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the best places for SAR are
nets spurs
with nets he gets mroe minutes no Kmart there now
and they can sign him to a MLE and then reup him for more money
with spurs he can take horry and tim minuetes in regualr season play some SF even thoughb he hates it in portland
he is a great scorer, person
i would give him the FULL MLE if he wanted to come
The Spurs signed an experienced veteran small forward for the bench, someone who was not a part of the regular rotation come playoff time, and he came through twice during the 2005 title run.
So much for your argument.
My argument is that a younger, more inexperienced player (like Devin) can fill the role coming off the end of the bench just as well as Kukoc or Big Dog. Devin WOULD have filled that role this year, and Big Dog would still be that dude who refused to play for the sixers, if there was no injury.
We don't need to sign the 40 yr old Kukoc to sit on the end of the bench. No need for him AT ALL!! Devin will do it at a fraction of the age.
Actually, he's 37, the same age as Ferry and Kerr if I am not mistaken when they came through off the bench in the postseason in 2003.
The Spurs already have a young 3 prospect in Sanikidze in Europe and they can let LJ3 or a summerleague pickup sit on IR next season.
Win. Now.
They will Win. Now. Without Kukoc.
(Though you did get me on the Big Dog argument, and I do hope he comes back)
Devin does NOT bring the "long 3" that Kukoc does. Devin is faster, a better scorer, and more versitile, but not nearly as tall.
But I am wondering something. The big stumbling block to SAR's happiness with the Spurs, according to the wunderkind minds here, would be his lack of minutes in the already STACKED spurs front line. Even trading Rasho, he gets maybe 20 -25 minutes, is not starting, and is possibly forced to play some sf minutes/out of position.
SAR is 6'9, ONE INCH shorter than Nazr. He makes .65 less blocks per game. He rebounds about the same. What is the big deal with having him start with Tim? I don't think we lose anything defensively, and whatever we did we would easily make up with offense. He is a great low post player, as well as being able to shoot mid-range. He even has a decent long ball. With this guy we have THE BEST scoring dual pf combo in the league, why not use them together?
The day of the plodding center is over, why not move into the next century? Its not like we are putting a pf in the center spot and a sf in the pf spot (suns)...
Let SAR be listed as our Center if Tim wants the historical importance of being the Best Power Forward Ever, since he clearly will never be the best center with Wilt, Russell and Kareem being super-legends, much less Shaq.
Given that Nazr averaged less than 30 min as a starter and Horry's reg season minutes will be limited, I think there are serious minutes for a 4th big.
would you rather have donyell marshall or SAR?
Marshall would come closer to being a guy you can switch between the 3 and 4 than SAR and he's a much more prolific and accurate 3 point shooter. So I'd take him. But I'm not going to complain if the Spurs add SAR and the most they give up is Radoslav.