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Haven't watched much of Salim Stoudamire, so I have no idea. However, about this...
I do not like Jerome James at all. "I give him no respect... NONE!!!".
Yep, I hope so.
Haven't watched much of Salim Stoudamire, so I have no idea. However, about this...
I do not like Jerome James at all. "I give him no respect... NONE!!!".
xellos, thus a joke.I do not like Jerome James at all. "I give him no respect... NONE!!!".
Oh.My bad.
Let's hope Pop can hide him defensively. A practice that Pop should be good at, having Finley on the team.
If Stoudamire is in line to actually make the team, I think that one of Vaughn or Hill will be let go. Forced to guess, I'd say Vaughn is bye bye. It'd be surprising but I saw a significant dip in Pop's trust of Vaughn last year so I wouldn't be too shocked.
We'll see though ... it is weird that another day passes with no official signing of Hill.
Stoudamire is saying the right things and seems to come with the right state of mind. I hope we will know soon if he has a guaranteed contract or not.
I'm also damn tired of Spurs' offseason. It's just a succession of crazy and without a sense events. it's time for the dust to settle.
If Salim deal is really guaranteed, we have 13 players under contract.
Hill and Hairston unsigned
4 players with training camp invites (Watkins, Tolliver, Farmer and Green)
Hill situation is very strange.
With Hill also signed I would think Vaughn is out the door. They could let everyone battle it out in training camp to prove themselves. That would be the smart thing to do. But the Spurs are usually pretty classy in how they deal with players, especially, I would think, someone they know as well as Vaughn, so if they don't want to keep him I would think they would let him know ahead of time so he can try to land somewhere else, which is assuming anyone else actually would want him.
Or, maybe they know no one else wants him at all so this is Vaughn's chance to try and outshine Hill to keep a spot in the league. Having said that, I can't see Vaughn somehow improving. We'll see what happens next...
Maybe Vaughn becomes an asst coach, specializing in defense for point guards...
Knowing the way Pop feels about his veterans - especially Vaughn - I just can't get there. I'll believe it when I see it.
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. Neither year is fully guaranteed.
"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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The guy can play. Hes shown from time to time to be an "instant offense " type of guy.
Red is a freaking stiff are you kidding me?
More defensive ability but the ability to shoot like Eddie House?
I'll take it. He knows hes gonna have to bust his ass on defense thats a given.
I like this signing the more time goes by.
If true, that will make training camp interesting. Salim will have to show that he'll be of a benefit to this team, by earning minutes at either the 1 or the 2. I think that means he will have to outperform either Jacque Vaughn or Michael Finley in preseason. Just outperforming George Hill (and not Vaughn) won't do it, because the Spurs can easily keep Vaughn as backup point and send Hill to Austin. And outperforming Roger Mason for stretches won't do it either, because I feel Mason has a guaranteed spot on the 12-man roster. (Although, maybe Finley does too, and I'm just in denial...)
well i saw salim play just about every college game he was in at UofA. He's my favorite wildcat i saw over the years which is saying a lot, simply for the reason whenever he would rise up to stroke the 3 everyone got on their feet because seriously everyone expected the shot was going in-it was a shock if it didn't drop. I think his problem in the nba has been his height and never getting a comfortable rhythm. In ATL he had to create more shots for himself-but in SA he'll be able to get the pass out from TD and when he has an open set shot-watchout-no joke. As for his D-lots think he can't defend-but he was a nasty little defender (can snake a lot of steals)...when he wanted to be-he had some at ude problems and didn't always give it his all and would get down if he missed a few shots. But, he knows whats at stake now and pop will make sure he plays d. This could turn out to be big, but he does need some decent pT to get into his rhythm, if he gets that seriously 3's will reign...best 3 shooter ive ever seen by far-at least college wise...and he is clutch, made some huge shots in the NCAA tourney
Does he know how to play D?
He has the potential to be a better version of Eddie House. He was money in college.
yes he does, it just wasn't always his motivation in college if you know what i mean. Lute would often put him on the other teams best PG or SG and have him full court press him-or at least half court him as soon as the ball crossed. When he was motivated to D up he was a good defender. I think with pop on his ass, and knowing this could be a last shot, he will D up i guarantee it. Just his height will hurt-he won't be able to guard the 6'6 SG effectively-but i saw him guard guys up to 6'3 pretty good in college. We'll see, i have confidence in him though.
If he can translate that into hitting a good percentage of jumpers from any distance, even if they aren't all threes, he becomes very valuable to a team that had trouble generating offense from anywhere outside the paint.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s...sign_Hill.html
Spurs reach agreement with another Stoudamire, sign Hill
Jeff McDonald - Express-News More so than most NBA players, Salim Stoudamire had extra incentive to watch the Spurs last season.
With his older cousin Damon on the roster, Stoudamire rarely missed an opportunity to check in on family.
Eventually, Stoudamire saw enough of the Spurs to notice what Gregg Popovich noticed at times.
“It seemed like they'd be going good,” Stoudamire said, “and then they'd go through a scoring drought here or there.”
In the season to come, Stoudamire hopes to be a part of the solution to that perceived problem.
Stoudamire, a 6-foot-1 backup guard who spent the first three seasons of his career in Atlanta, confirmed Tuesday that he has reached an agreement to join the Spurs as an unrestricted free agent.
The financial terms of the contract, which Stoudamire has not yet officially signed, were not immediately available. The deal is believed to keep Stoudamire under contract for a maximum of two seasons, neither of which are fully guaranteed unless he makes the roster.
Should he do so, Stoudamire would compete for time behind Tony Parker at point guard — just as his older cousin did after arriving from Memphis at midseason last year.
Still young enough at age 25, Stoudamire hopes to make the most of that opportunity and revive a career that had stalled in Atlanta. To him, the Spurs do not represent just a second chance.
“It's a second chance and maybe the last chance,” Stoudamire said by phone Tuesday from Atlanta, where he was making last-minute preparations for an afternoon flight to the Alamo City. “I'm fully engulfed in that reality. I understand what the cir stances are, and I can't wait for the season to start.”
There is a bit of irony to Stoudamire's impending arrival. There is a roster spot for him here, in part, because the Spurs declined to re-sign his older cousin.
The younger Stoudamire comes to San Antonio in the wake of a tumultuous final season in Atlanta, when he found himself frequently in coach Mike Woodson's doghouse and played in a career-low 35 games.
He averaged just 11.7 minutes per game last season but managed to average 5.7 points per contest. Throughout his career, Stoudamire has averaged 17 points per every 36 minutes played.
It is that propensity for instant offense that ought to make Stoudamire intriguing to the Spurs.
“That's my specialty,” Stoudamire said. “That's something I hope to provide.”
Beginning with the start of training camp Sept. 30, the Spurs' second Stoudamire ought to have plenty of chances to provide it.
Spurs ink Hill: In other backup point guard news, the Spurs signed first-round pick George Hill on Tuesday.
“I knew it was going to happen,” said Hill, who played with the Spurs' summer-league entry and has been working out in San Antonio since mid-August. “They were just getting all their free agents and stuff in order first. They told me just to be patient, and I was.”
Hill, the 26th choice overall out of IUPUI, will earn a rookie scale contract prescribed by the NBA's collective bargaining agreement. His first two years are guaranteed — at $1.22 million and $1.31 million — while the team retains options for 2010-11 and 2011-12.
Spurs Sign Salim Stoudamire
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have signed guard Salim Stoudamire. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Stoudamire, 6-1, 175 lbs., has spent his entire three-year NBA career with the Atlanta Hawks. Last year he appeared in 35 games, averaging 5.7 points in 11.5 minutes. He scored in double figures in nine games including a season-high 18 points vs. Golden State on 2/22. Stoudamire enjoyed his best season in 2005-06 when he played in 61 games, averaging 9.7 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 20.3 minutes. For his career, he has appeared in 157 games, averaging 8.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 17.0 minutes per game.
Originally selected by Atlanta with the 31st pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, Stoudamire played four seasons at the University of Arizona where he played in 129 games, averaging 15.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists. Stoudamire finished his collegiate career in ninth place in NCAA history in career three-point field goal percentage (.458, 342-747) and tied for 18th in career three-point field goals made. As a senior he led the nation in three-point shooting (.504, 120-238) and ranked fourth nationally in free throw percentage (.910, 122-134).
http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/salim_...ed_080924.html
Well I’m back. Special thanks to Kori, Timvp and the other workers at spurstalk for giving me another opportunity.
Now about the Stoudamire signing. Great signing I hope the contract is guaranteed and he makes the team. He can really light it up. He would have got drafted earlier if it wasn't for his at ude but I think he's a lot matured now with the things he’s been saying.
I just hope he's given a chance and not pulled out of the rotation for making a mistake on Defense etc, this signing could go down as a massive steal if he get's consistent playing time.
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