Mason was forced into a role where he sucks, it's not his fault Pop saw something in him that nobody else did.
C'mon guys this couldn't have been that much of a surprise. Good thing about this is he'll help transition sum of the new wing players on our team. Besides I believe he'll prolly be the 3rd string SG behind Manu and Mason and will prolly play at the most 15 mpg. Pop, RC and the Spurs organization seem pretty committed to playing the younger guys so I don't see them repeating old mistakes.
Finley atk the lane, he gives up as many points on the other end....
4 on 5 spurs basketball, i cant fkn wait
Fin's D >= Mason's D
Well, I am not surprised by this either. But I'm not totally dissapointed. Fin is a good-character, high class good guy to have in the locker room to mentor the younger fellas. Plus, for 10-15 mins a game backing up RJ I can't complain. The man can still shoot the rock, so why not? As long as Pop doesnt still have this man-crush with him I'm still OK with the move. I still wouldve wanted Bowen back over him though, but oh well...
Oh well. We didn't want this, but you can't blame the guy for taking it. No other team would give him that much. Him and his agent won off of S.A. when he was re-signed last season.
I wonder what that does for Bruce's chances of coming back if and when he's waived.
I also wonder if this means Marcus Williams will be waived from the team. Fin does produce more on the offensive end than Bruce did, but that's not really saying much. He's not as defensively gift as Bruce was. I suppose there's always that chance Pop could include Fin in some sort of trade before the trade deadline later in the up coming season. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
-BADONE
All the people exclaiming that Finley will be the 15th man or only play 5 mpg are ignoring reality.
POP WILL FIND TIME FOR FINLEY.
It does not matter that Jefferson is here.
I put the upcoming in the other thread, and everyone refused to comment on it because they can't refute it.
There's a big myth going around that the only reason Finley played 28 mpg in the playoff is because Manu was hurt. GARBAGE. I checked the numbers, and Manu and Finley played 38 healthy games together (I ignored the 3 first games of each comeback for Manu-getting-in-shape-time).
In the regular season, WITH a healthy Manu, WITH Bowen available, WITH Udoka available, WITH d-league scrubs like Hairston available, WITH Hill available for small-ball shooting guard, Finley STILL averaged 28 minutes a game.
And Manu played a low in minutes last year except for his rookie season. You can probably figure on him averaging even less this year to keep him fresh, maybe 25 a game.
Pop WILL find time for Michael Finley. If it comes from the 4 spot, he'll find time. If it comes from the 3, he'll find time. If he can start him with Manu off the bench, he'll find the time.
And Finley is a disaster on the court. Defensively he's even worse than his brickage.
And don't act like this is some over-reaction or whining. Everything that happened this past season with Finley was predicted, easily so, and vindicated. Go back and check the record and find out who was right and who was wrong.
People act as though playing Finley was the sole reason the Spurs didn't win...
Well, it could be worst:
George Exercises Player Option With Dallas
Jun 30, 2009 1:48 PM EST
Devean George's agent said Tuesday morning that the veteran has exercised his player option to remain with the Mavericks for next season.
George will be under contract with Dallas for 2009-10 for $1.6 million.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap/2/
I think we will hold on to Finley. i don't want him but he is not terrible. He might be effective in 10-15 minutes a night.
Seriously Fin was not the reason we lost last year. He's becoming the goat around here. He's a Spur, and I don't expect him to be the all star he once was so I'll support him. He's a vet and capable of hitting big shots.
and people think Fin staying here is bad. At least Fin can still shoot the rock and produce some.
The he wasn't.
http://www.nba.com/games/20090418/DALSAS/boxscore.html
Look at the ing +/-
Finley -20
Rest of the team combined -19
And that was his good game.
This guy suuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkks assssssssssssssssssssssssss.
I can go out there and be worst player on the court for 2.5 mil a season...sign me up.
When someone says, "at least he's not as bad as Devean George" and they actually mean it as an arguement, that's not really a good thing.
I can't believe Bowen is gone and this POC, that actually called Bowen dirty is here in his stead...
At least Ray Allen had the balls to go win his own le and didn't go to Bowen's team to nutride his ring.
I don't know what the stupider logic is...that we would have done even worse than a 4-1 loss in the first round on our own home court to our arch rivals without Finley...
Or the assanine conclusion that he is somehow going to magically become an efficient player in reduced minutes. When every bit of evidence in his career, particularly his Spurs career, says just the opposite.
I did not laugh at this.
Michael Finley is an upstanding citizen who is a better basketball player than 99% of the world's population.
Thank you.
Thank you. God Bless Sons. Lateral moves.
Seriously though...there is no argument that Finley serves this team better in a reduced capacity role than Bowen. Bowen REQUIRES a defender when shooting from his spot...Bowen can provide valuable minutes against MVP candidates of all shapes and sizes.
And more importantly, Bowen has been one of the defensive backbones of this team for the greatest era of it's history...
Even if you could actually prove Finley has more value than Bowen, and you absolutely cannot, I would still rather have Bowen on the basis of nothing more than his past importance to this team.
No one is arguing this. Bowen is gone and it had to be that way because his contract was non guaranteed. Would you rather have Bowen and no Finley and no RJ or RJ+Finley and no Bowen?
With our team as it stands I have no problem with Finley as a backup. He's older, he's streaky, both true but I have seen the guy win more than a few games for us. We're getting him relatively cheap, Im glad he's back.
Michael Finley practices good personal hygiene and has committed no felonies that I am aware of in the state of Texas. He is fluent in English.
So was David Robinson. Time moves on. Bowen was included in a trade for a very good young player, and it was a great trade.
This is why RC is great at what he does, and you wouldn't be.Even if you could actually prove Finley has more value than Bowen, and you absolutely cannot, I would still rather have Bowen on the basis of nothing more than his past importance to this team.
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