How to beat Miami traffic: wait until the game is over.

GSG.

By the way Mills is a FA at the end of the season. Everyone on Poundingtherock says San Antonio has enough cap space to sign both him and Diaw. I think Diaw won't be really hungry for money because he just wants to settle down at this point and he shows he loves and fits the system and the other players (TP and TD in particular) and he has a skillset only few teams are interested in; so I really don't see him leaving but I think someone might want to pay Patty a LOT of money and even if he has shown to be the epitome of the team oriented, bench sparkplug player, I'm afraid he's young enough to consider his options (And I wouldn't blame him that much even if I'd be terrisad).

But as I said, people more informed than me on these particular details seem to be very confident we'll be able to keep those two. Any opinion in here? I know some of you like to discuss contracts, offseason moves and dumb GMs.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

June 13 2014 21:01 GMT

#510

Melo's opting out, thank the lord.

Haiq343

United States2548 Posts

June 13 2014 21:01 GMT

#511

Mills will have his first chance to make set-for-life style money, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him go. Diaw is more likely to stay given his experiences in SA vs CHA. With the cap set to go up though, if the Spurs feel comfortable fielding 'competitive' offers (w/e that means) there's a very obvious strong incentive to stay.

seiferoth10

3362 Posts

June 13 2014 21:03 GMT

#512

Melo was always going to opt out. The real decision is if he re-signs with the Knicks for 5 years, or with another team for 4 years.

GOAL

Germany4 Posts

June 13 2014 21:05 GMT

#513

On June 14 2014 06:01 zulu_nation8 wrote:
Melo's opting out, thank the lord.

If he is smart he is heading to Dallas. Dwight should have done the same. As a player you want to head for a Team with a great coach and owner and not for the team with your "Bros"

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

June 13 2014 21:23 GMT

#514

On June 14 2014 06:01 zulu_nation8 wrote:
Melo's opting out, thank the lord.

He was going to opt anyways, but is this even a good thing for the Knicks? Either he walks for nothing (right to swap 2nd round picks in 2018?) or he re-ups for max. Both suck and having a boat of cap space doesn't really matter matter when your team is barren.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

June 13 2014 21:29 GMT

#515

Knicks won't have cap space no matter, melo re-signing will be the difference between finishing in low lottery compared to having one of the worst rosters in NBA history. I'd much have the latter and start anew with an actual draft pick for next season.

cLutZ

United States19574 Posts

June 13 2014 21:36 GMT

#516

On June 14 2014 06:05 GOAL wrote:

Show nested quote +

If he is smart he is heading to Dallas. Dwight should have done the same. As a player you want to head for a Team with a great coach and owner and not for the team with your "Bros"

Uhhg. And make the East even more pathetic?

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

June 13 2014 21:44 GMT

#517

On June 14 2014 04:56 FakePseudo wrote:
How to beat Miami traffic: wait until the game is over.

GSG.

By the way Mills is a FA at the end of the season. Everyone on Poundingtherock says San Antonio has enough cap space to sign both him and Diaw. I think Diaw won't be really hungry for money because he just wants to settle down at this point and he shows he loves and fits the system and the other players (TP and TD in particular) and he has a skillset only few teams are interested in; so I really don't see him leaving but I think someone might want to pay Patty a LOT of money and even if he has shown to be the epitome of the team oriented, bench sparkplug player, I'm afraid he's young enough to consider his options (And I wouldn't blame him that much even if I'd be terrisad).

But as I said, people more informed than me on these particular details seem to be very confident we'll be able to keep those two. Any opinion in here? I know some of you like to discuss contracts, offseason moves and dumb GMs.

idk how much cap space is "enough"? I think Diaw is more important to the Spurs system so if it came between the two I'd pick him. I think Mills would be willing to take a pay cut to stay but I don't know how much the Spurs have to offer him. And again, I think he's far less valuable to other teams because imo he'd be less effective outside the Spurs system.

slyboogie

United States3423 Posts

June 13 2014 21:46 GMT

#518

On June 14 2014 06:29 zulu_nation8 wrote:
Knicks won't have cap space no matter, melo re-signing will be the difference between finishing in low lottery compared to having one of the worst rosters in NBA history. I'd much have the latter and start anew with an actual draft pick for next season.

I think we've seen this movie before. Back to 2001-2010!

XaI)CyRiC

United States4471 Posts

June 13 2014 22:49 GMT

#519

Patty should get a decent offer by another team and would be well within his rights to get as big a contract as he can. He'll likely already have won one ring (one more than most players), and he's currently one of two backup PGs (along with Joseph) for the Spurs. He's had experience carrying at team (AUS national) and I'm sure he'd like to take a stab at a larger role than what he has in SA.

That said, he could also choose to take less to try to win more rings and stay with a great organization.

I figure Diaw will want to stay because it's the most international team in the league, and he fits perfectly with their system. Being buddies with Parker only adds to it.

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

June 13 2014 23:04 GMT

#520

at this point i'm just expecting the next chapter in the legacy of dolan. black comedy. melo will opt out, phil jackson has a stroke, and dolan trades the pick away which turns out to be the next god player