Spurs sign Marcus Haislip

[bishopospurs]

hmm that bourousis guy sounds like an interesting prospect...

I was pretty excited when the spurs were being linked to Yiannis Bouroussis too. I could see the pre game ritual, 6'11 greek dude, a spur shaved into his back hair, gliding in on a slip and slide covered in olive oil... so sexy

Seriously, a friend of mine saw him play alot and said he was really dope, but the reassuring thing the FO hasn't done anything to make this off season look bad thus far. I trust is in PopaLA .

[Sigz]

bonner

[bigdog]

No he was not one of the best players in Europe. NBA fans are just impossible to deal with.

Then don't deal with us.

...and you say he isn't one of the best players, but he was one of the best PF's. That is a huge contradiction right there. If he's one of the best at a certain position, he should be considered one of the best players. You fail. Have fun jerking off to Bourousis and his MLE deal that was never going to happen with the Spurs.

[picnroll]

Trading Mahinmi?

Presti has found his "Mahinmi" with Ibaka. Ibaka has had a damn good season in Spain and could turn into the real deal.

IMO, Collison is the most likely trade target for Spurs. I can see Thunder trading him to develop younger players and to have more cap space in 2010.

Seems like Ibabka is a better prospect than Mahinmi based on his accomplishments in Europe to date.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

No he was not one of the best players in Europe. NBA fans are just impossible to deal with.

Then piss off and find another forum to post on.

[Brazil]

Kace, I posted that sooner in the thread, I've seen him once in Barcelona.

Nice scoop Bruno !

This thread is another example of the strengh of this board ! The quality of the info provided by some of the posters here is just amazing.

Regarding Haislip, I saw him play once one year ago in Spain and I hope he improved his game a lot. I didn't look specificaly at him but I remember an athletic big with a just decent shooting, a litle bit lazy on Defense, he is not very quick on his feet and had hard time to defend the opposite frontcourt. He has the qualities to be a good rebounder but his lack of effort was obvious during that game. From what I've seen I'd prefer Gist but maybe he was quite bored to play in Europe and he will be motivated by the NBA challenge.

[completely deck]

Then piss off and find another forum to post on.

lmao

[Solid D]

Interesting news. Lots of conjecture here about the signing of Haislip. I would be surprised if this is anything beyond a make-good deal. One way to tell will be if RC calls a press conference later this week to introduce him....or NOT.

[loveforthegame]

IMO:

T. Parker / G. Hill
R. Mason / M. Ginobili / J. mcClinton
R. Jefferson / M. Finley / J. Gist
T. Duncan / D. Blair / M. Haslip
R.Wallace / I. Mahinmi / M. Bonner

I think Gist needs to be behind Haislip and if Williams is still on the team he'd go behind Finley.

Would the Spurs carry a full roster like that? For some reaon I thought they liked to keep 1 spot open.

Either way, that's a pretty good balanced roster right there. The starting lineup is insane. Even if you plug McDyess in place of Wallace. The 2nd unit is about as solid as we've had in a while.

[Bruno]

You think Haslip's main compe ion this summer would be Gist then? With the loser gone or sent to Austin?

I think Gist will be in Europe next year.

[Brazil]

we wanted big athletic and tall this year we are right on track even if I have some doubts about haislip but at the min it's a no brainer

[Libri]

we wanted big athletic and tall this year we are right on track even if I have some doubts about haislip but at the min it's a no brainer

I rather hear the words "athletic" and "tall" over "slow" and "short" any day.

[loveforthegame]

I was happy when we were thinking the signing might have been with the LLE but to think it's a minimum deal is even better.

[Bruno]

Nice scoop Bruno !

[FromWayDowntown]

I honestly can't see the downside to this transaction. If Haislip fails, he's a minimal risk that won't burn the Spurs for very long. If Haislip can come close to the talent that made him a lottery pick in 2002, the Spurs get a bargain. If Haislip can just give the Spurs some minutes here and there to spell what seems likely to be a couple of aging front-line stars, it's probably about as good as they could have found domestically at that price. More than that, it's clearly not exclusive of any other move the Spurs might try to make; even with a guaranteed deal, they could break from form enough to pit Haislip against another minimum deal player in camp and see who prevails.

I just don't see why anyone would quarrel with this decision.

[DPG21920]

I do not think anyone hates it, but in typical ST fashion (unleash the Gist!), people are projecting way to much.

[kbrury]

sounds like Haislip has all the tools to be successful he just needs motivation and put his own energy into the defensive side of the ball.

[HarlemHeat37]

There is no downside at all, it's for the minimum..if he doesn't work out, we aren't losing much..

I've read the opinions of a few Bucks fans that have been following him in Europe, and they think that he's improved his game dramatically from his time in Milwaukee, and that he could end up being a good bench player in the NBA right now..

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I honestly can't see the downside to this transaction. If Haislip fails, he's a minimal risk that won't burn the Spurs for very long. If Haislip can come close to the talent that made him a lottery pick in 2002, the Spurs get a bargain. If Haislip can just give the Spurs some minutes here and there to spell what seems likely to be a couple of aging front-line stars, it's probably about as good as they could have found domestically at that price. More than that, it's clearly not exclusive of any other move the Spurs might try to make; even with a guaranteed deal, they could break from form enough to pit Haislip against another minimum deal player in camp and see who prevails.

I just don't see why anyone would quarrel with this decision.

Agreed, solid take as usual man

Only on Spurstalk could a signing of a potential sleeper big man for the minimum be met with any level of angst and trepidation.

[Blackjack]

Bruno, I seem to remember Haislip being on a SL roster or two in the last couple of years (pretty sure he was listed on last years at one point) but I don't think he actually played.

If I'm correct, Haislip has been in their sights for over a year now, and he would seem to be the type of player R.C. had in mind when talking about having some players overseas they were looking at.

Do you recall Haislip being listed on the Spurs' SL roster and if you do, are you aware of why he didn't end up playing?(Better contract offer, or maybe the Spurs could have encouraged him to go overseas?)

[Kori Ellis]

Bruno, I seem to remember Haislip being on a SL roster or two in the last couple of years (pretty sure he was listed on last years at one point) but I don't think he actually played.

If I'm correct, Haislip has been in their sights for over a year now, and he would seem to be the type of player R.C. had in mind when talking about having some players overseas they were looking at.

Do you recall Haislip being listed on the Spurs' SL roster and if you do, are you aware of why he didn't end up playing?(Better contract offer, or maybe the Spurs could have encouraged him to go overseas?)

It was in 2005. He was on the preliminary roster when it was announced, but then not on the final one.

[mogrovejo]

I've seen Haislip play dozens of times in the last few years, some of them in the arena. He's a good 4th big if you surround him with good rebounders and defenders, play some full-court offence to keep him going (he's amazingly quick changing ends, although notoriously slower running back) and know how to use him for spacing purposes in half-court sets. When he's playing with confidence, he's a very versatile and dynamic offensive player: he'll get shots in transition, he'll create off the bounce from the high post, he'll play the pick'n'pop perfectly, he'll cut through the lane from the weakside. Good signing for the minimum. As I said, think a poor man's David West or an athletic Glen Davis without the hustle or the focus.

Haislip was easily a top-10 PF in Europe if you analyze them from a NBA perspective. Very, very easily.

[benefactor]

I've seen Haislip play dozens of times in the last few years, some of them in the arena. He's a good 4th big if you surround him with good rebounders and defenders, play some full-court offence to keep him going (he's amazingly quick changing ends, although notoriously slower running back) and know how to use him for spacing purposes in half-court sets. When he's playing with confidence, he's a very versatile and dynamic offensive player: he'll get shots in transition, he'll create off the bounce from the high post, he'll play the pick'n'pop perfectly, he'll cut through the lane from the weakside. Good signing for the minimum. As I said, think a poor man's David West or an athletic Glen Davis without the hustle or the focus.

Haislip was easily a top-10 PF in Europe if you analyze them from a NBA perspective. Very, very easily.

Thanks for the info man. Hopefully he can come in and give us some good bench minutes next season.

[Brazil]

I've seen Haislip play dozens of times in the last few years, some of them in the arena. He's a good 4th big if you surround him with good rebounders and defenders, play some full-court offence to keep him going (he's amazingly quick changing ends, although notoriously slower running back) and know how to use him for spacing purposes in half-court sets. When he's playing with confidence, he's a very versatile and dynamic offensive player: he'll get shots in transition, he'll create off the bounce from the high post, he'll play the pick'n'pop perfectly, he'll cut through the lane from the weakside. Good signing for the minimum. As I said, think a poor man's David West or an athletic Glen Davis without the hustle or the focus.

Haislip was easily a top-10 PF in Europe if you analyze them from a NBA perspective. Very, very easily.

I wouldn't say very easily top 10 but about a top 10

[loveforthegame]

I've seen Haislip play dozens of times in the last few years, some of them in the arena. He's a good 4th big if you surround him with good rebounders and defenders, play some full-court offence to keep him going (he's amazingly quick changing ends, although notoriously slower running back) and know how to use him for spacing purposes in half-court sets. When he's playing with confidence, he's a very versatile and dynamic offensive player: he'll get shots in transition, he'll create off the bounce from the high post, he'll play the pick'n'pop perfectly, he'll cut through the lane from the weakside. Good signing for the minimum. As I said, think a poor man's David West or an athletic Glen Davis without the hustle or the focus.

Thanks for the info.

He should be able to fit in with any unit they put out there I would think.