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Mills is locked up on a cheap deal. Do you really want to risk losing both?
It's a hard one, Cory has been good, but it's only this first 3rd of a season vs a lot of not so good. Patty is just getting his feet back after a long layoff, and let's face it, he was a MASSIVE part of why we got 5, not jut the finals but all year. It's no coincidencewe are playing much better now he is back.
Its ts a great problem to have but I'm starting to think it's not great for either to have both behind Tony, and if one of them can improve the team in another area via trade, well.....
Id hate to see Patty leave because I think he is massive for team chemistry so it would be Cojo if it was up to me.
Mills is locked up on a cheap deal. Do you really want to risk losing both?
Cory is a RFA next summer. There's very little risk in losing him if they want to keep him. In fact, the Spurs could probably keep him from even talking to teams if they traded Mills.
...come on now. He's played well enough to test the market...and why wouldn't he? The Spurs window is closing and with him playing the best ball of his career he's going to be looking to get paid. He could easily either force the Spurs to overpay him or let him walk by signing a good sized offer sheet from a PG needy team. He would be flat stupid not to test the market.
Lol yeah cause they won't compete when healthy this year....
Corey isn't restricted. Spurs declined to offer another year so completely unrestricted.
No he's restricted, this year is the last year of his rookie deal just like Kawhi.
Well of course they will compete if they are healthy, but Leonard's hand issues are worrisome. I guess pulling the trigger on a trade like this would depend on how bad it actually is. The Spurs are keeping info on it close to the vest so no one really knows the truth about it.
Joseph will certainly cost more than Mills, we only got a good deal on Patty because he had his shoulder injury. Also Mills has shown what he can do on the biggest stage, 14 points in the 3rd quarter of a close out Finals game showed that.
I'm not really sure which of them would be best to keep. I suppose without Ginobili you may need someone like Joseph who can run a team better, but I'd expect Kawhi to take over most of Manu's ball dominance when he retires. If that's the case, Mills' shooting off the ball is probably a better fit.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that we shouldn't rush the decision and should bring Joseph back next year. That'd kill any shot at a big time free agent though. Of course that is assuming nobody throws too much money at him, but I think that's unlikely considering most teams are set at the PG position.
I'm trying to think of it from Cory's perspective: he'll definitely get offers this summer, and the chance to possibly start somewhere. He was lucky this year getting increased playing time with injuries to Mills and Parker, both both are locked into contracts and if they're healthy next year, there will be fewer minutes available. It's a good problem to have-- three good PGs-- but I doubt it can work financially. But I wonder how much other teams will be offering... will they view him more as a player benefitting from the Spurs' system than as an individual talent? Probably.
Based on what I'm seeing this year, I wonder if the team might not try to put Cory and Patty in the backcourt together as the second unit guards. Patty is really too small to defend most 2's, but he is not known for his defense anyway, and he is such a great energy player, that I think it might work. This is, of course, assuming that Manu retires, which I happen to think he will do at the end of this season.
He has really done a great job catching and driving instead of holding the ball. I wonder when teams will start giving him the TP treatment and sag off him to force him into more long shots.
^^NBA teams don't game-plan much during the regular season(as many coaches have admitted), so I don't think you'll see any of Joseph's major flaws exposed until the playoffs, depending on his role at the time..
Iirc, cojo's always been able to drive to the rim in seasons past, but yeah, his finishing's been really great this season.
That's the whole point. It's not easy finishing in the NBA and that's what he's been working on with the coaches all season. You're right, he could drive to the rim before, but his finishing wasn't that great until this season. I'd say his work on finishing at the NBA level is really paying off so far.
Yup, I thought he had good enough speed and decent enough handles to get to the rim. Finishing was another story though. Not so much this year. Hopefully his shooting will also improve..
Cory was really good a circus finishes last season. Honestly, what's changed this season is his confidence on drives. Dude would never have had a game against Wall like last game before this year.
I'm pretty sure that is not is a valid trade. It works in terms of salary but Denver has 15 players on its roster. they would have 17 players. They would have to waive Erick Green and Alonzo Gee prior to that deal. Gee is getting paid about $1,000,000 in guaranteed money for this season. They would have to include a 3rd team which makes any trade harder.
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I've been sold for a few weeks, tbh, crazy improvement in his confidence..cojo haters
he's possibly my favorite Spur. Most hardworking of the bunch tbh
he's the PERFECT backup PG. PERFECT. I'm starting to think he could start in many teams now....
he's been coming along really nicely this season
Honestly if he keeps it up Im going to buy his jersey. Little is all heart. Probably our starting PG in 2-3 years. Chip needs to start working on his shot, once he develops that he'll be a solid starter tbh.
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