Gerald Wallace anyone?

Since the Spurs are looking for a veteran wing to fill out the roster, and since there was a thread earlier about Mike Miller, might as well throw in Gerald Wallace's name into the mix. He was just traded by Golden State to Philadelphia and is about to be waived by the Sixers.

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Wallace, who has played 14 seasons, played 32 games with the Celtics last season and averaged 1.1 points per game. He is scheduled to earn $10.1 million this season in the final year of his contract.

With 15 players already under contract and draft picks still unsigned, the 76ers might end up waiving Wallace.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13...jason-thompson

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lol, no

Nobody wants GW, tbh.

pass?

Hard to believe it was only a few seasons ago that he was traded for #6 which turned into Damian Lillard.

:lol Nets

A 6.7 "wing" who has lost much of his athleticism (which he was renowned of) & never really develop much of shooting & dribbling skill needed at that position, pass.

He has to be one of the 5 or 10 worst players in the league right now. I'd rather bring McGrady back.

how many roster spots do we have left to fill?

My exact quote when the Spurs drafted Kawhi was that they'd just gotten Wallace at one tenth the cost. I didn't know I had criminally underrated Kawhi tbqh. Wallace was good for defensive purposes only about five years ago. Now he's lost even that. Sad tbqh. If he'd have made it to the Spurs earlier in his career then there might have been done hope for his game. As he is now, that would be a waste of a roster spot tbqh.

5 years ago, sure. Now? No.

Pass on Wallace.

Sign him for training camp competition

Probably not much of an upgrade over ka.

For the minimum why...no.

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Originally Posted by Mal

lol, no

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Originally Posted by gambit1990

how many roster spots do we have left to fill?

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Zero. Not including quality d-leaguers, we're one over right now.

Wallace's only skill at which he's above average at this stage is inbounding. No joke, he's great at it.

HELL NO... That is all.

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Originally Posted by dweaver99027

Wallace's only skill at which he's above average at this stage is inbounding. No joke, he's great at it.

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With the trouble the Spurs and Tim had last year at inbounding that really might be worth it to not cost us those 2 or three games again tbh :lol Funny you should mention that.

The corpse of Gerald Wallace you mean? Uh, no.

Wallace as Kawhi backup? Kyle Anderson clearly deserves that spot.

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Originally Posted by The_Klaw

Wallace as Kawhi backup? Kyle Anderson clearly deserves that spot.

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Clearly? No.... but he will have a chance to compete for it.

Hakeem Olajuwan looked more NBA ready in the Africa game. Even the Iceman displayed a more recent video of a player exhibiting an NBA skill. Pass.

The first question to ask oneself about a role playing wing for Spurs is: can he hit an open 3?

If the answer is no, like for Wallace, the player in all likelihood isn't a good fit for Spurs.

Not to mention Wallace looks done...

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Originally Posted by steeledl

Clearly? No.... but he will have a chance to compete for it.

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Compete with...? McCallum, Simmons, Fredette, Green, Manu, all are guards.

Wallace is washed up. The only reason he hasn't retired is that he doesn't want to walk away from a big payday.

There's no point to signing him. Simmons and Anderson show a lot more promise

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

I'd rather bring McGrady back.

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McGrady's only 36 but I guess he will not play in the NBA anymore cause his body feels like sh*t which is why NBA players call it quits. Shame he didn't score a point but he didn't get enough playing time as a Spur, I like what I saw.

I wouldn't want him on the team if he paid LaMarcus Aldridge's salary

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Compete with...? McCallum, Simmons, Fredette, Green, Manu, all are guards.

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Simmons green manu and kawhi can all interchAnge at 2 and 3 together.... They won't have ideal size besides kawhi when he is playing the 3 but they are all better defensive options in spite of their size .

Not anymore.

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

He has to be one of the 5 or 10 worst players in the league right now. I'd rather bring McGrady back.

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I'd almost rather bring in Hakeem or Dikembe at 50 years old

Would rather bring Ben Wallace out of retirement tbh.

:lmao

He's as washed up as Stephen Jackson & Ron Artest. No way he's better than Simmons at this point of his career.

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Originally Posted by dweaver99027

Wallace's only skill at which he's above average at this stage is inbounding. No joke, he's great at it.

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Could have got us 2-3 more wins last year.

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Originally Posted by Blizzardwizard

Would rather bring Ben Wallace out of retirement tbh.

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:rollin

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Originally Posted by MI21

Hard to believe it was only a few seasons ago that he was traded for #6 which turned into Damian Lillard.

:lol Nets

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The Nets didn't get the worst end of that deal, taking this offseason into account...

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Originally Posted by LongtimeSpursFan

Could have got us 2-3 more wins last year.

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Yep. The home Pistons game, in particular. We win that one, get the #2 seed, make the WCF & draw a favorable matchup (sans HCA) with the Warriors. Maybe Timmy sails into the Grey Havens this offseason instead of having to practice basketball once more.

No and No.