The San Antonio Spurs have signed Da'Sean Butler.

my knee hurts

Guys i like this signing too, but for the love of the spurs gods tap the brakes with the possible roster, depth charts for next year. Its not even april, no need to plague the forum with that crap this early.

Butler is a 6-7 small forward and the Spurs say he'll be placed on the inactive list.

since we have guys who can play even without knee ligaments why not take a chance ?

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Originally Posted by Bruno

Props to ace3g for bringing the idea of signing him.

I really like this signing. Spurs had no need for this year so getting a player with next year in sight was the right move. Da'Sean Butler looks more intriguing that some random D-Leaguer Spurs could have signed.

BTW, an healthy Butler could be better than what is available at #30 in this year draft. :smokin

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This...:toast

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Originally Posted by I. Hustle

He's 6'7"? The Spurs finally picked up another center!!! Lol

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:rollin

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Originally Posted by Strategic

It appears as thought the Front Office has heard all of the youth moment cries for the Spurs world.

1 Tiago Splitter
2 Ryan Richards
3 DeJuan Blair
4 James Anderson
5 George Hill
6 Gary Neal
7 Danny Green
8 De'Sean Butler
9 Chris Quinn (that's right)

That is some size and talent to sustain and build with.

Parker, Bonner, Jefferson and Novak should all have 3 to 6 years left.
Duncan, Ginobili and McDyess 2 to 3 years left.

Now I just wonder how many of these guys will still be Spurs in three years?


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That's the shizzle right there...

I'm interested in the contract details for some of those...

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Originally Posted by E-RockWill

I'm interested in the contract details for some of those...

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Not yet updated for Novak, Green, and Butler, but best source for that info:

http://www.shamsports.com/content/pa...ries/spurs.jsp

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Originally Posted by Mel_13

Not yet updated for Novak, Green, and Butler, but best source for that info:

http://www.shamsports.com/content/pa...ries/spurs.jsp

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:toast

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Originally Posted by PhingerRoll

We can't go trading our best on-ball defender.. Also, I believe we have him signed pretty cheap (not sure on his contract), so the value is in keeping him. Equally important is the chemistry factor. Why does everyone want to start messing up team chemistry by trading away all our young talent that we have signed on the cheap?

We are stockpiling young talent, which is evidenced in the Butler signing (winning!). So in summation, no, we shouldn't and won't be looking to deal Anderson, Neal, and or GHill.

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It's not about wanting/looking to, it's about (if Butler get's back to where he was pre-injury and shows he's got back end rotation player potential) now potentially having the depth to do that. Between Ginobili, Jefferson, Hill, Neal, Anderson and Butler, the Spurs would be over stocked with quality depth on the wings (plus, not that these players qualify as quality depth, but they still have Green, could bring back Hairston and if the best player available at 30 is a wing, I presume they'd take them, so there's the potential that they could have another useful wing waiting in the wings).

If a second big, who could be a good fit, is available via trade, between Blair, Anderson, McDyess' expiring contract and their 1st round pick, the Spurs potentially now have enough assets to be able to acquire that type of player, without decimating their depth.

As much as I like Anderson's potential and think he's a good fit, if Neal continues playing this well, there's not going to be rotation minutes available in the near future, unless the Spurs expand to the rare ten man rotation next season. Short of that, the only wing who's minutes they'd probably like to slightly cut back, is Ginobili, but say he drops 1-2 minutes next season, that probably just goes to Neal. Anderson might just be superfluous and more of a luxury than a necessity.

Could be a huge steal, if/when he gets healthy. I don't really see it as affecting Anderson or Neal at all.

JMcDonald_SAEN Jeff McDonald
R.C. Buford on Da'Sean Butler (via @M_Monroe_in_SA): “This signing has absolutely nothing to do with the 2010-11 roster.” #spurs

JMcDonald_SAEN Jeff McDonald
More on Butler from R.C.: “I’d imagine he will be assigned to Austin soon. We need to get an understanding of his situation." #spurs

I love it, the outside the lines video was pretty good, seems personable, and coach-able. Could potentially have a ton of upside for us, can't wait for summer league.

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Originally Posted by TD 21

It's not about wanting/looking to, it's about (if Butler get's back to where he was pre-injury and shows he's got back end rotation player potential) now potentially having the depth to do that. Between Ginobili, Jefferson, Hill, Neal, Anderson and Butler, the Spurs would be over stocked with quality depth on the wings (plus, not that these players qualify as quality depth, but they still have Green, could bring back Hairston and if the best player available at 30 is a wing, I presume they'd take them, so there's the potential that they could have another useful wing waiting in the wings).

If a second big, who could be a good fit, is available via trade, between Blair, Anderson, McDyess' expiring contract and their 1st round pick, the Spurs potentially now have enough assets to be able to acquire that type of player, without decimating their depth.

As much as I like Anderson's potential and think he's a good fit, if Neal continues playing this well, there's not going to be rotation minutes available in the near future, unless the Spurs expand to the rare ten man rotation next season. Short of that, the only wing who's minutes they'd probably like to slightly cut back, is Ginobili, but say he drops 1-2 minutes next season, that probably just goes to Neal. Anderson might just be superfluous and more of a luxury than a necessity.

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I hear that point, I just don't see what we could get that would be a better value than Anderson. It's not like he has done enough to have front offices climbing over each other in line to get him. If we trade him it would be more of a "giving up on a player" scenario and we are in no way in that situation with him.

That video of his injury still gets me.

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Originally Posted by bigdog

Could be a huge steal, if/when he gets healthy.

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Exactly, he was projected to be a top pick till he blew out his knee @ WV!

I'm curious why Miami drafted him, knowing he wouldn't be playing anytime soon, and then proceeded to cut him before the season. It's not like he played his way out of the rotation - he didn't play at all.

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Originally Posted by PhingerRoll

I hear that point, I just don't see what we could get that would be a better value than Anderson. It's not like he has done enough to have front offices climbing over each other in line to get him. If we trade him it would be more of a "giving up on a player" scenario and we are in no way in that situation with him.

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If not in a package deal for a second big, then maybe a straight up trade for another young player on his rookie deal, who's not getting a lot of playing time. Maybe someone projected to be late lottery falls to around twenty, they could offer Anderson and their 1st to move up. The point is, it gives the Spurs options, without worrying about decimating their depth. It's not about giving up on him, it's about having the depth, with Neal's emergence and Butler's signing (again, if they're confident/he shows flashes indicating he's going to become what he was projected to become), to fill a hole elsewhere.

Based on their comments, it sounds like Butler is guaranteed for next season. As I suspected. It makes sense, because they're not going to get anything out of him this season. Although, since the guarantee was probably fairly minimal, if they're really underwhelmed with him between now and the start of next season and confident in their depth on the wings, I'm sure they wouldn't hesitate to cut him. I don't expect that to happen, though.

This is so fucking awesome, I'm a big Da'Sean Butler fan.

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Originally Posted by Strategic

It appears as thought the Front Office has heard all of the youth moment cries for the Spurs world.

1 Tiago Splitter
2 Ryan Richards
3 DeJuan Blair
4 James Anderson
5 George Hill
6 Gary Neal
7 Danny Green
8 De'Sean Butler
9 Chris Quinn (that's right)

That is some size and talent to sustain and build with.

Parker, Bonner, Jefferson and Novak should all have 3 to 6 years left.
Duncan, Ginobili and McDyess 2 to 3 years left.

Now I just wonder how many of these guys will still be Spurs in three years?


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Good signing and I agree for the most part.

However, the roster still needs some size. Duncan shouldn't have to continue as the lone rim-protector, best rebounder, best interior defender and best low-post scorer. Another big to help offload even a portion of those responsibilities is needed.

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Originally Posted by LakerHater

Butler is a 6-7 small forward and the Spurs say he'll be placed on the inactive list.

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wiki listed him as 6'8 234 lbs

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Originally Posted by 8FOR!3

This is so fucking awesome, I'm a big Da'Sean Butler fan.

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cool..then u might be able to tell us all his strengths and weakness....

http://www.nbadraft.net/players/da'sean-butler

Comparison is Rasual Butler.

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Originally Posted by Thompson

http://www.nbadraft.net/players/da'sean-butler

Comparison is Rasual Butler.

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I haven't seen enough of Butler to say this definitively, but from what I remember seeing and have heard/read about him, Dudley may be a better comparison. Sub par athletically, but a fairly good shooter (though Dudley's become a very good three-point shooter the last two seasons), a solid defender in select match-ups (meaning, not against overly explosive wings), brings intangibles, known as a good character guy.