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...i thought we could use him since we dump horry
Suns near deal with Barnes
by Doug Haller
Free-agent forward Matt Barnes is scheduled to arrive in Phoenix Monday, expecting to sign a one-year veteran's minimum deal with the Suns after completing a physical.
Barnes, 28, spent the last two seasons mostly in a reserve role with the Golden State Warriors. He collected a career-best 9.8 points and 4.6 rebounds in 2007. Last year, he averaged 6.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in 19.4 minutes.
General Manager Steve Kerr and coach Terry Porter talked with Barnes by phone last week from Las Vegas, where the Suns were in NBA Summer League action. In his seventh season, Barnes is expected to make $1.2 million, but the Suns will pay only $797,000. The rest will come from a league fund.
Barnes, 6-foot-7 and 226 pounds, also has played for Philadelphia, New York, Sacramento and the Clippers since his college days at UCLA. He has averaged 6.1 points over his career, shooting 32 percent from 3-point range.
Once Barnes signs, the Suns still will need to sign two more players to reach the 13-man roster minimum. Finding a backup for point guard Steve Nash remains a priority. Reports surfaced last week that second-round draft pick Goran Dragic had decided to stay in Europe, but a decision hasn't been made.
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns...720barnes.html
...i thought we could use him since we dump horry
. Why the wouldn't we sign him for the min???
you speak as if all the spurs have to do is say the word and it shall be. maybe barnes didnt want to play here?. Why the wouldn't we sign him for the min???
well
I guess that ends the "he won't pay outside of Cali" bs heard time after time. lol
Obviously he felt he could do more in the Suns style of game.... but they look to be a slow it down type of team this season.
Oh well
It's not to late. Add another 4 or 500k and a couple more years and he will definitely say the Suns. It's not to late but we're down to hours now.. Why the wouldn't we sign him for the min???
Another one bites the dust
2 things:
a) you can wake up in the morning in PHX drive to LA by noon, it's not a long jaunt.
b) Pop probably just didn't like how he would fit into this team altogether, regardless of price.
Nice move by Phoenix. The Spurs must not have been interested if he's signing a 1 year deal at the minimum.
That will be a very nice signing for the Suns, especially for that money.
I got no idea why FO didnt sign him for minimum..I guess Pop thinks that will not work.
more teams passing the spurs by
LOL at everyone being pissed they didn't sign this guy. He excelled in one the most disorganized and hectic offenses in the NBA under Nelson, aside from a slightly good season and really good playoff first round in 2007, this guy has done nothing except lose time to Azubuike.
Yeah, Barnes puts the Suns over the top.
barnes must want guarantee minutes
and things suns o is more his style then spurs
Considering Azubuike is now making 3M for 3 years, Barnes for this money, or even for the rest of our MLE combined with our other signings (Mason, potentially Hill and KT) would have made for a nice off-season. Those 4 players automatically make us better defensively than we were last year.
There are still other players out there, but for the vets min for 1 year, that is a good deal.
its about a 5 to 6 hour drive depends on your speed of course
He would not put anyone over the top. Just like everyone on the Spurs outside Tim, Manu, Tony and Bruce (who will decline), no one does. They just fill in and help the big 3 maintain in contention if they are healthy and playing well.Yeah, Barnes puts the Suns over the top.
I understand that, but by tomorrow afternoon you will realize a lot of dimwitted folks will have had a meltdown here because the Spurs didn't sign this player.
what the ? For the min...wow nice PHX
You also have to remember that the Spurs are only offering 2 year deals at the most, like they did with Mason. A lot of free agents are looking for longer contracts. They also need some of that money left to lure KT back, and potentially sign the Gist and Tollivers and what not rookies...
suns signed him for one year not 3
Christ, it's the vet minimum people. If they signed him and Pop didn't like him after the fact, they could have just waived him.
I'd come around to giving the FO the benefit of the doubt this summer so far, but this one's a head scratcher.
The whole west coast security blanket thing is overhyped. Does anyone really think he would have turned down the remainder of the MLE that we had left in favor of the veteran minimum deal with Phoenix?
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