anybody got espn insider?

[jdev82]

Rumors: Spurs = Bowen out and 'Sheed in?

saw that on espn.com


a little help here?

[noles1983]

Here ya go


Will Spurs Target Wallace?

Rasheed Wallace | Pistons

San Antonio will not have cap space until 2010 (when Manu Ginobili's contract expires), but there will be plenty of talented free agents who may accept the mid-level exception this summer.
Expect the Spurs to make a run at Rasheed Wallace, the longtime starting power forward for the Pistons. -- The New York Times


•Sources say Pistons forward/center Rasheed Wallace asked for a buyout this year, but management declined.
Some observers think the possible buyout would have been to join the Cavs. He's an unrestricted free agent this summer and could be someone the Cavs covet -- at the right price



Will Spurs Keep Bowen?

Bruce Bowen | Spurs

The Spurs have yet to begin discussions on what to do with the roster and, with Bruce Bowen, there are several options.
They could keep him, and that would be easy enough. He's under contract next season.

But his salary is only partially guaranteed. The Spurs can buy him out for half of the $4 million he is due, then pursue someone else with the savings. Or they could trade him this summer, or they could trade him next season.

They already tried to trade him this season, and for a reason. Bowen might not be playing at all against Dallas if Manu Ginobili were healthy.

So the Spurs will evaluate, and they will repeat what they said last summer. They need to get younger, right? -- San Antonio Express-News

[SA210]

NO, we need Bruce!

[noles1983]

Oh and this little bit too....

Holt Says Spurs Financially Sound
While acknowledging the economic downturn has the Spurs "fighting to sell every ticket," Spurs Sports & Entertainment chairman Peter Holt said the franchise is financially sound and on course to match last year's season ticket sales.
"Financially, we're in as good a shape as maybe we've been, because we've had some great years," Holt said.

The prudent manner in which the owners have conducted business is the main reason the Spurs are financially stable, said Holt, CEO of San Antonio-based Holt Cat, the nation's largest Caterpillar equipment dealer.

"All these years, none of the (Spurs shareholders) took any money out of the business at all," Holt said. "So it just pays down debt, pays down debt, leaving our debt really low. And none of the owners, luckily, make a living directly off the business. So we're all in good shape. The Spurs are financially sound." -- San Antonio Express-News

[bigdog]

All of these things were said in previously posted threads.