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Mason's not going anywhere this year. The Spurs will worry about next year, next year.
He has been clutch but he is a free agent after this year. Next year somebody is going to offer him alot more money then he is worth. do you think SAS will try to trade himnow or during the year, or does he just go into free agency next year
Mason's not going anywhere this year. The Spurs will worry about next year, next year.
Mason has this one year to really step it up and hit his shots. I really hope he's working on his Defense this off-season. Mason deserves a chance to prove himself in his natural position. I hope Pop doesn't experiment again with the PG position or he really will get traded next year. We all know what a failure it is to place him in the PG role.
He is one of an insurance policy for Manu though....
If the Spurs could someone great for him like an above average big like Camby, then the Spurs would have to make the deal if there was no other way.
Other than that, no way the Spurs trade Mason. He's clutch in his proper role, and the Spurs will need that this year as true contenders.
No way I'd trade him, he was one of the most clutch last year and will only be better this year.
I'd trade him in a heartbeat if we can get someone useful in return (camby), maybe package him with Bonner and our other expiring contracts. I know some Spurs fans really like him, and I was one of them, but we have to be honest he played like a pussy in the playoffs...nice reg season but nothing more--same as Barry, Hedo, Udoka, in the past. Pop playing him as the back-up PG is only part of it as well cause even when he was playing with Parker and simply being a spot-up shooter he wasnt hitting his shots. Bottom line is he couldnt deliver in the playoffs.
Besides Im expecting a big year from Manu, so he'll be the one being re-signed after we win the le next June not Mason.
He failed at the pg position because he can not finish at the rim. He misses more bunnies than any PG I have ever seen. He needs to stick to his 15'+ jumpers... that is where he excels. Let Hill or Manu run the point.
He failed at the PG position, because he isn't a PG..
When he was playing strictly at the 2 for most of the year, he was arguably the best 3-point shooter in the NBA, he was making clutch plays everywhere, and he was playing passable defense..
I would obviously trade him if somebody good comes along, but I would like to see Mason on this team..he's a very good player to have on this team, especially now with the added weapons that will allow him to take more open shots..
Shop him, sure, but he's a great fit for the first team. With Duncan playing inside, Dice roaming, and RJ and TP both good slashers, you need a very good spot-up shooter to catch and pitch.
Its not like Pop was playing him at the PG postion all game long, it was only when Parker was resting...which was 10 minutes max. Mason didnt do in the playoffs even when he was playing alongside Tony and being a spot-up shooter. Great regular season for him but nothing more...same old story as Barry, Hedo, and Udoka that do well and than dissapear in the playoffs. These guys are expendable, the league is filled with great shooters.
BTW this is a big reason why I like Finley, alot of u guys about him...but he has balls. If he misses he keeps shooting and keeps the defense honest, disregarding how bad he's been shooting. Guys like Mason, Barry, Hedo, Udoka would miss and be scared to keep shooting and by the end of the series we see them at the end of the bench gettiing 5 mpg. Give me Findawg over any of these pussies any day.
you mean the oft-injured, old, expensive Camby? No thanks. just treat Mason like a SG and not a PG and we will be rewarded handsomely.
No keep him, when he is allowed to be a spot up shooter he plays great.
Of course if someone offers some amazing player than you do it, but i'm all for keeping mason.
he can't guard at NBA level, he just a good regular season tree point shooter who can't do nothing else and choke in the playoffs.
trade his expiring contract combin with another expiring contracts for a quality swingman.
i can't understand how Peoples here prefer Mason over Finley!
Camby is not expensive for what he brings to the table, he is a beast on the boards and at blocking shots. Besides he's got one year left so we're not taking on a huge long-term contract or anything....as for injuries the last three years the least games he's played is 62, which was last season. Before that he played 79 and 70 respectively. I'll take that.
Mason was treated as a SG in the playoffs for all but 5-10 minutes each game...and we were not rewarded handsomely at all.
Play him at SG, he's got skills and he's a real nice fit for the Spurs. I don't want him to go anywhere, unless I see some serious reward coming back to me.
Mason is a ing keeper
He is a clutch mofo
Clutch in the regular season.
Open your damn eyes Spurs fans, he choked and played like a little in the playoffs.
Then he has this year to prove himself, but playing him at the point, then benching him didn't help him establish any sort of rhythm. He adds depth to our team. I'd rather get rid of Fin.
He was only played 5-10 mpg as a PG while Tony was resting, people are using that as an excuse without even considering that the rest of time he was playing alongside Tony as a spot-up shooter....where he missed his shots, than hesitated to take shots, and ultimately ended up at the end of the bench.
As for Findawg, he's the only shooter we've had since Jack that has the balls to shoot himself out of a slump in the playoffs. I'll take him over Mason any day, Fin has hit a share of clutch shots himself as well...a couple in the playoffs.
I didn't either until I started digging.
Fin Dawg: 28.8 mpg, FG% nearly 44%, 3pt % 41%, FT% 82%, ORB .3, DRB 3.0 & 9.7 pts per game
Mason: 30.4 mpg, FG% 41%, 3pt% 41%, FT% 89% (who the does he think he is), ORB .2, DRB 2.9 & 11.8 pts per game.
These numbers from last season. I gotta think that Finley had a tangible advantage on Mason that should disappear this year because he has played in the Spurs system for multiple years. Last year was Mase's first.
Secondly, we got to ask ourselves since the numbers are too close to call now, though that it is subject to change as Mase learns the Spurs system even better and Finley ages another year, who do we want?
My grandmother can take it to the hole or stop and pop, run the pick and roll to perfection on either Fin or Mase so defense is not really a determining factor, though at this time I would have to give the edge to Finley but only by the slimmest of margins. And I think Finley is more of a vocal, positive influence in the locker room and on the court then Mason.
The final analysis is that I'd prefer, I still don't know. My mind says Finley but my heart says stick with Mase and he's only going to get better as he gets more versed in the Spurs system. Glad I'm not the GM on this one.
Mase has got the fire.
Mason
Finley
keep them both. use them both.
they can both hit the 3 and both are clutch performers... minus masons playoff stunt last year but our whole team was playing terrible at that point.
You don't trade a shooter in a contract year. He has got something to prove.
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