Patty Mills minutes..

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Originally Posted by Mel_13

You're also wrong about when Finley left.

They should have let them both leave after 2008 as both were nearly done as NBA players, but Finley had much more left in the tank than Barry at that point.

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Yeah, I remember now. It was 2010, right? I remember now as the Celtics had KG out of the playoffs in 2009, so it wasn't that year that Finley joined them. It was 2010 where Finely hitched onto the team and was on the Celtics playoff roster that made the finals. Correct me if I am wrong.

Did the Spurs offer Brent a contract at all to come back? If they were going to bring one of the two back, I would have preferred Barry (based on his 2008 WCFs play) over Finley, but I wouldn't have had a problem with letting both go if they were able to get a defensive 3 & D player to replace them with. After the 2009 season, I had had enough of the lack of defense at the wing spots with Finley and Roger Mason Jr.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

Yeah, I remember now. It was 2010, right? I remember now as the Celtics had KG out of the playoffs in 2009, so it wasn't that year that Finley joined them. It was 2010 where Finely hitched onto the team and was on the Celtics playoff roster that made the finals. Correct me if I am wrong.

Did the Spurs offer Brent a contract at all to come back? If they were going to bring one of the two back, I would have preferred Barry over Finley, but I wouldn't have had a problem with letting both go if they were able to get a defensive 3 & D player to replace them with. At that point, I had enough of the lack of defense at the wing spots with Finley and Roger Mason Jr.

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Barry had a player option that he declined to exercise. He then signed with Houston at the beginning of July for 2yrs/4M. His one season with Houston was injury plagued, as his last with the Spurs had been, and he retired without playing the second year of his contract.

The Spurs looked at other options, although the names escape me, before resigning Finley at the end of August. So, they didn't choose Finley over Barry, so much as they settled for Finley after Barry was no longer available, and after Manu went down in Beijing. Finley missed only one game in 2008-09 and played over 2000 minutes. Barry played less than 900 minutes in 56 games for Houston.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

I'm not happy about Parker playing like a dog this season. Why would any Spurs fan be happy about that?

I hope it's just injuries and he can get back to his normal level. If not, we're in trouble. I'd also like to see him modify his game a bit and focus a little less on offense (scoring) and distribute the ball a bit more. Pick his spots on offense on when to attack the rim and spend a bit more of that energy and focus on the defensive end.

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Parker and the Spurs staff know for years now that unless he dramatically adapts his game (pass-first, reliable outside shoot) to his decreasing physical abilities, he's gonna be an Iverson 2.0. So far, not so good...

Would you do a Joseph & Ayres for MCG swap with Charlotte.

After Kemba went down the Hornets could use Cory as a backup and we'd get a legit SF to eat up some minutes behind Kawhi (or if we use Leonard as a small ball PF). Throw in Ayres to make the $$$ work (and to get rid of him).

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine

Enrique's offensive struggles are secondary to his defensive ones. I don't even think Cory scored a single point and yet the improvement was immediate as soon as he checked in for Enrique. Subbing an above average defender for one of the worst defenders in the entire league is worth it regardless of what happens on the other end.

Patty should have been nominated for knighthood by Abbott not some Greek posing as an English Prince.

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Originally Posted by downunder

Patty should have been nominated for knighthood by Abbott not some Greek posing as an English Prince.

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True that, no way an aboriginal man would get the nod under his watch. Some people made a very compelling case for Michael Long when it was first announced that they where bringing it back, got shot down in seconds.

Cojo played the entire 4th quarter again. Honestly it does feel like he is being shopped unfortunately. :(

I hope CoJo isn't being shopped. Great guy to have around, especially since Enrique seems checked out. Could be they just want to continue managing Parker's minutes and CoJo gets more burn.