Reply With QuoteIn my book the Spurs avoided a total F when they lucked out and Kidd decided to **** up the Nets further instead of the Spurs.
Where are you geniuses? . Nothing to offer.
"F-"?
F You.
In my book the Spurs avoided a total F when they lucked out and Kidd decided to **** up the Nets further instead of the Spurs.
WORD!
You're happy with this sh1t?
Why don't you try subtracting Claxton and Jackson, too?
Where's that star signing?
Question.
The Spurs get an Incomplete in my book.
Yes, I'm happy with them getting Turkoglu for Danny Friggin' Ferry. What the F are you complaining about?
Read, homer.
We could've gotten Artest, a budding All-Star, and Mercer for Smitty two years ago.
Jackson > Turkeyglue
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Ghost, you know that I often agree with you and very much appreciate your critical eye, because I often share it. However in this case, I don't think you're seeing the forest through the trees buddy.
In the last twenty-four hours, The Spurs have significantly improved their squad and have added, what I believe to be a budding superstar in Hedo Turkoglu. Many will disagree with what they feel to be a bombastic claim on my part but I think Hedo compliments Duncan in a way that makes the two-time MVP much more dangerous. I firmly believe that Turkoglu is Dirk Nowitzki waiting to happen- and within our system, he will.
Yes I'm upset at losing Speedy, but he wasn't going to be a starter on this team, so what could we have done to keep him? Oakland was willing to pay him starting dollars for starting minutes, two things that the Spurs just were unable to offer- that's sometimes the nature of the business.
As for Jack- we haven't lost him yet, but IMO, Ron Mercer is a slight upgrade. Manu Ginobili will undoubtedly- and deservingly be our starting two gaurd this season, making the addition of Mercer and his one-year contarct an extremely intelligent move by Buford and company.
This is a great trade Ghost. Stay cool.
Repeat:
We could've gotten Artest, a budding All-Star, and Mercer for Smitty two years ago.
Our team looks Charmin soft at this point.
Do you see Turyglu single-handedly beating the Suns or burying Dallas like Jackson?
Is the point guard to be named later going to bail Parker's @ss out and hit jumper after jumper in the Finals?
Ghost, call me a "homer" all you want at least I'm not a clueless **** like you. You've brought nothing to this forum but nonsensical ing. Get lost man, the only reason anyone says anything to you is because your flood this site with your whiney ass posts everyday.
Ghost, you're dealing in the hypothetical here.
1. If we made the Smitty move, our team would look different than it was for the le......would we have even won the le? Nobody knows- it's hypothetical.
2. As far as someone bailing out Parker next year- it's once gain nothing but a hypothesis that this situation will even arise.
Let's deal with reality.
If you wanna see Artest in silver and black you are definitely not a homer indeed.
You are a HOMEWRECKER!
Artest will never be a Spur.. he is a headcase... and we know just how much the Spurs value character above all when it comes to bringing in players. The case is closed on that deal. It would have never happened. Stop masterbating and move on.
If the current trade that is going on now was a repeat of the Artest and Mercer trade I GUARANTEE you the Spurs would back out.
Turkoglu is the real prize here. They have coveted him since he was drafted, and will be a perfect fit in the Spurs system.
Walton,
Finally something we can agree on.
Hideo has all the tools to be a great player, and surrounded with smart players like Manu and Tim, while given playing time, and I am extatic about this trade.
I think superstar and dirk comparisons are a bit too much, but I deffinetly see a great player, especially in our system.
This trade was a of a coup
Marcus, et al.
Only here would homers celebrate a trade of Mercer and Turkeyglu in 2003 over a deal for Mercer and Artest in 2003.
You people make me sick.
What a wonderful summer it's been.
I like the Lakers and the Wolves moves and those teams had very little wiggle room.
Good,
When the spurs beat both those teams in the playoffs again, We can point back to your idiotic rants this summer and tell you to stfu.
agreed?
Go ahead. I hope you're right, Manny.
I think it's pathetic that Sacramento winds up with Brad Miller, Minnesota gets Michael Olowokandi, Sam Cassell and Latrelll Sprewell, and LA gets Gary Payton and Karl Malone, while we get leftovers during a summer where we were expected to bring in a superstar.
That is disappointing, no matter how you homers spin it.
Wait a minute Hedo T. > Jackson is the correct thing to say. Sjax is a good player,but he has to talk sense in his agent to bring down his salary demands to come back to the Spurs.I want Sjax back but he is not better than Hedo.Hedo is instant offense from just about any area on the court.
Walton, once again you've come in and added some much needed sanity to the situation. I couldn't agree with you more- what needs to be accepted is Claxton wanted to be a starter, and Jackson wanted more than the Spurs thought he was worth. They did not want another Jaren Jackson situation on their hands, not with Manu ready to start. The Fegan-Pop relationship didn't exactly help in the negotiations either.
As far as rest of the free agent process, the bottom line is no matter who the Spurs wanted and how much money they had at the end of the day the big names just did not wnt to play here. Obviously, caproom guarantees you nothing. Look at teams like Utah and Denver, plenty of money and no one to spend it on. I'm sure the front office thought guys would love to get on the Duncan train, even before the championship was won, so this whole thing has been somewhat surprising.
This is still a very good team. I think Pop, RC and the rest of the front office have earned the benefit of the doubt in regards to personnel and the future of this team. I will go ahead and assume they know alot more than a bunch of armchair quarterbacks sitting at a computer. If it all goes to , we can about it later. I don't think too many people looked at the opening roster last season and said "now that is a championship basketball team". Who knew?
The Kings. Wolves and Lakers had better offseasons than us without max money to burn.
Pathetic.
See what good trades can do?
Well I think Speedy would have stayed if we had matched his offer.
HOWEVER.
Then we can't make this trade, and for the role a backup point guard is going to play on this team, I'd rather pick up a minimum salary type vet and make this trade instead of keeping speedy.
Once again Pops chess moves are obvious when we look back on it.
Would you trade the championship we won for Artest and Mercer?
I sure as wouldn't.
"No" they tell me. "Ghost has some good takes." Right. He's nothing more than a child who shows up in here and complains about "ballas" as if that actually means something. In reality he's a ing dumbass with no game who ruins quality discussion in this forum.
Big names are cool indeed.
But are they going to have a pos ive outcome on the team?
NONE of the big names out there would have taken a lesser part on the team than Timmy.
Well maybe Elton Brand, but he is too small anyway.
I am very happy with the things that are in the works right now.
We will also add either Kenny Anderson or Earl Boykins depending in which direction the staff wants to go.
Ghost. C'mon. We did what we could on the FA market.
We should have gone after GP and Malone, but that is dust in the wind at this point, friend.
Olowokandi, Sprewell, and Sam Casell. Players we neither wanted nor needed.
Joneal and Brand were unattainable.
Oh yeah, and we signed tim duncan for 7 years.
Our Front office did a fine job in a summer that didn't have much to offer.
Your ing would be excusable if we hadn't won a championship, but from this point on you can just watch the game without feeling so goddamned insecure. We got the rings (2!!!), and Tim Duncan is just getting started.
He's not "insecure", he's nuts.
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