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Pop needs to threaten him with a trade to the Timberwolves if he picks up that option.
Hopefully Christmas comes early and Fin walks.
7 days remain until Finley either picks up his option and dooms the Spurs by taking up a roster spot and being given every possible minute to play from Pop . . . or turns his back on free money and declines the option.
What will happen?
I'm guessing word will come out before the deadline that Finley is coming back, back to the starting lineup with the big time minutes while younger players are held back and on the bench because they lack experience, just like Hill.
Pop needs to threaten him with a trade to the Timberwolves if he picks up that option.
Hopefully Christmas comes early and Fin walks.
I think he picks his option up. Let's face it he's healthy enough to keep playing but not at the minutes Pop was playing him. He could still be effective in a limited role off the bench. Whether that's here or on another team.
I think he takes Udoka's spot on the end of the bench.
Even if they threaten to trade him couldn't he just retire once the trade goes through? Doesn't seem like a useful threat.
I'm afraid Pop will threaten to play him 30+ minutes per game in the playoffs like he did in the 4 games that weren't massive blowouts.
So the entire off season depends solely on Finley's decision to stay or not?
if he picks up his option, he can now be trade right?
I'm going to stay non-bitter until at least the free agency period startsI'm afraid Pop will threaten to play him 30+ minutes per game in the playoffs like he did in the 4 games that weren't massive blowouts.
No comment.
ya'll sound so stupid acting like its finley's fault if he plays.
haters -
hate on the FO for not having been able to pick up better players
and doomsday? seriously, melodramatic bs
It's just his time to go....
im still pissed he was given a contrat last year. he needs to retire. wasnt his dallas contract huge. this guy dont need the cash.
I don't blame Finley, it's obviously the coach's decision..Mike puts in the work, he just no longer has the game at this age..it's interesting that Michael Finley at this age is supposed to be a defensive stopper in the eyes of Pop, when I wouldn't have made him my defensive stopper even during his prime..
It all depends on the signals Pop is sending to Finley..
I think Finley still has plenty of game. Unfortunately, the younger players do too. I respect Finley to a very high degree, but as a Spurs fan, I would like to see him retire.
i hope it looks something like this.
Finley must've done something terrible in a past life. To be so unappreciated and then pushed out the door by two teams he did nothing but play his heart out for.
He's already stayed a year too long. For the record, the FO IS and SHOULD be faulted for even bringing him back for the 2008-09 season. Regardless, I just want him gone.
LOL this guy still gets a paycheck from cuban, plz dont take up the player option dude.
It's fine to keep him if he's content with the 9th or 10th spot under a modest contract. Always good to have veterans around to keep rookies in check.
I think there's more to Pop benching George Hill than "he hates rookies."
After all, Tim Duncan nearly averaged 40 minutes/game in his rookie year, Antonio Daniels had a key role in the '99 run, so did Tony Parker and Stephen Jackson in '03.
But I do hope George Hill becomes our 6th man next season.
i wouldnt even waste a fkn roster/bench spot on him, its better of giving to one of the young players to developed
parker and jackson were both second year spurs when they won their first championships.
Finley must've done something terrible in a past life. To be so unappreciated and then pushed out the door by two teams he did nothing but play his heart out for.
As chief Findog hater, I'll tell you exactly what he did:
1. Played for the Mavs and was the embodiment of that team.
2. Never scared me when he played for them. Ever.
3. Called the Spurs and Bruce Bowen dirty.
4. Left his old team, the one he was the embodiment of, to play for the Spurs and with Bowen, who just so happen to be his old team's top rival, basically right after calling the Spurs and Bowen dirty, and doing it while he was still on a max contract from his old team.
#4 is an ALL TIME MANUEVER, and there is nothing honorable or to be admired, about it. Yeah it's tempting to take satisfaction out of his attempt to royally screw the Mavs, but it was actually beyond what they deserved, and whatever I felt they did deserve, as a SpurFan, Finley was a big reason I felt they deserved it, he's one of the ones I wanted to see getting screwed, not doing the screwing. I still want to see this happen BTW, he got a ing championship on my team, he's owed like a double screwing.
More importantly, there was nothing team first about what he did. Finley didn't come here just to win a championship, in fact he pretty much considered that a given with himself being added to an already championship squad, he came here to twist the knife.
#5. He is just a volume shooter, and not a particularly exceptional one. He does little or nothing else in the context of team play, and in fact his game is pretty much the an hesis of team play, as it almost always is with a volume shooter, in particular the mediocre, non-clutch ones.
Finley is a Mav to me, he's part of what I hated about them, a big reason I hated them, it was never a thrill for him to be here for me personally. Spurs didn't need Michael Finley to win a le, he needed them. See the two championships in 3 years before he got here.
Hopefully Findog will go sign with the Lakers and become the "heart and soul" of their team like he was for the Mavs(when they were heartless against everyone including us) and then us for the past 4(when the Mavs were heartless against everyone but us). 4 years I consider just about the worst of the Duncan era(outside of 2000-2002 but with a far better team). Even our le during this period was the worst of the bunch.
If anyone wants to take up a collection to pay for the airfare to LA, count me in.
Last edited by whottt; 06-23-2009 at 04:53 AM.
I believe it was Mel_13 who made a good point about Finley in another thread...if Finley decides to pick up his option then he could become a pretty valuable expiring contract to another team willing to work a trade, because he is not just another expiring player that will rot away on the bench. He can actually add some depth to a team looking for a veteran SG/SF and could possibly be somewhat effective for them.
In the back of his mind, Finley has to know that picking up his option is a pretty serious crap shoot...especially if the Spurs are still looking to make some moves before the trade deadline to get ready for the playoffs. But as we have seen in the past the Pop man love should not be underestimated, so at the end of the day I would feel better if Fin simply walked away.
Between the draft and Malik Hairston, Finley's departure is really important in terms of adding a younger player to the roster. Even someone with very long odds--like Austin Nichols, for example--is more or less eliminated as a possibility unless Finley walks. Danny Green, for example, would be a great pick at 37 or 51 if there is a roster spot available. If not, the Spurs are better served to draft and stash.
If Finley walks it's not inconceivable that the Spurs start camp with three new bodies at wing--Udoka replacement, Finley replacement, and another.
Of course, I'm assuming the Spurs will target an impact wing through a trade, free agency, or the draft.
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