Back To Texas; Van Exel Comes To Terms With Spurs

by **$Chris Bosh$** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:55 am

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi ... ith_spurs/

by **Doobie** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:01 am

Huge surprise for me there. I was not expecting him to be a SPUR. Good sign for the spurs.

by **Malfa** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:03 am

My Blazers can handle with Telfair and Jack.

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:03 am

Good. Pops will reign him in and he can be another clutch player next to Bobby. If they get Finley as well, better start looking for the 07 champion. 8-)

by **Emiliano** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:22 am

YES! We needed a guy like him. He can be great for the 6th man award. This will bring more depth to the Spurs. Go Spurs!

by **Indy** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:24 am

Nietzschean Pride wrote:Good. Pops will reign him in and he can be another clutch player next to Bobby. If they get Finley as well, better start looking for the 07 champion.

I disagree. :cry:

by **Jona** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:53 am

Great sign for the Spurs, 3 quality PGs in their squad now! (Y)

by **Riot** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:48 am

Too bad this didn't knock then out of the Finley race.

by **Impose** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:05 pm

They wont sign Finley I dont think, they dont have much cap space.

Could this mean Finley's made his decision though?

by **Emiliano** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:14 pm

Pop said that if the Spurs ever sign Finley, they would release Devin Brown. And I do not think the Spurs will release Devin since he has great potential and he's young.

by **Kobe101** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:31 pm

Nice! Spurs just keep getting better and better. :mrgreen:

by **Riot** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:19 pm

Impose wrote:They wont sign Finley I dont think, they dont have much cap space.

Could this mean Finley's made his decision though?

San Antonio can offer about $2.5 per year. That's the same amount the Timberwolves can, meanwhile the Suns can only offer $1.1 mill and the Heat can offer a whopping $5.5 million.

by **Pross** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:13 pm

Personally i think this takes them out of the running even though they can still offer him $2.5 mil... I reckon its down to Suns & Heat

by **Riot** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:17 pm

HEY NOW! Popovich said he would be "surprised" if Finley signed with the Heat.

I heard Finley was very impressed with Garnett coming down to talk to him personally. Hopefully *crosses fingers* Finley will come here to have a bigger role on the team!

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:51 pm

Personally i think this takes them out of the running even though they can still offer him $2.5 mil... I reckon its down to Suns & Heat

Money is not an issue for Mike. He still will get his more than fat paycheck from the Mavs... If he wants to win a title, as it is assumed, his best bet would be San Antonio.

by **Null17** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:42 pm

cool. making the NBA champs even better. hope it doesn't affect much of beno's playing time though. hopefully, finley signs as well

by **Emiliano** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:44 pm

It will likely affect Beno's playing time which is the downside of the signing. But the Spurs still get stronger and I doubt Van Exel will stay more than a year. Beno is developing great and now under Van Exel, he can take advantage of the situation and learn from a veteran.

by **Cloudy** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:26 pm

Fuck, why do Spurs always get good players... secretly
Always getting someone nobody expected, and somebody good...

by **Fenix** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:37 pm

Well, I didn't see that coming. Bad news for Udrih.

by **CERVANTES** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:15 pm

Malfa wrote:My Blazers can handle with Telfair and Jack.

For sure. GO BLAZERS !!

by **Jugs** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:30 pm

CERVANTES wrote:
Malfa wrote:My Blazers can handle with Telfair and Jack.

For sure. GO BLAZERS !!

Don't forget Juan Dixon..

by **Fresh8** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:58 pm

Great pickup. If the Spurs get Finley too... back to back fo sho... well they will be early favourites again!

by **The X** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:09 pm

I don't think they need Fins to go back-to-back....they're odds-on favourites again....once again the main competition will be the Pistons....lets hope the Pacers get their acts together and move to the top of the East

by **Sauru** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:03 pm

Sit wrote:Great pickup. If the Spurs get Finley too... back to back fo sho... well they will be early favourites again!

i believe i heard something just like this when the lakers signed payton and malone. same kinda guarenteed championship. didnt work well for them.

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:09 pm

didnt work well for them.

But TD is not Shaq and Manu is not Kobe. Attitude-wise. :wink:

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