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He's gotten plenty of minutes for a guy who just returned from an injury, and is most likely not in 100% playing shape, except for the last game which was purely because of matchups...
He basically says that he's in it for the long term. Thinking about the future with SA past this years finals. It's definitely reassuring because as we know he hasn't gotten a lot of minutes as of late but hopefully he'll be here long enough to make a true impact. I still think he'll find his niche before the play offs.
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/tn...oden_intw.nba/
He's gotten plenty of minutes for a guy who just returned from an injury, and is most likely not in 100% playing shape, except for the last game which was purely because of matchups...
He is going to have to meet the Spurs half way as far as salary goes, if he really wants to
be here long term. For the right price, I hope he is too.
Stephen Jackson was in it for the long term as well.
They offered stephen jackson a similiar deal they gave jaren jackson after 99. Three years worth 9 million. Jackson wanted around the 5 million per year range. Spurs then turned their attention to the deal that brought them Hedo Turkoglu.
The Spurs would only have the Mid Level next summer. He may Maggette on us.
And I'd rather have Rasheed if he can be gotten with the MLE.
Thats a given. Someone is going to give him more money than the Spurs
will offer
Rasheed's game has fallen off a bit however.
I started following the NBA around 6 years ago. I seem to remember reading back then that Rasheed was the highest paid player in the NBA... Or is my memory wacko?And I'd rather have Rasheed if he can be gotten with the MLE.
that would have been KG
I think it's crazy that so many spurs fans keep saying they want Rasheed Wallace next year, the guy's a punk with not a good enough work ethic and his game is declining anyway. Part of what makes the spurs so great in my personal opinion is that they don't pick up players that aren't willing to sacrifice individual glory to work hard for the team. I'd put my money that Rasheed would want to be a bigger part of the team than he's worth.
I have a slight problem with the 7 year age difference. I could get over it, though.
If he can thrive under Larry Brown, he can certainly play for Pop.
seems Rasheed back then was the 4th highest paid player... 12/15/03 article:
http://www.americandaily.com/article/3659Wallace, 29 years of age in his ninth season in the NBA, is the fourth highest paid player in the league. He is also the main target of the Portland fans' ire on a team that hasn't won an NBA championship since 1977. Some fans, tired of his inconsistent play and propensity for garnering technical fouls (he holds the NBA single-season record of 41) have vowed to give up their season if Wallace is not traded.
Let's hope Gooden has the same championship pedigree to shop around this summer. (If that happens, I'll take whatever comes.)
Let's hope Gooden has the same championship pedigree to shop around this summer. (If that happens, I'll take whatever comes.)
Ditto that.
It's hard to say what Gooden will do. One thing is for certain...he will be expected to take a pay cut if he stays. No way in is our FO giving Gooden 7 million a year. I would like to keep him, but if he goes then so be it.
I agree with others that have said we should go after Rasheed with the MLE if this happens...and the chances are good that he will take it.
agreed, and he might fall off more next year since he'll be a year older. the ideal situation would be signing him to the LLE. Rasheed is likely still a solid, or at least smart, defender and will probably still have his stroke.
Well the Spurs gambled and lost on this one. I think that was a very reasonable deal what Jackson wanted.
I understand the Spurs didn't want another Jaren Jackson on their hands, but I think S Jax was worth what he was asking for.
If Gooden accepts a lower level salary say in the 5 million range and he asks for a no trade clause would you meet that if you were the Spurs?
I think that would be reasonable trade off for Drew to accept less money.
The only player in the NBA with a no trade clause is Kobe, and he had it under the old CBA. You can't actually put in a no trade clause anymore, but you can add a trade kicker that would seriously up a lot of deals. If you are traded, you can get a 10% salary bump if you choose. That may make the salaries no longer match, and hose the deal. Players would have to change or a third team would have to become involved.
That's what I meant because Drew has probably had enough of being traded so I think if you were to include something like that he might be willing to take less.
Thanks for explaining it to me though as I didn't know all that stuff.
That is if he is serious about what he is saying about finding a team to stay with long term.
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I think, with this economy and the possibility of CBA problems in the next few years, that Gooden will go where he can get the most money. Can't really blame him and I don't think that place will be SA.
The one saving grace is that not many teams have cap room in 2009, and I'm not sure that Drew is the player that they would target. He'll likely get competing Mid Level offers, and we might have an edge if he buys into the system.
If someone were to offer him more than the ML, though, I think he'd go.
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