Splitter Staying in Europe

[the_Bird]

Theoretically, once Splitter can come to the NBA, SA could renounce his draft rights and sign him as a regular FA, right?  They'd just be exposed to the risk that someone else would swoop in and outbid them (hello, Carlos!)

[cordobes]

Just looking for more information on Splitters contract

He has the choice to join the NBA at the end of the 2009-10 season. A buyout mark. So two years. He signed a four year contract but in two years he can join the NBA if he wishes.

If he does, though, we he still be limited to the rookie scale at that point, or could SA sign him with one of their exemptions?

I'm pretty sure it would still be a rookie scale contract because he was a first round pick.

Yeps.

The buyout clause value is still undisclosed. Here's one thing the NBA should do: scrap that $500.000 limit teams have to pay for buyouts. Splitter would have joined last season if the Spurs had the chance of paying his buyout clause. And, as you said, rookie rights expiring into restricted free agency after some seasons would also be a good idea.

I've read in a few places that the buyout for Tiago is 500k.

In a couple of places (San Antonio press) they've said that the buyout fee is from the new team only, not Splitter. So it couldn't be more than 500k if that's accurate.

Yeah I think that limit on buyouts is outdated too. That should change. They should go up to 2mil or in that neighbourhood, that would make life a lot easier for NBA teams when it comes to getting the players signature.

Do you know how much Tiago signed for? How much his contract is worth? Having trouble finding that.

There's no official confirmation yet, but I've read in the brazilian press that the buyout clause after the 2nd year is now $500K. In a spanish basketball forum, they're saying that it's actually a player option and that he can leave for free after the 2nd year (only if he joins the NBA). Both of them make sense. About the salary, there are also only rumors, but a guy who is usually accurate about everything Splitter related, is saying that he'll be making 2x more than his former salary and that his former salary was 5x the one he would be earning in the NBA. That means something around $3-4M/year net.

[Brickowski]

Theoretically, once Splitter can come to the NBA, SA could renounce his draft rights and sign him as a regular FA, right?  They'd just be exposed to the risk that someone else would swoop in and outbid them (hello, Carlos!)

Yes, there probably should be a waiting period if the team that renounced the pick then wants to sign the same player (similar to the one-year waiting period when a team trades away a player and then seeks to reacquire the player), but I looked through Coon's FAQ and couldn't find one.

The team would need cap space or an exception (e.g. the mid-level) to sign the renounced player, though.

[iowa plowboy]

The idea of playing with the greatest NBA champion of this era and the greatest championship coach should be enough to bring Splitter to the NBA.

[the_Bird]

The idea of playing with the greatest NBA champion of this era and the greatest championship coach should be enough to bring Splitter to the NBA.

Maybe.  Motivations vary.  Would you rather be a star in Europe, living the life of a star, or a (lesser-paid) role player in the NBA?  The quality of NBA play is still the best in the world, but is that alone enough to tease a young guy across the pond? 

Just think of guys like Larry Hughes and Shawn Marion, who'd rather be "the man" on a lesser team versus play on a championship contender with some of the best players of this generation.  "Should" is a meaningless concept; you've got to consider what players motivations really ARE.