Spurs leading race to sign McDyess...

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Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain

Filling in with a decent small forward back up who is athletic and can rebound/defend/shoot a bit would be better than settling for a 3 guard line up.

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If you want to give a decent playing time to Hill and Mason, you had to play a little with a 3 guard lineup. I rather give more playing to Mason and Hill than to a very average SF.

And if Spurs got Dice, Spurs bench at PF/C are players (Mahinmi, Blair and Haislip) who have played 23 minutes in the NBA since 2005 and a player (Bonner) who has been horrible during the last playoffs. It's by far a biggest problem than the backup SF.

The only reason he got 10 and 10 is because he got 30 minutes a game last year. Will he get that much PT next year? I highly doubt it. Therefore 8 and 8 sounds more realistic. He's still the best FA big out there in FA. Therefore I'm all for it.

Get Dice!:downspin:

If the Spurs pick him up for the MLE, this will be 3rd best off season in Spurs history (outside of drafting Duncan and Robinson).

In retrospect, he's a the MUCH better fit than Sheed. Ironically, if Dice comes to the Spurs, then that will mean both Dice and Sheed both went to teams that fit their personality VERY WELL: Sheed in a winning but fiery team in Boston, Dice to a winning yet calm and profession in the Spus.

I agree that if the Spus land Dice, then that no more trades (unless it was the steal of the century) should take place until during the season, because you'd need time to access the teams strenths and weaknesses.

If the Spurs get Dice I think they may call it an off season. Sure, they'll be open to any offers but they might want to hold on to the expring contracts they have now.

It's possible they roll with a couple players in backup roles that know the system instead of bringing in even more new blood. Speaking of Finley and Bonner instead of Carney or Moon or Gist and so on.

i always wanted Dice to get a ring so hopefully this is true so it can happen

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Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain

There is still questions of if half our front line players are too young or studs. Ian, Gist, Blair and Haislip could be a good role players or could be at the end of the bench. As of now it is too hard to tell.

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We should have the start of an answer for Gist, Blair and Mahinmi during SL.

IMO, Spurs FO will look closely at two things during SL:
- Are the young bigs good enough to not make a trade for another big ?
- Is there a defensive minded wing good enough to be signed ?

Finley and Bonner for Adam Morrison...:lol

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Originally Posted by bishopospurs

Finley and Bonner for Adam Morrison...:lol

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:rollin

Joking aside, Glad to get McD, I don't think the front office will move Bonner till they see the way some of these new players work in the system.

Bonner did average 8&5 in 24 minutes per game with 50% FG and 44% from 3. But McDyess should improve the rebounding and defense with the same time.

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Originally Posted by bishopospurs

Finley and Bonner for Adam Morrison...:lol

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Finley and Bonner for Shane Battier? :rolleyes

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Originally Posted by bishopospurs

Joking aside, Glad to get McD, I don't think the front office will move Bonner till they see the way some of these new players work in the system.

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Agreed: if they get Dice, then there should be no more moves until at least mid-season, if any, to evaluate the Spurs team.

McDyess is a quality player, i have doubts if he the right fit... Orlando is a strog possibility for him.

pffft!! doesn't mean a damn thing... we were the front runners for Maggette too... :rolleyes

Shane or James Posey would be good pickups

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Originally Posted by Bruno

Backup SF isn't at all a problem. RJ plays tons of minutes, Fin can play some minutes or Spurs can play with a 3 guard lineup.

Even if Spurs get Dice, the main "issue" will be at PF/C.

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Won't know until Spurs see Blair, Haislip and Mahinmi play how their bigman situation is. With what they're paying for Haislip it's likely his playing time to loose.

I agree with FromWayDownTown that Spurs could and should hold on to their tradeable assests until they see where their needs are and teams out of the playoffs are looking to shed players. If Spurs need a big then they can go after a guy like Collsion maybe.

ill reserve my happiness til he signs his name on the contract.

McDyess would be a great fit.

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Originally Posted by Bruno

And if Spurs got Dice, Spurs bench at PF/C are players (Mahinmi, Blair and Haislip) who have played 23 minutes in the NBA since 2005 and a player (Bonner) who has been horrible during the last playoffs. It's by far a biggest problem than the backup SF.

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There are to many unknowns for the Spurs bench at PF/C. Who can the Spurs bring in to add some experience at those positions?

If he doesn't sign how do people feel about trading for Samuel Dalembert? It would take Mason and he underachieves, so I would pass, but I was just curious. 2 year 23 mil left, he is 28 I believe.

I expect McDyess to sign with with Spurs within the day. Dumars hired John Kuester today, and in his explanation of why he didn't hire Avery Johnson Teflon Joe had this to say -

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"Where we are right now as a team is kind of like where we were at the start of the Rick Carlisle era," Dumars said. "And a $4 to $5 million (a year) coach is not what we need right now. We didn't have one of those until we were close to contending for a championship when we got Larry (Brown)."

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Basically saying we're not contenders so there is no need to spend for a good coach. Instead we'll hire a placeholder/seatwarmer while Dumars rebuilds the roster and when Joe feels Detroit is ready to compete again he'll fire Kuester (who was signed to a two years deal with a TO 3rd year) and bring in a "real" coach.

Dice was torn between Detroit and San Antonio, however I can't see him possibly heading back to Detroit after this hire.

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Originally Posted by Phila_Chamberlain

If you ask me we learned with Hill that summer league doesn't mean too much. George played better in his first NBA game than he did the entire summer leauge. Also players who have dominated summer league the last few year have not done nearly as well. I think it will take at least a dozen games into the season for the Spurs to make a trade unless an outstanding offer happens. It seems that the contenders are going "all in" and the rest of the NBA is offering their best players for the slary dump.

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agreed. george was terrible in summer league. Marco Bellinelli of the warriors was a stud a couple of seasons back and hasnt seen much of the court since.

SL is overrated.