Spurs leading race to sign McDyess...

[Sigz]

Sweet

[crc21209]

Well, with McDyess giving Dumars another chance to try to offer him a salary in the ballpark of the Spurs' offer, I'd say it's safe to say we won't hear anything definitive tonight.

You're right. Tomorrow is going to be the day...did we score our FA big...or not. Everyone say your prayers before going to sleep tonight.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Be nice dammit!!

I know no offense but San Antonio is not that great yes the river walk is okay but that's it. Before I get trashed my wife is from San Antonio so yes I go there every year.


I still hope you guys get him.

[NewJerSpur]

We are all the pathetic, little house has. So, ever so ofter, we mow his little 5 foot square patch of dying grass and water his one dead rosebush and make sure he eats his oatmeal in the morning. A little love goes a long way.

The funny thing is, his insecurity always seems to boost my confidence. He's been hanging around here more than some Spur posters whenever news has broken regarding the roster.

[Spursmania]

I really wouldn't understand bringing him back at all. If you are rebuilding a 35 year old is not part of your plans period.

Exactly, it's just such a waste.

[TheProfessor]

The time issue is very troubling. Do the Spurs look to make an offer to someone like Bass in the interim and see if they can get him to bite, if it looks like McDyess is wavering towards returning?

[Spurs9]

I've heard Detroit resembles fallout 3 video game.

[Spursmania]

The funny thing is, his insecurity always seems to boost my confidence. He's been hanging around here more than some Spur posters whenever news has broken regarding the roster.

He's probably lurking this thread off line now...

[SouthTexasRancher]

I know no offense but San Antonio is not that great yes the river walk is okay but that's it. Before I get trashed my wife is from San Antonio so yes I go there every year.


I still hope you guys get him.

Yeah, but have you ever been to Detroit? It is worse than Cleveland.

[ElNono]

Just kidnap his wife already, Pop... We gotta get this done...

[Mavs<Spurs]

Somebody smart enough to go to the University of Virginia should be smart enough to make the obvious choice: San Antonio - money, with a contender, a great proven coach and a great team, starter minutes, a chance to make a significant contribution to a championship team, ..


I feel helpless like watching one of my students who I just know is going to fail a test.

[Vic Petro]

Not like the Spurs had much of a chance to sign him; I doubt they'd ever consider giving him a five year deal and it's probably worth over six or seven million per.

True, but Varejao was one of the few players on the market who actually fit, albeit barely, the role the Spurs need to fill right now. McDyess is another. Pachulia is another. After that?

Once the moratorium is lifted these unsigned free agents are going to start getting antsy. We want to give Dice all the time he needs because he's far and away the best option remaining, but man, he's going to have to or get off the pot.

[TheProfessor]

I really wouldn't understand bringing him back at all. If you are rebuilding a 35 year old is not part of your plans period.

There are so many young players in the lockerroom, not to mention that they might end up trading Rip. Having a professional like McDyess sets the tone early on for a youth movement.

[Pistons < Spurs]

" Knowing how the Spurs normally operate, they might want to split that mid-level on two players. So, the ball is in McDyess' court now."

-- That tells me that McCosky is talking out of his @$$ now. He doesn't even know what the Spurs offered and that is now common knowledge. And he thought that it might be substantially less than it is.

That also tells me that McCosky is writing with his heart and not his head right now. He wants it to be true that the Spurs aren't making a strong offer- the full MLE.

So, he doesn't seem to be that great a source on this particular transaction, regardless of how good he is generally on Pistons.


Nevertheless, it does seem likely that McDyess remains in Detroit, that McDyess would rather stay with the Pistons out of loyalty come or High Water, with a rebuilder instead of a contender, for substantially less money.

I would bet based upon what I have read about his ties to Detroit previously that unfortunately, he doesn't move.

Despite all possible reasons to do so, he just won't leave Detroit.

Whatever.

This is his blog, not his newspaper article, so in a sense, it probably is more straight talk in what he personally feels and thinks.

And he has been wrong on many occasions in past comments/stories/predictions. But most sports writers are from time to time. The only thing I took from him was that Dice will give Joe every opportunity to keep him. And that pretty much fits with Dice's past.

[scottspurs]

Not tonight, no, It may be a few days. Dumars is slowing everything. Loyalty is a great trait. Mcdyess will be a Spur.

[timvp]

I really wouldn't understand bringing him back at all. If you are rebuilding a 35 year old is not part of your plans period.

McDyess is a perfect player to teach Villanueva the ropes. As a mentor alone, he's worth a good amount of change.

[ElNono]

Yeah, but have you ever been to Detroit? It is worse than Cleveland.

I've been to both Detroit and San Antonio, and they both have their good and bad places. (I'm from NJ, another good and bad place).

[SouthTexasRancher]

He's probably lurking this thread off line now...

House is doing something else offline right now. And he is doing it in his closet so his mom won't catch him. She opens the door and he just tells her he was trying on different clothes for summer school tomorrow.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Yeah, but have you ever been to Detroit? It is worse than Cleveland.

Yes The City of Detroit is bad it also has some good parts Greektown and other parts. The Pistons don't play in Detroit and the players don't live in Detroit.

[SouthTexasRancher]

I've been to both Detroit and San Antonio, and they both have their good and bad places. (I'm from NJ, another good and bad place).

That is the point exactly. Every city has it's good and bad.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm not going to crow until he's signed on the dotted line...

[ElNono]

McDyess is a perfect player to teach Villanueva the ropes. As a mentor alone, he's worth a good amount of change.

But to the point of sacrificing perhaps his only chance at a ring?
At some point you have to question his sanity...

[Marcus Bryant]

Somebody smart enough to go to the University of Virginia should be smart enough to make the obvious choice: San Antonio - money, with a contender, a great proven coach and a great team, starter minutes, a chance to make a significant contribution to a championship team, ..


I feel helpless like watching one of my students who I just know is going to fail a test.

He went to Bama, no?

[Pistons < Spurs]

This sounds more like it!!!!!

About McDyess -- corrected

The league released all the financial numbers. The salary cap is $57.7 million and the luxury tax will kick in at $69.92 million. The mid-level exception is set at $5.85 million.

So, what does this mean for the Pistons? My original math was bad, as usual. I had them having between $4 million and $5 million left to spend on Antonio McDyess. Upon further review, not so much. They might have, maybe $2 million left. And that won't get it done.

McDyess has narrowed his choices down to Detroit and San Antonio. San Antonio can give him their full mid-level if they chose to ($5.85 million). Knowing how the Spurs normally operate, they might want to split that mid-level on two players. Still, they have more juice than the Pistons.

McDyess, ever the good man, will meet with Joe Dumars one more time before making up his mind, and he's told his agent, Andy Miller, that he will also give Dumars the chance to make the final offer. The Pistons could conceivably shave close to $2 million more off their payroll by finding trade partners for Arron Afflalo and Walter Sharpe. But that won't be easy, and it still might not be enough.

If McDyess choses San Antonio, the Pistons next option would be Dallas forward Brandon Bass -- though he, too, is getting offers close to the full mid-level.

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/p...TOKEN=86634746

[Marcus Bryant]

Well, if all of this is correct, the Spurs have a real good shot.