<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Free agent Marreese Speights has reached agreement on a deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources tell <a href="https://twitter.com/TheVertical">@TheVertical</a>.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/751439456771641344">July 8, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Speights is taking the minimum salary from the Clippers.</p>— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/751441621066145792">July 8, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Shouldn't his nickname be Ma Speights, given that he is not really a conventional "Maurice"? This has always bothered me since he was with Memphis.
Don't get me wrong, the Warriors are going to be incredible and they're going to pick up bench players easily, but we'll see if losing a lot of key bench guys and chemistry pieces has any impact. I don't know if it was just against the Rockets or what, but Speights looked terrific to me last season.
I think David West will make up for the Speights loss. But ya he's been a rocket killer since his Philly days. I hope he got a salary increase.
I said it in another post it seems like they're going away from depth (though they are still very deep) which has been their calling card for two outrageously amazing years and now moving more towards the "Stars & lesser lights" type of arrangement that is more typical.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Speights is taking the minimum salary from the Clippers.</p>— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/751441621066145792">July 8, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
For the vet min... WOW wonder why he didn't want to stay ??? Barnes Eziel Bougot Speights Barbosa All gone
Speights indeed looked very good, he shot long 2s and even threes!!! I wanted him for sure! Why take the minimum in LA and not here..
Speights wasn't that great vs OKC or CLE though. And GSW is worried mostly about those late round playoff opponents. Besides, Zara and West are enough to offset the departure of Bogut and Mo.
The bench will likely play just as much as before. They are gonna have a ton of blowouts and Kerr will want to save his main guys for playoffs.
This makes no sense to me. Speights has become a really good 3pt shooting big man. His rebounding and defense are not good, but not awful. I don't see why he is settling for the minimum while Mozgov gets $16m. He must really wants to live in LA while also having a horrible agent.
Or he just really wants to play on the Clips? It is weird for him to take the min. Very very popular locker room guy and had a lot of good games this year in reg season.
Good fricking signing for the Clippers, they look very good again. Have a lot of respect for the them, if not for Josh Smith playing out of his mind they probably sweep us in the playoffs. Speights is the modern day Sam Perkins against the Rockets, lit us up for 20 in the post season.
Why won't good players ever sign for the minimum in Houston?? Mo deserves 16 million before Mozgov...