Should have been Spurs?!

[mudyez]

Which player, that never played for the Spurs during the Tim Duncan era, do you feel, should have been a Spur at some point in his career?

That ment, not just mentioning stars.

I start with Shane Battier and Grant Hill (the later 3+D version). Who else?

[lmbebo]

Jason Kidd, Chris Weber?

[look_at_g_shred]

Obviously, AK41

[Dex]

Nicolas Batum (thanks a lot, Portland)

[daslicer]

Rasheed Wallace

[Timnobili]

Charles Barkley. Lots of rumors when he was with Philly that the spurs were trying to trade for him. We would’ve ring’d A few times with him and D Rob in their primes.

[R. DeMurre]

Andrei Kirilenko. The guy was awesome-- versatile, played defense, had a few 5,5,5,5,5 games...

[baseline bum]

Raymond Felton to satisfy PATFO's fat PG fetish

[Mugen]

Scola

[Dex]

Scola

We don't say that name 'round these parts.

[BSfromTX]

Scola
+1

he was the closest and would have been awesome as a spur

[Dex]

+1

he was the closest and would have been awesome as a spur

The unrealized dream of a Manu/Scola P&R...

:pctoss

Not only that, but the fact that we basically gifted him to Houston so we could pay Matt fucking Bonner.

[R. DeMurre]

Jason Kidd. He talks openly about regretting his decision not to join the Spurs in '03 as a free agent. That probably would've added a couple of rings. Popovich has said he would've started Kidd and Parker together. That would have been ridiculous.

[Drewlius]

Tony Allen

[Russ]

I start with Shane Battier and Grant Hill (the later 3+D version). Who else?

Battier maybe.

Grant Hill?

:jekka

[Spurs da champs]

Jason Kidd.

[exstatic]

Jermaine O'Neal. Fucking Larry Bird lied to his ass and told him he wouldn't fire Isaiah Thomas, re-signed him, and then fired Thomas anyway. He would have signed with us in 2003 after Kidd passed if he would have known that Bird was going to fire his friend and mentor. Peak 25 YO Jermaine O'Neal to pair with Tim.

[Poolboy5623]

Scola in his prime....which he would have been for SA. I mean for Christ sakes the Spurs won it with Oberto starting lol

[ZeusWillJudge]

I always thought Battier would have been a good fit.

How about a prime Zach Randolph? I always wanted to see Duncan have a legit C on the court with him. Can you imagine what Duncan and Randolph together would have done to the league - especially with Bowen playing perimeter D?

[sasaint]

Jermaine O'Neal. Fucking Larry Bird lied to his ass and told him he wouldn't fire Isaiah Thomas, re-signed him, and then fired Thomas anyway. He would have signed with us in 2003 after Kidd passed if he would have known that Bird was going to fire his friend and mentor. Peak 25 YO Jermaine O'Neal to pair with Tim.

Wow. I never heard that one... What a pairing that would have been.

[Leetonidas]

Jermaine O'Neal. Fucking Larry Bird lied to his ass and told him he wouldn't fire Isaiah Thomas, re-signed him, and then fired Thomas anyway. He would have signed with us in 2003 after Kidd passed if he would have known that Bird was going to fire his friend and mentor. Peak 25 YO Jermaine O'Neal to pair with Tim.

Yeah I remember that too. Would have been a nasty front court

[superbigtime]

Scola
Kidd
Hard to think of J O'Neal as a Spur but wow if

[Old School 44]

Scola, Kidd, Tyson Chandler, Jimmer :p:

[John B]

Shaq was from San Antonio, and now openly praises Spurs system every chance he gets. Would he ever considered playing for Spurs? David and Shaq, and then Timmy. Dang

[exstatic]

Shaq was from San Antonio, and now openly praises Spurs system every chance he gets. Would he ever considered playing for Spurs? David and Shaq, and then Timmy. Dang

No. He was an insecure little prick when he was first in the league, trashing DRob every chance he got. He also forged the Hollywood trail that LeBron eventually traveled. He never would have played in SA. He fancied himself a rapper and movie star.

[GreekSpursfan]

Battier i agree, Scola when he first came to the NBA yes, Kidd i disagree, i don't like him as a character, Batum no, overrated imo even when he was younger. I would like young Chris Paul more than Kidd. I really liked Chauncey Billups back then as well, his high IQ.

[timtonymanu]

Corey Maggette back in 2008 was close to signing here and then he signed with the Warriors. I remember people were so pissed it didn't follow through and we got Roger Mason instead.

I always thought Marcus Camby would be nice to play next to Tim and I remember they almost traded for him in 09 for Hill, Bowen, and Oberto? Almost the same package they used months later to get RJ.

Then we almost had Caron Butler when the rumors about the Spurs amnestying RJ were happening.

[timtonymanu]

Wasn't Corey Brewer suppose to sign here before he signed with the Mavs? He's the one player Spurs fans always wanted on the team.

[objective]

If memory serves, Korver wanted to sign but his wife didn't, so he stayed in Atlanta.

So instead they had to sign Marco in the summer of 2013.

[Poolboy5623]

Shaq was from San Antonio, and now openly praises Spurs system every chance he gets. Would he ever considered playing for Spurs? David and Shaq, and then Timmy. Dang

SHAQ has changed ALOT since retirement. Hard to even look at him as the same person tbh

[superbigtime]

No. He was an insecure little prick when he was first in the league, trashing DRob every chance he got. He also forged the Hollywood trail that LeBron eventually traveled. He never would have played in SA. He fancied himself a rapper and movie star.

yes. now the dude is a spokesman for everything except tampons. mumbling and incoherent and arrogant.

[RC_Drunkford]

Kinda crazy that we got 5 rings while PATFO went after plenty of All-Star free agents and the only one who ever signed here was LaMarcus Aldridge. And Spurs fans hate him:rollin

[Brazil]

Kawhi Leonard





oh wait...

[exstatic]

If memory serves, Korver wanted to sign but his wife didn't, so he stayed in Atlanta.

So instead they had to sign Marco in the summer of 2013.

No, he WENT to Atlanta. He was a FA, and had been in Chicago the previous two seasons.

The three seasons after he signed with ATL and not us
3G% Atts
.457 5.6
.472 5.5
.492 6.0

[objective]

No, he WENT to Atlanta. He was a FA, and had been in Chicago the previous two seasons.

The three seasons after he signed with ATL and not us
3G% Atts
.457 5.6
.472 5.5
.492 6.0

Wrong

Bulls traded him to Atlanta the year before for a trade exception they never used, all to cut salary

[objective]

After getting rejected by Kidd, the Spurs made an offer of nearly the same $$$ that New Orleans was offering to PJ BROWN, I think it was 4/32

It wasn't a great offer for the Spurs, it was obvious that Brown would decline out of starting quality by year 3 or sooner due to his age, but he was the choice before Rasho.

His reason for staying at the time was that he was from Louisiana and family reasons

And sure enough they traded him away before his deal was up

Basically every time a player stays for family reasons they end up getting traded anyway. Korver's wife loved Atlanta, traded before deal was finished. PJ Brown and his family? Traded before expiring. Kidd's wife and her media career in New York? Traded.

[Dex]

SHAQ has changed ALOT since retirement. Hard to even look at him as the same person tbh

Yeah, Shaq the celebrity is a pretty funny guy, if not a bit oversensitive (his whole "RINGS" shtick with Barkley is old).

Shaq the player was pretty insufferable. And he never would've teamed up with Big Dave or stayed in San Antonio.

[Spurs fever]

Vince Carter for George Hill and Roger Mason was a thing if memory serves me right.

[RD2191]

Kinda crazy that we got 5 rings while PATFO went after plenty of All-Star free agents and the only one who ever signed here was LaMarcus Aldridge. And Spurs fans hate him:rollin

I'm pretty sure LMA signing with SA was about 90% his son living here. Tbh. Spurs being a winning team was just the cherry on top.

[EricB]

Charles Barkley. Lots of rumors when he was with Philly that the spurs were trying to trade for him. We would’ve ring’d A few times with him and D Rob in their primes.


Trade was done. Barkley in the summer of 92 for I think Cummings Willie Anderson and one other guy, and McCombs kyboshed it

[sananspursfan21]

Gerald Wallace, Anderson Verajo (sp), Primoz Brezec, Eduardo Najera, Al Horford, Andrei Kirilenko, older Gary Payton. I think all of these guys either fit the Spurs character or playing style. Heard we were supposed to sign Najera but he declined. Stupid jackass

[Chris]

Just thinking about prime Allen Iverson and Tim Duncan, how many rings would they have had?

[alpha_HaZE]

Scola, duh! And Batum, portland drafted him one spot before we did, last but not least, Dejan Bodiroga (AKA the guy Manu model his game after).

[Philthemage]

I really hoped Pau would have signed with us when he signed that deal with the Bulls. He was playing at an all star level and we probably could have made a championship run.

I would have liked to see Luol Deng with us. Going further back maybe Allan Houston without that huge contract tho.

[XDT76]

When younger I always wished to see how would a Duncan and Garnett pairing turns out. But I know a lot here dislike KG.

[BillMc]

Kinda crazy that we got 5 rings while PATFO went after plenty of All-Star free agents and the only one who ever signed here was LaMarcus Aldridge. And Spurs Talk trolls hate him:rollin

FIFY

[exstatic]

When younger I always wished to see how would a Duncan and Garnett pairing turns out. But I know a lot here dislike KG.

I don’t think anyone here loathes KG as much as Tim does. That was never going to happen.

[goliath]

I thought the Barkley trade blew up when Cummings blew out his knee in a pickup game when trade talks were going on.
While we probably get a ring with Robinson and Barkley, we also would have had Barkley in 96 when Robinson got hurt. With Barkley here, we probably still make the playoffs, never get in the lottery, never win it and never draft Duncan.

[EmantheSpursFan]

Andres Nocioni
Richard Hamilton
Tayshean Prince
Leandro Barbosa
Rasheed Wallace

[alpha_HaZE]

Obviously, AK41

He was my dream player to acquire for a really long time (at that time), and with us, he would have had a Manu type of career. He played elite defence, he grabbed rebounds, shared the ball, attacked the basket, and made his threes or at least, he would have with the Spurs shot 36% in his final year, and around 33% early in his career.

[DPG21920]

Prime Pau. He was amazing and for all the admiration he didn’t come to SA until the end.

[RC_Drunkford]

I'm pretty sure LMA signing with SA was about 90% his son living here. Tbh. Spurs being a winning team was just the cherry on top.

Yup, his 2 sons, his mom, Duncan being his favorite player, Spurs being a winning franchise, him being from Texas and playing for the Long Horns all was a factor I think


FIFY

:bobo

[RC_Drunkford]

Prime Pau. He was amazing and for all the admiration he didn’t come to SA until the end.

I think if he had signed here in 2014 we probably would've won another ring, especially since Splitter was injured

[Thomas82]

Charles Barkley. Lots of rumors when he was with Philly that the spurs were trying to trade for him. We would’ve ring’d A few times with him and D Rob in their primes.

That trade was pretty much a done deal until Red McCombs blocked it at the last minute.

[TMC]

I always wonder how things would have gone if the Spurs had used the Cory Joseph on Jimmy Butler.

[exstatic]

I always wonder how things would have gone if the Spurs had used the Cory Joseph on Jimmy Butler.

JB would have left as a FA instead of CJ leaving. The Spurs never would have kept or paid both Load Management and Butler, and they made that choice on draft night.

[rascal]

Sprewell
Spurs would not have lost to the Lakers in the back to back to back Laker years.

[tmtcsc]

Easy one - Goran Drajic. Hell, we drafted him too.

[dbreiden83080]

Jason Kidd in retrospect did the honorable thing wanting to win with a team built around him.. Boy that went out the window with players just a few years later..