We moved heaven and earth just to get Dick so he can make this team better. Why didn't we get Jackson, who's making around 7.6 million this year? Somebody needs to explain this
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We moved heaven and earth just to get Dick so he can make this team better. Why didn't we get Jackson, who's making around 7.6 million this year? Somebody needs to explain this
sjax has controversy which spurs fo hates
Jackson asked for a trade about a week or 2 later IIRC..
I would be surprised if the Spurs wouldn't have been interested had Jax asked for a trade about a week earlier, especially since Pop gave Larry Brown a good review of Jackson..he would have been cheaper, he's better on both ends and he already has chemistry with Pop/Duncan/Tony/Manu..
I love Jax, but he wouldn't have made us a contender anyways..we have bigger problems, even though he would have been a massive upgrade over Jefferson..the positive is that RJ has a huge expiring contract that the Spurs will be able to move in the Summer, so we could potentially get a great asset in return..
Speaking of former Spurs, Nazi with a 20/20 game tonight LOL..
sjax + nazr = :lobt2:
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Originally Posted by ezau
sjax would have been nice
I proposed a trade in the other thread like that...
No way Charlotte would do it with as good as they're playing, but it would create a lot of cap space for 'em if notQuote:
I'd love this trade too.....
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...radeId=yzozn9s
Rather have Augustine than Law, but I think Law makes it more realistic, and he wouldn't be bad either.
where's the little icon for drooling?
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Originally Posted by SpursRulez4eVeR
Can the man guard 7 footers?
I don't think SJax was on the block when we acquired RJ
http://www.spox.com/de/sport/ussport...witzki-514.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by alchemist
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:lol +1Quote:
Originally Posted by MI21
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Originally Posted by ezau
moving heaven and earth = trading 3 old players who weren't going to be in the rotation anyway...
Bobcats basically got him for nothing , an injured R.Bell and Radmanovic that's the equivalent of Bonner and Mase, throw Spliiter in there and you got a deal. The spurs did not even try to get him becuase he's not a nice guy.
I came in here just to say that there, the problem is not who we moved but the salary and how is playing right now. We gave up nothing for him, but got his salary which sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trimble87
Nice is always fucking overrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spursfan 87
The plus side on him was that he already had Spurs' "Corporate Knowledge"... Stephen is very familiar with the Spurs' complete playbook and not just the watered-down offensive and defensive schemes we've seen this year...
Nice guys are easier for Pop to control.Quote:
Originally Posted by ezau
The team needed Mike Brown and HITA to keep SJax in check. Those guys are not around anymore.
SJAX wanted to play here... he wanted to be traded here... we failed!
We wanted Dick, we got dicked.
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by DMX7
Cause Pop and the FO would rather have a mediocre, nice-guy like Jefferson instead of a talented player with attitude problems.
Just look at this poll:
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...78#post4021578
57 posters on this forum actually thought that Jefferson would be a better option for the Spurs than SJax.
Add this to the list of things Pop needs to explain.Quote:
Originally Posted by ezau
Not sure what number it would be...I don't know, maybe #673?
#1 would be...At the beginning of this season, the Spurs picked by some to win the West, or at least to be in the WCF. What happened? You have the same personnel you had in October. Please explain, Mr. Popovich.
Nice guys have gotten the whole Spurs team soft. We need a guy like SJax to put some fire in this weak team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snaq O'Meal
We failed to get Jackson because we have 2 seven footers sitting on the bench while we get raped in the paint while Finley plays the power forward spot. What an idiot coach I am ready for a change. Small ball will win against Denver right?
yep!Quote:
Originally Posted by spursrulez4ever
It wouldn't have mattered, the Spurs needed to counter the Gasol trade, which is an impossible task. The Gasol trade changed everything.
How do you know all this?Quote:
Originally Posted by adam8065
Well doesn't that make a whole lot of sense? Seems to me since you think those 7 footers are so valuable, maybe the Spurs need to trade them for Jackson, or hell go for the gusto and trade for D. Wade.Quote:
Originally Posted by fusionjazzman72
i tend to agree that GS wasn't sending him where he wanted to reward him for being an outright, outspoken cancer who was sabotaging the locker room on purpose. Not that it wasn't already being done by everyone else there, but still.
And as I posted on that poll thread, back in the summer GS was refusing to deal him outright to anyone. They dumped Crawford for expirings instead.
Would rather have had Zach Randolph. Look how he is kicking ass for the Grizzlies. The Clippers traded him for Quentin Richardson for crying out loud. The Clippers got him along with Mardy Collins for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas from the Knicks the year before. Basically the Grizz and previously the Clips got him for next to nothing. Why weren't the Spurs in the mix? We don't need a 20-10 guy who can shoot from long range? People cried about Rasheed Wallace this offseason, but this is the guy the Spurs could have used most. Hindsight is 20/20. I mean 20-10.
Green bay went outta their way to make sure Farve wouldn't be wit the Vikes by sending him to the Jets but he still got there & beat them twice! So shit can happen!Quote:
Originally Posted by adam8065
I don't recall Sjax being available at the time. It wasn't an option.
Probably because Golden State had little interest in the three older, slower, defensive minded players we had to trade.
I would take Jax and his attitude over a nice guy who doesn't have balls
Bring back Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaax
37 points, four 3-pt last night WITH a messed up finger.
Can we send Dick some game tape of this man to see how a real Spurs player is supposed to play?
I miss Jax :depressed:depressed:depressed
:pctoss
Jack would have given the spurs at least 1 more championship by now. Most likely in '04 when we had to depend on hedo as a scorer.
Not by himself, but as a part of this team.
Thank god somebody gets it.Quote:
Originally Posted by adam8065
Both teams have to agree to a trade, and teams usually don't make trades they aren't satisfied with.
The Warriors didn't want any of the Spurs old, spare parts. The Bucks did. That's why we got Jefferson instead of Jackson.
maybe Sjax didnt mean the old age requiement?
This poll was taken in January and RJ still got that many votes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny RIngo
Open polls are great. :lol
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