Introduction to Marcus Haislip

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Originally Posted by clubalien

can we spurs fans be a little classy.
When ron artest gets in a fight it is disgracefully. But when it involves our players we are encouraging it?

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Ron Artest is a crazy bitch.

and, I've been wanting a Spur to get into a fight for a while. It adds excitement. I remember a while back I wanted Rasho to fight someone, just for laughs.

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Originally Posted by WildcardManu

Match.com? lol j/k seems like a cool down to earth guy.

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I was going to say the same exact thing :lmao

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Originally Posted by GSH

Assuming that the contract gets inked in a few days, here is some information about our newest Spur. You'll see some things that look familiar, and may give you some idea about why the Spurs' management like him.

Personality - Haislip is known for being very unemotional on the court. Not only does he not celebrate or chest-thump, he rarely even smiles. He says the way he focuses is to control his emotions. As a result, some Spanish fans and journalists referred to him as "cold". Off the court, he says, he has a good sense of humor, and his friends know it.

Nickname - "Slip", a play on his last name.

Tattoos - Haislip has eight tatoos. Two are biblical quotes (he describes himself as "very religious"). One is of his family, one his home town, one his University.

Athleticism - The story is that he can take a coin from the top of the backboard. He says that may have been true when he was young, but now he is "too old" to do that.

Money - He says that he tries to save, and spend as little as possible because investments sometimes go bad.

Leadership - When it was suggested that he needed to be more open and outspoken to become a leader (on Unicaja) he said that he preferred to lead by example, and let his game talk rather than his words.

Outside interests - Watching movies, and his computer. And watching movies - he really likes movies.

Physique - He says he has good genetics, but he also works hard because his diet is terrible. Doesn't drink beer. Meat or fish? Definitely meat.

Misc. - He likes to shoot the 3 ball the best, because "3 is better than 2". He thinks the referees in the NBA are much more consistent than in Europe. He thinks Kobe Bryant is the best player in the game. Was quite the homebody, at least while he was in Spain. Laughed most and felt happiest when talking to his parents on the telephone. Says that he feels consistent with his performance and confidence now. When he is through as a player, he would like to continue in basketball by "teaching kids everything I've learned in basketball. Basketball has been my life."

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:tu sounds good. Now we need him to produce on-court

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Originally Posted by timvp

Except when he's punching people in the face :smokin

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outstanding as always timvp - looks to me like he was defending himself. I have no problem with that.What I hate is when dudes jump into situations they have no business being in, or take cheap shots(a la' Kobe) But if someone slugs you, you've gotta defend yourself.:ihit:ihit:ihit:ihit:ihit

I like the hops. What were the terms of the contract? Anyone?

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Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain

I love that. That white guy came at him with some 6 year old fighting style and Haislip just threw a mean right hook.

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I know right...that guy slapped him like a woman. He better be glad people stepped in because it was about to get ugly for him in a hurry.

I don't fault him at all. I'd have KTFO'ed him too if it was me.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Except when he's punching people in the face :smokin

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Badass.

Well, Ian better sleep in a hyperbaric chamber every night because dude is coming for his spot. Can block shots and even has a bit of Sheed in him for those mourning the loss, lol.

Haislip is a very weird character. The OP doesn't tell everything about his weirdness. He doesn't "like to stay at home": he basically spends his entire life at home, only leaving it to go to practices and games. He didn't make a single friend during his stay in Malaga. He'd only have basketball-related talks with his teammates and never hang out with them. He was never caught dinning out or having a drink or going to a concert or to the beach... nothing, the man just lived like an eremite. He also avoided the press like it was the plague. It's kind of scary.

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Originally Posted by WildcardManu

Match.com? lol j/k seems like a cool down to earth guy.

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It says he's religious, so obviously this was taken from eharmony.com. :lol

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Originally Posted by mogrovejo

Haislip is a very weird character. The OP doesn't tell everything about his weirdness. He doesn't "like to stay at home": he basically spends his entire life at home, only leaving it to go to practices and games. He didn't make a single friend during his stay in Malaga. He'd only have basketball-related talks with his teammates and never hang out with them. He was never caught dinning out or having a drink or going to a concert or to the beach... nothing, the man just lived like an eremite. He also avoided the press like it was the plague. It's kind of scary.

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That may explain his return to the states for a discount.

It is not a discount for the Spurs if the numbers are true :lol

Hadn't seen the numbers, but if he's not getting a house and car and Asian massage with release, it's a discount.

is Finley really like that?..he strikes me as a guy that goes out and likes to have fun..I guess I was wrong LOL..

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Originally Posted by mogrovejo

Haislip is a very weird character. The OP doesn't tell everything about his weirdness. He doesn't "like to stay at home": he basically spends his entire life at home, only leaving it to go to practices and games. He didn't make a single friend during his stay in Malaga. He'd only have basketball-related talks with his teammates and never hang out with them. He was never caught dinning out or having a drink or going to a concert or to the beach... nothing, the man just lived like an eremite. He also avoided the press like it was the plague. It's kind of scary.

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Funny that a guy like that loses focus. Sounds like he has no other focus.

Reports are that it was the full LLE for him, but we will not know for sure until he signs.

Oh, if it was just the LLE, that's most likely a discount.

Ya, just the luxury tax costing the Spurs double, so almost 4M per year for him (from the Spurs perspective).

That only matters if it keeps the Spurs from spending the full MLE.

We'll see if it does.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Except when he's punching people in the face :smokin

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That was a nice one :lol

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Originally Posted by picnroll

Funny that a guy like that loses focus. Sounds like he has no other focus.

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He loses focus on court, especially when playing defence. He has poor me-opponent-ball triangle vision, for example, he stares at the ball too much. And he looks uninterested/emotionless and he doesn't talk a lot (something Pop is going to hate and try to correct, I guess).