Stromile Swift

[Ghost Writer]

An underachieving guy I've envisioned on the Spurs for years now goes to the Nets for crap.


I hate small-market mentality.

[remingtonbo2001]

Let's give it up for Large Market Mentality and the New York Knicks

[ThomasGranger]

An underachieving guy

Which is a big part of the reason Memphis and Houston were playing hot potato with him.

[Ghost Writer]

Ya seen our bigs lately?

[ChumpDumper]

Swift sucks.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I hate small-market mentality.


Amen. Being the best team in professional sports for the last decade sucks.

[SenorSpur]

Swift is not a very smart ball player.

[AFBlue]

Seems like change for the sake of change. I'm not sure what Swift offers that Elson doesn't. Except for the fact that he has a player option this off-season to make upwards of $6M....which he'll likely exercise.

If it's between Swift and Elson, I'm actually gonna say keep Elson b/c his contract is shorter.

Good God I just said I'd keep Elson in a certain situation....I feel dirty.

[T Park]

Any Spurs big > Swift

recognize tard.

[JBIIRockets]

An underachieving guy I've envisioned on the Spurs for years now goes to the Nets for crap.


Trust me, you don't want Swift.

[Budkin]

Let Swift drift...

[cherylsteele]

Stromile (not so) Swift

[duncan228]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/nba/02/04/nets.grizzlies.trade.ap/index.html

Nets deal Collins to Grizzlies for Swift

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- The New Jersey Nets acquired Memphis Grizzlies forward Stromile Swift on Monday for center Jason Collins and cash.

The 6-foot-10 Swift is expected to add athleticism to the frontcourt of the Nets, who have lost 10 of their last 12 games. Swift averaged 6.8 points and 3.7 rebounds in seven seasons with Memphis and one with the Houston Rockets.

The former LSU star spent his first five seasons with the Grizzlies. He was traded to Houston before the 2005-06 season and traded back to Memphis last season.

Collins was drafted by Houston in 2001 and traded to the Nets on draft night in a deal for Eddie Griffin that also sent Richard Jefferson to New Jersey. He was a member of the Nets' NBA Finals teams in 2002 and 2003 and has averaged 4.4 points and 4.5 rebounds over seven seasons.

[FromWayDowntown]

Amen. Being the best team in professional sports for the last decade sucks.

:lol

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Swift blows.

[VaSpursFan]

swift has the bball iq of a brick. actually the brick may be smarter.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Swift is dumber than a bag of hammers. Wouldn't work here. Strange call, Casper... must be all that family stuff you're doing messing with YOUR bball IQ! :lol

[FromWayDowntown]

Swift is dumber than a bag of hammers. Wouldn't work here. Strange call, Casper... must be all that family stuff you're doing messing with YOUR bball IQ! :lol

Ghost has been calling for the Spurs to get Stro since about 2000.

[FromWayDowntown]

According to TrueHoop, two other players that the Spurs have rights to and could include in a deal are Nick Van Exel and Glenn Robinson. I have no idea, from a CBA or cap standpoint how that's possible and don't feel the desire to figure it out at the moment, but it is apparently true (in the same way that the Lakers were able to include Aaron McKie (now a Sixers' assistant coach) in the Gasol deal).

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-30-10/Aaron-McKie-is-Not-the-Only-NBA-Coach-Who-Could-Get-Traded.html

[m33p0]

Ghost has been calling for the Spurs to get Stro since about 2000.
could be because HE IS STROMILE not-so SWIFT!!!!

[exstatic]

An underachieving guy I've envisioned on the Spurs for years now goes to the Nets for crap.


I hate small-market mentality.
Find a new team.

[tp2021]

how much cap do NVE and big dawg take up? renounce their asses! you'd think Holt would've done so a loooong time ago.

unless RC advised otherwise...

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

how much cap do NVE and big dawg take up? renounce their asses! you'd think Holt would've done so a loooong time ago.

unless RC advised otherwise...

They have their "rights". They are not taking up cap but can be used as trade filler. It's a smart GM move, not a dumb one.

[Ghost Writer]

Those of you who simply hate can all go F' yourselves.

One thing I can't stand is homers who like treading water.

Swift is easily better than any bigs we currently have not named Duncan.

[MoSpur]

Those of you who simply hate can all go F' yourselves.

One thing I can't stand is homers who like treading water.

Swift is easily better than any bigs we currently have not named Duncan.

Okay, but let it go. He is going to New Jersey.

[ducks]

spurs paid tax one of few teams ever to pay tax
small market has nothing to do with spurs not getting swift

[Ghost Writer]

That's fine... I am just sick of fans here who are in love with treading water.

We see Gasol go to the Lakers for crap and shrug our shoulders.

Sue me for not getting overly excited about salvaging another 30+ player from the waiver wire.

[MoSpur]

Understandable. I am sure the Spurs are looking to trade. I have no doubt that they're trying to find a way to move someone.

[FromWayDowntown]

Those of you who simply hate can all go F' yourselves.

One thing I can't stand is homers who like treading water.

Swift is easily better than any bigs we currently have not named Duncan.

I'm not sure what Stromile Swift has ever done to support that sort of statement. He's undoubtedly more athletic than any of the Spurs bigs; but we've seen time and again in the NBA that the ability to jump out of the gym or to throw down powerful dunks is basically irrelevant if there's nothing else there. Swift has a numbers performance every now and again, but he's proven himself to be essentially worthless to every team that's ever taken a long look at him. He's reached the point that he's a throw-in player when deals get made and he's a guy who gets traded by a lottery team for an expiring contract. He's vastly overpaid for what he is and his contract is prohibitive.

I don't think it's a belief in treading water for some of us to think that no trade is better than a bad trade.

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Buy low, sell low?

[T Park]

Stromile Swift is so bad the Grizzlies traded him twice.

GMAFB!!!

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Those of you who simply hate can all go F' yourselves.

One thing I can't stand is homers who like treading water.

Swift is easily better than any bigs we currently have not named Duncan.
:lmao

[Mark in Austin]

Those of you who simply hate can all go F' yourselves.

One thing I can't stand is homers who like treading water.

Swift is easily better than any bigs we currently have not named Duncan.

It's not hate to say that Swift makes Elson and Nazr before him look like geniuses, it's the fact I have eyes that work. If Elson is still getting defensive rotations mixed up, Swift would be lucky to be at the right end of the court in the Spurs system.

Of course, he would be able to jump really high, dunk, and yell.

Rasho>>>Swift

[spurscenter]

WHAT THE FUCK YOU DOING HERE???????

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/sp/getty/43/fullj.fb03080d7dcf547c48249984e403b5dc/fb03080d7dcf547c48249984e403b5dc-getty-76075488nb004_lakers_nets.jpg

[exstatic]

Those of you who simply hate can all go F' yourselves.

One thing I can't stand is homers who like treading water.

Swift is easily better than any bigs we currently have not named Duncan.
Kill yourself.

[Ghost Writer]

Kill yourself.
Hey! Get your own line.

You think Elson/Oberto is better than Swift?

It's close... I just really want a shotblocker.