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07-02-2010, 02:30 PM
Spurs forced to suffer fools gladly
by Jesse Blanchard
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Amusing as it is was to watch Isiah Thomas sign Jerome James to a contract more loaded than his waist line while teaming Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis with Larry Brown, and thankful as San Antonio is for the finest stretch of basketball in Nazr Mohammed’s career, these general managers have to stop.
Because funny though it may be to watch a David Kahn try and build an NBA roster by drafting and signing multiple players at only one position (http://www.awolfamongwolves.com/?p=76) each year (if you bring in five point guards, one has to stick right?) eventually they will find a way for ineptitude to damage more than their own team. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo sports reported (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AnCPJ9Fqjn10MUF8WwGLWmS8vLYF?slug=ys-freeagentbuzz070110):
There were undoubtedly some eyes rolling into the backs of heads in the Spurs’ front office with the Minnesota Timberwolves close to an agreement with European center Nikola Pekovic(notes) on a three-year, $13 million contract. The Spurs are negotiating to bring over 2008 first-round pick Tiago Splitter(notes) this summer, and Pekovic’s deal promises to elevate Splitter’s leverage.
A 7-foot center from Brazil, Splitter is considered a far superior prospect to Pekovic. The Spurs’ ability to pay Splitter from its midlevel exception and still have some of that money to use on another free agent has been somewhat compromised.
The lavish and foolish spending has pushed average free agents beyond the Spurs reach, created dramatic shifts in power, and eventually will cost us one of the final years of Tim Duncan’s career.
Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/07/02/spurs-forced-to-suffer-fools-gladly/#more-8810)
by Jesse Blanchard
http://i.tsn.com/i/photos/20091231/132741.jpg
Amusing as it is was to watch Isiah Thomas sign Jerome James to a contract more loaded than his waist line while teaming Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis with Larry Brown, and thankful as San Antonio is for the finest stretch of basketball in Nazr Mohammed’s career, these general managers have to stop.
Because funny though it may be to watch a David Kahn try and build an NBA roster by drafting and signing multiple players at only one position (http://www.awolfamongwolves.com/?p=76) each year (if you bring in five point guards, one has to stick right?) eventually they will find a way for ineptitude to damage more than their own team. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo sports reported (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AnCPJ9Fqjn10MUF8WwGLWmS8vLYF?slug=ys-freeagentbuzz070110):
There were undoubtedly some eyes rolling into the backs of heads in the Spurs’ front office with the Minnesota Timberwolves close to an agreement with European center Nikola Pekovic(notes) on a three-year, $13 million contract. The Spurs are negotiating to bring over 2008 first-round pick Tiago Splitter(notes) this summer, and Pekovic’s deal promises to elevate Splitter’s leverage.
A 7-foot center from Brazil, Splitter is considered a far superior prospect to Pekovic. The Spurs’ ability to pay Splitter from its midlevel exception and still have some of that money to use on another free agent has been somewhat compromised.
The lavish and foolish spending has pushed average free agents beyond the Spurs reach, created dramatic shifts in power, and eventually will cost us one of the final years of Tim Duncan’s career.
Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/07/02/spurs-forced-to-suffer-fools-gladly/#more-8810)