spurs shouldn't be too quick to trade mason. trading mason equals the return of finley and udoka since the spurs will only have two wings remaining. mason at third string point guard is also better than the return of jacque vaughn. spurs have an adequate amount of bigs with duncan, bonner, mahinmi, and possibly gist, only needing to sign one or two off the FA.
mason will be able to play good minutes next to jefferson since he will be open more often. right now the spurs only need to plug a small hole at the center spot and should not create more holes trying to fill it. a healthy duo of parker and ginobili is the best backcourt in the NBA and hill + mason would be great backups.
well, assuming manu plays 28 mpg, RJ 34 mpg and Hill 8 mpg (at the 2), that's still 26 mpg left for other(s) player(s) in RS at the 2 and 3 positions.
Bowen, if back, could share that with Hairston maybe.(13 mpg each one)
but in PO, these minutes left will decrease, as you mentionned, and that's true that won't let too many minutes to play for a fourth player (Mason ie).
Mason is done i think if we're going to trade some players for a big.
we don't need a player that is " ing clutch" in 3/4 games of the season, we need a player that can take the pressure of playing in the Playoffs for a team that wants to win the championship. Mason was our second worst player in the Playoffs (only Bonner was worse), so if he has value for what he has done in the rest of the season, I would trade him without thinking twice.
Bonner, Finley and Mason are trade-bait. I'd like to keep Mason too, but thats exactly why if we can get the right guy he'll be gone, his market value is as high right now as it will get.
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Mason's performance is Pop's fault. He's not a PG.
I was as disappointed in Mason as anyone in the playoffs, but the fact remains that was a product of Pop f'ing up his head by moving him to PG.
I wanted to see Camby play with the Spurs in the worst way, 3-4 years ago. Right now, he would be a great addition, if we got to keep everyone else. But he's not enough to put the Spurs over the top on his own. I'm hopeful that RMJ will be better next season, on both ends of the floor. Who else could the Spurs move into that spot that wouldn't be in learning mode?
If the Spurs want to land a Camby type big man, the only way it happens is by losing Manu.
CAmby and Rasheed are the top two I can think of at the moment. I'd also like for Pops to return, I love his energy and coming off the bench as a spark plug could prove useful, more useful than resigning Oberto. I don't see the point in resigning him honestly, I like him but not enough to bring him back. His time with us and winning have run their course.
Mason + Bonner +Williams would work for Camby.
A package of these two would send Penn & Teller to the Spurs. Those are the only 2 that could guarantee a disappearing act in the playoffs.....
Last edited by Go For Tree; 06-24-2009 at 07:32 PM.
Why do you all wanna trade Mason? If he's traded, who will be benched for Manu?
Oberto is done and is having heart problems. I do not want him back even for the least amount of money available
Mason has to stay. Now that the Spurs have an athletic wing, Mason can be put in the Finley role. They should trade Bonner and Finley's contracts.
i don't think you trade mason if you're the Spurs. he's a good player. problem is he was starting and playing a position he shouldn't (or can't) play, which is pg. with RJ and Manu back, Mason's role as a back-up for Manu is etched out for him - if Pop realizes next year he's not a pg. Mason off the bench would be great. go for big through FA.
PG Parker
SG Ginobili
SF Jefferson
PF Duncan
C McDyess, Wallace or Gortat
Bench
PG Hill
SG Mason
SF Gist (or possibly Bowen if he comes back)
PF Bonner (like mason, forced to start, which he shouldn't be one championship team. he'd be very good 9th option though, esp. since he knows the system)
C Mahinmi
Getting rid of Bonner and Mason would get rid of the potential depth that this ^ team can have.
I think Duncan + a FA big + Mahinmi is not enough. We need more depth and insurance than that, one more decent big. If it has to be Oberto at the veteran's minimum, then that would be liveable and make sense to me. I think we can and will do better though.
That's where a player like a Nesterovic comes in, who could very well be had at the minimum.
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