Rasheed's comments on why he didn't go to the Spurs

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Personally I'm not saddened by this. All I can picture in my head is Sean's dagger over Sheed in '99, and Horry's in '05. I'd love to see RJ hitting the series deciding shot over him in '10.

Plus he strikes me as someone who might not quite have fit here. McDyess should have been Plan A from the start, IMO.

[kace]

Sheed could have been better but Dice is safer, and still very solid.

and with three NBA unproven players as Bigs (mahinmi, blair and haislip), it's not so bad to have a safer choice with Dice.

[tmtcsc]

That's okay. It's not a Spurs Championship unless somebody hits a game-winning three in Sheed's grill.

Very nicely done.

[poeticism707]

Damn sucks that we didn't land Sheed, but hey McDyess will be great for us anyway. Rasheed is crazy to think it was roster moves that made him not wanna come to SA, imo iI think he just made that up. Oh well, when you have KG, Ray, Paul and Danny Ainge basically kissing his ass and sucking his pinga, I guess he gave in. He'll regret it though, come June, when Dyess and Duncan are hoisting that trophy in front of him.

[mytespurs]

I'm guessing he's not a Richard Jefferson fan. Not sure what else it could be.

Oh well. I'd rather have McDyess with a third-year non-guaranteed than Wallace with a third-year player option.

what would he have against Richard Jefferson? They play the same position?

[timvp]

Wallace would have given the 2009-10 an extremely high ceiling. If Wallace is playing at a high level, he's a damn near perfect fit on the Spurs.

That said, McDyess is a much, much safer option. Wallace would have resulted in headaches for the coaches and worries for the fans. And with Wallace, there would have been a chance that the chemistry just didn't work out. McDyess doesn't come with that risk.

In other words, Wallace would be like investing in a volatile stock, while McDyess is like investing in a mutual fund.

[Bruno]

The worst thing for an old vet who choose to play for a contender is being traded to a crappy team.
Maybe Sheed wasn't pleased to see that Spurs have traded Bruce and KT to Milwaukee and feared that they could also do it with him

[Dark Gable]

Better connections in Boston?

[poeticism707]

The worst thing for an old vet who choose to play for a contender is being traded to a crappy team.
Maybe Sheed wasn't pleased to see that Spurs have traded Bruce and KT to Milwaukee and feared that they could also do it with him

Yeah, but why would Sheed think he'd be exempt from being traded in a few years from Boston?

[Galileo]

'Dice > 'Sheed

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

That's okay. It's not a Spurs Championship unless somebody hits a game-winning three in Sheed's grill.

It's gotta be Dice that does it. He went to Bama like Horry and his knees are jacked up like Sean's.

[vander]

How can it be bonner when Sheed coming here would have negated Bonner???

exactly!

he knew that if he came here, Bonner was going to show him up and take all his minutes.

smart man

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Nice cover. Truthfully it was probably about the Spurs not willing to guarantee x amount of dollars for him.

[clubalien]

I'm not an extremely vocal member on these forums, but I stated from the beginning that I hoped we never sign Sheed. Dyess on the other hand is so perfect for our team. I'm elated. And I didn't change my opinion

I think many people thought the chance of getting rwallace was higher then dice. at least i did.

[Mr. Body]

Sheed? Whozzat? Who the fugg cares?

[Galileo]

2008-2009:

Double Doubles

Regular Season

Dice 16 (out of 62 games, 13 of 30 when starting)
Sheed 15 (out of 66 games, 15 out of 63 when starting)

Playoffs

Dice 1
Sheed 0

Wins Shares

Regular Season

Dice 5.3
Sheed 4.8

Playoffs

Dice 0.2
Sheed 0.0

PER

Regular Season

Dice 16.6
Sheed 14.9

Playoffs

Dice 14.8
Sheed 6.1 (one of the lowest in history)

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/2009.html

also note that in the 1995 NBA draft, Dice # 2 > Sheed # 3

[galvatron3000]

Boston did what this off season outside of signing Sheed that impressed him?

[K-State Spur]

In his presser, Sheed said after the season ended early for them, he was thinking about teams he would go to. San Antonio, Dallas, Orlando, Cleveland, Boston..

He then talked about how the Boston team showed up and talked to him and his wife, then (later) they made their decision.

The real curious comment was a follow-up question regarding what helped make his decision. He said (paraphrased) he thought about San Antonio but that he wasn't that enthused about some of the moves they made to their roster.

???

What moves specifically were not mentioned. I wonder if he has an issue with RJ? Bowen leaving? Hmmm.

"not enthused about some of the moves they made with their roster"

is code for:

"i'm really impressed how KG managed not to drag his teeth at all..."

[Fabbs]

Wow, this could get ugly.. About a week ago, people were begging this guy to come. Now, I can see the majority of the spurs fans will on this guy.
My, how quickly people can turn on you.

+1
By and large SpurFan very defensive, making excuses.

[galvatron3000]

Plus he strikes me as someone who might not quite have fit here. McDyess should have been Plan A from the start, IMO.

He probably was

[scottspurs]

Wallace has on court basketball IQ. Not Basketball GM IQ.

[scottspurs]

Memorial Day Miracle 2.0 coming next June. Jefferson over Wallace. Or maybe Wallace leaves Duncan to guard Ginobili 2.0.

[CubanMustGo]

+1
By and large SpurFan very defensive, making excuses.

By and large you attack everything the Spurs do, making excuses.


I'm OK with 'sheed heading to Boston, he did what he thought was best for him. Would I rather him be in SA? Sure, but Dice isn't a bad consolation prize and is arguably a better fit for the Spurs.

[Booharv]

That crossed my mind as well. Especially after Rasheed's quote last year of the Pistons gameplan against the Spurs being "give it to whoever Bonner is guarding"

He really said that?

[elbamba]

I am happy he is not coming.