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Then why dont you post this in any of the other 20 trade threads. I dont think anyone will be traded soon though.
I know theres been constant threads posted on the Spurs needing to make a trade. I personally think the Spurs do need to make a trade to upgrade the defense. A legit 7 footer who can defend the paint IMO, could cure alot of the Spurs defensive deficiencies on defense. Or do I need to be patient and hope that this current group of Spurs can continue to jell and improve. After watching today's game against Denver, I'm extremely disappointed in the loss and the Spurs overall losing record against the above 500 teams in the league.
Then why dont you post this in any of the other 20 trade threads. I dont think anyone will be traded soon though.
The main problem with the team is gelling together, being on the same page and remaining consistant, and you want to shake up the team again with a trade past the halfway of the season lol?
Sure, if it improves the defense. By making a trade, I don't mean some major, blockbuster, Mark Cuban trading away half of his team type trade, but a trade to put a legit big man alonside Duncan, and when i say legit, I mean a big man 6'11", or better, who can help Tim defend the paint. LOL ffadicted, you never heard a of a mid-season trade before the trading deadline?
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Who do you think we can get without giving up a major piece? Not to mention that McDyess is starting to play well, and blair has been consistently solid off the bench.
Thats a good questtion. IMO the Spurs do not have to give up a major piece. I'm not totally familar with the Spurs contract situations on players, but I believe Bonner and Mason have expiring contracts so, for example, throw in a draft pick, some expiring contracts for say a Brendon Haywood, where I've read that the Wizards are having a fire sale, and presto, you have a trade.
Lot of people have been throwing Haywood's name around, and if we can get him for expirings I'd do it in a heartbeat. But I think Washington can get a much better deal then we can offer, like the TMac for Haywood and Butler deal. Spurs are going to be hardpressed to find a difference maker the pieces we can offer, and not even cuz our offers may be bad, but for the fact that other teams can do better.
Well if just getting into the first round playoffs is enough for you ffadicted then by all means staying pat will be just fine.
Like I said before, it's going to be nearly impossible to find a difference maker that will get us over the hump for the pieces that we can offer. Find a deal that's plausible and would work (like the Haywood deal) and I'll entertain the idea, but I just can't see it. Watch Pop's post game tonight too, he knows our roster is unreal on paper, they just aren't gelling together and performing with full effort 100% of the time. Adding more small role pieces in isn't going to make our stars all of a sudden perform at incredible levels
The 76ers are desperate to get rid of Brand and his long term contract. Pop use to be in love with Brand's game. Maybe a trade of RJ (short term contract) plus Bonner or Mason could land Brand and T. Young. The 76ers know they will not get rid of Brand without giving up a little extra.
Brand has the worst contract in the NBA..he would cripple the Spurs without adding much talent..
Maybe so. Its kind of pick your poison. Support RJ or take a shot on a guy like Brand. Getting Young could really be the difference maker.
This team dosn't need to trade for a super all-star. They are right there at the edge of being there as a contender. However it's no secret of the holes that a good team can exploit and Spurs can't just ignore it hoping the other teams wont..They need to get a solid big that defends. They have the right car to win the race they jusnt need that last right part to tweak it.
I dont think anyone on our team will get traded soon, besides it wont help any major thing on the short term. Everyone of our players should just step up their game and start working their freakin asses off, that's the only way to give this season a happy ending after all. I hope jefferson improves and that everything will work out after all also with the rest and hopefully TP will get better soon, we need him.
And then, in the summer, they should look and have the time to make some changes and working out some possible trades.
We need someone clutch in the 4th.
We need a center or a power forward. And yes we need a trade.
I just don't think there is a trade out there that the Spurs could realistically pull off that would be "the answer".
Sure, a shot blocking big would be nice, but all Pop has to do about that is look down the bench at one of the best shot blockers to play the game, Theo Ratliff. And, it's not like Rasho, Nazr and Francisco were shot blocking dynamos.
What the Spurs are really missing is a lockdown defender on the wing(ie Bruce Bowen). Jefferson is just not the defender he once was, or what the Spurs expect him to be. He is the ONLY legit wingman on the team. There is no way Bruce Bowen in his prime would have let a couple of clowns like Smith and Affalo go off like they did today.
The Spurs rotation has no balance at this point. Manu, Hill, Mason, Bogans, Bonner and Finley are constantly playing out of position and the team suffers defensively for it. Theo, Ian and Haislip never play at all. I mean, as long as we're losing, why not?
I am expecting a "stick with your horses" speech from Pop right around the corner.
IMO...a trade at this moment wouldn't help this team this year. Even if it were Bosh I see too many weaknesses (physically, mentallity, and cohesively) to be fixed that any single player could remedy just by their existance on the team.
It's going to have to right itself from the inside out.
This FO has never been in this situation before. A situation where the team isn't faring well and they feel compelled to make a move. Forget about the Fakers, this team, as currently constructed, doesn't appear to be good enough to win its own division.
I hope they don't make a move that has long-term ramifications AND fails to improve them team.
This. The FO must really tread carefully here. It's a situation where it's easy to think with your heart instead of your mind. Fact is, RJ and McDyess have been much less than expected. Add in the failings of Manu and Tony, and you have the entire reason the Spurs have 19 losses at this point instead of, say, 12 or 13.
it, get Amare
Any semi-super player or better that you could get in a trade at this point would be either a malcontent (Boozer) a flake (JR Smith) in his last year and looking for bigger pastures (Amare, Bosh) horrible contract (Brand).
There is a reason these guys might be available and none of them solve anything for sure this year.
Let it go and play with what you have. If the team doesn't come around by the playoffs you can have Splitter next year just for some big cash.
I agree that as long as any potential trade doesn't hurt the future of the team, then Pop and RC need to explore any trades that can help this team.
Hey ffadicted, any chance you could resize the right gif in your sig? It starts like a mm above the left one, so they aren't exactly aligned. It's bothering me
Do you think they aren't?
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