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Outside of the Spurs, who are teams likely to pursue Mr. Brown? The Cavs seem like an obvious one...
Brown's a guy we want to have back for both on the court and off the court reasons, but I fear he may get bid up.
Devin Brown | 23
Position: G
Born: Dec 30, 1978
Height: 6-5 / 1,96
Weight: 220 lbs. / 99,8 kg.
College : Texas-San Antonio '02
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The Spurs must keep Devin Brown. Prior to his late season injury he was on track for heavy playoff minutes as well as gaining some serious notoriety around the league for his play, as well as a rather lucrative free agency stint this summer. If you had to design an ideal backup swingman for the Spurs, Brown would come out of that mold. He's athletic, strong, is willing to defend, has a solid jumper, is willing to attack the basket, etc... Also, he wants to play for his hometown Spurs.
Outside of the Spurs, who are teams likely to pursue Mr. Brown? The Cavs seem like an obvious one...
Brown's a guy we want to have back for both on the court and off the court reasons, but I fear he may get bid up.
Pop's enamored with him so it'd take a pretty good offer for the Spurs to let him go. I think his back injury, his desire to remain in SA as well as his Early Bird and restricted free agent status should be enough to scare away any other potential suitors...
I think that is what makes the Cavs the real threat though, with Mike Brown and now Danny Ferry calling shots. They could potentially be just as enamoured with him. With the Cav's cap situation, they may be willing to sweeten the pot just enough to pry him away.
The only teams I've heard with interest in Devin are the Hawks and the Hornets.
They'd have to throw the MLE at him for 3 seasons or so, unless they decided to offer a higher salary for a couple seasons in an attempt to lure him away from SA. That seems unlikely, but you never know, I guess.
I agree, I think/hope the back injury was a blessing in disguise as far as contract negotiations go. I wouldn't have been surprised to see a team throw lucrative money at him before the injury. Hopefully his price has been driven down. He could easily be a 15ppg guy in the near future. Possibly a SF replacement for Bruce. He's got the athleticism to be a great defender, especially in Pop's system.
I hope he's priority 1 or 1a, with Horry.
I think the Spurs will offer him a 2 year deal with team option on the second year, starting at about 1.5-2M. And I think he'll take it.
The Spurs got away without a true prototypical backup small forward for most of the season in part because of Devin.
It seems like a lot of their backups, save for Beno, don't really have a true position.
Also, I think the Cavs know that they have a nice opportunity to surround King James with some serious help this season and that they aren't going to have many opportunities like this in future offseasons. Maybe they would project Devin as an eventual starter. But there is much more attractive talent in free agency for them, IMO. Brown would be like a Plan D or F for them...
the compe ion for swing spot would be betwwen barry and brown leaving only few minutes for a prototype SF to learn.
Maybee a possible scena rio considering devin woul be re-signed for 2 years... Devin would be the solution with barry for the next two years. Than in 2 years bowen and barry would play veteran minutes. It would push brown as SG behing manu and make room for a prototype SF like sanikidze
in two years the line-up would be
manu - devin
bowen - sanikidze
barry (steve kerr role)
the off season could change this with a big trade or devin not re signed.
sanikidze is agressive on rebound and defense. he is showing good sign in a poor team. his only bad luck was the player at his position was the only good one so his minutes were limited but this guy left so he should play more next season and join the spurs in one or 2 years
barry at backup pg, brown at backup sg, keep udrih under the radar or get rid of him
i like brown much better than udrih
ewwwww.The only teams I've heard with interest in Devin are the Hawks and the Hornets
I think the Spurs will offer him a 2 year deal with team option on the second year, starting at about 1.5-2M. And I think he'll take it.
that's believable. And it's what I hope happens.
I think he's worth more than that. If he signs for that it has more to do with people knowing san antonio will match so they don't waste there time.
Devin seems like the next player that needs to fall in place for the Spurs.
Questions:
1) How vital is he to the future of the team?
2) How high do you go to keep him in SA? Full MLE? Half MLE? Only the minimum?
I think that depends on his health. If he can get back to 100% the Spurs will pay him more. But do they really need the MLE? I thought they have the EBR. I would use the MLE for Scola/ Rahim or Marhsall instead.
Yeah I didn't mean using the MLE. I meant since the Spurs can go as high as the MLE using their EB rights, would you go that high to keep him a Spur.
1) I don't know that he is extremely vital to the future of the team. Players of his size and skill set are not very hard to find. BUT I love the energey he gives us off the bench, and the fact that he can play two positions. I don't think he is the long term answer at SF. He is too short to handle the new generation of long 3's.
2) I wouldn't give him more than 1.7 mil a year.
Devin will take whatever SA gives him and like it. I doubt there's any other team that is seriously going after him.
I think it may be a player option, as Devin does have a bit to prove with his back and might stand to get more if he has a good year.I think the Spurs will offer him a 2 year deal with team option on the second year, starting at about 1.5-2M. And I think he'll take it.
OTOH, if Devin wants a "long and low" contract that would be hard to deny him.
I believe that Devin will be around next year. Atleast I hope he is still with the Spurs.
It's not hard to find young athletic 2s but it is hard to find one who has his commitment to team, his offensive skill set, his willingness to play D, his willingness to attack the basket, play hard, etc...he's the perfect Spur role player.
Plus, he seems to want to stay in SA. To me, you give him a new contract for 2 to 3 years starting at $2.75 mil to 3 mil. He's as worthy of the same type of contract that the Spurs have given other strong role players like Rose and Bowen in the past after their initial minimum deals expired.
I could have sworn I heard Channel 12 saying that Chicago was a team that was very interested in Devin...
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