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but he's not amnestied! so how it possible?
Sounds like Leuer isn't going to hit free agency, unfortunately.@johnhollinger
Will be very surprised if a Charlotte or New Orleans type team doesn't claim Leuer on waivers. Solid rookie year.
but he's not amnestied! so how it possible?
I like Leuer, but his lack of foot speed concerns me. He looks to be a good player but I doubt he is the player that puts us over the top. I have not seen too much of this guy but he doesn't seem to add a new dimension to the team. He seems as though he would continue the Bonner role. And as much as I dislike Bonner he atleast has years of experience here that Leuer doesn't.
Blatche on the other hand (if he is focused) would really give us a huge new weapon. He is enormous and can still move his feet. He can bang in the post and step out on pick and roll. He can shoot well enough to spread the floor for Tim, and he can even create his own shot. I think the Spurs have to sit down with him and have a talk, but even if he was interested in San Antonio you have to take that as a good sign. We know he is a knucklehead, but he is smart enough to realize that coming to SA means giving that up. There isn't a whole lot of room to do that in SA. If he wants to be wild he would sign with another city or go to Europe. If he is interested in SA it is a good sign because that means he is interested in winning and straightening up his at ude. But I think that is a long shot and I don't think he comes here.
Wolves put in a waiver claim for Jon Leuer but Cleveland got him first
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Damn
If Spurs can't sign Kenyon Martin or Blatche, it will suck.
It puzzled me that Spurs have spend $5M to fix the backup PG slot by signing Mills and De Colo while they have done nothing to fix the backup PF slot which is equally problematic.
If next season start with Bonner or Blair as backup PF, it will be depressing.
We're ed.
Yes, it's very quiet right now regarding Kmart. I can only hope there is something going on behind closed doors addressing this obvious problem.
I think it is the Blair thing. Spurs could not trade him for what they want or no team want Blair right now.
Meanwhile, Spurs don't want to carry more than 5 bigmen to start the season, considering Spurs were OK with 4 bigmen at the start of last season.
If Pop and Buford were fine with Duncan, Splitter, Blair and Bonner at the start of last season, they surely are fine with Duncan, Diaw, Splitter, Blair and Bonner right now.
I thought it was no Blair trade, no bigman signing. And I am going to stick to the idea.
Unfortunately, this is very likely to be the case.
Disagree. You got it backwards.
The logical and safest way for Spurs to improve their bigmen rotation would to sign a good big and then to trade Blair.
Getting ride of Blair isn't at all an issue. He has a very nice little contract and, even if no team wants him, Spurs can still waive him for free.
So, it's more no bigman signing, no Blair trade. The hardest part is to find a good big while Spurs can only offer min contracts.
Malcolm Thomas had another good game for the Bulls: 12 pts, 16 boards
http://www.nba.com/summer-league/gam.../gameinfo.html
It makes me wonder if they have had some sort of trade set up already, just waiting for execution at a later date...
The Spurs did create an unnecessary logjam @ point guard tbh, they should have just chose 1 or the other when it came to Mills & De Colo. They also gave up on Corey Joseph a little too early it seems, based on his summer league play. They could have easily used the BAE or the money used to sign Mills to get a defensive big.
Mills was signed to essentially his qualifying offer, two years, second year a player option. His FA can was kicked down the road one year. Signing him had no effect on signing a big.
Other than signing Diaw, nothing we did, or didn't do (like not amnestying Bonner) had any effect on our ability to sign a big. We have what we've had since Diaw signed: a minimum salary slot. Signing Mills did not affect that. Amnestying Bonner would not affect that.
Oh, and all CoJo has done so far is NOT make it an easy decision to cut him loose. Summer league is honestly nothing. He may still not have his option picked up. I think it depends much more on training camp than Vegas.
Maybe but why would Spurs delay a trade they can do now? Are they waiting on a FA before deciding or not to do this trade? Are they waiting the end of the summer league?
Would signing a big for min make Spurs over the tax?
Can't believe Spurs may start the season with both Bonner and Blair, considering how bad they were in the playoff last season.
When Spurs were out, I though it was the end for Bonner, Blair and may even Neal.
Wow.
Since cap-space teams passed on Baltche (misspelling intentional) for the minimum, I doubt he'll get more than that. Where would he fit on this list?
The FO doesn't see the backup PF spot as being problematic is your answer. It's pretty clear at this point.
Bonner and Blair can win games in the regular season. The Spurs are aware of that and will likely wait until the right deal ccomes along or until closer to the deadline. They have enough assets to make a decent trade happen so there is no reason to just knee jerk and make a move.
Malcolm Thomas 6 pts 5 boards, 1 blk in the 2nd quarter so far
http://www.nba.com/summer-league/gam.../gameinfo.html
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9 pts, 9 boards at halftime
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17 pts , 12 boards 3:58 in 3rd quarter
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21 pts, 16 boards, 4 assists, 1 blk end of the game
Last edited by ace3g; 07-21-2012 at 09:22 PM.
Definitely worth a camp invite.
Last edited by ace3g; 07-22-2012 at 05:30 AM.
Yes but if they were gonna bring De Colo over, might as well withdrew the qualifying offer, regardless of the money situation the PG spot was unnecessarily log jammed. BTW if Summer League was nothing then why would be a 'not' so easy decision to cut him?
But I agree he'll have to keep this up at training camp, but Joseph was defiantly hitting shots with confidence in SL that he couldn't hit worth a damn in limited minutes last year.
Either way tho money or no money Spurs have been lackadaisical in their pursuit of a rim protector to help Tim.
Grab your balls and hang on, the Spurs FO has been putting solid teams on the court for years. Even before Pop and RC, the Spurs had some very good playoff runs. Everytime Pop says we are standing pat, something happens. A trade or FA siging that changes things. I am waiting to see just what Pop and RC have in mind for this season.
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