Davis Bertans tears his ACL

[Mugen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JRqugsuN8T0

[BillMc]

Oh man. That's terrible....

[SpurPadre]

That sucks. Would he have had a roster invite this offseason if not for that?

[Mugen]

He'll be back before D-Rose tbh.

[Mugen]

That sucks. Would he have had a roster invite this offseason if not for that?

I seem to remember that he was coming over for some summer workouts but I'm not certain.

[Beaverfuzz]

I like it that someone was lasering him on the ground. haha

[TheyCallMePro]

Wow! I was JUST thinking about him a minute ago. Weird.

That sucks though. Now he'll never be a Spur.

[BillMc]

I seem to remember that he was coming over for some summer workouts but I'm not certain.

Yeah, he was.

At least he's young, time to recover!

[ironman2886]

Sucks. Looking forward to him becoming a Spur one day.

[BatManu20]

Damn that sucks.

[SpursDynasty21]

How long will he be out with this injury?

[Mugen]

Tough blow as this hurts his chances of coming over in a couple of years. Bertans was by far the most intriguing stash we had in Europe.

But an ACL tear isn't a death-knell nowadays unless you're a mentally weak gangbanger w/ poor social skills tbh.

[SpurPadre]

Well...we always have Ryan Richards to fall back on, lol.

[Libri]

I wish him the best in his recovery.

[JsnSA]

Damn. I had completely forgotten about this guy then finally started reading up and watching vids of him again last night. I figured one more season overseas then he would be ready to come over but this may push things back a bit.

[KL2]

Didn't want him anyways, he's crazy thin, while he could be good on offense I think his frame would keep him from becoming a good defender in the NBA, he almost looked anorexic.

[timvp]

Damn.

[Seventyniner]

His ceiling might have just dropped from Donyell Marshall to Steve Novak.

[phxspurfan]

Looked painful but not that painful that he couldn't get up.

[Budkin]

Guess we gotta keep T-Mac!

[SpursDynasty21]

Guess we gotta keep T-Mac!
Sounds good to me. I'd like to see T-Mac come back for another season.

[silverblackfan]

This sucks for him and the Spurs. Hopefully he has good recovery.

[weebo]

wow and against a bunch of candy stripers, smh

[ChumpDumper]

Fix him over here.

[DJR210]

He'll be back before D-Rose tbh.

LOL

[MR-Clutch]

He said he was supposed to play in the summer league, I'm not sure if that was mistranslated, but wow, this awful news.

[100%duncan]

Fck.

[tesseractive]

He'll be back before D-Rose tbh.
That's not supposed to be comforting, is it?

[cjw]

Don't really care for this next season. He won't help us then anyway - have plenty of cap room to sign more useful pieces. Assuming our first rounder joins the team, Diaw/Mills opt-in, and Splitter/Ginobili cost about $13 million combined, we will have $3 million to play with if Bonner stays or $6 million to play with if Bonner is cut UNDER the cap for 12-13 players. Given Splitter is restricted, it's very hard for other teams to put in an offer sheet on him to tie up cap space for 72 hours (similar to Pekovic). I think more than likely, the Spurs will come to terms on a long-term deal with him.

Then there is the full mid-level exception. They can even trade to take on some salary instead of using the money in free agency (theoretically you could send Nando + first rounder to Dallas for their first + Vince Carter, saves them $2.4 million and Cuban can dream of signing Howard with that extra cash only to see it go to waste). Plenty of money to fill & even upgrade missing pieces vacated by Neal + Blair + Bonner (?) departing.

So on Bertrans, I don't see him contributing next year anyway, so let him heal and then find a place for him here when the rebuild actually begins in 2 years post-Duncan.

[spurraider21]

Dammit! The idea of bringin over some of our overseas guys made me feel better about the future and Bertans definitely was the most intriguing. As chump said, fix him over here

[AaronY]

Fix him over here.
What do you mean, sign him and let him do like a redshirt rehab year over here?

[GSH]

Fix him over here.


Fix and rehab here.

[bigfan]

http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=BVE

[ChumpDumper]

What do you mean, sign him and let him do like a redshirt rehab year over here?No, just take care of him medically like the Spurs have other foreign draftees. No need to sign him yet.

[milkyway21]

ewww! now he has 2 problems

get bulked up
ACL

[gambit1990]

bummer.

[jon123spurs]

Well I guess it's safe to say we'll probably never see him in a Spurs jersey. Poor guy he's turning into an international Derrick Rose.

http://www.sportando.com/m/en/europe/spain/156580/baskonia-s-davis-bertans-out-with-knee-injury.html

[cd98]

Terrible news for him.

[RD2191]

well that's that

[spurraider21]

javtokas :cry

[benstanfield]

Sucks. Really thought we might see him in the NBA.

[K...]

eh, we don't need him until possibly training camp. Thats close to a possible time table for recovery, the article just says Acl and the video did not look that bad.

[G-Dawgg]

So much for his NBA dreams.. Poor kid. More Bonner I guess...

[objective]

His body type is just strange, probably makes him injury prone. His legs are just too long for his body, like a stork or flamingo or the like. Bound to have issues.

Terrible news.

[SpursFan86]

That's a shame. Doubt he ever sees the NBA.

What's the deal with Livio Jean-Charles? How has he recovered from his torn ACL?

[Spur|n|Austin]

Ouch. Bummer.

[Johnny RIngo]

That's a shame. Doubt he ever sees the NBA.

What's the deal with Livio Jean-Charles? How has he recovered from his torn ACL?

Sounds like he's another French bust like Mahinmi and DeColo:

http://airalamo.com/2014/12/11/spurs-draft-stash-prospect-livio-jean-charles-struggling/

[spursparker9]

Maybe its time to stop the draft-and-stash.

draft American players or just trade the pick for future pick

[Uriel]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[FkLA]

Maybe its time to stop the draft-and-stash.

draft American players or just trade the pick for future pick

They have been drafting Americans in the 1st round. 2nd Round draft-and-stashs aren't really a big deal imo.

08-GHill
10-James Anderson
11-Kawhi, CoJo
13-Jean-Charles
14-Kyle Anderson

[spurraider21]

really shitty news... he's still 22, but this is a bad setback

[DrunkTXLabrat]

Matt Bonner and the trademarks to the celtics 4 leaf clover logo for an early 2nd?

[BillMc]

Damn. :depressed

[TrainOfThought5]

Fuck. We need some draft picks. We need to max Kawhi. We know the big names wont come. We also know we wont win a chip with the likes of paul milsap.

If Tim and Manu retire next year we should seriously consider tanking. Let Parker and Kawhi statpad. Bring over all our international players. Let em play and evaluate them (LOSE) and trade mills, Baynes, for a low first to a sucker team. I mean none of these other post TD plans i see people waiving around are wildly unrealistic. Why not this one.

[Seventyniner]

Damn, I wanted to see if Bertans could be a rich man's Steve Novak.

[sinok]

Sounds like he's another French bust like Mahinmi and DeColo:

http://airalamo.com/2014/12/11/spurs-draft-stash-prospect-livio-jean-charles-struggling/

Jean-Charles is actually getting better, he wasn't playing much at the beginning of the year, wasn't really the main source of offence of the team or anything like.

But his last four games have been quite good. More minutes, productive in terms of points and rebounds:

You can see his game stats there: http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200010/Stats-Joueurs/A45331/fiche?type=1&from=2014&stat=m

[spurraider21]

Was never a big LJC fan, but it was cool when he was crushing in the hoops summit thing. Thought bertans projected as a better nba player

[Hemotivo]

Damn, I wanted to see if Bertans could be a rich man's Steve Novak.

this


poor guy, very good player

[Obstructed_View]

Shaun Livingston is playing. Never thought I'd see that dude play meaningful basketball again.

[AFBlue]

Shaun Livingston is playing. Never thought I'd see that dude play meaningful basketball again.

Agreed. After seeing Adrian Peterson come back from ACL surgery in 10 months and go on to damn near break the single season record, I never count anyone out.

Also, Willis McGahee coming back after his knee was absolutely shredded in that title game, to go on and have a meaningful career.

[cd021]

LJC is probably coming over next season. Bertans probably was as well. Wonder if it changes the Spurs stategy for the draft. Maybe they were more willing to draft an D&S player because they had 2 players with 1st round talent coming over along with Kyle Anderson in his second season.

Would like to see the Spurs draft a wing or a big, particularly Justin Anderson. Would give us a big wing rotation with Green (6'6), Leonard (6'6), Anderson (6'9) and Anderson (6'6) assuming both Green and Leonard return.

[Raven]

sucks for him, but he never was an nba prospect..

[FuzzyLumpkins]

LJC is probably coming over next season. Bertans probably was as well. Wonder if it changes the Spurs stategy for the draft. Maybe they were more willing to draft an D&S player because they had 2 players with 1st round talent coming over along with Kyle Anderson in his second season.

Would like to see the Spurs draft a wing or a big, particularly Justin Anderson. Would give us a big wing rotation with Green (6'6), Leonard (6'6), Anderson (6'9) and Anderson (6'6) assuming both Green and Leonard return.

Can LJC play the 2?

[BackHome]

Can LJC play the 2?

Not NO but Hell No..:) It might change what they are going to do this summer as LJC has sucked playing this year and now Bertans is out with another knee injury.

[Uriel]

sucks for him, but he never was an nba prospect..
Actually, he was considered the best prospect the Spurs currently have stashed overseas.

[Raven]

Actually, he was considered the best prospect the Spurs currently have stashed overseas.

sure, but i actually saw him play plenty of times..

[cd021]

Can LJC play the 2?

I'm thinking LJC is a combo forward. Capable of playing both the 3 and 4. If the Spurs bring him over next season, the can sign him to a 4 year deal worth less than $4 million. If they stash him for another season, they would have to use cap space or an exception to sign him.

[BatManu20]

Damn... I was really hoping he'd take Bonner's spot next year. This sucks. He's a lights-out shooter and would've been a good fit in our system. Shame, tbh.

[Johnny RIngo]

I'm thinking LJC is a combo forward. Capable of playing both the 3 and 4. If the Spurs bring him over next season, the can sign him to a 4 year deal worth less than $4 million. If they stash him for another season, they would have to use cap space or an exception to sign him.

Tweener forward? An unusually high amount of busts come from players of that type. Not gonna hold my breath for LJC panning out.

[AFBlue]

Damn... I was really hoping he'd take Bonner's spot next year. This sucks. He's a lights-out shooter and would've been a good fit in our system. Shame, tbh.

This. Just means yet another year of the Red Rocket. Still, I'm not giving up hope that he'll play in the NBA. He has a good shooting stroke and decent length. And he's still just 22. Even if he took another two years, he'd be younger than Manu was when he came over.

[AFBlue]

Re: LJC coming over, I don't think this will have an impact one way or the other.

[playbonner15]

Damn... I was really hoping he'd take Bonner's spot next year...
Yeah good luck with that :lol