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[shrink]

I threw this one up on the Spurs board:

I was looking for a team that had lux issues this year, but looked OK in 2010, but wasn't going to have free agency ambitions. Also, a team that had play-off ambitions. That looked like the Spurs. Do you think your management would be interested in:

Finley + Bonner + Mason for Atkins + Songalia + $1.53 mil TPE

$2,500,000 Finley
$3,256,500 Bonner
$3,780,000 Mason
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$9,536,500

$3,480,000/$760,000 Atkins
$4,526,000 $4,818,000 Songalia
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$8,006,000

For the Spurs, Atkins contract is only gauranteed for $0.76 so if he's waived he saves a team $2.72 mil. The TPE is $1.53 mil, so that's 2009 savings of $4.25 mil. Since the Spurs are over the lux, that's doubled, so they save $8.5 mil this year. Next season you pay Songalia $4.8, so the savings is $3.7 mil. Your team also gets two years of production from Songalia, and two roster spots you could use to add veteran free agent at the min, or upgrade with the TPE.

I assume you think Mason is OK, but with his price and the others doubled over the lux, this seems like a cost-effective way to move some of those contracts. We could agree to release Finley and Bonner if you'd like them to return.

Roger Mason is worth a look, but mainly this is just a way to send give up 2009 cap space in exchange for 2010 cap space.

[revprodeji]

I assume we are creating a TPE for them?

Good move. We could cut Mason right away even.

[Foye]

I assume we are creating a TPE for them?

Good move. We could cut Mason right away even.

Why in hell should we cut Mason? He played really well for the Spurs last season.

I like it.

[younggunsmn]

spurs are not going to trade 3 rotation players to dump salary, especially with the injury problems they had last year.

[shrink]

spurs are not going to trade 3 rotation players to dump salary, especially with the injury problems they had last year.

I think that's a legit concern. I would suggest though that Finley and Bonner are both overpaid, and worse, the hwole value is doubled because of the lux. If I'm paying rotation players double, I'd at least like the opportunity to give contracts to players that are not overpaid.

Let me take a look and run numbers.

Do nothing:

$2,500,000 Finley
$3,256,500 Bonner
$3,780,000 Mason
---------------
$9,536,500

Pay $19 mil in 2009 for these players, zero for no players in 2010.

Trade:

$4,526,000 $4,818,000 Songalia
$1,262,276 vet min free agent
$1,262,276 vet min free agent
---------------------------------------------
$7,084,552

The $2.5 mil difference doubled this season pays for Songalia for free next year, and Songalia > Bonner.


So who they can attract for the vet min? Marbury? Sure. Iverson? Get their own players back?

[Carpe Diem]

Very interesting deal.

[dunkonu21]

Man Mason is a good player I'm pretty sure the Spurs don't care bout saving money. And I doubt they could improve their team with the money they save in this deal after the talent lost.

[revprodeji]

If the spurs were focused on money they would not have done the Richard Jefferson trade.