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Damn. That would have been sweet.
LinkSpurs' Barry nearly dealt to Hornets
Web Posted: 02/24/2006 12:00 AM CST
Johnny Ludden
Express-News Staff Writer
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Spurs arrived Thursday evening with 13 players, one more, apparently, than with which they intended to depart San Antonio.
The Spurs nearly traded Brent Barry on Thursday afternoon in a multi-team deal that would have netted New Orleans guard J.R. Smith, two NBA sources said.
The deal was close enough to completion — one opposing team executive said he had heard it was done — that Spurs officials initially told Barry he might not need to board the team's charter flight here.
The deal unraveled near the league's 2 p.m. trade deadline, which was an hour before the Spurs were scheduled to depart. After Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told Barry the trade was dead, Barry accompanied the team here.
Barry has played sparingly this month since Manu Ginobili returned from the inactive list. Smith, 20, would have helped the Spurs get younger and more athletic on the perimeter, though the trade would have been made with the future more in mind than this season.
Smith was taken with the 18th overall pick in the 2004 draft but since has fallen out of favor with Hornets coach Byron Scott, who doesn't think the young guard has worked hard enough to improve.
Barry has two years remaining on his contract after this season.
Damn. That would have been sweet.
Damn!!!
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Spurs almost pulled off the steal of the decade. JR Smith has sick amount of talent.
One day we'll look back on today as the day the Spurs almost pulled off the biggest ripoff of all-time.
Think of what happened the last time the Spurs took on a player Byron Scott gave up on. Stephen Jackson didn't turn out half bad. Now imagine that, but this time with an even more talented player.
Now me and timvp are pissed.
Props to Que Gee and his source for letting us know earlier that it was the Hornets.
Damn JR Smith can Ball...
Ahhh well
Wouldn't it be cool if the Spurs got an extention on this and it went through? Not going to happen, but I can fantasize...
Now I have to go to bed and get up mad. Just great. Coulda...shoulda...woulda...
um, .
Ghost Writer can be heard crying tonight.
But damn, that would have been a robbery.
This reminds me of the time the Spurs almost signed Jermaine O'Neal back in the summer of 1999.
!!!!!
*shakes head in disgust*
WHO CANCELED THE TRADE!!?!?!?!?!
I wonder what blew it up.
They could've had him a couple years ago too, if Isiah had been fired sooner.
Yeah... I wonder what did happen to put a stop to this...
WHO CANCELED THE TRADE!!?!?!?!?!
Remember when they also could of had Elton Brand
I'm guessing Thorn had a hand in it. He's on the Spurs nutz hardcore.
It says part of a multi-team deal. I'm guessing they were supposed to be part of the Marc Jackson deal.
That sums it up perfectly.
Stern's henchman. Oh well, hopefully the Spurs Euro prospects can help make this mute.
Another season, another CIA Pop. Pop insisted that no trade was going to be made.
Did J.R. want alot of money??
That bas took Krstic from the Spurs, now Smith.
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