hypothetically, could Chris Webber come out of retirement and spot us some minutes?

[mute]

Wow... all of these free agent signings but we still haven't addressed our biggest (no pun intended) need -- a third big off the bench or when Tiago decides he's got some sand (down there). He could spot Duncan and Tiago a few minutes every night, and with Duncan being a year older, Pop will need to rest him even more without having a hole in the paint.

Webber desperately wants to play for a contender and get that much elusive first ring. He's not even that old. Does Kevin Willis ring a bell? He was instrumental during our 2003 championship run, in which he backed up Robinson and Duncan and provided a great lift off the bench. That's the role I envision Webber filling. Willis actually went out to play 3 more seasons after his stint with us! Webber is far from done, and we could use him.

I would be all in if we could somehow woo Webber out of retirement because I know he can still play. He could be a good locker room influence to a guy like Leonard or Joseph and maybe he could groom Thomas along the way. Look, I'm not asking him to come in and play 25+ mins for us on a nightly basis. He's pretty much done as a 27 ppg bruiser down low. I'm thinking maybe 10-15mins a night, crashing the boards and playing some tough defense and just battling down low with the other teams' bigs.

[ChumpDumper]

Step 2 of my hypothetical GM career.

[Darius McCrary]

No

[RD2191]

Step 2 of my hypothetical GM career.
:lmao

[dallasmaverickslose]

I'd much rather bring the Admiral out of retirement for that kind of role.

[mute]

I'd much rather bring the Admiral out of retirement for that kind of role.

David's 48... and has been out of the league since 2003.
Webber's 40... and is only 4 years removed.

[Holden_Caulfield]

hypothetically yes

[Em-City]

dont we have baynes, diaw and that pendegrass guy?

[mute]

dont we have baynes, diaw and that pendegrass guy?

Baynes never saw the floor, and Diaw is a point-guard/sf hybrid. We need a bruiser like Jordan had in Charles Oakley or Ewing had in Larry Johnson. We lost Stephen Jackson and Bruce Bowen -- the toughness we needed to get past teams like Dallas, Phoenix, and Detroit.

[dallasmaverickslose]

Baynes never saw the floor, and Diaw is a point-guard/sf hybrid. We need a bruiser like Jordan had in Charles Oakley or Ewing had in Larry Johnson. We lost Stephen Jackson and Bruce Bowen -- the toughness we needed to get past teams like Dallas, Phoenix, and Detroit.

Baynes kicked Dwight Howard's ass in the playoffs.

[anakha]

Did your sources report this to you?

[elmanutres]

:troll

[PlayNando]

Wow... all of these free agent signings but we still haven't addressed our biggest (no pun intended) need -- a third big off the bench or when Tiago decides he's got some sand (down there). He could spot Duncan and Tiago a few minutes every night, and with Duncan being a year older, Pop will need to rest him even more without having a hole in the paint.

Webber desperately wants to play for a contender and get that much elusive first ring. He's not even that old. Does Kevin Willis ring a bell? He was instrumental during our 2003 championship run, in which he backed up Robinson and Duncan and provided a great lift off the bench. That's the role I envision Webber filling. Willis actually went out to play 3 more seasons after his stint with us! Webber is far from done, and we could use him.

I would be all in if we could somehow woo Webber out of retirement because I know he can still play. He could be a good locker room influence to a guy like Leonard or Joseph and maybe he could groom Thomas along the way. Look, I'm not asking him to come in and play 25+ mins for us on a nightly basis. He's pretty much done as a 27 ppg bruiser down low. I'm thinking maybe 10-15mins a night, crashing the boards and playing some tough defense and just battling down low with the other teams' bigs.
Mute yourself, tbh.

[Marrow]

October 29 can't come soon enough

[Kidd K]

No, Webber is completely done and I would hesitate to pick him for a blacktop game if there were other guys his height available who were halfway decent.

I also wonder OP, if you've really been watching the Spurs much if you think our biggest need is a 5th big (3rd bench guy), and not a 3rd playmaker (aka a real backup PG), which we do not have. A 5th big would be nice, but that's mostly for insurance purposes. Basically Blair's role. Barely getting any minutes at all and almost never playing in the postseason.

[Kidd K]

double post

[barakz21]

He was pretty done the last time he played with GSW, and that was 5 or 6 years ago. I don't see any reason how you could think he still has a little something in the tank.

[SpurSwag]

you know the offseason is getting to people when a fuckin chris webber thread is made
yikes

[exstatic]

Jeff Ayers. OP is a retard.

[benefactor]

0/10

Lazy troll is lazy. Trolls were so much more effective back when the Spurs/Mavs rivalry was at it height. Pretending to be a Spur fan and making some thread like "hey gaiz! lets go get reggie miller!" is weak, weak sauce.

[exstatic]

0/10

Lazy troll is lazy. Trolls were so much more effective back when the Spurs/Mavs rivalry was at it height. Pretending to be a Spur fan and making some thread like "hey gaiz! lets go get reggie miller!" is weak, weak sauce.

[FromWayDowntown]

Why settle for Webber? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been trying for years to get back in the league; this could be his chance.

[mountainballer]

hypothetically...could we finally implement the 1000 posts bar for thread starters???
this retard obviously found a list of retired players on the internet and will work through it. next idea will be bring back Shaq. book it.

[McGusto55]

Fuck no....smh

[txstr1986]

Is this a post padding thread? If so - I'm in!

[look_at_g_shred]

http://cdn.meme.li/i/oweb4.jpg

[Chinook]

0/10

Lazy troll is lazy. Trolls were so much more effective back when the Spurs/Mavs rivalry was at it height. Pretending to be a Spur fan and making some thread like "hey gaiz! lets go get reggie miller!" is weak, weak sauce.

I think it's hilarious how people keep getting baited even with the OP putting up so little effort. It's like fish just jumping into your boat.

[cd98]

Man, did Chris Webber go down hill the last couple years of his career. It's amazing how Duncan has been able to maintain a high level of play while other greats really played their way out of the league at a younger age.

[Sean Cagney]

Baynes never saw the floor, and Diaw is a point-guard/sf hybrid. We need a bruiser like Jordan had in Charles Oakley or Ewing had in Larry Johnson. We lost Stephen Jackson and Bruce Bowen -- the toughness we needed to get past teams like Dallas, Phoenix, and Detroit.

Webber was not tough so what is your point here? Bruiser? You make some of the dumbest threads man. Seriously what is your point?

[DJR210]

Fuck that, bring back Sabonis.

[heyheymymy]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/243/308/9db.gif

[mute]

So you're saying if Chris Webber, a guy who can score (both inside and outside), rebound, and pass, came out and said he was interested in coming out of retirement, you wouldn't at least work him out and see what he has left?

Name me one other big that had the inside and outside ability like Webber. I think of Dirk, but he wasn't nearly the same player inside like Webber and he wasn't nearly as good of a passer.

[exstatic]

So you're saying if Chris Webber, a guy who can score (both inside and outside), rebound, and pass, came out and said he was interested in coming out of retirement, you wouldn't at least work him out and see what he has left?

Name me one other big that had the inside and outside ability like Webber. I think of Dirk, but he wasn't nearly the same player inside like Webber and he wasn't nearly as good of a passer.

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what we're saying.

[bigfan]

Maybe we can get Karl Malone too...

[Sean Cagney]

So you're saying if Chris Webber, a guy who can score (both inside and outside), rebound, and pass, came out and said he was interested in coming out of retirement, you wouldn't at least work him out and see what he has left?

Name me one other big that had the inside and outside ability like Webber. I think of Dirk, but he wasn't nearly the same player inside like Webber and he wasn't nearly as good of a passer.

Yes he could do that! About 7 or so years ago!

[lefty]

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/164/366/131266412815.gif

[txstr1986]

F Webber, let's get this guy...
http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/article/media_slots/photos/001/096/651/scal_crop_exact.jpg?w=340&h=226&q=85

[Ice009]

Please pink this guy already. No need for him to start anymore threads.

Are we going to have some sort of standard here in the main forum, or are we going to let trolls start posting rubbish here too.

[Two10Whitey]

If we had to bring some old dude back, I'd consider McDyess.

[mute]

Please pink this guy already. No need for him to start anymore threads.

Are we going to have some sort of standard here in the main forum, or are we going to let trolls start posting rubbish here too.

What the hell are you even implying?

Kareem played into his 40s. Hakeem and Shaq played until they were 39. We see guys coming back from retirement all the time (see recently, Iverson, Rasheed Wallace, and even the great Michael Jordan).

And like I mentioned previously, we even had a guy named Kevin Willis on our squad not too long ago -- and that's the role I think Webber would fill, nothing more and of obviously nothing less.

All I'm saying is that if Webber contemplating coming out of retirement (and we know how much his first ring would mean to him), we should at least do our due diligence and at least give him a work out or invite him to camp. At the veterans minimum, what's the downside of potentially picking up a 6'10" guy who could score inside and outside, pass, and rebound?

[Seventyniner]

I think Webber could give us 15 good minutes on the bench every night. As an assistant coach.

[Sean Cagney]

What the hell are you even implying?

Kareem played into his 40s. Hakeem and Shaq played until they were 39. We see guys coming back from retirement all the time (see recently, Iverson, Rasheed Wallace, and even the great Michael Jordan).

And like I mentioned previously, we even had a guy named Kevin Willis on our squad not too long ago -- and that's the role I think Webber would fill, nothing more and of obviously nothing less.

All I'm saying is that if Webber contemplating coming out of retirement (and we know how much his first ring would mean to him), we should at least do our due diligence and at least give him a work out or invite him to camp. At the veterans minimum, what's the downside of potentially picking up a 6'10" guy who could score inside and outside, pass, and rebound?

The thing is he can't do that stuff anymore and could hardly do it in his last year in the league a few years back. He is not in good shape.

[Obstructed_View]

Hypothetically, no. He couldn't come back from his injury at 35. He can't come back from it at 40.

[Budkin]

I heard Iceman can finger roll.