Dallas paid $9-10MM per year for Brenda Heywood (I'm not sure and don't care how its spelled and "Brenda" was on purpose) - a career 9 pt 8 rb player. Erica part dos. But they have money to burn. The actual cost of that contract is $20 per year because of lux tax. So they definitely are burning money. RJ opting out allowed the FA to pay for RJ, Splitter, and Bonner the first year.
I'd love to know if the Spurs FO encouraged RJ to opt out or if that was totally his call. I doubt we will know for sure on that one since the offered have not flowed for Richard. His pride and ego would not allow him to admit it.
FWIW, RJ did have some back issues last year that could have affected his mobility. I hope that was the case.
Now that the Knicks have Felton, the Spurs can work on getting Parker back. The knicks realized after this week that they don't have a birthright to acquire any player they want.
Just a little reality check: List of Spurs rookies who averaged more than 10ppg in the playoffs.
Well actually the list is so short, I can list it here: D-Rob (24.3ppg), Duncan (20.7ppg), Tony Parker (15.5ppg), Sean Elliott (12.7ppg), Reggie Johnson (12.7ppg), Greg Anderson (12.7ppg).
Even Manu averaged only 9.4ppg in the playoffs in his first season, and most Spurs rookies I looked up (including e.g. Hill or Blair) averaged around 3-5ppg in the playoffs during their rookie season.
If Anderson could chip in 7 ppg in the playoffs and just threaten people with his outside shot and not let defenders sag off him I think it'd be a huge success.
I struggle to see how this guy can fit. Maybe off the bench ?
Parker and Duncan plays well together, Tiago seems complementary with Tim
I'd put george hill who plays very well with tony and can defend and shoot. Four starters, who would be the last one? I'd put Anderson by mid-season and let Blair, Manu and RJ play together off the bench (they have good chemistry together )
Agreed. That trio was making great strides together before Tony went down and Manu had to move to the starting line up. After that, RJ looked a little lost again.
A pretty impressive group coming off the bench spelling Duncan, Parker, Hill, Splitter and McDyess and should create match up problems for teams with weaker benches.
2nd round exit
Reggie Johnson?? Never heard of him.
Good catch, but I don't think Anderson needs to average double figures. If we can get 20 points out of the combination of RJ/Anderson at any juncture of the season, that's acceptable. On his own, I expect Anderson to average around 7-8 ppg mostly due to limited playing time.
Me neither but. Drafted by the Spurs in 1980 and averaged more than 10ppg in the playoffs in his rookie year. Traded multiple time and played for Philly when they won it all in 1983. Then disappeared from the league.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_...8basketball%29
So James Anderson can do either
I'm glad we re-signed RJ. What better choices the Spurs have for SF???
I'm confident that RJ will do way better this year. If he can at least get back to shoot 40% from 3's like he did on 2008-09, the Spurs will be in good shape.
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Been 10 days... what's the holdup?
hope the spurs aren't left holding the bag!
Looks like 760 got excited after the Splitter scoop and then tried to go 2-for-2.
Nobody else wants him
lol I thought this was a new thread. Thanks for giving me mixed emotions.
i hope there other options
Sorry about that. It's just been too slow in the Spurs front, and now that the SL is over I don't think we'll hear much at all.lol I thought this was a new thread. Thanks for giving me mixed emotions.
Looks like the 2nd round of the playoffs is the new Championship.
You were expecting the difference between conference semis and a championship to be Richard Jefferson?
I would still be surprised if he isn't back, nobody else wants him, for good reason..
the longer we hold out on signing him, the cheaper he'll be if we sign him.
Hopefully. Who else is out there that could/would throw big money at him? The Cavs/Nets? I doubt they offer him more than $7 million a year (the Cavs seem to have backed away from offering just $5 million a year to Barnes). Hopefully RJ isn't too bitter when the Spurs offer him $6-7 million for next year when he was going to make $15 million.
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