Marcus Bryant
07-04-2005, 02:08 PM
1
Parker
Udrih
Barry
5
Mohammed
Duncan
Nesterovic
In the NBA, the 1 and 5 spots are the toughest spots to fill. Teams waste untold numbers of draft picks and long term contracts trying to stabilize those spots.
I posit that the Spurs are blessed with stability and quality of talent at both of those spots and that is without even considering that TD sees significant minutes at the 5. They have both an above average starter at those spots as well as an above average backup...and they are all under 30 years old sans Barry (who only sees occassional minutes at the 1).
This is why I am critical of desires in this forum to trade any of the Spurs' talent at point guard or center. There truly isn't a need to, especially when you realize that the Spurs' major need is a backup small forward who can give you 10 to 15 minutes a night. Much better to fill that need with a veteran free agent for a small, short term contract or to get away with using a platoon of Barry, Brown and/or Manu there.
The only thing that could screw this up would be an erroneous personnel decision or worse, a move motivated by budgetary, not basketball, concerns.
I'll close with a rather appropriate cliche: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Parker
Udrih
Barry
5
Mohammed
Duncan
Nesterovic
In the NBA, the 1 and 5 spots are the toughest spots to fill. Teams waste untold numbers of draft picks and long term contracts trying to stabilize those spots.
I posit that the Spurs are blessed with stability and quality of talent at both of those spots and that is without even considering that TD sees significant minutes at the 5. They have both an above average starter at those spots as well as an above average backup...and they are all under 30 years old sans Barry (who only sees occassional minutes at the 1).
This is why I am critical of desires in this forum to trade any of the Spurs' talent at point guard or center. There truly isn't a need to, especially when you realize that the Spurs' major need is a backup small forward who can give you 10 to 15 minutes a night. Much better to fill that need with a veteran free agent for a small, short term contract or to get away with using a platoon of Barry, Brown and/or Manu there.
The only thing that could screw this up would be an erroneous personnel decision or worse, a move motivated by budgetary, not basketball, concerns.
I'll close with a rather appropriate cliche: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.