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thank you for posting this.
Sorry, I just saw the Hairston waived thread. I would have put this there.
Jeff McDonald: Farmer makes cut
To the surprise of nobody who watched the Spurs' preseason finale against Miami on Friday, Malik Hairston was not with the team when they returned to practice Sunday morning.
Hairston did not play against the Heat, ceding 20 minutes to Desmon Farmer, his compe ion for the Spurs' final roster spot. It doesn't take a soothsayer to surmise Hairston has been waived in favor of Farmer.
The team has not yet made an official announcement, but one is expected later this afternoon.
Farmer, a 27-year-old swingman, averaged 8.1 points in seven preseason games, and shot 46.4 percent from 3-point range.
Hairston, whom the Spurs acquired in a draft-day trade with Phoenix, enjoyed an impressive defensive camp.
This appears to be one time the Spurs chose offense over defense.
Farmer, who had an eight-game cup of coffee with Seattle in 2006, has drawn comparisons with a young Stephen Jackson in camp.
EDIT: Ask and ye shall receive ... The Spurs have just announced they've waived Hairston.
thank you for posting this.
This guy is great. LOL most people here thought Farmer was gone. So is he reading Spurstalk, stealing information and now calling people in here dumb for not working it out?
Why the didn't he publish this article earlier if it was so easy to work out?
Stephen Jackson? Really? Granted, I haven't been able to see any of the games, but Jackson wasn't really a high percentage shooter from 3, and was longer and a pretty decent defender. Can anyone who has been watching the games clarify this comparison?
It's about at ude. Balls to take and make shots.
He's not comparing his overall game to Stephen. Farmer has that Sjax like at ude. We need both that and shooting on this team.
I hope Farmer can bring that stuff in the big league now.
I'll eat crow. I didn't see this one coming. Hopefully we can look at this as the cup being half full. We got a decent player, even though we had to let another decent player get away. I hope that we can get Hairston overseas somewhere, although it's possible another team might pick him up.
It is a little surprising to me, I thought Farmer was gone for sure, for the main reason that Hairston was thought to be better offensively than defensively and it turned out to be the opposite. Not only that, usually teams that make draft picks tend to keep them because they do not want to look like they just wasted them. I bet it was a very hard decision but it came down to Pop deciding that offense was more important now.
Most teams aren't looking for project swingmen on the waiver wire at this time of the year, so if Hairston starts the season in Austin he'll probably be there for awhile.
I think I'm going to be sick to my stomach.
Why would anyone be sick about spot #15?
Malik was your favorite out of the 3, I guess?
Glad to see him make it. He's proved himself in the D League and the Preseason. Welcome aboard matey. On the other hand I wish we could have gotten Hairston too.
Because it's preseason, and you haven't been reading the threads. Also, just because someone is the last cut doesn't mean they are going to be the last person on the roster. Hairston can contribute on defense on a team that has that exact job description coming open soon.
I thought you were a Blazers fan?
I have been reading the threads. The usual overreaction about any little thing concerning players 13-18.
Anything else?
It's sort of a fun exercise to rank the players in order of significance. Pop doesn't really go by rankings. he looks at matchups, game by game. However, I might rank them sans-Manu:
1. Duncan
2. Parker
3. Bowen
4. Finley
5. Oberto
6. Udoka
7. Mason
8. Thomas
9. Vaughn
10. Hill
11. Bonner
12. Tolliver
13. Farmer
Manu and Mahinmi are physically unable to perform
Hmm, if you've been reading the threads, then why would you ask a question I've answered a bunch of times, smartass?
Your overreactions don't rise above the noise of all the others, sorry.
Yeah, I knew you weren't paying attention but wouldn't be man enough to admit it.
psst, I tried sending you a PM but it said you had maxed out your quota.
Someone's popular
I don't think its an overreaction at all. Hairston was a Spurs draft pick and a 21 year old 6'6 SG/SF who has really solid potential. Hairston showed very good defense and the ability to fill the stat sheet.
Farmer is a 27 year old d-leaguer who may just be on a hot 3 streak. I think Pop will regret this one if Hairston is signed by someone else.
This is what makes following Spurs young players and the draft so frustrating and wasteful. Splitter, Mahinmi, Hill, Hairston, Gist all out of the lineup for various reasons...
So tell me what's up. I didn't read the specific thread out of the dozens whining about IR players.
Please let me know about this specific post.
To expand on that, Tolliver is a camp invitee because he hit some shots in summer league and then failed to draw iron as often as he made it in the preseason games. His lone highlight was missing two layups and then making one.
Farmer sounds like a 2-guard only. His offfensive prowess aside, does anyone know what kind of defender he is?
I'm looking forward to getting a look at him. I just know that once Manu comes back, he'll be buried at the end of the bench.
As would Hairston.
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