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Yesterday Damon, today Salim, tommorow.....
I'm new here guys.
Well, i think this is not such a bad signing. He could definitely help us with scoring, he's a good shooter. I know Salim's contract is prob not guaranteed and George Hill has not officially signed a contract with us yet, but what does this mean for George Hill now?
Yesterday Damon, today Salim, tommorow.....
Minus one ring, a 50 pt game on his resume, and smokin' NBA 3 point shooting, exactly.
So, the every 2 year prophecy will happen again
2009 is ours
You'd need a magnifying glass to see this guy on the court.
Mugsy Bogues ?
Typical weel-thought Mr. Body post.
What is Pop thinking? He's thinking "Gee, I probably need someone in roster spots 13-15".
That's what Pop is thinking.
He's small, is my point. Also, he hits shots. That's about it.
YAY! That means we're only one Stoudamire away from a good one!!!!!!!!!!!
In related news, the Spurs have invited Jerome James and Mike James to training camp.
hopefully this is another one of those underrated moves..
I laughed. I laughed hard.
http://www.theblowtorch.blogspot.com...rst-press.html
Can someone post what this blog says? I googled Salim Stoudamire and this came up as his first press conferance (since joining the Spurs). However, since I'm using a government computer they wont let me look at this website...I'd appreciate it!
www.theblowtorch.blogspot.com/2008/09/salim-stoudamires-first-press.html
Can someone post what this blog says? I googled Salim Stoudamire and this came up as his first press conferance (since joining the Spurs). However, since I'm using a government computer they wont let me look at this website...
If you're serious, it's more or less a site that is making fun of him -- pointing out that he is a ballhog.
Yeah I'm deployed right now so I don't get the regular internet.
So that's all it was? Lol sounds kind of funny. But I do like Salim though, I think its a good pick up for the Spurs. He is one of a shooter!!!
Can we get Scott Duncan too? Is the relative connection enough or does he actually have to play ball?
A Happy New Home for Salim Stoudamire
Henry Abbott
Salim Stoudamire had every opportunity to become a very typical NBA story. Arrives with high expectations, some NBA-ready skills, and that word "potential."
Then, after three seasons, he had never really made himself into an essential part of a team, even though his Hawks' rosters were hardly overloaded.
Guys like that often wash away into distant memory.
But he's a sincere guy, and someone people like to root for, so I think a lot of people will be happy to read his latest conversation with Sekou Smith of the Atlanta Journal-Cons ution.
Smith says Stoudamire looks like a new, much happier man.
And Stoudamire, with a new team and a new at ude, could hardly have landed in a better place.
After waiting all summer to find a new home the former Hawks reserve guard has found one in San Antonio with the Spurs. He signed a two-year deal with the Western Conference power and moves into a place where there is a glaring need for some scoring punch off the bench.
"They invited me out there three times and let me know they were interested," Stoudamire said. "They wanted to see how I could fit in with their guys. They knew I was talented but they wanted to see if they could incorporate that into their system. Then [three] days ago Gregg Popovich called me and told me how much he wanted me to come to San Antonio and we came to an agreement and that's how I got there."
After three tumultuous and disappointing seasons with the Hawks (he played in 61 games in each of his first two seasons but managed to make appearances in just 35 last year), Stoudamire knows his position in the league is tenuous, at best, right now. That's why he isn't taking anything for granted.
"This is definitely my second chance and it might be my last chance," Stoudamire said. "But I know how to turn negatives into a positive. After these three years in Atlanta I can say that I've finally become a man. Being in a situation where I wasn't playing, it humbled me. It made me appreciate just being in the NBA a lot more. It made me work a lot harder and realize that this is a blessing. There are only 400 and something guys in the NBA and billions of people in the world. So once you take that into account, your focus is there, your clarity is there and you can move forward."
good article....i hope he really means what he says and we have found a diamond in the rough
Good read. It is interesting that Pop really wants him so he probably has a "plan" how to use him. I wonder what kind of contract he signed but it definetly sounds like he will get his chance.
The E-N catches up.
Jeff McDonald: Spurs to sign other Stoudamire, other Stoudamire says
When the 2008 playoffs ended, the Spurs bid farewell to one Stoudamire. It appears they are now poised to wave o to another.
Salim Stoudamire told the Atlanta Journal-Cons ution that he has reached a two-year deal that would bring him to San Antonio.
"Gregg Popovich called me and told me how much he wanted me to come to San Antonio, and we came to an agreement," Stoudamire tells the newspaper in Tuesday's editions.
Stoudamire, a 25-year-old guard who spent each of his three NBA seasons with the Hawks, is poised to pick up his career where a relative's left off. Damon Stoudamire, Salim's older cousin by nine years, played in 31 games for the Spurs last season after arriving via mid-season free-agent signing.
The Spurs have yet to officially announce their deal with Salim Stoudamire.
The younger Stoudamire would look to fill a similiar role the Spurs had hoped his older cousin would: Namely, supplying a scoring spark off the bench.
Scouts have described Salim, at 6-foot-1, as a shooting guard in a point guard's body. His best season came as a rookie with Atlanta in 2005-06, in which he averaged 9.7 points in 61 games.
Thats going to be awkward at thanksgiving and christmas.
Well, Pop also raved about Hill when he was drafted, and we have yet to see how that goes...
The way Salim is saying I think at least the 1st year is guaranteed
Updated from duncan228's posting. It seems Jeff McDonald went to work and actually called Salim.Let's hope Jeff can become more proactive at investigative reporting and be known as a very good beat writer some day.
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...nald_s_14.html
September 23, 2008
Jeff McDonald: Spurs to sign other Stoudamire, other Stoudamire says (NOW WITH UPDATES)
When the 2008 playoffs ended, the Spurs bid farewell to one Stoudamire. It appears they are now poised to wave o to another.
Salim Stoudamire told the Atlanta Journal-Cons ution that he has reached a two-year deal that would bring him to San Antonio. The second year of that contract is believed to be at the Spurs' option.
"Gregg Popovich called me and told me how much he wanted me to come to San Antonio, and we came to an agreement," Stoudamire tells the newspaper in Tuesday's editions.
Stoudamire, a 25-year-old guard who spent each of his three NBA seasons with the Hawks, is poised to pick up his career where a relative's left off. Damon Stoudamire, Salim's older cousin by nine years, played in 31 games for the Spurs last season after arriving via mid-season free-agent signing.
The Spurs have yet to officially announce their deal with Salim Stoudamire.
The younger Stoudamire would look to fill a similiar role the Spurs had hoped his older cousin would: Namely, supplying a scoring spark off the bench.
Scouts have described Salim, at 6-foot-1, as a shooting guard in a point guard's body. His best season came as a rookie with Atlanta in 2005-06, in which he averaged 9.7 points in 61 games.
UPDATE: Just got off the phone with Salim, who is in Atlanta preparing for a flight to San Antonio later this afternoon. He confirmed what he told the Atlanta paper, and re-iterated his excitement about trying to revive his career in South Texas.
"It's a second chance and maybe a last chance," Stoudamire said. "I'm fully engulfed in that reality. I understand was the cir stances are, and I can't wait for the season to start."
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