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what is about to come? Golden State Leftover?
The San Antonio Spurs announced today that they have waived guard Blake Ahearn. The 6-2, 190-pound Ahearn was originally signed by San Antonio on 11/16. He appeared in three games for the Silver and Black where he averaged 2.7 points in 6.3 minutes. Ahearn was assigned to the Austin Toros on 11/30. In six games with the Toros, he averaged 18.8 points, 6.2 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 34.3 minutes. The Spurs roster stands at 14. http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archiv..._blake_ahearn/
what is about to come? Golden State Leftover?
maybe another team wants to scoop him up and the spurs were nice enough to let him out of his contract.
Hopefully this is the coming of a big or a physical SF....
that sounds classy... hey u r missing Manu's silver medal at the world cup in 2002 on your sig...
15 roster spots, 3 PGs (Tony, Vaughn, Hill), 5 Wings (finley, Udoka, Manu, Mason, Bowen), 6 Bigs is balanced (Bonner, Tim, Oberto, Thomas, Mahinmi, Tolliver). I think we are pretty happy with our current PG's and Wings... I'd guess another big, who will compete with Tolliver in the short term - either a veteran (Deke), or a D league (Sims). Personally, I'd rather have Deke's size this season, Tim is the largest big on the roster, and he's not huge. Deke could play last year (TRB% 18.1, BLK%5.7 PER 14.5, TS% 59.1, by comparison Tim had TRB% 19.6, BLk% 4.3, PER 24.4 TS% 56.9). I suspect Dikembe's size might be more valueable when defending teams with big Front line like the Jazz and the Lakers.
Could just be that Mahinmi is ready to go back down and the Spurs have seen enough of Ahearn to think that he can play but won't be a useful asset to them anytime soon.
Blake Ahearn!
Just had to say it one more time.
This lets them assign Ian to Austin.
We now have a huge gaping hole at 4th string point guard. All is lost.
Damn, there goes another shot at a le.
Will they sign Sims or Hairston? Most intriguing...
Ah, action! I like it. It's like a mystery novel...
I wasn't that impressed by Ahearn the couple of times I saw him playing with Toros. I was quite puzzled about the interest to have a prospect PG when you have 2 young PG (Parker and Hill) locked with long term contracts.
I also wonder if Toros will try to do a trade to grab a quality PG. They look quite weak at this spot.
Not too big a surprise. Ahearn is just too bad a defender for his shooting to mitigate.
The Toros are pretty screwed though. The main reason they are winning is because of their three pointers. They could probably try to trade one of their reserve big men for another point guard. No one outside of Squeaky Johnson is playing well at all. I'm a little surprised Tack Minor and Robert McKiver are still on the team, but there likely isn't anyone better in the player pool right now.
I liked Ahearn. He was doing well for the Toros. Seemed like a Spurs kind of guy. Smart player willing to work hard. Obviously has talent. I certainly like him more than Vaughn. Maybe this opens up something for someone else. Good luck Blakey Blake.
I wonder if cutting Ahearn indicates a better chance for Tolliver staying on the team. With Bonner's solid play I would think Tolliver would be more expendable, but who knows.
I think the move means nothing.
Ahearn does a few things well, but he's just not an NBA athlete.
NOBODY who saw him at Missouri State would have expected him to have lasted in the league as long as he has.
Ridiculous. Have you seen his FT%?
darnit....
Last edited by ashbeeigh; 12-15-2008 at 05:19 PM. Reason: It could be concieved as racist by some in the club
So Ahearn go the same six-game Toros audition that Darius Washington did last season.
FWIW, Tolliver has played five.
The last game was the Andre Brown show, but Albuquerque has such a bad front line that it could hardly be avoided.
The Toros could sign Ahearn directly now if they wanted to, couldn't they?
Expected.
I'd like to see Spurs go after a big guy
going after Courtney Sims I see
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