Why help Denver out? The Bobcats have been said to want to add a 4 man who can stretch the floor and Larry Brown loves Mcdyess. If we could get DJ Augestine + a pick that would be great before getting TT.
It doesn't have to be Denver, they've just been linked to him and it'd be a suitable place for to send him -- they're not going to screw 'Dyess over.
Charlotte and Brown makes some sense, though, and they could put together a better offer -- it's not out of the realm.
I'm talking about biding against other teams that are interested in trading for Thomas not bidding for him when he becomes a free agent. Yes I'm fully aware how a restricted free agent works and If the Spurs get him in a trade they will have full control to retain him.
Thomas is an young, explosive, athletic PF who can rebound and defend. Yes, he's been a bit of a head case. If he accepts coaching, get playing time to develop, then the Spurs would've just added a young lottery talent to their frontline. They can then resign him next year to a reasonable contract.
On the other hand, if it turns out he doesn't fit, they can use him as an asset and flip him later for something else. That's the benefit of having a young player with upside.
On the Scott Van Pelt show on ESPN Radio he and another guy were talking about Tyrus Thomas and where he could/should possibly go and the other guy on the show stated that Thomas would thrive on a team with veteran leadership and a veteran coach...hmmmm...ring a bell?
Yes trading Mcdyess isn't that he's a cancer to the team and I do believe Spurs r not trying to screw him over but the Spurs usually don't help out other contenders or rivals (other than the Scola mistake). I don't think sending mcdyess to the Bobcats is a bad thing for him.
It appears the idea to move Mcdyess is to clear out some $ in the following yrs to resign Thomas. So If u can get Augestine as a cheap ivestment then possible expirings or a pick I think it would be great.
I saw this at Rumors: Bulls want Jefferson for Luol Deng Espn.
Can anybody that has Espn Insider post this.. I was wondering which Jefferson it is!!!
Thanks
i like this, but dyess is a good guy
Chad Ford: The Wolves continue to rebuff teams looking into the availability of Al Jefferson.
A source close to the process told ESPN.com that the Wolves recently said no to a potential Luol Deng and Tyrus Thomas for Jefferson deal, telling the Bulls that they aren't going to move Jefferson by the trade deadline, which is consistent with what Wolves GM David Kahn has been saying for weeks. However, a Deng-and-Thomas deal was the most realistic trade scenario we've heard for Jefferson.
Jefferson was one of the first big names to get mentioned in trade deadline buzz when word came out that the Pacers had rebuffed an offer of Jefferson for Danny Granger. Since then, Kahn has been adamant that he's not trading any member of his young core by the trade deadline. Kahn has maintained he wants an entire season to evaluate the talent he has on the roster.
Last edited by Blackjack; 02-16-2010 at 04:58 PM.
It was Deng+Tyrus for Al Jefferson and the Timberwolves rejected it.
I'm sure this has to be Al Jefferson. The Wolves and Bulls have had some discussion on how they can acquire Thomas.
Trust me, if the Spurs found any takers AT ALL for RJ, they'd do the deal yesterday.
It's not RJ.
So what are the chances Thomas suits up tonight when the Bulls play the Knicks?
If he doesn't play chances are he is traded tonight or tomorrow morning.
That's why I said there was no guarantee that that would happen. In fact, I agree that it's unlikely, but you asked for a scenario whereby that was possible, so I presented one.
Thomas' listing went from 6-8 215 to 6-9 215 to 6-10 225. While he may be 6-9 225, I don't buy for a second that he's 6-10. He's a slightly undersized PF who can't play C, but his length (I believe his wingspan is 7-4) and athleticism are off the charts. He's easily a top ten athlete in the league, maybe even top five.
The upside is he matures and learns to harness hit incredible physical gifts and the Spurs end up with a potential game changer defensively. The downside is he stays what he is now, which is, for all his warts, still a decent player.
True as that is, can Thomas, for all his length, stop Gasol from easily scoring up over the top of him?
That being said, the Spurs need to stop thinking solely about matching up with the Lakers and focus on the growing number of teams either better than them or in their league. Thomas would theoretically help in a lot of match-ups against those teams (Nowitzki, Boozer, Aldridge, West, I know what I just said, but Odom, maybe even the long three's like Durant) and ultimately, those are some of the teams the Spurs are going to have to beat just to get to the Lakers.
True this. At this point, we just need to make the team better and worry about the Lakers second.
hopefully the rockets choose the Knicks and Harrington is involved because:STEIN_LINE_HQ
Just filed to ESPN.com: Rockets narrow T-Mac choices to offers from Knicks and Bulls and plan to make their choice Wednesday. Link to come
1st if Harrington is involved they can't go after Tyrus
2, dont' want the bulls involved because Tyrus, Salmons, and others would have to be involved
I know some of yall are going to say thread fail or whatever but the tyrus thomas trade thread is pretty dead right now and i wanted you guys to see this video from nba.com it gave me some confidence in the spurs and
i say start watching it around 8:00 minutes into the clipor even 5 minutes in but if you just want to get to the main point 9:00 is it. not that big a deal but it confirms everything we have been saying here on S.Talk!!
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/or...s=iref:nbahpt1
remember this is nba .com stuff i dont want to get sued or anything lol masputo
Thread. Fail. Or. Whatever.
the heck are you talking about
getting tyrus thomas is like those heads who were trying to gather faith that we had a chance at Jermaine O'Neal back in 2003
no im glad were trying to get thomas!!! are you kidding me?? you think our team can compete right now? not even pop believes we can compete right now!!! i would hope for al jefferson but were not going to get him, and if we go for haslem were really screwed!!! we need to keep dice and get thomas!! if you think its going to hurt us getting thomas im sorry but we are not a threat anymore, and if we dont trade by this deadline pop will have more time to hunt for old ty players
regardless, you say im a delusional fan i say the point of the NBA is to compete!!! if we dont get thomas we will be stuck with ratliff and a rookie (bad ass rookie) but still a rookie to hold down the post!! we will get beat so bad in a 7 game series its not funny!!! we need something and thomas is better than nothing we have no one to keep up with an athletic big and defend with speed and power!
Thanks for pointing this out. Multiple sources have now confirmed the spurs have a big interest in Tyrus Thomas, this time it was David Aldridge. I hope the Spurs make it happen to be honest.I know some of yall are going to say thread fail or whatever but the tyrus thomas trade thread is pretty dead right now and i wanted you guys to see this video from nba.com it gave me some confidence in the spurs and
i say start watching it around 8:00 minutes into the clipor even 5 minutes in but if you just want to get to the main point 9:00 is it. not that big a deal but it confirms everything we have been saying here on S.Talk!!
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/or...s=iref:nbahpt1
remember this is nba .com stuff i dont want to get sued or anything lol masputo
Im sure the spurs have been trying to pursue thomas for a while now.. bulls have much bigger plans/options on the table and unless all those other options take a tumble i dont see anyway thomas ends up a spur. they want to package hinrich,deng,miller... players with big contracts that we wont be able to take on. unless there is a 3rd team involved i dont see it happening...
miami's interest in RMJ could lead to something there...
Tonight TT had 11/8 along with 3 blocks and 3 steals
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