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lets hope not
For some reason I see Rober Horry walking away after this.
lets hope not
Let's hope so.
But I don't think he will.
I think a good way to see the offseason is to a look at the salary cap situation. I know most of the fans don't care about that but it will guide our offseason moves.
I don't think the owner want to pay the Luxury Tax for a second straight year. The luxury tax threshold will be around $63M.
We will keep TD/Manu/TP/Bruce/Finley/Horry : that's $45M and so we have $18M to fill the rest of our roster that is to say :
- a backup PG
- an athletic swingman
- 2/3 bigmen
- scrubs for the end of the bench/injury list
-NVE and Horry are on their last legs.
-Rasho and Bones trade bait
-Nazr a wildcard
-Beno.. who knows.
TP, Manu, Bruce, Timmy, Finley are our core group. Probably keep Oberto.
Agree with Bruno's assumption. Backup PG is at the top of the list, along with a tall, running SF.
What's the word on Sanikidze, Javtokas, Karaulov, Scola and Mahinmi? I know a few are coming for the summer league, but it would be nice to have 1 or 2 on the roster in 07.
J.R Smith?
Well I know I read from realgm.com that they mentioned the Spurs being interested in signing point guard Marcus Banks (MIN). I think he'd be a great backup for Tony, except the fact that he may not want to be reduced into such a small role. Also the money issue is a factor.
Any word on whether Speedy would want to come back or not?
- Javtokas : Athletic defensive center who will sign with Spurs this summer
- Sanikidze : SF, will play for the summer league but I doubt he can help us next year : he is very young and raw.
- Karaulov : no nba material.
- Mahinmi : not nba ready.
- Scola : PF, Spurs can sign him if he is not too expensive or trade his rights. I think he will play in nba next year.
As talented as Smith is, I don't think he will really help us. He is athletic but short for the SF spot and is a poor defender and rebounder.
Last edited by Bruno; 05-23-2006 at 06:19 AM.
Forget about free agents and big trades. The spurs don't make impact trades.
Sign Bonzi Wells lol 40 and 12 a Game!!!
Hey, Isiah Thomas would be dumb enough.
One thing to keep in mind- the salary cap will be making another jump this season as the percentage used to calculate it- that increased from 48% to 49.5%- will bump again up to 51%. Won't really impact the Spurs because they are clearly going to be over it anyway, but it could give other teams more cap room than you realize.
Are you guys going to re-sign Finley? The TNT recap said he was one of your free agents.
Fin signed for 3 years. Don't believe everything you hear.
I think his second year is player option is what it is.
The third year is a player option.
Don't worry we will give him his first le...
Sign Speedy,
get younger, younger, younger, and make sure we still have shooters and some vets still who can play Defense and make the shot.
Get a damn big so we can get back to twin tower defense.
Is this for sure?
i'm praying for a center so duncan can go back to pf. just someone who could block a shot and rebound would have been excellent. spurs don't need much, but age and the disappearence of our centers was rough.
almost http://forums.interbasket.net/showthread.php?t=344Is this for sure?
Trade Manu for Magloire.
Manu is such an incredible player, but we just can't go into seasons like we do, where one game he's starting and the next game he's coming off the bench.
It's been going on too long for the price he's getting paid. I think adding Magloire would solidify our inside game, especially on the defensive side. Plus, having Michael Finley really does make Manu expendable, sad to say. Manu also isn't getting any younger.
Love Manu, but it maybe time to see what we can really get for Manu before he loses his market value.
I like your keepers, but if I remember right, we still have Oberto, Rasho, and Barry extorting taking about another $12M or so.
Never. Trade. Manu.
I have a feeling we'll see Javtokas in SA and Scola's rights traded. Scola would be the more mobile type of big the Spurs are looking for, but he hasn't exactly been the best rebounder. Plus, he'd pretty much take up the MLE. Javtokas could come on the cheap and would be the type of guy to set picks, crash the boards and put back wayward shots. The type of big that Nazr should be. It does concern me that he hasn't played in the states. For a bigman, that concerns me. But the investment will be rather low.
Maybe if Oberto gets regular rotation minutes will he be able to prove his worth. Which is a nice Catch-22. He's a heady player, but he did seem somewhat slow at times this season.
It'll also be interesting to see how Mahinmi and Sanikidze fare in the summerleagues. Sanikidze fits the mold of that bigger, athletic 3 the Spurs need, but his game is rather unknown. Mahinmi definitely has the prototypical profile of the type of big the Spurs need going forward, but might be still too raw to join the team next season.
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