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01-28-2010, 11:26 AM
By Mike Monroe
While Spurs president of basketball operations Gregg Popovich acknowledges that every NBA team discusses nearly every potentially tradeable player, this is what we know to be true this morning: There has been zero conversation between the Spurs and the Suns about any trade that would bring All-Star center Amare Stoudemire to San Antonio.
A report on the Yahoo! Sports Web site that the Spurs front office had "researched and debated pursuing Stoudemire to play alongside Tim Duncan" created an Internet buzz, but the two teams have not had even a preliminary talk about a deal.
NBA sources say Stoudemire's agent, Happy Walters, has been doing his best to create leverage for his client. Meanwhile, the Suns welcome every rumored new suitor for an All-Star who has a player option to become a free agent this summer.
Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Adrian Wojnarowski speculated that the Spurs would have to offer Manu Ginobili, and his expiring $10.8 million contract, to the Suns as part of a package to get Stoudemire.
The NBA's trade deadline is Feb. 18. In a general conversation about possible moves, Popovich said the Spurs discuss and consider everything they believe might help the team improve.
"There are phone calls going back and forth every day between 30 teams," Popovich said. "Anybody who tells you differently is lying to you. That's your job: Put together the best team you possibly can. Nobody is going to just sit there and not make any calls about anything. That's going on constantly. The chances of something happening are pretty slim, but everybody is always trying to improve their team. That's just part of the business. Everybody. Thirty teams are doing that."
As always is the case, Spurs general manager R.C. Buford offered no comment.
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/
While Spurs president of basketball operations Gregg Popovich acknowledges that every NBA team discusses nearly every potentially tradeable player, this is what we know to be true this morning: There has been zero conversation between the Spurs and the Suns about any trade that would bring All-Star center Amare Stoudemire to San Antonio.
A report on the Yahoo! Sports Web site that the Spurs front office had "researched and debated pursuing Stoudemire to play alongside Tim Duncan" created an Internet buzz, but the two teams have not had even a preliminary talk about a deal.
NBA sources say Stoudemire's agent, Happy Walters, has been doing his best to create leverage for his client. Meanwhile, the Suns welcome every rumored new suitor for an All-Star who has a player option to become a free agent this summer.
Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Adrian Wojnarowski speculated that the Spurs would have to offer Manu Ginobili, and his expiring $10.8 million contract, to the Suns as part of a package to get Stoudemire.
The NBA's trade deadline is Feb. 18. In a general conversation about possible moves, Popovich said the Spurs discuss and consider everything they believe might help the team improve.
"There are phone calls going back and forth every day between 30 teams," Popovich said. "Anybody who tells you differently is lying to you. That's your job: Put together the best team you possibly can. Nobody is going to just sit there and not make any calls about anything. That's going on constantly. The chances of something happening are pretty slim, but everybody is always trying to improve their team. That's just part of the business. Everybody. Thirty teams are doing that."
As always is the case, Spurs general manager R.C. Buford offered no comment.
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/