point -- they can sort that out during the Summer League.

LaLanne being better than LJC won't keep LJC from the roster. Dude has two years of guaranteed money. If the Spurs insisted on keeping Bonner, they'd do everything they could to get LaLanne to go overseas for a year. This can all be for naught if LJC shows that he can play the three, though. I don't think the Spurs are going to bring in a vet who can't play the two, seeing as that's the shallowest position on the team (or would be in your scenario).

[BackHome]

Well he tried the three this year and failed so have fingers crossed.

[Russ]

I don't think the Spurs are going to bring in a vet who can't play the two, seeing as that's the shallowest position on the team (or would be in your scenario).

The backcourt looks thin at this point. Not a lot of speed unless TP comes back strong (especially if they use Anderson in the mix). It's a good thing they kept Mills.

[apalisoc_9]

With an aging Manu, this team really needs another playmaker.

Maybe they'er planning to integrate Leonard or Joseph as a playmaker/ballhander, I don't know...But the spurs are thin..really thin in the Playmaking department..Specially with an aging Manu and we already know the deal with parker.

[Russ]

Well he tried the three this year and failed so have fingers crossed.

Is there any indication from anywhere that Livio Jean Charles can play?

[SpursFan86]

With an aging Manu, this team really needs another playmaker.

Maybe they'er planning to integrate Leonard or Joseph as a playmaker/ballhander, I don't know...But the spurs are thin..really thin in the Playmaking department..Specially with an aging Manu and we already know the deal with parker.

There's an outside chance KA could be a bench playmaker next year. Boris can handle those duties occasionally as well. But yeah, if Manu retires or gets injured, our bench could really be ed.

[timtonymanu]

Kosta Koufos just signed with the Kings.

There goes that.

[apalisoc_9]

I wonder how the spurs will generate ball movement now with Manu possibly playing even less minutes and Parker being terrible.

They really need to start trusting Leonard on the PnR, that or they need to get another guard that can provide PnR offense.

[Russ]

Kosta Koufos just signed with the Kings.

There goes that.

Anyone named Kosta Koufos can't be any good.

[apalisoc_9]

There's an outside chance KA could be a bench playmaker next year. Boris can handle those duties occasionally as well. But yeah, if Manu retires or gets injured, our bench could really be ed.

Anderson is terrible. His shot is slow.

Leonard-Jospeh-Mills are all better PnR players...

You don't rely on a nobody to play an integral part of the system...You just don't..Specially if you have tle aspirations.

[SpursFan86]

Kosta Koufos just signed with the Kings.

There goes that.

Us getting him was basically a pipedream...I knew he'd get paid. He got $33 million over 4 years - no way we could've afforded that.

People are going to have to accept that whoever we get likely isn't going to be too good. It's hard enough to find quality bigs...becomes even harder when you're only working with minimum contracts.

[apalisoc_9]

Seriously, Manu retiring or not is = winning a championship or not...He's that important.

[timtonymanu]

Us getting him was basically a pipedream...I knew he'd get paid. He got $33 million over 4 years - no way we could've afforded that.

People are going to have to accept that whoever we get likely isn't going to be too good. It's hard enough to find quality bigs...becomes even harder when you're only working with minimum contracts.

Oh yeah, I agree he's too expensive at this point. I just remember he was on a lot of people's radar.