Spurs pick for sale

Post #1 » by **ParticleMan** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:28 pm

I wonder if we can get in on this. Maybe trade Davis or Pruitt + #60 +$3mil for #26?

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft200 ... tch-080626

We can replace Davis with a guy who we will have for 3 years on the rookie scale. We could pick up someone like Bill Walker as well as a big like Hardin. I dunno what the Spurs actually want, but draft picks in Ainge's hands are gold. It seems like we should try to get in on this; a rookie #26 pick makes only $800k, so it's not a big burden financially.

Celts17Pride · Post #2 » by **Celts17Pride** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:30 pm

Trading Davis or Pruitt is not worth getting the 26th pick in the draft.

greenbeans · Post #3 » by **greenbeans** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:33 pm

way too much imo

Post #4 » by **sully00** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:34 pm

Ainge is trying to trade the 30th pick for a future first according to Ian Thomsen of SI. I would look for Ainge to try and get out of 30 and try and get back in at the top of the 2nd.

Celts17Pride · Post #5 » by **Celts17Pride** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:35 pm

sully00 wrote:Ainge is trying to trade the 30th pick for a future first according to Ian Thomsen of SI. I would look for Ainge to try and get out of 30 and try and get back in at the top of the 2nd.

That's what I would guess Ainge is trying to do. I had the same thought.

Post #6 » by **ParticleMan** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:40 pm

i don't understand the whole trying to trade down from 30 to 32 or whatever.
we signed BBD and Pruitt for $720k last season.
A #30 pick makes like $800k.
Plus Ainge usually TRIES to sign his guys for 3 years (Davis wouldn't bite).
There is hardly much savings dropping from #30 to early 2nd, and at least with the #30 you get a 3rd year with a team option.

Maybe giving up Davis or Pruitt is too much. I'd probably agree. Do you think we could just pay $3mil and get the pick? The owners must be raking it in now, surely they wouldn't mind giving Ainge an extra at-bat in this draft.

LongTimeFan · Post #7 » by **LongTimeFan** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:41 pm

So I think the second is really DA's wheelhouse.

If we do two for one, how do we sin them to the three year deal without use of the MLE. I'm thinking they want to reserve the MLE for Posey.

P2 · Post #8 » by P2 » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:42 pm

sully00 wrote:Ainge is trying to trade the 30th pick for a future first according to Ian Thomsen of SI. I would look for Ainge to try and get out of 30 and try and get back in at the top of the 2nd.

I knew this was going to happen. We want Gary Forbes.

LongTimeFan · Post #9 » by **LongTimeFan** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:42 pm

Particleman:

Last year we ran out of MLE on Baby.

15th overall · Post #10 » by **15th overall** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:51 pm

I'd be cool with #60 + a future 2nd + cash for #26.

Landing Speights and CDR would be a killer draft.

Post #11 » by **ParticleMan** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:53 pm

oh right, thank LTF. well anyway my point stands, if Ainge WANTS to sign guys for 3 years, why would he want to trade down into the top of the 2nd?

Rocky5000 · Post #12 » by **Rocky5000** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:56 pm

Why would the Spurs want two players back, one of which hardly played in his first year? They are selling the pick because they don't have roster space, not because they are trying to get 3 guys for 1 pick.

GuyClinch · Post #13 » by **GuyClinch** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:00 pm

oh right, thank LTF. well anyway my point stands, if Ainge WANTS to sign guys for 3 years, why would he want to trade down into the top of the 2nd?

Maybe because if he feels he has blown the pick he can simply not sign the player. It's never happened but maybe he feels it could?

The Rondo Show · Post #14 » by **The Rondo Show** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:24 pm

Ainge doesn't seem too thrilled with what's going to be available at 30, so I doubt he's real hot for the #26 pick.

GonzoLays · Post #15 » by **GonzoLays** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:38 pm

ParticleMan wrote:oh right, thank LTF. well anyway my point stands, if Ainge WANTS to sign guys for 3 years, why would he want to trade down into the top of the 2nd?

I'm laughing my ass off because noone is understanding what you are trying to say.

:lol:

I am in complete agreeance with you. We have to dip into the MLE to sign our second rounders (won't have that opp this year with Posey) to get them to sign a three year deal, but Ainge wants to trade the 30th pick (which gives us two years + two one year options) to move down to get a 2nd rounder? Makes no sense.

Its my thinking that if we do trade the pick it is because we don't want to pay the kid. If we cant trade the pick, we will probably go foreign or, like Ainge said, have a pre-agreement with some player to go overseas for a couple of years after we draft them.

Or, maybe Ainge just doesn't see any value at 30. Who knows.

theman · Post #16 » by **theman** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:47 pm

GonzoLays wrote:
ParticleMan wrote:oh right, thank LTF. well anyway my point stands, if Ainge WANTS to sign guys for 3 years, why would he want to trade down into the top of the 2nd?

I'm laughing my ass off because noone is understanding what you are trying to say.

I am in complete agreeance with you. We have to dip into the MLE to sign our second rounders (won't have that opp this year with Posey) to get them to sign a three year deal, but Ainge wants to trade the 30th pick (which gives us two years + two one year options) to move down to get a 2nd rounder? Makes no sense.

Its my thinking that if we do trade the pick it is because we don't want to pay the kid. If we cant trade the pick, we will probably go foreign or, like Ainge said, have a pre-agreement with some player to go overseas for a couple of years after we draft them.

Or, maybe Ainge just doesn't see any value at 30. Who knows.

The report I heard is not that Danny wants to trade 30 for a second, it is that he wants to trade 30 for a 2009 first. That would be a great move because it would then give Danny the freedom to trade an of our future picks where as right now our first available pick to trade is 2011.

That said, I don't see us taking San Antonio's pick unless we can out right buy it.

and "agreeance"?