Toros Trade Wesley Witherspoon, Spurs Lose their Rights

[ace3g]

Andrew A. McNeill ‏@drew_48moh (https://twitter.com/drew_48moh) The Toros traded Wesley Witherspoon to the RGV Vipers for Rick Jackson of the Santa Cruz Warriors. Vipers sent Santa Cruz a 3rd round pick.

[Bruno]

RGV are the Rockets D-league team. It's somewhat logical they wanted him after his great preseason game he had against the Rockets.

Austin/Spurs were likely quite low on Witherspoon. He put bad stats in the Toros preseason game. Rick Jackson should help the Toros in the paint. IIRC, he was quite good in France last season before a season ending injury.

[justinandimcool]

I liked WW a lot, but I'm happy with Jackson. Good rebounder.

[timvp]

(I split this into its own thread since it impacts the Spurs.)

I'm somewhat surprised at the timing of this move. The Spurs don't have a healthy small forward so in theory it would make sense to keep Witherspoon. A small forward prospect on the Toros who went through training camp on the Spurs you'd think would have some value. The Spurs/Toros must have been really low on him, as Bruno said. He had to have sucked in Toros training camp to let him go this easily.

Since Witherspoon sucked in college, it was always a longshot that he'd ever make the NBA. But, IMO, it's not an impossibility because he has prototypical size and athleticism for an NBA SF.

Hopefully this doesn't turn into a redux of the Sco........... eh, won't go there :lol

[ChumpDumper]

Interesting. Looks like they're ending up with six big men on an expended 12-man roster -- 2 inactive. Might be thinking of trying to convert at least one of them to SF.

The Spurs did want Jackson after he went undrafted, so there's that.

[ace3g]

YT stream looking good:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axoalIALKXI&feature=player_embedded

[elemento]

Is Rick Jackson the guy that refused a camp invitation from SA because he was mad about going undrafted back in 11 ?

[mexpurs21]

Is Rick Jackson the guy that refused a camp invitation from SA because he was mad about going undrafted back in 11 ?

Yep


After not getting drafted in the 2011 NBA Draft, Syracuse's Rick Jackson was invited by the San Antonio http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/085A17hfGkegI/x610.jpgSpurs to attend their upcoming mini-camp.
However, according (http://www.dailyorange.com/sports/mbb-after-going-undrafted-former-su-forward-jackson-looks-to-start-pro-career-overseas-1.2417567) to his father, Jackson said no to the Spurs' invite and further said San Antonio should have drafted him:
But Jackson will turn that offer down, his father, Rick Jackson Sr., said in a phone interview Friday.
"(Rick) said the Spurs had the 59th pick," Jackson Sr. said. "They should have picked him then."
Jackson was quite vocal on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/23Jack) about not getting selected in the draft. He ranted throughout the draft and when it was apparent he was not going to hear his name called, he said he will make every team who passed on him pay.

[elemento]

Thank you Mex

Well, SA had some interest in the past. Let's see if he refuses a call now :lol

I was not so high on Whiterspoon as most people in ST. To me he played much better as a face up PF in Memphis than as a SF. FO was not so high on him I suppose. Anyway, GL to him.

[Chinook]

(I split this into its own thread since it impacts the Spurs.)

I'm somewhat surprised at the timing of this move. The Spurs don't have a healthy small forward so in theory it would make sense to keep Witherspoon. A small forward prospect on the Toros who went through training camp on the Spurs you'd think would have some value. The Spurs/Toros must have been really low on him, as Bruno (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=2449) said. He had to have sucked in Toros training camp to let him go this easily.

Since Witherspoon sucked in college, it was always a longshot that he'd ever make the NBA. But, IMO, it's not an impossibility because he has prototypical size and athleticism for an NBA SF.

Hopefully this doesn't turn into a redux of the Sco........... eh, won't go there :lol

Sco........... Thread!

[Poolboy5623]

How is he going to make every team pay, if every team passed on him?! Am I missing something? Shouldn't he be thanking the spurs for the chance anyways? What a dufus.

[bluebellmaniac]

he said he will make every team who passed on him pay.

So.... wouldn't that be EVERY team? How would he make EVERY team pay? Not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed....


ughh... got beat to this post...

[BackHome]

From Draft Express:
PF/C 6'9 ..7.1 wingspan age 24

ing forward, Jackson brings a solid, well-rounded game to the table, but may not stand out enough with one exceptional skill to find a role in the NBA initially. His work ethic, learning curve, and overall approach to the game are pluses, and it also helps that he'd have to be considered one of the most well-conditioned bigs in the draft considering he averaged more minutes per game than any other big man in our database this past season. He should have a chance to get drafted towards the end of the second round and make a team's roster as a high-energy body, but will likely need to continue developing to find a long-term niche.

From DraftExpress.comhttp://www.draftexpress.com#ixzz2DaQfnukC (http://www.draftexpress.com/#ixzz2DaQfnukC)
http://www.draftexpress.com

[Stabula]

So.... wouldn't that be EVERY team? How would he make EVERY team pay? Not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.... :lol

[Darkwaters]

How is he going to make every team pay, if every team passed on him?! Am I missing something? Shouldn't he be thanking the spurs for the chance anyways? What a dufus.

He'll sign in Europe, become the Euroleague MVP, and then whoop up on NBA teams during those regular Euroleague/NBA preseason bouts.

Take that!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Hornets, Mavs, and Pacers traded their picks so he could play for one of those teams.

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol scrub

[DapDaGenius]

So.... wouldn't that be EVERY team? How would he make EVERY team pay? Not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed....


ughh... got beat to this post...

Well I guess, if he gets called up from the d league he could play well and dominate for the regular season(ruining some teams playoff chances and just giving a "beat down" to the rest of the teams) and make every team regret not picking him in the draft but then if the team he is on gets to the playoffs and his team goes into a game 7 situation and his team is down like 84-82, and the ball just so happens to end up in his hands with 8 seconds left....he could just hand the ball to the other team.

Effectively making every team pay.....but this highly unlikely, of course.

:lol

[Seventyniner]

How is he going to make every team pay, if every team passed on him?! Am I missing something? Shouldn't he be thanking the spurs for the chance anyways? What a dufus.

Maybe he intends to massively out-Chucky the legendary Chucky Brown, and sign with every team in the league at some point.

Then they would all pay. Oh yes, they would all pay.

[Poolboy5623]

Maybe he intends to massively out-Chucky the legendary Chucky Brown, and sign with every team in the league at some point.

Then they would all pay. Oh yes, they would all pay.

Haha funny stuff. My first thought, was maybe "slamball" was still around and he was going to go make a name for himself there?? Then all the nba teams would CLEARLY see what they missed out on...

[ace3g]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuggqKTnGk0&feature=player_embedded