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Davis, Gordon, Gomes/Aminu, Griffin, Kaman
Jefferson looks to upgrade their 3 and put Gomes and Aminu in better roles. We'll see if they are interested.
*shutters*
Davis, Gordon, Gomes/Aminu, Griffin, Kaman
Jefferson looks to upgrade their 3 and put Gomes and Aminu in better roles. We'll see if they are interested.
Im happy about this...we were going to offer him the full mle which imo would have been waaaaay too much.
RJ is an LA boy, after all . . .
Everybody frets about losing "James Jones" (whoever that is) and the imperative of signing this or that roster filler . . .
But if the Spurs do well next season, one of the real keys will likely be the re-signing of RJ . . .
Jefferson isn't a scrub..Yeah, it's not like all the contenders don't have a good SF, we can totally trot a scrub out there and be okay...
I doubt the Clippers go after Jefferson, there's no reason for them to do it..he's on the decline and he doesn't help them for the future..they aren't trying to seriously win now..I'd be surprised..
RC said himself (see interview posted by Timvp) that a shooter ala Horry, Fin, Barry, and Mason is vital in Spurs offense.
Spurs not finding one will be a disapointment.
God forbid we have to make up for those points playing defense...
Hallelujah.
They need shooting, no doubt, but are they really going to settle for the bottom of the barrel or a 6-4 guard to come in and provide it while being a liability on the other end?
Shooting's a commodity you can't just get 'the best of what's left' if you need it to contend. D-Up, go with what you got and make a move at a later date if the young guys don't come through.
A shooter on the floor is more important for spacing (giving Tim room to work down low/ creating room for Tony and manu to drive) than for points
Although, I do agree that Spurs need to go back to playing some gawd dam D
We got those... Manu, Hill, Dice, Bonner when it doesn't matter, even Tony has a nice J for a while now...
We do.
I rather get a non-centerpiece defensive-minded guy out there... I don't know if Hairston is that guy, but that's the guy I rather have.
Like Blackjack said, there's always February to see who is available...
No big deal unless we lose out on RJ - if RJ is back then the young guys can fill in as backup or certain matchups - while Jones was 6'8 he was a poor defender and only 200lbs making it easy for most scoring SG/SF to abuse him in the post (same goes for Butler)
could Bonner play at SF - and then we sign a cheap old-vet/rookie big? (thinking out loud)
If RJ can play PF, then Bonner can sure play SF...
He's a big part of the reason I've been advocating they go with their youth. The Spurs I'm told are very high on him, so why not see what he's got and make a move if need be later on down the road? They ain't winning or losing a championship in the first 2 months.
Unfortunately, I think it's down to Simmons, Hayes, Novak or Pavlovic, if the Spurs go the free agent route.
My guess is the Spurs won't sign Simmons or Pavlovic. Both have been out of shape in recent years and neither seems like Spurs material.
Hayes seems like Spurs material and he does possess good size and is a decent defender, but he's too mediocre a three-point shooter (35.6% career).
Novak is a legit 40% three-point shooter, but even though he's more of an SF than a PF, he'd be somewhat redundant with Bonner on board. One un-athletic, one dimensional, 6-9 white forward, who can't defend or rebound is more than enough.
I don't want any of these guys (Morrison, I want even less). I'd rather go with the young guys at this point.
Boy, does that sound familiar.
Last edited by murpjf88; 07-18-2010 at 05:33 PM.
The spurs were going to offer Jones $6 million so we have some money to spend, the best thing for our team this season is re-sign RJ for less than he was going to make if he didn't opt-out, take a chance on T-MAC at a low level contract, and then sign an insurance wing for a minimum deal like Jarvis Hayes, Damien Wilkins, Bobby Simmons, Rodney Carney, all of them have a decent 3 point shot and they all can play some defense. If we do this, I say we did pretty good this off-season considering the outlook before the off-season.
we are running out of options.
trades might be what it takes to get a quality SF.
I would like them to go for Delfino. Bucks are quite loaded at the wing (Salmons, Maggette, Redd, CDR, even Mbah and Iljasova plays some SF). Delfino might be available.
James White!
Jefferson IS a quality SF. And happens to be the only player (I believe) that we are allowed to pay more than $2.3m next season for.
I stated that because of what I read in this espn article;http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5390603 if I am mistaken please clear it up for me.
would have been $6m/3 years
or just completely incorrect. We only have $2.3m of our MLE left, having spent the rest of it on Splitter.
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