It's not necessarily a pay cut to take less money with the spurs. Money in San Antonio goes a whole lot further than it does in LA or Philly. For example, Bruce bought a monster house here that would have cost him 3 to 5 times as much somewhere else. $5 mil in SA is like $10 mil in LA. Plus, no state income tax.
Parker, Hill, Vaughn
Maggette, Ginobili, Hairston
Bowen, Udoka, Gist
Duncan, Horry, Bonner
Oberto,Thomas, Mahinmi
YEAH!
A good mixture of strength, athleticism, experience, and talent!
Let's do it!
holy ballz!!
this would be in awsome!
Frankly I'm just happy there's NBA news to be had. I was getting stir crazy after the draft. I'll jump on the Sign Maggette bandwagon on that basis alone.
There I fixed it for you
Exactly what I was thinking. A million less might actually go twice as far here.
Dare to dream, son!!!
wow, i didnt know, he has to come now!
Maggette = le.
Once the sign and trade possibility vanished for Maggette, the Spurs became a legit suitor. Maggette will have all the minutes he could want in SA's swingman rotation. Bowen and Ginobili will max out around 55 to 60 minutes a night combined, and that's likely to be a bit lower during the early part of the season with Ginobili coming off his little trip to Beijing.
A 3 year deal for the MLE with a player option after the 2nd year would make sense. Maggette could then opt out in the glorious summer of 2010 with 15+ (or whatever) teams with large amounts of cap room chasing max free agents. Look at this summer, you have like 3 at most. It sucks to be a free agent this summer, especially if your team renounces you to sign someone else and blocks you from sign and trade possibilities.
Just jumping ahead -if we somehow sign Maggette for the MLE, and with Barry opting out, and with us needing to sign KT, doesn't it seem like Barry might not be back?
I'd try a sign and trade with Barry for Matt Barnes if that was somehow possible and within budget, though being within budget and possible probably cancel each other out.
Hopefully we can still get Barry if we get Maggette. There's gonna be times when Hill isn't getting it done and then we're gonna be wishing for Barry back.
WOW! Now thats what I am talking about! Who would have ever thought Maggette was even an option?!?
I hope this happens. I would actually give the Spurs' FO props if it does. It would actually keep the Spurs window of opportunity open a little longer. The West is going to be absolutely SICK next year!
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Well that's the most I've seen in awhile
I'm not setting myself up for a monstrous let down. I hope we can get him, but I doubt we will. The guy is worth more than the MLE and he knows and we know it. He'll "consider" the offer but it'll be nothing more than a facade - he knows he's got to superficially show some level appreciation, admiration, and consideration to a franchise that's deserving of all that. But, alas, in the end, it's small market San Antonio, and history shows that that weighs more in the minds of these guys.
It is unfair how much the Western conference can beat the out of the Eastern conference.
Except in the Finals.
We still got that lovin feelin'!!!
vaughn and a healthy Manu would have to do.
He can score all he wants. That's a selling point... in Philly, Orlando, and GSW he'd be looking for his spots, while in San Antonio they would love for him to score 20 a night. He may even be the second option many nights.
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