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Let's hope not.
Didn't Wallace's agent say early on that the Spurs had their work cut out for them or something to that effect.. coupled with comments from other pundits that the Spurs didn't seem to be exerting that much effort to court Sheed.. In hindsight, these seem to indicate that he wasn't that high a priority on the FO's wish list as a lot of Spurs fans thought and perhaps they had someone else in mind. You'd think that if the Spurs made a serious pitch Sheed would have at least visited SA first before making up his mind.
Anyway, I can't believe that Haislip is the answer, at best he just brings some depth. But who the big FA will be who can play alongsideTimmy remains a mystery for now.. just more suspense and drama in the coming days. Can't wait to see what Pop has in store for us.
How about we talk about "this" current Boston Celtics team, not the Reggie Lewis Celtics.
And, to clarify, I should have probably used either the word "perceived" Stern darling team or "ESPN/media" darling team.
Broussard said on ESPN last week the Spurs weren't very interested.
No kidding. Nobody's signed anything. Remember when Hedo was a Blazer? Me too...it was two days ago. Now he's a Raptor.
A Boston Globe report says he's going to sign with Boston....shocking.
Hopefully McDonald is just guessing. If Wallace was really the team's "primary target" during free agency, from the outside it appears as their effort to land him was rather weak.The Spurs' primary target during free agency no longer considers himself a free agent.http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...ce-is-off.html
Well, at least now we won't have to read any more convoluted posts about how Rivers, Ainge, Garnett, Pierce, and Allen flying to Rasheed's house and asking him to join them is a sign of pathetic weakness and desperation, while the Spurs staying home and playing it cool is a sign of great strength that will undoubtedly impress Rasheed and more than likely persuade him to sign on.
I hate it when my gut is right.
Oh well. This sucks but all is not lost. If get McDyess we are right there...but even if we don't get him I think we can make a couple of moves to add enough depth on our front line to make us compe ive.
Looking at McDonald history I think he's just guessing
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Source: Wallace commits to Celtics
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Rasheed Wallace is joining the Boston Celtics, an NBA source said, giving the Celtics one of the most important free agents on the marketplace as they attempt to return to the championship.
The Boston Globe reported Wallace will sign for two years at the mid-level exception.
Wallace won a championship with the Detroit Pistons in 2004 after arriving in a mid-season trade, although his career has been noted just as much for his volatile interactions with officials and contentious relationships with coaches. However, the strong presence of veterans such as Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in the Celtics' locker room should keep Wallace in line and bring the focus to his positive attributes: the 6-foot-11 Wallace is a scoring threat from the low block to the three-point arc and a long-armed, savvy defender.
"As much as Rasheed's a headache, teammakes like him and he's a winner," another NBA executive said.
After trade rumors involving Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo surfaced last month it appeared the Celtics might be trying to shift on the fly, at the risk of breaking up the core that won the 2008 NBA championship. Now they have landed a piece that makes them a prime contender to win again next season, with an emphasis on the short term. Wallace will be 35 in September and made joining a championship-caliber team a priority this off-season, with the Orlando Magic and San Antonio Spurs on his short list of teams of interest.
But Boston was always the leading contender, a positioned strengthened by a dinner meeting with Wallace involving Garnett, Pierce, Allen, coach Doc Rivers and owner Wyc Grousbeck last week.
J.A. Adande is a columnist for ESPN.com.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4307834
I don't think the Spurs have ever shown McDonald any critical information. Is he even allowed in the practice facility?
If makes anyone feel better, I don't think a Rasheed Wallace team has ever beaten a Tim Duncan led Spurs team in the playoffs or finals.
I'm sorry he isn't a Spur but not all is lost. The East is going to be a 3 team battle between Orlando, Boston and Cleveland. The West is much lighter in my opinion. Our main obstacles will be the Lakers and possibly Portland.
All we need is to shore up our front court and stay healthy. I like our chances against anyone. Bring in Dice. That guy is hungry.
I'm hoping you're right, but we should soon see.
Camby please.
I'd say there's no chance we get Camby..well, maybe like 1%..
TBH, I'm not that disappointed. I think the FO knows what they're doing, and even if they don't, I'm still gonna watch the games. For real tho, if we were to play Boston in the Finals this year, watch Blair annoy Sheed until his head explodes lol
Another thing to consider.
Remember we were talking about in another Rasheed thread that Pop will be in France next week and he would not be in SA for Wallace visit.
Maybe this visit was BS
From Project Spurs:
With Wallace no longer an option, it's back to the drawing board. The Spurs will likely looking at signing one of the remaining free agent bigs including Antonio McDyess, Brandon Bass and Zaza Pachulia.
Pop's in love with guys that do nothing but jack 3s. Bonner's going nowhere.
bass
the sun will come up tomorrow..
True. Pop is out of the country until 11th at the earliest. It'd be weird for Wallace to come for a visit when Pop is in France.
I guess we gotta hope for a Ludden article to clear this up . . .
There are so many freakin greenhorns in here - the Spurs NEVER land the big FA that they are rumoured to be courting. How many years of "disappointment" do you need to learn this axiom?
As I've said all along, at this point in his career, a step slower, Sheed is over-rated anyway, and I'm sure we are courting Dice because you haven't heard anything about it. CIA Pop, yeah?
What do we need from the guy next to Tim? A reliable midrange game (check), help on the boards (check), decent defense in the post (check), a team guy (check). Dice is our man, as I've said all along. We can offer him more than the Pistons can (they only have about 4mil), so now all he has to do is take it. If he doesn't, then we've got some work to do, but I'd say Pachulia or Rasho would be next on the list since Blair basically replicates whqat Bass has to offer.
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