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Mike Monroe: Stoudamire a Spur soon?
It can't happen until early Wednesday evening, when Damon Stoudamire clears waivers, but it now appears likely the Spurs will sign the 5-foot-10 point guard who on Monday finalized terms of a buyout of his contract with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Stoudamire had expressed interest in signing with both the Spurs and the Boston Celtics, but seems to have settled on San Antonio as his destination of choice.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who doubles as the team's vice-president of basketball operations, can't speak about Stoudamire until he clears waivers tomorrow night. He did, however, express a high degree of interest before Monday night's game against the Utah Jazz in whether or not Stoudamire had officially gotten out of his deal in Memphis.
The Spurs, in need of additional scoring, also are acutely aware of the frailty of their point guard situation because of the injury that has bothered Tony Parker for nearly two months. Parker's explosiveness has been limited because of a bone spur in his left heel.
Stoudamire averaged 7.3 points in 29 games with the Grizzlies this season, but shot only 39.7 percent, and 38.7 percent from 3-point range. He has been in the league since 1995 and has a career scoring average of 13.8.
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Well. It is an even-numbered year after all.
We needed this season's NVE.
He's a decent player, he won't hurt the team, Spurs are not in a positon right now to be declining help the way they are playing.
I don't know how I feel about this
Wow. I'm not surprised the Spurs signing him. I'm surprised he selected the Spurs instead of Boston. He seemed like the type of player who would want to be in all that hoopla surrounding the Celtics.
I think he might actually help the Spurs. Not saying he'll come in and light it up. Just saying that this will give TP some much needed rest, which down the line will help the Spurs.
I just pray he doesn't regress into another washed up Nick Van Exel II
Or C.Ward
I think this turns out to be a good thing for us.
I hope so, I'd hate to see another shooter who is much better on paper than on the court for the Spurs
He's more of a point guard than Nick. He's obviously regressed a LOT but could help us if Tony can't get straight. But does the team trade someone to not go over the limit? Anyone have economic insights?
It can't get worse than last night.
Pass on Spanoulis to keep Udrih.
Get rid of Udrih (13 ppg, on 42% from 3s) to keep Washington.
Waive promising Washington to keep scoreless Vaughn.
Now this Stoudamire, a pretty mediocre point guard.
Winning is just a matter of making fewer mistakes than the opposition.
anything is better then the PG play we have now, I don't see why people are complaining
+1 The Spurs have seen Stoudmire enough times this season alone to make a better judgment then some in here complaining.
Ward was hitting threes at a pretty high percentage when the Spurs signed him in '04. I don't know what his problem was here. Too wide open or something? Needed a chorus of boos from the home fans to motivate him like when he was in the Garden?
i agree with this.
he adds a shooting touch... and i guess his addition couldnt hurt TOO bad... but something feels off... maybe it's just too sudden... bad juju.
I agree. Washington would have made plenty of mistakes on the court but his energy would be extremely useful right now. At the moment he is probably better at getting to the rim than Parker is.
i wish we would have kept Darius... i mean it... anyhow... i think they will shut down tony until after the ASG and this guy can start and get some dimes... Manu may be back to the starting lineup.... not a bad move but i don;t think he'll get any playoff time though
This seems like just another confirmation that Parker's heel is worse than we've feared. Stoudamire is a chucker who doesn't play defense. Not exactly your typical Spur.
he's great in NBA 2k8...sign him!
I'm pretty sure thats what pop and r.c. are going by at this point.
Why do I feel this officially rings the death-knell on our le prospects this year? Normally they wouldn't even consider touching mighty mouse with a bargepole. The only reason they're interested in bringing a washed-up chucker is to severely reduce Tony's minutes, and even then there is no guarantee that this would allow Parker to recover and find his rhythm in time for the playoffs.
We are not getting past the Mavs, Suns, Lakers, Pistons etc without a completely healthy Parker
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