Final Score LAC 98 WAS 78
Haywood looked very good on defense and seems to be playing alone on that team, we should make the trade, this is the guy that we need.
here is a look at the boxscore:
http://www.nba.com/games/20100124/LA...t2hp0020900647
as you can see camby played really good ball also but Clips have a chance on a playoff spot so i guess camby not moving anywhere.
Bring Haywood!
Nice game.
Haywood is an expiring contract himself, so the wiz won't be interested in other expiring deals for him.
That leaves giving up something they can use to make their team better. Maybe they'd want Roger Mason Jr back, I understand he was popular with the fans and he's not getting consistent minutes with Pop this year.
Mason/Mahinmi/Hairston for Haywood works in the ESPN trade machine.
I agree that they won't likely trade him for similar expiring contracts. However, I can't help but wonder if they'd do it for some slight monetary relief and a draft pick. Something like: Mason, Mahinmi, and a first rounder for Haywood. That would save them about half a million in salaries for the rest of the year and $1.2 million in luxury tax bill.
There have been tons of rumors surrounding haywood. i doubt that our expiring contracts are better than what other teams are offering.
expect portland to make a hard push at haywood.
Brendas a sloth. No thanks
Mahinmi could also be send to a third team that has a little trade exception/capspace (like Nets) to lower Wizards payroll by $2.2M.
I think that Spurs best chance to get Haywood is if it helps Wizards luxury tax situation. Wizards are actually $8.8M above the tax. At the end of the week, they will know how long Arenas is suspended and their new luxury tax situation. If Wizards are still a little above the threshold, trading Haywood to get under it could be a good choice for them.
And there are still dozens of trades about players Spurs should trade for. I'm not sure this one was necessary.
Bruno is making a great point, if Arenas is out for the rest of the season and his contract is nullified, the Wizards might want to get rid of Haywood or Jamison.
That guy would be awesome in Spurs uniform, but like most posters already noticed its a long shot. We don't really need Mason and/or Ian.
TP/Manu/Hill playing at 1-2
RJ/Fin at 3
Timmy/Haywood/Bonner/Blair/Dice at 4-5
that would so sick...
lol clippers
lol wizards
but no lol to Haywood. Guy is just what we need. Pop would still put small ball out on the floor though.
It would be kind of funny if we acquire him and Pop continues to play RJ and Finley at the 4 with Duncan..
His ability to score not work
I still like Kaman better.
Nobody brought in now is gonna have much impact, won't know the defense, would have to be very talented player with very solid fundamentals, esp on defense.
this probably what would actually happen. remember when we got gooden it took forever for pop to give him any real time, then he sat most of the dallas debacle
i've been admiring his game for 2 years now and always thought he'd make a good fit. in the straightest way possible, he'd look really good in a spurs uniform
A player that doesn't know the system is still a massive upgrade over any of our non-Duncan bigs defensively, there's not really any argument against that IMO..
Any way you put it, the Spurs need a big man that has size or athleticism, preferably size..we don't have that right now, Duncan is the only guy with size, and the only big we have with athleticism doesn't see the floor..
We need scoring? lol
Usually your proposals make sense, but that one doesn't. The Wizards don't need another SF in RJ (they have Butler), and Tawn is a very valuable player. No way the Wiz touch that one however much we'd like to greenlight it.
But Tawn isn't just attractive to contenders - any team in the league that needs a scorer/rebounder would love Tawn. I think they'll be getting offers from all over the place, because even with that salary you get an All-Star calibre player.
However, I hope you are right and I am wrong. Tawn is the perfect smallball 4 (who plays more like a bigball 4 but could fool Pop into thinking it was smallball!
Last edited by RuffnReadyOzStyle; 01-24-2010 at 11:07 PM.
He did it with Kurt in 2008 against LA. He did it with Nazr in 2006. Don't be surprised.
Uh not really. Pretty sure Nazr started everyone of the last 30 games of the regular season and the 3 first games against Sacramento in the first round. He also played in 80 games overall in the regular season. He didn't fall out of the rotation.
also wrote it in another thread.
the price for Haywood isn't a pick (unless it's a lottery pick, something no lottery bound team will offer for a 40 games rental of Haywood), it is taking Blatche or Stevenson either and expirings in return. (as Bruno said, the more cap relieve they get out of this trade, the better).
not that they didn't like an additional 1st rounder, but it's not the teaser that makes them bite.
offer them Mason, Fin and Ian for Haywood and Blatche and they are delivered to SA this afternoon.
(move would cost the Spurs about 1 million in additional salary plus 2 million in taxes for this season and another 7 million for the next two years for Blatche, plus another 3 million in taxes, if they are tax payers next year. that's big money for a questionable improvement)
yes, Bird rights for Haywood etc., he will command at least MLE type money for at least 3 seasons (Spurs will need to beat such MLE offers), but this would also mean no Splitter. (who likely would be the less costly but more talented solution in the long run)
FO already grabbed deep into Holt's pockets to get RJ and it was a total flop. you really think he brings forward an amount of another 10 million for a 40 games rental of a mediocre player, when there isn't a guarantee he will improve the team to contender level?
Not before they didn't solve the RJ situation at first.
if they can turn back time by getting rid of him in a trade that brings back some cap relieve and expirings, then maybe. but this will be the first step.
I don't think Blatche is considered a liability to the Wizards, he has been a decent back up power forward for them and has potential to become a good starter. Stevenson is the real guy they would like to get rid of. His shooting percentages don't even resemble a NBA player.
Blatche reportedly has been on the block for weeks and his immature behavior in the last weeks also didn't help his case.
(he isn't a bad prospect though. but inconsistent, raw and immature. next draft will be extremely big man heavy. many teams will find similar prospects with more upside but for a lower price then. guys like Jerome Jordan, Ekpe Udoh or Larry Sanders )
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