Keith Bogans will sign with Spurs

[Bruno]

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/09/21/k...gn-with-spurs/

Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:30PM By Chris Tomasson

Free-agent swingman Keith Bogans will sign a one-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs, sources confirmed Monday to FanHouse.

Bogans, a solid defensive player, is being looked at as an heir apparent to Bruce Bowen, who retired recently after being San Antonio's perimeter defensive stopper throughout much of the decade. The Spurs had been grooming Ime Udoka for that role, but they are electing not to bring him back as a free agent after he played two seasons with the team.

Bogans, who will sign a guaranteed deal worth the minimum of $1.03 million, last season averaged 6.0 points for Milwaukee. He has a 7.5 average over six seasons.

Bogans also had been looked at by the Denver Nuggets. However, the Nuggets have had a contract offer out the past few weeks on guard Flip Murray and are continuing to wait on him.

Sources have told FanHouse that Murray has been offered the minimum of $1.1 million by the Nuggets. He is hoping to get the biannual exception of $1.99 million, but indications are the Nuggets, who are over the luxury-tax threshold, are unwilling to spend that much.

Murray also is being looked at by Charlotte. It remains to be seen if the Bobcats might come up with an offer that could pry Murray away from Denver.

[TIMMYD!]

Yeah.

[Yogurt210]

WTF, this dude is a joke!
horrible move. hope he signs as the water boy.

[mfanatic]

6'5, 215 Pounds, I'll take him backing up RJ.

Parker/Hill
Manu/Roger
RJ/Bogans
Duncan/Blair
Mcdyess/Ian

[DPG21920]

Bogan's FA Thread:

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthre...ghlight=bogans

[mfanatic]

Bogans > FINLEY!!!

[ashbeeigh]

Bogan's FA Thread:

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthre...ghlight=bogans

he sure did get a lot of attention in May!

And...this happens the one time I happen upon the Spurs forum during the off season. I'll be interested to see him come training camp.

Sooo excited the season is almost here.

[DPG21920]

Does this effect Malik or Finley more? I personally would rather have Malik get the minutes because he seems like he can defend just as well or learn to, plus he has way more offensive upside.

Would be cool if this was because they were trying to trade Finley. Although I like Finley's offense much better for the Spurs.

[coyotes_geek]

Bad news for either Hairston or Williams.

[FvckMavs]

Bad news for either Hairston or Williams.

or both

[timvp]

Damn I'm good.

[DPG21920]

Not to mention the Spurs already have 13 roster spots with guaranteed money. Bogans would make 14.

[mfanatic]

I smell a 2 for 1 trade coming along..

[TD 21]

Buford said after the Jefferson trade, to paraphrase, that "Bruce defended the top opposition wings for a long time, and we won't be negligent in that pursuit either", when discussing what the Spurs had in store for the remainder of the off season.

Clearly, this was their wing defender addition, I'm just surprised it's coming this late in the off season. By now, I, like most, had assumed Hairston would get that spot. At this point, that's 14 guaranteed contracts, and the way Buford spoke of Williams in an interview during summer league, I have to think he get's the 15th spot, assuming the Spurs carry 15.

Bogans is a more proven version of what the Spurs want Hairston to become. He can defend, is a decent athlete, and can hit the three, but he's a slightly undersized two who presumably will spend the majority of his time with the Spurs at the three. In essence, he's a marginally more talented version of Udoka.

On the one hand, it's one more proven player, who's still relatively young, at 29. On the other hand, I think Hairston has at least the upside to become what Bogans is, and could become potentially better. Hopefully, the Spurs can keep him stashed away on the Toros for one more season without another team snatching him up, and then next season when Finley is more than likely gone, he and/or McClinton can take his roster spot.

[coyotes_geek]

or both

Certainly possible.

[coyotes_geek]

I smell a 2 for 1 trade coming along..

Would be nice, but that's easier said than done.

[ManuTP9]

[Bruno]

Pop won't be able to give minutes to 5 SG/SF (Manu, RJ, Mason, Finley and Bogans).

Manu, RJ, Mason and Bogans is a damn good and well balanced rotation at SG/SF. I wouldn't be surprised to see Finley being dumped to another team.

[mfanatic]

Lets just ship out Bonner and Finley and everyone will be happy.

[Phenomanul]

Interesting...

[DPG21920]

Pop won't be able to give minutes to 5 SG/SF (Manu, RJ, Mason, Finley and Bogans).

Manu, RJ, Mason and Bogans is a damn good and well balanced rotation at SG/SF. I wouldn't be surprised to see Finley being dumped to another team.

I agree. In that case, Hairston/Williams would be in the same spot as before.

[mfanatic]

I like how our defense will look though when we must get a stop:

Hill
Bogans
RJ
Duncan
Ratliff

Not many teams can put up that defense

[coyotes_geek]

Lets just ship out Bonner and Finley and everyone will be happy.

Sounds good. Now all we need is a team out there who thinks that Bonner and Finley make them better.

[timvp]

Don't count out Bogans. Back when Bogans was on the Rockets, on a pre-game show Pop had good things to say about him. The interviewer asked him who to watch out for on the Rockets because their big stars were injured (shocker, I know) and Pop said something like Bogans is the type of player who is all heart who can beat you if you don't account for him. That might have been a random Pop compliment but Pop usually doesn't name players -- much less doll out compliments.

Bogans could possibly fill the role Udoka was supposed to play until it became painfully obvious that Udoka had lost his quickness and never could figure out when to shoot. Bogans' offense is pretty bad but perhaps he could do better in a system that will give him more open looks.

Of the cheap plug-and-play defenders on the market I'd say Bogans is the most likely to sign with the Spurs. Not an exciting player at all but he fits the mold and the price range.

Thinking back to that interview, I'm going to guess this was a Pop move. Pop loves the Bogans type of players that are all heart.

I don't think Bogans is very good (I'd much rather the Spurs have signed Bowen) but at least he's another defensive piece added to the mix. He can fill the Udoka role with better defense and better shot selection.

The whole summer I thought Bogans to the Spurs made sense for both sides as long as Bogans wasn't offered more than the minimum elsewhere. He sure did wait it out and apparently the minimum was all he was offered . . .

[TD 21]

Current (Final?) Roster:

Starters: PF- Duncan, SF- Jefferson, C- McDyess, SG- Mason, PG- Parker

Bench: SG- Ginobili, PF- Blair, PG/SG- Hill, PF- Bonner, SF/SG- Finley, C- Ratliff, SG/SF- Bogans

Inactive: PF- Haislip, C/PF- Mahinmi, SF/SG- Williams