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The Chicago Bulls have reached to a two-year agreement, with the second year partially guaranteed, with Keith Bogans. The 30-year-old guard leaves the San Antonio Spurs, where he played last season, after averaging 4.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. The Bulls will be the sixth team Bogans plays during his seven-year career.
SOURCE: Twitter David Aldridge
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The New York Knicks and Roger Mason Jr. could have reached to a one-year, $1.4 million agreement. The 29-year-old guard is a free agent after playing during the last two seasons for the San Antonio Spurs, where he averaged 5.9 points and 2.0 rebounds per game in the 2009-10 season.
SOURCE: Twitter Frank Isola
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Malik Hairston will continue his career in Italy. Montepaschi Siena has officially announced the signing of the 23-year-old American guard to a two-year contract. Hairston arrives to the current Italian champion after playing during since 2008 for the San Antonio Spurs, being assigned to the D-League team, the Austin Toros, several times. Last season, Hairston averaged 2.1 points and 1.0 rebounds per game for the Spurs
SOURCE: Siena Free
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The San Antonio Spurs have officially announced the signing of James Anderson. The 21-year-old guard was selected with the 20th overall pick by the Spurs in the last NBA draft. Anderson arrives to the NBA after three seasons in the University of Oklahoma State, averaging 22.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game during his junior year.
SOURCE: Insidehoops
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Despite the interest of several European clubs, like Lottomatica Roma, Armani Jeans Milano or Unicaja (where he finished last season), Gary Neal will continue his career in the NBA. The 25-year-old American guard has signed a three-year contract to play for the San Antonio Spurs, after playing for the NBA franchise in the last Summer League. Neal will make his debut in the NBA after averaging 12.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in the last ACB league.
SOURCE: Twitter Draft Express
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Three weeks after opting out of the final year of his $15 million contract with the San Antonio Spurs, Richard Jefferson has re-signed with the NBA franchise. The 30-year-old forward was signed to a multi-year contract with the Spurs, where he averaged 9.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game last season.
SOURCES: NBA.com/Spurs, San Antonio Express News
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James Jones was waived weeks ago by the Miami Heat, but will be back to his former team since 2008. The 29-year-old forward has agreed to a one-year, $1 million deal with the Heat, turning down larger offers from other teams like the San Antonio Spurs. Jones averaged 4.1 points and 1.3 rebounds per game last season.
SOURCE: Miami Herald
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Sharon Drucker, new head coach of Aris Thessaloniki, is in Las Vegas attending the NBA Summer League, tracking new players for the next season. One of the candidates to join the Greek club could be Curtis Jerrells, currently playing in the Summer League for the San Antonio Spurs, where he finished last season from the D-League team Austin Toros.
SOURCE: Sport24
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Ian Mahinmi will continue his career in the Dallas Mavericks, after reaching to a two-year agreement for veteran's minimum salary (around $1.8 million total). The 23-year-old French center arrives to Dallas after playing during the last two seasons in the San Antonio Spurs, averaging 3.9 points and 2.0 rebounds per game during the last one.
SOURCE: Dallas Morning News
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As expected, the San Antonio Spurs have announced officially the signing of Tiago Splitter. The Brazilian 25-year-old center, MVP of the last ACB league, was selected by the Spurs with the 28th overall pick in the 2007 draft. Splitter has played since 2000 for Caja Laboral, averaging 15.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, leading his team to win the Spanish championship.
UPDATE: Splitter was signed by the Spurs to a three-year, $11 million contract.
SOURCE: Insidehoops, San Antonio Express-News
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As expected, Tiago Splitter will play next season in the NBA. The 25-year-old Brazilian center, MVP of the last ACB league with Caja Laboral, has reached to an agreement with the San Antonio Spurs, the team that owns his NBA rights, and the deal will be signed next Monday. Splitter averaged 14.2 points and 7.8 rebounds per game last season.
SOURCE: Ticket 760
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Unexpectedly, Richard Jefferson has decided to opt out of the final season of his contract and become a free agent. The 30-year-old forward will forfait $15.2 million with this decision, and expected move due to have a supposed lower market value as a free agent. Last season, Jefferson averaged 9.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game after arriving to the Spurs in the preseason via trade.
SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News
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Caja Laboral is making a last push to avoid Tiago Splitter's departure to the NBA. The Spanish club has offered to the 25-year-old Brazilian center to extend his contract until 2015 with a leaving clause to the NBA in a near future. On the other hand, the team that owns his NBA rights, the San Antonio Spurs, could be willing to offer Splitter a $25-30 million, 5-year contract to move to the United States.
SOURCES: El Correo, San Antonio Express-News
Caja Laboral is planning the next season assuming that Tiago Splitter won't continue in the team to move to the NBA. The arrival of a replacement could also make the Spanish team not to extend the contract of Stanko Barac. The future of the 23-year-old Croatian coach, who averaged 8.7 points and 4.5 rebounds per game last season, depends of the salary of that new center. Milt Palacio, Vladimir Golubovic and, probably, Carl English, will leave the team.
SOURCE: El Correo
Josean Querejeta, president of Caja Laboral, admitted that Tiago Splitter wants to play next season in the NBA, where the San Antonio Spurs own his rights, and that it will be normal his departure to the United States. The 25-year-old Brazilian center, MVP of the last ACB league, has an opt-out clause to move to the NBA next summer, after averaging 14.2 points and 7.8. rebounds last season. Splitter has been a member of Caja Laboral since 2000.
SOURCE: EFE
The New York Knicks are considering to land Tony Parker in case they can't hire a top free agent like LeBron James. The French guard, now playing for the San Antonio Spurs, would be interested in case his current team finally decides to trade him. The Spurs would accept especially in case they can land Rudy Gay, from the Memphis Grizzlies, in a 3-way trade.
SOURCE: New York Daily News
Two representatives from the San Antonio Spurs, Claudio Crippa and George Felton, attended last game of Caja Laboral in Madrid to watch Tiago Splitter and talk with him, according to the print form of the Spanish magazine "Gigantes del Basket". The Spurs, the franchise that holds the NBA rights of the Brazilian center, want to land Splitter next season. The 24-year-old player, now in the second of his 4-year contract with Caja Laboral, has a opt-out clause this summer to leave the team and go to the NBA.
SOURCE: Gigantes del Basket
The rumors about the reconstruction of the San Antonio Spurs have reached Tony Parker, who could be traded this summer to bring a shooter or a center. The coming up of the reserve point guard George Hill can cause the trade of the French player. The Spurs are now playing their playoff first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks.
SOURCE; San Antonio Express-News
Alonzo Gee and Curtis Jerrells was recalled by the San Antonio Spurs from the affiliated team, the Austin Toros, in the D-League. Gee was assigned two weeks ago, averaging 21.0 points and 6.6 rebounds in the NBA this season, while Jerrells was sent to the Toros a month ago, after being called up by the Spurs. The guard has averaged 20.7 points and 5.7 assists in the D-League this season.
SOURCE: Insidehoops
Caja Laboral would only allow the leaving of the star of the team, Tiago Splitter, to the NBA. The Spanish team has no intentions of letting him move to another European team. Josean Querejeta, chairman of the club, still hopes the Brazilian center to continue in Caja Laboral, but admitted that the dream of Splitter is to play in the NBA. The San Antonio Spurs are the owner of his NBA rights. One of the possible subsitutes of Tiago Splitter next season, the Uruguayan center of Ayuda en Acción Fuenlabrada Esteban Batista, said he doesn't know anything about the interest of Caja Laboral for signing him.
SOURCES: Noticias de Álava, Noticias de Álava
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