Ric Bucher on Twitter about Spurs FA targets

Even if he is not going to start right away and we sign McDyess for insurance we should get him here to work his way onto the floor.

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Originally Posted by Marcus Bryant

Childress can play the 3 and 2 and wouldn't be a bad small ball 4. It certainly wouldn't hurt the team to have a tall, multiskilled wing like him.

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I hear you, but we have more pressing needs now IMO, like a PF/C. We have enough swingmen. Bass, Zaza, Dice, Sheed, Gooden, Maybe the LLE for Sheldon Williams(or is he a complete bust?)

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Originally Posted by RuffnReadyOzStyle

Here's how it will play out:

Sheed to Boston
McDyess to SA
Varejao stays in Cleveland
Orlando steals Bass (but overpays for him)
Gortat to Dallas

...then, and only then, will the world take a chill pill and calm the fuck down. :lol

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This sounds right to me, and I hope it does happen this way. After weighing the Rasheed vs Dice question for the last few days, I'm going with Dice-- his offensive rebounding and total rebounding #s are better, and Rasheed's FG% is just way too low. Plus, with Dice there's little fear of not fitting in or acting up.

Yes, RC did say some players would be coming over from Europe (Gist...), but when asked directly about Splitter, he was straight forward in saying it was highly unlikely.

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Originally Posted by Big P

I hear you, but we have more pressing needs now IMO, like a PF/C. We have enough swingmen. Bass, Zaza, Dice, Sheed, Gooden, Maybe the LLE for Sheldon Williams(or is he a complete bust?)

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Originally Posted by Marcus Bryant

A full MLE run at Josh Childress would make a lot of sense if the Spurs were able to sign Splitter and acquire a solid reserve bigman via trade (ie Foster), for example.

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

Yes, RC did say some players would be coming over from Europe (Gist...), but when asked directly about Splitter, he was straight forward in saying it was highly unlikely.

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"highly unlikely" != "won't happen"

I just took a bucher and wiped my twitter.

Stunk up the place.

Ric Bucher's a tool.

If I were Rasheed Wallace, I'd sign with the Spurs. Who wants to play against Shaq and Dwight Howard in the playoffs?

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Originally Posted by Marcus Bryant

"highly unlikely" != "won't happen"

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I did not say it = won't happen. I said out of all the players in Europe the only one RC went out of his way to say was unlikely was Splitter.

I am hoping that is a smoke screen.

Why would they need to smokescreen Tiago? They own his rights and no one else can sign him?

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

Why would they need to smokescreen Tiago? They own his rights and no one else can sign him?

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So as to not tip off free agents they are negotiating with...

So you are saying the Spurs are promising playing time/starting spots that might not be there when the player signs?

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

So you are saying the Spurs are promising playing time/starting spots that might not be there when the player signs?

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Plans within plans