duncan228
02-18-2010, 12:58 AM
Little activity expected at trade deadline (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/Little_activity_expected_at_trade_deadline.html)
Jeff McDonald
INDIANAPOLIS With a little more than 24 hours left in the NBA's trading season Wednesday, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said fans should brace for an upcoming blockbuster.
(Tony) Parker and (Tim) Duncan, we got some guys for them, Popovich said. And Ginobili's going back to Europe. Other than that, I don't think there are going to be any changes.
Rest assured, the Spurs won't be shipping away any member of their Big Three before today's trade deadline. In fact, Popovich said, the Spurs are unlikely to trade any of the other 11, either.
We've talked to teams, teams have talked to us, Popovich, who doubles as the Spurs' president, said before Thursday's 90-87 victory at Indiana. That goes on all year long. It just intensifies come trade deadline. As we all know, very few things happen at the trade deadline, and I wouldn't expect anything to happen for us, either.
The Spurs are still working to shop guard Roger Mason Jr., who earlier in the week expressed a willingness to be traded to a team that could offer more playing time. So far, they have been unable to find a suitable partner.
A deal with Miami, which would have netted a future second-round pick and would not have required the Spurs to take a player back, fell through when a Heat trade exception needed to make it work expired Monday. The Spurs have also had conversations with Memphis about Mason, but those talks appeared dead Wednesday night.
Hill's big night: When he first arrived on campus at IUPUI, Spurs guard George Hill took one look at the No. 34 hanging from the rafters of the Jaguars' home gym and told its owner his own jersey would be joining it one day.
I told Carlos Knox, I'd have my jersey retired, too, Hill said, referring to the player now regarded as the second-best player in that school's basketball history.
Tonight, Hill will have his jersey lifted to the rafters as well. Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis will retire Hill's No. 3 in a ceremony following its game tonight against Missouri-Kansas City.
While the rest of the Spurs will move on to Philadelphia this afternoon, Hill will be allowed to spend his night off in Indianapolis to attend the event.
When I first got there, I said I wanted to go to the NBA, and I wanted to have my jersey retired, Hill said. It took a lot of hard work, but I got there.
Hill's first game in Indianapolis since his IUPUI days didn't go so well Wednesday. He finished 3 for 11 with six points, just his second single-digit scoring game since Jan.16.
Jeff McDonald
INDIANAPOLIS With a little more than 24 hours left in the NBA's trading season Wednesday, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said fans should brace for an upcoming blockbuster.
(Tony) Parker and (Tim) Duncan, we got some guys for them, Popovich said. And Ginobili's going back to Europe. Other than that, I don't think there are going to be any changes.
Rest assured, the Spurs won't be shipping away any member of their Big Three before today's trade deadline. In fact, Popovich said, the Spurs are unlikely to trade any of the other 11, either.
We've talked to teams, teams have talked to us, Popovich, who doubles as the Spurs' president, said before Thursday's 90-87 victory at Indiana. That goes on all year long. It just intensifies come trade deadline. As we all know, very few things happen at the trade deadline, and I wouldn't expect anything to happen for us, either.
The Spurs are still working to shop guard Roger Mason Jr., who earlier in the week expressed a willingness to be traded to a team that could offer more playing time. So far, they have been unable to find a suitable partner.
A deal with Miami, which would have netted a future second-round pick and would not have required the Spurs to take a player back, fell through when a Heat trade exception needed to make it work expired Monday. The Spurs have also had conversations with Memphis about Mason, but those talks appeared dead Wednesday night.
Hill's big night: When he first arrived on campus at IUPUI, Spurs guard George Hill took one look at the No. 34 hanging from the rafters of the Jaguars' home gym and told its owner his own jersey would be joining it one day.
I told Carlos Knox, I'd have my jersey retired, too, Hill said, referring to the player now regarded as the second-best player in that school's basketball history.
Tonight, Hill will have his jersey lifted to the rafters as well. Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis will retire Hill's No. 3 in a ceremony following its game tonight against Missouri-Kansas City.
While the rest of the Spurs will move on to Philadelphia this afternoon, Hill will be allowed to spend his night off in Indianapolis to attend the event.
When I first got there, I said I wanted to go to the NBA, and I wanted to have my jersey retired, Hill said. It took a lot of hard work, but I got there.
Hill's first game in Indianapolis since his IUPUI days didn't go so well Wednesday. He finished 3 for 11 with six points, just his second single-digit scoring game since Jan.16.