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I would not be surprised if the Spurs look for a team under the cap and try to trade them Blair and cash for a second round pick just to shed his salary off their cap space.
Jack's contract should be pretty valuable come trade deadline season depending on how the Spurs feel he's playing and how the teams doing.
I would not be surprised if the Spurs look for a team under the cap and try to trade them Blair and cash for a second round pick just to shed his salary off their cap space.
[QUOTE=TD 21;6018324]Precisely.
Here's a three way trade I concocted: Blair to the Hornets (who only have three rotation bigs) for next year's 2nd, then Neal with the 2nd to the Bucks for Sanders (with Udoh and Henson, he's redundant and has no chance at cracking their big rotation; plus they were interested in Hinrich, so they'd obviously like another guard).
That clears out the logjam at guard and gives the Spurs the type of athletic, shot blocking big -- who can play both big positions -- that they need.
I would wet my pants if we were able to do this trade and this trade actually makes sense for both teams. we could even throw in Boner to make them feel good.
Or they could just cut him and pay nothing.
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The Euro version of Kevin Love. I don't know that he's more than 60% of, but he'd still be a nice get. The question is, would he come over? And how much would it cost? If he'd get in shape and lose 20 lbs, he'd be such a better player... Anybody who thinks Blair is fat, needs to look at this guy. Still, he can play some damn good ball.
Awesome news in two days.
I can see Manu resigning for 2 years $12-$14 million would be perfect for next summer, it could give the Spurs alot of salary cap flexibility, and from what I've calculated enough for a max contract, for next year or the following summer.
God I hope not.
Agree. Expect the spurs to come back with the same team with a minor change or two that will be deep end of bench role players and this place will explode with excitement. It happens every year.
The Spurs haven't reached the finals with the same core in 5 years and they keep bringing back the same team. Just too conservative to get back a championship formula.
While the Lakers get Nash and are in the mix for Howard.
When Manu hits the wall of age it is going to be ugly.
So what allstar big in his 20s are the Spurs going to offer Orlando for Howard?
Nice!
The lakers always seem to manage to retool on the fly with stars in their prime. The Spurs have to get lucky with ping pong balls. No ping pong ball luck no les in san antonio. Lakers front office > Spurs front office.
The lakers front office is more aggressive in making things happen while the Spurs trot out the same team year after year with small changes.
5 years and counting with no trips to the finals for the spurs with the same core.
I am guessing he will come back with Duncan coming back. He will ride out with Duncan.
Does anybody know if tim's contract is paid evenly or if it is front/back loaded
2 les in the last 10 seasons.
You should go cheer for them. By all means...please...go.
Tim for $12mil (as we've known all along), 2 years with 3rd year player option. Excellent.
Diaw $9.2mil, 2nd year player option. Strange deal to take at his age.
Green for $11.3mil over 3 years. Even better than expected. He is a steal at $3.8mil just as he is blossoming.
Mills as the backup PG. Fantastic! I think he'll be a key for the team and by mid-season people will be very surprised at how important he is as a spark off the bench.
Great start to the FA season!
PS Given that there's all this talk of bringing DeColo over, I guess Neal is pretty much gone?
During that time they had a stretch that included consecutive first round exits and missing the playoffs all together.
Great job retooling on the fly.
I wouldn't call having Kwame Brown as your starting center retooling on the fly either.
When you go from "All-Defensive and retired jersey" Bruce Bowen to "young two-way player" Kawhi Leonard as your starting SF in a span of 2.5 years, that's not bad.
No-one could stop the infectious movement offence we played last year (even in the WCFs we were mostly scoring freely), and returning with the same cast and a full pre-season can only make this team stronger. The D needs improvement, the bench needs to hold steady under pressure (as they did all year until the 2nd round of the playoffs - they were poor against both the Clips and OKC), and the vets need to stay healthy, but we're still in with a decent shot. Who'd a' thunk it after that flameout, and Tim's worst season, in 2010-11?
There's still hope that, if the cards fall the right way, Timmy could get his 5th ring. And either way I'm pretty sure the journey will be interesting.
He signed a 2 year $2.8 mil deal with the Spurs today!Tim for $12mil (as we've known all along), 2 years with 3rd year player option. Excellent.
Diaw $9.2mil, 2nd year player option. Strange deal to take at his age.
Green for $11.3mil over 3 years. Even better than expected. He is a steal at $3.8mil just as he is blossoming.
Mills as the backup PG. Fantastic! I think he'll be a key for the team and by mid-season people will be very surprised at how important he is as a spark off the bench.
Great start to the FA season!
PS Given that there's all this talk of bringing DeColo over, I guess Neal is pretty much gone?
Agree. I think it'll come down to how this season turns outHope I'm wrong, but this will be his last season as a Spur. Of course, I don't know Manu personally and I'm not a clairvoyant, but since the last two years he had been declaring that he is really banged up and it would be nice for him to retire playing at 36, in the best basketball league(NBA). And if you think about it, it kind of makes sense. He had achieved almost everything a basketball player can achieve, there's nothing else left for him to win. Plus he has family now and he would want to spend more time with his kids.
I'm just basically guessing, but something tells me this is going to be his last season as a Spur. Hope I'm wrong
It already is.
Manu wouldnt detoriate much from where hes at right now tbh. His strongest weapon right now is probably his ability to run the pick n roll and his ability to see the court...that doesnt go away with age tbh.
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