Looks like there are 14 players with a slot in the Spurs roster.
Point Guards
Parker - One man fast break.
Hill - Elongated Man
Temple
Shooting Guards
Ginobili - Batman
Anderson - Big 12 Player of the Year
Hairston
Small Forward
RJ - Re-coached by Pop over the Summer
Gee
Power Forward
Duncan - Old Fundamental
Bonner - Spread 4.
Blair - The Beast.
Center
Splitter - Euroleague MVP
McDyess - Is He Really a Center?
The 14th player looks like Gary Neal (20 points in a single half in Summer league, 6 3-pointers).
Let's hope that Bogans and Mason aren't re-signed!
rj is not signed
If the Spurs have ing Hairston and Gee in thier regular rotation San Antonio is Doomed.
That really would be a bad situation for the Spurs. Don't think Gee, Hariston or even Morrison at the starting SF is going to cut the mus .
I know. I'm assuming he will.
Also Hairston, Gee, Temple don't have guaranteed contracts. I'm assuming the Spurs don't waive them.
However, this is the current consensus as to what the Spurs roster looks like.
I believe Temple is eligible for the Toros and he will stay there unless the Spurs need him because of an injury or something like that. I like him, but I don't think there will be minutes for him behind Tony and Hill, so using up a roster spot for him doesn't make much sense.
On the contrary. Pop loves the fact that the guy is 6'6", is versatile - meaning he can play and defend multiple positions. However, they like his size and moxie at the PG position. Besides, they absolutely must hedge themselves against injury. I see no reason that he wouldn't make the team.
Besides all that, Pop has already proclaimed him as his "new favorite player".
Of course he does, the Spurs wouldn't have him miss Summer League unless they had a good feeling about his roster chances.
+1. If Temple continues to improve this season, The Spurs could be more inclined to move Parker, if they felt that Hill and Temple could man the pg position.
I would rather have Gee than Morrison!
11 posts till we saw some Trade TP talk
I never thought I would say this, but we want RJ back, he is NOT going to play any worse, plus we don't really have that many other options.
There is the thought that Hairston will be in the rotation next year floating around, and also some opinions that he doesn't even make the team. Add that to the fact that we don't know if RJ will sign, and the SF position is ultra-murky.
You mean BatMANUel...
Both Temple and Hairston are gonna make the roster for next season
PG/SG: Parker/Hill/Temple/Manu/Anderson
SF: RJ/Hairston
PF/C: Duncan/Dice/Blair/Splitter/Bonner
It's gonna be it guys. It's not that hard to predict that
If Hairston gets rotation minutes next year, I might cry.
basically........
..and maybe we get another SF, and if not we take Gee for a lack of someone better.
What's with all of the Hairston hate on here lately? This message board was lighting up last year to get him extended minutes and even make him the starter. I think as time has gone by we've forgotten how much promise he's shown as a player, mostly because he only played in garbage time. He's a tenacious defender with a very quick first step and a pretty nice shot, in addition to being very young in his NBA career. He's still got loads of potential and IMHO he's only going to get better defensively.
It's common knowledge around the Spurs fandom that we're looking for a perimeter stopper, there's no way that the Spurs organization isn't looking for the same thing. You can bet on the fact that there's at least a sliver of hope in the FO that Hairston can be that guy.
I'm not saying that he's heads and shoulders above a good FA signing, but to hate on the team if he's part of th regular rotation is kind of ridiculous. I think that we'll see in the preseason that this kid is making strides as a great role player that can become part of the nucleus of a winning team.
There are 144 to be distributed between PG/SG/SF, I think things will go like this:
TP: 35
Hill: 38
Manu: 30
RJ (if signs): 32
There are 9 minutes left, and I think it will be Anderson who'll be on the floor during that time. So there are no more time for hairston/temple, only in case of emergency. Don't be so freaked out
Btw I'm assuming we won't see a lot of small ball next year with a frountcourt of Duncan/Splitter/Blair/Dyess/Bonner
Temple should be a lock to be backup PG. He's already proven himself on an NBA level.
I think you're over-estimating everyone a little bit; those kind of minutes are possible in playoff games, but I doubt the players will average those throughout an 82 game regular season. I think these are a little more realistic:There are 144 to be distributed between PG/SG/SF, I think things will go like this:
TP: 35
Hill: 38
Manu: 30
RJ (if signs): 32
There are 9 minutes left, and I think it will be Anderson who'll be on the floor during that time. So there are no more time for hairston/temple, only in case of emergency. Don't be so freaked out
TP: 33 (with exception of last year when injuries limited him, mpg for Tony has been between 32.5 and 34.2 since 2002)
Hill: 30 (about 1 minute more than last year; only averaged more when Tony was out)
Manu: 28 (has averaged between 26.8 and 31.1 since 2003, expect Pop to stay on low end of that)
RJ: 31 (averaged 31 last year; he may even lose a couple minutes now that Pop doesn't have his $14+ mil contract hanging over his head)
So that leaves us with about 22 minutes (and that's when everyone is healthy). This is probably one of the main reasons the Spurs were looking at veteran 2/3s, and if they sign one, expect most of these minutes to go to that player, at least at first. In lieu of a veteran, Spurs could also split those 22 minutes between Temple/Hairston/Anderson/Gee, depending on which one is hot and/or in favor at any given time.
Last edited by lurker23; 07-19-2010 at 05:18 AM.
i would love to see hairston out there w/ some heavy minutes in the begin/season to see what hes really got. I think do a great job! and im not worried about it too much it seems pop & Rc have some strange plan, as usual
do you guys think pop will put anderson at the SF spot?? i kinda get that feeling
Just my 2 cents
I wouldn't be crushed if RJ didn't return and every day his signature isn't on the dotted line increases the chance he won't be back. With Parker returning to his old starter role (I'm assuming) and back to logging 30-35 minutes bringing RJ back just doesn't make any sense, unless he's coming off the bench..., and quite honestly with Anderson, Gee, & Hairston available the spurs don't need his bench services. Parker + RJ was a terrible combination as last year proved and I don't look forward to sequel.
What I'd like to see is the spurs go after Matt Barnes who is a FA and would solve the starting 3 problem plus bring a ton of moxie to this team. Last I heard the cavs are talking with him, and I'm positive if the spurs gave him a call he'd be in SA in a heartbeat. The guy would give 20-25 minutes of hard-nosed defense against the other teams best wing, plus 6-7 boards, a steal, a block, and 10-12 points per night. Exactly what the spurs need in that starting lineup.
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