How much was he paid? And who said Pop's plan was to play small ball the whole year, or that Ratliff was signed to play 20 min/night?
You need to get some gameYou need to step up your game, Mr Fundamental.
Whoopdie-frickin-doo. Are those 2 the exact same playersYou're the one claiming that we shipped Ratliff because he's a washed up 37 years old. Yet, we have room to play a soon to be 37 year old washed up Finley playing the PF role.
Yeah, you're right. Duncan must have shrunk...I don't really care we moved Ratliff either since Pop was not going to play him. He's obviously in love with small ball, that he won't give anybody taller than 6'10 a chance. Young (Ian) or old (Ratliff). Just don't ask me to be pleased about it.
As I said, get some game...
It ing BLOWS. Seriously, I could pick any little two year old boy in the world and line-up the entire Spurs roster and tell him to pick the 5 best guys or 5 to start and end a game and I guarantee you none of them would say "Oh I pick the funny-looking red-head guy!" No way no how...
For the record I think this is a good move, if it was a certainty that Ratliff was not going to be in the rotation this season. Getting 1.6 million back or whatever it is, is better than nothing, and maybe helps to prevent Holt from having a heart attack from our dismal season... None the less, it's become clear that there is only one "center" on our roster that Pop trusts (Duncan, if you want to call him a C), and any other big is just going to be a center by default in a small-ball lineup. Unfortunately, we've never won a championship that way.
Yeah, we should choose a roster on looks.
Did you really expect a big move? The spurs are not known for big trades and chances were higher they would not make any big move.
You know damn well Matt Bonner doesnt look like he would be a good basketball player, and he's not. He doesnt look like an athlete worthy of being a starter on this damn team...Yeah, we should choose a roster on looks.
So about a year later after going out in the first round the only thing that has changed(since bonner is back at center) in the starting line up is Bogans? Not very high expectations I might say.
Does it matter? He has a bad back. He's 37 years old. He hasn't played an entire season since '03.
I see. You're OK with playing Finley at PF while we had Ratliff on the bench.Whoopdie-frickin-doo. Are those 2 the exact same players
Gotcha.
Make sure you don't fall. You're backpedaling too fast...Yeah, you're right. Duncan must have shrunk...
You're right. A year later we are in the same position except we might not even make the playoffs.
FU RJ!
The last 30 games would be fun to watch if Pop put down the lead-laced wine and just started Mahinmi and Hairston instead of the EVSB, expiring vet scrub brigade.
It would be exciting up and down basketball. Especially all the fastbreaks the other team would get off Ian and Malik turnovers. I'm not saying that's a con, it's a plus.
Breathe some fire into this lackluster, moaning team. Remember how excited Timmy was on the bench for Ian during the Nets game?
Damn, it would be a fun 30 games. After times when Ian would get 4 fouls in 12 minutes people would be screaming for Pop's head, when Malik would lose a guy around a pick . . .
It would be good, even when it's bad. Watching the same old boring crap movie that lost in the 1st last year to a worse Dallas team . . . with the same Bonner and Pseudo-Udoka . . . God, what a travesty.
At least Manu is healthy...
Championship!
I truly think moving Theo Ratliff for $11 and a tugjob is what will put us over the top.
Yep, but which could be his final year with Spurs.At least Manu is healthy...
Given how poorly the front line has performed, and given how many points they gave up to Indiana in the first quarter after six days rest, I'm unsure how he could play badly enough to actually hurt the team.Yeah, it really doesn't make much sense. Salary dumping Mahinmi seemed like a given. Now we'll have to see if the Spurs buy him out. If they don't, it'll REALLY be confusing.
If you play him this year, he'll likely suck and hurt the team or play well enough to the point he can't be kept in the offseason. Both seem like negatives.
Not playing him with the hopes of signing him in the offseason to a small contract may be the plan ... but they would have traveled a weird route to get to that point. Mahinmi remains a mystery.
Although, hopefully now a uniformed mystery
Ratliff was worthless. I don't know why they even bothered getting this washed up guy last summer.
LMAO at some of you y fans.
Complaining that the FO sucks when you were kissing their asses last summer. Some bipolar kids in here. Yeah it sucks Ratliff is gone. He was pretty decent in his time here, but he's like 60 years old. He wasnt gonna be our difference maker in the playoffs. And why are some of you ing? "the best center on the team", Ian Mahinmi can get playing time now. Realistically we couldnt pull off a Cavs/Mavs like trade because we did that with RJ already. It would have been hard to trade RJ/Dice because they still have another guaranteed year.
All Im worried about now is how far this team will go. But give the FO a break. They obviously tried to make a deal but it just didnt work out. Thank God Manu is still here for now. I had a feeling he was about to get traded at the deadline. Same with Blair and Hill.
As good as we are at drafting, I'd soon as have the future second rounder than Theo Ratliff. It's not like he plays much these days anyways and he's old. Played well when he did though.
well, the good news is that theo never played and we just reduced our payroll.
Good news is the wait is over.
Meanwhile, Pop has been drinking Cabernet Sauvignon and laughing his ass off at all of us thinking they were going to pull some trade off. Thomas, Jamison, Salmons, lol...
The Spurs are also in a position they've never really been in, considering the payroll and the sand emptying down through Tim's proverbial hourglass.
The spurs need to get someone in the front office that knows how to improve the team with trades. Pop needs to be relieved of all front office duties and RC needs to be replaced.
These guys have hung onto lottery success too long. Now its time to step up and improve the team through free agency and trades and doing nothing before the trade deadline to address the frontline weakness has thrown another year of Duncan away.
Spurafans work themselves into a comically unrealistic lather every February.
Now comes the post-trade-talk-high withdrawal stage.
well the spurs now have an extra pick
if the pick is not protected
here is hoping the bobcats do not make the playoffs
"Spurs are nowhere near a serious contender" ... for the playoffs.
Some good news is that Spurs are only 1 of 4 WC teams in top 8 with winning road record
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