Belinelli right after that playoffs was a free agent and the Bulls made no attempt to bring him back.
He got 2 years and ~5m total.
That is scrub money.
Diaw got 7.5m a year long term which is solid money but still middling as a 4.
The Spurs have gotten great bench production but again the talent level is mediocre at best and the individual players are largely overrated.
your definition of depth is narrow-minded. Look at all the players that leave the Patriots and don't really do much elsewhere. The Spurs have great depth. All the players know the system, can run the system with great efficiency, and can compete with any other team in the league. Just look at last year when the Spurs sat 4 of their top 5 players against the Heat in Miami and still almost won the game. If not for a late surge from the Heat starters, they would have won it. That is depth.
Also, when a player comes to the Spurs, he usually struggles his first year, while learning the complex system......a system that requires not only physical tools but mental tools. It is a complex system that is all about team orientation. You have to sell out on both the offensive and defensive ends. The Spurs players are required to play at both ends, or they don't play. So, while you call them scrubs, cause you obviously don't grasp the small details of basketball, they are not scrubs at all. And who cares if they are end of bench players on other teams. Gary Neal was our starting SG, got traded to Milwaukee and never saw the floor (the Bucks continued to suck, while leaving him on the pine). He ended up in Charlotte and was a major reason for Charlotte's playoff run last year. Blair went to Dallas last year and had a pretty good year, almost helped the Mavs upset he Spurs in the playoffs (they don't get even close without the play of Blair). George Hill has done well in Indy an is a starter, plus he got us Leonard.
The Spurs are the class of the NBA. Every other team marvels at how they run their team and the quality and depth of their roster. They don't have many athletes who can jump out of the gym and thunder dunk everywhere like a lot of the other team, they just have 15 BASKETBALL players. Players who work as 1, who are selfless, who are team oriented, who care more about winning, than about personal goals or looking good on highlight reels.
So, I will take my "no depth" Spurs anytime over any other team you want to throw out there. And when my Spurs do come to town, all you need to know is this......
THE CHAMP IS HERE
Go Spurs Go
