No trades (fingers crossed!)

[angel_luv]

Just heard on the news, Pop said they aren't looking to move anyone- we're gonna go with what we have. He mentioned big guys in particular.

Whoosh! :elephant

[Kori Ellis]

Just so you know, they said that last season before trading Malik. Almost those exact words.

[angel_luv]

And time! :depressed

I was afraid that was coming. I wish it wasn't from you Kori. I believe you.

[timvp]

Just heard on the news, Pop said they aren't looking to move anyone- we're gonna go with what we have. He mentioned big guys in particular.

Whoosh! :elephant

Damn, that means the Spurs just traded someone. With that wording, I'm guessing a tall Slovenian.

Thanks for the scoop.

[Trainwreck2100]

Just so you know, they said that last season before trading Malik. Almost those exact words.

So he wouldn't do the same thing twice, that's not CIA. I say we're moving a little guy. Bye bye Melvin Sanders

[angel_luv]

Stop it you guys! :pctoss

[boutons_]

Pop and RC have said the phone rings every day.
THERE's always something going on, whether Pop and RC are looking for a trade or not.

[milkyway21]

fine with me. just stay healthy.

BTW, speaking of trades, heard Minny is talking swap between KG and Pierce of Celtics. they are just clearing some salary cap. how true is the news? KG n Boston?

[Trainwreck2100]

fine with me. just stay healthy.

BTW, speaking of trades, heard Minny is talking swap between KG and Pierce of Celtics. they are just clearing some salary cap. how true is the news? KG n Boston?

Why would they do another trade from the same team.

[Solid D]

fine with me. just stay healthy.

BTW, speaking of trades, heard Minny is talking swap between KG and Pierce of Celtics. they are just clearing some salary cap. how true is the news? KG n Boston?

Rumor started at the Cheers bar.

[angel_luv]

Damn, that means the Spurs just traded someone. With that wording, I'm guessing a tall Slovenian.

Thanks for the scoop.


In the WOAI teaser, they showed a clip of Nazr.

[Peter]

I think the Spurs are pretty much locked into moving Mohammed, if they move a big. I don't see them going into the summer with only Oberto signed past this season. If they found a deal that sent them back a big for Rasho that might change the scenario though.

[ZStomp]

Don't believe everything you read and/or see on TV Angel...don't be so gullible. :)

[ZStomp]

fine with me. just stay healthy.

BTW, speaking of trades, heard Minny is talking swap between KG and Pierce of Celtics. they are just clearing some salary cap. how true is the news? KG n Boston?


who's trying to clear some salary cap?

[angel_luv]

I heard Pop say it... it was a sound bite from the Pop Show ( I think)

[ZStomp]

Pop or not....don't believe everything u see/read on TV....whether it has to do with Spurs, sports, politices, entertainment..etc..etc..etc...

[Brutalis]

This just in...... Rasho and a conditional first round in 2009 traded to Phoenix for Amare Stoudemire.

[T Park]

^^ Yeah, I wish.

[Brutalis]

ESPN.com :)

[baseline bum]

fine with me. just stay healthy.

BTW, speaking of trades, heard Minny is talking swap between KG and Pierce of Celtics. they are just clearing some salary cap. how true is the news? KG n Boston?

:lmao

Wally, KG, and KandiAss reunion tour in Boston? :lol

[angel_luv]

Oooooooh Nooooooooooo! :wow
I just heard the rest of the sound bite. Pop said if someone calls with a deal that will make us better he will listen to it.

But he maintains they are not actively looking.

[angel_luv]

http://www.ticket760.com/cc-common/podcast.html
8:25 mark- Jan 31/ Part 1- For those who want to hear.

[MannyIsGod]

Cia.

[milkyway21]

who's trying to clear some salary cap?Celtics. But i think this is not going to be soon, but for the summer. So Wally and KG might reunite-in Boston ? Weird.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/5295014

Detroit News
The News is speculating that Boston is clearing salary space as a possible precursor to a summer trade that could see the Celtics and Timberwolves swap superstars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett.

[TDMVPDPOY]

trade rasho to the sonics for evans

[ace3g]

no trade nazr to the sonics for evans if anything

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

:lol at the original post. Someone get angel a CIA Pop decoder ring. There's a trade coming before the end of the week given that language.

[Darrin]

fine with me. just stay healthy.

BTW, speaking of trades, heard Minny is talking swap between KG and Pierce of Celtics. they are just clearing some salary cap. how true is the news? KG n Boston?

That makes zero sense. Wally, Kandi, and KG couldn't do it in Minnesota, why would they do it in Boston? If KG goes to Boston, I'll color my hair green and legally change my name to the green goblin.

[T Park]

Remember last year Pop said that the team wasn't doing anything what so ever.

Poof, Malik is on tv crying about leaving.

[Darrin]

:lol at the original post. Someone get angel a CIA Pop decoder ring. There's a trade coming before the end of the week given that language.

Why do you call him CIA?

[Trainwreck2100]

Why do you call him CIA?

There's never any leaks or info on Front office moves. IE our draft pick and the Malik trade nobody saw coming.



Edit(people saw the trade coming, but we had no warning)

[Darrin]

There's never any leaks or info on Front office moves. IE our draft pick and the Malik trade nobody saw coming.



Edit(people saw the trade coming, but we had no warning)

Okay. Who could he pick up - Vladimir Radmonovic?

[timvp]

Why do you call him CIA?

Who wants to explain?

[angel_luv]

:lol at the original post. Someone get angel a CIA Pop decoder ring. There's a trade coming before the end of the week given that language.


How about instead you get me another Championship ring with the current team. :angel

[Trainwreck2100]

Who wants to explain?

I gave him the short version.

[exstatic]

Oooooooh Nooooooooooo! :wow
I just heard the rest of the sound bite. Pop said if someone calls with a deal that will make us better he will listen to it.

But he maintains they are not actively looking.

That's pretty much always his position. No news here, keep moving.

[ShoogarBear]

Who wants to explain?

If Pop when shooters go, so was CIA.

[TwoHandJam]

I gave him the short version.
You left out the fact where Pop was in the armed forces previously and actually considered a career with the CIA.

[1Parker1]

If Pop when shooters go, so was CIA.


:lmao :lmao

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

If Pop when shooters go, so was CIA.

Get refuel!

[Slo spurs fan]

If Pop when shooters go, so was CIA.
I miss Ducks :depressed

[angel_luv]

Where did he go?

[Jimcs50]

I think the Spurs are going to make a trade of some sort.

[angel_luv]

Any specific speculation?

[PM5K]

Who ever really knows what the Spurs are doing?

Either way I'm not totally satisfied with our center position and I don't think the Spurs should be either, from a production standpoint and from a contract standpoint.

Worst case scenario is I play one guy or the other a lot of minutes, maybe they can get something done that way...

[ducks]

Where did he go?

ducks gets very busy nov thru end of feb do to 130,000 going to yuma

[angel_luv]

Ah there you be. Nice to see you.

[smeagol]

If Pop when shooters go, so was CIA.
That is one of the funniest things el Pato has ever said :lol

[spurster]

Besides what others have already said, CIA also refers to the misinformation you get from Pop and the Spurs front office. If they say one thing, you can look for them to do something else. And every so often, they actually do what they say just to keep everyone honest.

[ShoogarBear]

That is one of the funniest things el Pato has ever said :lol

The funniest is that he never actually said it:

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6285&goto=nextoldest

[Old School Chic]

Don't worry, Angel. Rumor has It that they are going to get rid of someone who used to be with Denver. :lol



http://www.brentbarbour.com/nuggets/vanexel23_thumb.jpg

[Trainwreck2100]

Don't worry, Angel. Rumor has It that they are going to get rid of someone who used to be with Denver. :lol



http://www.brentbarbour.com/nuggets/vanexel23_thumb.jpg

That would put a black mark on free agency for us.

[zeleni]

Playoff roster is how long?

I still do not know who should go on inactive players list.
NVE is so ...different that he should be useful when other guys fail to concentrate. NVE SHOULD stay with the Spurs. But Beno seems to be more capable to cover TP's behind on regular season's nights.

What do you think?

[Bruno]

Playoff roster is how long?

I still do not know who should go on inactive players list.


It's 12 players, Marks should go on the inactive list.
If Spurs don't make move, the playoff roster will be : Parker, NVE, Udrih, Manu, Barry, Bowen, Finley, Duncan, Horry, Oberto, Rasho and Nazr.

My point of view :
The more likely player to be traded before the deadline are Barry and Nazr.
Rasho, Beno and oberto can too be traded.
Duncan, Parker, Manu, Bowen, Finley, NVE, Horry and Marks won't be traded.

But we never know with CIA Pop.

[Despot]

[QUOTE=PM5K]Either way I'm not totally satisfied with our center position and I don't think the Spurs should be either, from a production standpoint and from a contract standpoint.[QUOTE]

My thoughts exactly, and you said it the best possible way. The frustrating thing is that the abilities one of them is good at, the other SUCKS at. There is NO way Pop is happy with the center position, our offense and defense sways too much when they are substituted with each other.

I know I will get hammered for thinking this way, but one of our weakest links is our offense, and having two starters that are offensive liabilities could wind up hurting us against Detroit. OK, I know Bowen leads or is among the lead leaders in 3 point %, and has improved his offensive game, he is averaging 7 points a game, but his scoring will go down in the playoffs, and I am ok with that, the problem is having a second liability in Rasho who gets 4 points in the first minute of the game and then goes 0-fer the rest of the game.

[Peter]

You don't need much scoring from the 5 spot in the Spurs offense, but you do need offensive rebounding and a presence in the paint.

[grjr]

Playoff roster is how long?



I think each team is limited to 78 feet total when players are laid end to end. This means Marks will have to be inactive since he is too tall.

[AI-square]

How about Rasho for the Sixers' 7m trade exception?

[velik_m]

It's 12 players, Marks should go on the inactive list.
If Spurs don't make move, the playoff roster will be : Parker, NVE, Udrih, Manu, Barry, Bowen, Finley, Duncan, Horry, Oberto, Rasho and Nazr.


you think 3rd string pg is more important than another big? (6 more fouls...)

[nkdlunch]

NVE for food coupons

[Peter]

How about Rasho for the Sixers' 7m trade exception?

Throw in a 2nd rounder and a Dr. J autograph and you have yourself a deal.

[Bruno]

you think 3rd string pg is more important than another big? (6 more fouls...)

Yes. We played last season with 5 bigs, the only guy against who a 6th big can be usefull is a Shaq in good shape : he isn't in good shape and if we reach the final, Detroit will likely be our opponent.
NVE has randomly some troubles with his elbow. If it happens during playoff we won't have any backup PG. Manu can play PG ( like against Detroit last year) but it's not a great solution when you have only 4 swingmen.

[Horry For 3!]

trade rasho to the sonics for evans
Evans is a PF

[AI-square]

Throw in a 2nd rounder and a Dr. J autograph and you have yourself a deal.

Yeah we got 2 2nd rounders from New Orleans anyway. Too bad they won't do it though.

[Kori Ellis]

Evans is a PF

Also Evans also only makes $1.1M.

[ShoogarBear]

The frustrating thing is that the abilities one of them is good at, the other SUCKS at.

Is this SUCKS in the Korean sense?

[Peter]

For Evans to be a Spur it would take something like Marks plus a 2nd rounder or Beno as well as the Spurs to be willing to not pare down salary.

[Jimcs50]

Any specific speculation?


I hope we trade for Richard Jefferson.

[angel_luv]

I like Richard Jefferson but who would you trade for him?

[Peter]

I don't like Jefferson at his price. I'm also not sure we'd be willing to part with anything Jersey likes.

[ChumpDumper]

The Spurs worked out Ime Udoka (http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/ime_udoka/index.html) and Luke Schenscher (http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/luke_schenscher/index.html) recently. Udoka was a no-brainer since Manu was out, but Schenscher is a center -- not going to help anyone this year but interesting nonetheless. I wonder if Aaron Miles was with the Flyers yet when we worked them out.

Link. (http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=1180)

I also hope that RC at least cast an eye at James Lang when he was here. He's producing really well since he took Pape Sow's place in Arkansas. I shudder to think what he could do with his athleticism if he were 20 pounds lighter. He's only 22, in think there's time for him to really get it together.

[pistolpete]

all i got to say is we might want to think about trading brent barry for someone who is more consistant from the outside. as for trading nazi mohammed i think it would be a bad idea. he is a good big man to have on the squad. he can score when you PLAY him.

[pistolpete]

It's 12 players, Marks should go on the inactive list.
If Spurs don't make move, the playoff roster will be : Parker, NVE, Udrih, Manu, Barry, Bowen, Finley, Duncan, Horry, Oberto, Rasho and Nazr.

My point of view :
The more likely player to be traded before the deadline are Barry and Nazr.
Rasho, Beno and oberto can too be traded.
Duncan, Parker, Manu, Bowen, Finley, NVE, Horry and Marks won't be traded.

But we never know with CIA Pop.


you hit this one on the head!!!!!!! but i would keep mohammed because he can get some points and some boards.........

[angel_luv]

For my peace of mind, this post is the last time I am going to talk about spurs trades till
(God forbid) one happens.

I hope we make it through the deadline with everyone in tact, but the following is my list of keepers in order of priority.

I purposely excluded Timmy, Gino, and Tony because there is no way they are getting traded.

From number three on, I tried to factor in basketball implications along with my personal feelings.

1)Rasho Nesterovic
2)Beno Udrih
3)Robert Horry
4)Bruce Bowen
5)Brent Barry
6)Sean Marks


7)Nick Van Exel
8)Fabricio Oberto
9)Michael Finley
10)Melvin Sanders
11)Nazr Mohammed

[Nephets]

We should trade for Zaza Pachulia.

[King]

From number three on, I tried to factor in basketball implications along with my personal feelings.

1)Rasho Nesterovic
2)Beno Udrih
3)Robert Horry
4)Bruce Bowen
5)Brent Barry
6)Sean Marks


7)Nick Van Exel
8)Fabricio Oberto
9)Michael Finley
10)Melvin Sanders
11)Nazr Mohammed

Bowen would be right at the top - and why Marks at 6? Why Finley all the way down at 9?

[Peter]

Rasho at #1?! Goodness.

[angel_luv]

Bowen would be right at the top - and why Marks at 6? Why Finley all the way down at 9?


Even though one is 6 and the other is 9 they're actually a lot closer than that. I really like them both.

And as I said before, my first and foremost preference is to not part with anybody.


Rasho at #1?! Goodness.


We must not have met. :lol

[SequSpur]

Even though one is 6 and the other is 9 they're actually a lot closer than that. I really like them both.

And as I said before, my first and foremost preference is to not part with anybody.

We must not have met. :lol

Stick to the Club.

[Slo spurs fan]

Stick to the Club.
Stick to the bowling.

[veronicamae]

I hope they never trade anyone for Stoudemire. He's been out the entire season, and who knows if/when he'll ever really be ready to play again, with that knee surgery he had a few months ago. That would be a potential waste of a playable player.

[romsey31]

Seeing that the Spurs are trying to cut cost a great trade for them would be :
Indiana Trade Breakdown
Outgoing
Jonathan Bender
7-0 SF from Picayune Memorial (HS)
5.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 apg in 10.5 minutes
Incoming
Beno Udrih
6-3 PG from Slovenia (Foreign)
3.1 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 1.5 apg in 6.6 minutes
Nazr Mohammed
6-10 C from Kentucky
4.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 0.3 apg in 13.7 minutes
Change in team outlook: +2.8 ppg, +2.9 rpg, and +0.8 apg.


San Antonio Trade Breakdown
Outgoing
Beno Udrih
6-3 PG from Slovenia (Foreign)
3.1 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 1.5 apg in 6.6 minutes
Nazr Mohammed
6-10 C from Kentucky
4.7 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 0.3 apg in 13.7 minutes
Incoming
Jonathan Bender
7-0 SF from Picayune Memorial (HS)
5.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 apg in 10.5 minutes
Change in team outlook: -2.8 ppg, -2.9 rpg, and -0.8 apg.



Successful Scenario
Due to Indiana and San Antonio being over the cap, the 25% trade rule is invoked. Indiana and San Antonio had to be no more than 125% plus $100,000 of the salary given out for the trade to be accepted, which did happen here. This trade satisfies the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.


Bender is about to retire which would save the Spurs about 6-9 million. Not sure how much his contract was but it was around 9 mill I think.

[wildbill2u]

In the WOAI teaser, they showed a clip of Nazr.

A trade for Nasr might account for the fact that he's been getting a lot more minutes lately. Showcasing him for another team?

[wildbill2u]

How about Nazr to the Blazers for Prybilla...er...Prybzyla...er...that tall white guy?

[zeleni]

That would be too beautiful.