Shutting down Blair? - Contract reasonings

**Mr.Bottomtooth** · 07-14-2009

Oh, thanks.

**oligarchy** · 07-14-2009

RealGM is also showing a Trade Kicker in AMDs contract, interesting.

**SequSpur** · 07-14-2009

Dude...Blair is fricking good. Dude was damn near the best player in the ncaa tourney this past year...

pay him.....

**rascal** · 07-14-2009

Originally Posted by Bruno

Outside of the part about Blair going in Europe, the rest of the story could be true.

Even if Spurs use a part of the LLE on Blair, it isn't a big deal. The thing that matters is that Spurs locked Blair for 2 years. A 1 year contract would be quite bad.

Agree, If the Spurs are so worried about him holding up healthwise then they should not have drafted him in the first place. They need to approach this as if he will be good healthwise and lock him in with a two year deal.

**Spursmania** · 07-14-2009

Fixed.

**coyotes_geek** · 07-14-2009

Originally Posted by Bruno

realgm has a starting salary of $4.5M for McDyess.

Nice find!

Assuming they're correct then I guess that means the 3rd year of McDyess' deal is fully guaranteed. 3yrs & $15 mil was the terms IIRC. McDyess did the Spurs a pretty nice favor here by leaving them some MLE to work with.

**Stump** · 07-14-2009

I apologize if it's already been brought up, but would it be possible with the CBA to sign him to the full LLE (1.7 mil) for three years? Blair might be hesitant to add that third year, but it would both make sure he gets paid pretty well in his rookie contract and give the Spurs more length to the contract.

**tempest186** · 07-14-2009

No minimums and LLE are limited to 2 years

**slick'81** · 07-14-2009

hope this doesn't get ugly i would also like blair to play at least a few more games just to c where his conditioning is

**Stump** · 07-14-2009

Originally Posted by tempest186

No minimums and LLE are limited to 2 years

That's what I thought, thanks. A similar idea could still be used with the rest of the MLE, though. Not sure what the exact deal would be, but basically trade more money per year for extra years on the contract.

**Russ** · 07-14-2009

If Blair is playing in the summer league without a contract, his agent has committed malpractice.

**HarlemHeat37** · 07-14-2009

So has anybody(outside of the ever-so-credible Hoopsworld) actually said anything about this, or it's just speculation that there could be problems right now?..

**Russ** · 07-14-2009

Originally Posted by timvp

Have we seen the final figures for McDyess? Could the Spurs have left some MLE money to spend on Blair?

Or LLE money?

**pad300** · 07-14-2009

Assuming the $4.5 million starting salary for McDyess is correct, give Blair a first rounder contract at a starting salary of the remainder of the MLE...
Good deal for both parties. Blair gets his guaranteed money (first 2 years), and the ego-stroke of getting the 1st round contract he should have gotten. Spurs get Blair locked in on their options for 4 years...

**PBEEZY** · 07-14-2009

Since he has already done a press conference and being given a jersey number i thought he would have already established contracts agreements, verbally atleast.

**bishopospurs** · 07-14-2009

Originally Posted by pad300

Assuming the $4.5 million starting salary for McDyess is correct, give Blair a first rounder contract at a starting salary of the remainder of the MLE...
Good deal for both parties. Blair gets his guaranteed money (first 2 years), and the ego-stroke of getting the 1st round contract he should have gotten. Spurs get Blair locked in on their options for 4 years...

sounds good to me

**Man In Black** · 07-14-2009

"I'm going to be a Spur, they picked me," stated Blair. "I'm just negotiating my contract but I'm going to be a Spur and I plan on being one for a long time. I can't wait till it happens."

**coyotes_geek** · 07-14-2009

^^^ I like the sound of that. Get your deal Blair. Do what you got to do.

Originally Posted by pad300

Assuming the $4.5 million starting salary for McDyess is correct, give Blair a first rounder contract at a starting salary of the remainder of the MLE...
Good deal for both parties. Blair gets his guaranteed money (first 2 years), and the ego-stroke of getting the 1st round contract he should have gotten. Spurs get Blair locked in on their options for 4 years...

Having some MLE left changes the whole dynamic. Now you do get into being able to offer deals 3 years or longer. With that, the money involved goes up. Blair's agent can now ask for more because he knows the Spurs can offer more.

**Spursmania** · 07-14-2009

Originally Posted by naico

Who's his agent and what is his rep?

His agent's name is Happy Walters. I really don't know about his reputation.

**Pucho!!!** · 07-14-2009

Originally Posted by Spursmania

his window of playing in The NBA will most likely be a short 3-5 years.

Wow, 3-5 yrs? he's played 4 yrs on those knees already without any problems. A lot people thought he wouldn't get to the point he's at after his surgeries, but he defied those odds. Like I said, he had the injury early enough that he has been able to compensate and his body adjust. From what I've seen, having no ACLs hasn't impeded his basketball progress so far, so what makes u think he'd have such a short run at the NBA. He's only 20 yrs old. I guess, I was pushin it with 10 yrs, but 3-5 yrs? that's not very long. I think their concern is more if he injures his knees and can recover more than the durability of them, but only time will tell.

**4RINGS** · 07-14-2009

Originally Posted by Pucho!!!

Wow, 3-5 yrs? he's played 4 yrs on those knees already without any problems. A lot people thought he wouldn't get to the point he's at after his surgeries, but he defied those odds. Like I said, he had the injury early enough that he has been able to compensate and his body adjust. From what I've seen, having no ACLs hasn't impeded his basketball progress so far, so what makes u think he'd have such a short run at the NBA. He's only 20 yrs old. I guess, I was pushin it with 10 yrs, but 3-5 yrs? that's not very long. I think their concern is more if he injures his knees and can recover more than the durability of them, but only time will tell.

4 COLLEGE Years... now he has to play in 82 games per year... that is a HUGE difference. We should get 4-5 years of solid production before his 265 lb. body starts to take a toll on his stumps.