Reply With QuoteGhost used his direct connection to the powers that be to make sure they didn't come here to prove his holting pattern genius.
That is the real truth.
Nice try.
But none of that stopped perennial All-Stars like Payton and Malone from "playing in the shadows" of Shaq and Kobe.
It's the damn truth. As if Payton and Malone are not going to be noticed in LA. Why should Brand come here and spend his career in the shadows when he can be the man in freaking Miami?
If I'm not right then what's the real answer?
Ghost used his direct connection to the powers that be to make sure they didn't come here to prove his holting pattern genius.
That is the real truth.
There is a difference in GP and Malone than say Kidd and O'Neal/Brand.
LA needs a PG and a PF. Those two know they will get plenty of minutes and no one to look over their shoulder at their position.
The two thing SA don't need is a PG and PF. Those players know they will have to compromise their games to fit next to Parker and Duncan.
Also, LA went after older players who care more about winning and have already had the money and fame. SA went after young players who care more about the latter. They'd rather rule a city and try to make them winners than go to a city who is already a winner and realize they never will be the best player on the team, or the focal point.
I think it has more to do with being "The Man."
I think for some reason star free agents are generally turned off by the San Antonio Spurs.
There's a stigma attached to this team.
It's like the Spurs are too boring or conservative or something.
Charles Barkely also echoed the general feeling that there's nothing to do in SA repeatedly during the playoffs.
It's frustrating to live down these stereotypes.
Payton and Malone have a great setup in LA. They ride into troubled Lakertown like the Magnificent Two. They rescue the poor troubled townfolk. Then they ride out and Lakertown continues its collapse into oblivion, thus showing how critical the Magnificent Two were and adding to the greatness and the glory that are Malone and Payton.
Can't do that in SA even if they wanted too.
Spoken just like someone who doesn't live here.
Well, we convinced Tim to stay twice. Thats gotta count for alot of something. We routinely attract role players torwards the end of their careers for less money than they can make other places.
It seems that this is the first time we've been turned down by FA's, and they've all been young (exception of Kidd).
So to say we routinely miss out is false isn't it?
Ghost that's the lamest take I've ever seen you post. None of these guys want to play second fiddle to Tim Duncan in a small market town. That's it. Accept reality and move on.
Okay, if you say so, homer.
Let's see...
South Beach or the Riverwalk?
What did bowen pick for less?
Hahahahaha... the Spurs are totally screwed. When's the last time a team had this much money and didn't get ?
What a bust of an offseason. Rasho's Vinny Del Negro soft and it looks like the best we can pull is Robert Horry.
4-seed here we come!
4 seed?
Baseline, go easy man! You can't get every free agent you want with or without the cash every year, and the Spurs have done a decent job on the rebound. Rasho is not an all star, by any means, but he should fill the Spurs' immediate needs. If not, there are always potential trades!
Each player the Spurs courted, or thought about courting, was always doubtful to leave their respective team (Jason Kidd, J OŽNeal). The biggest surprise was P.J. Brown deciding to stay in New Orleans...until I discovered that Louisiana is Brown's home state.
Let's let this all play out and at the very least we should be slightly better than next season.
Chicago.When's the last time a team had this much money and didn't get ?
Riley didn't want Bowen back as a starter, Emmy.
No ing way this team is better than last year's when they lose Dave and replace him with that soft-ass Rasho without adding another quality starter. Adding a couple of bench scrubs while losing Claxton won't do for us. If the offseason turns out as projected I expect to see Dallas take the division.
What did Anthony Carter choose?
Oh... wait...
WGAF what there is to do in SA.
During the season you are dog tired all the time anyway. Have a summer home in whatever hotspot you like, and come play for SA.
This is pathetic, there's got to be going on than we know about.
AHF
Brand is going to sign with Lakers for the vet minimum. Sterling says he won't match.
SCOOP
No offense to DROB last year...but it seems some think he was just amazing. He wasnt...Rasho is decent and his numbers against LA were about the same as DROB
Last year
Spurs with a 4 seed?
I'm tired of this "well, at least we tried" at ude. That's a pathetic attempt at justifying an extremely disappointing summer. It's about results, and so far we haven't gotten any. That is a FACT.
I don't blame the front office, I'm sure they are trying their best. I have total confidence in their abilities, but the bottom line is that it hasn't happened yet. No big deal at this point. It might happen five seconds after I submit this post, or in a week, but it hasn't happened yet. So why are some people trying to gloss it all over? Let's look this problem in the eye for what it is - then modify and adjust. That's how you turn things around, not saying "oh well, at least we tried!"
By the way, the article stated nothing about Brand accepting the offer. There is still hope for Brand, and I won't believe otherwise until he's signed an offer sheet with another team.
Not sure if this was already mentioned. I know there is a thread for the ESPN Insider article that just quoted the Florida paper...this one is a second source. For what it's worth:
espn.go.com/nba/news/2003...81398.html
That ESPN article isn't a second source. It just references the same Sun Sentinel article.
The front office thought they had Kidd, but they didn't.
What it all shows is that the cap space strategy is terrible for signing stars. It is a good way of keeping your costs down and have more flexibility to sign decent players, but that's about it.
No mother er I've said that is why Brand went to Miami. According to you, however, this is not significant. Maybe you need to understand the difference.Okay, if you say so, homer.
Let's see...
South Beach or the Riverwalk?
not so much on brand, but on odom it does. When I worked for a newspaper, it was a fireable offense to site something without giving credit to the source.
If the Brand part about accepting the offer came from the Sun article, the reporter is obligated to mention it IMMEDIATELY following the sentence -- i.e. "brand is expected to sign the offer, according to the Sun Time article." If you don't, it is rightfully assumed to be independent information.
The only part sited from the Sun article was about Odom being Plan B. If this reporter just regurgitated the reporting done by another paper, then he or she is in HOT ASS WATER!
the funny thing is all the ing but no one seems to have a solution to why FA don't want to play in SA.
Pop and RC throw MAX dollars at Kidd, Kidd says no. NOT SAs FAULT
O'Neil does not return Pop's calls NOT SAs FAULT
Brown wishes to stay in home state NOT SAs FAULT
It can't be because of market size. Look at Chicago. AGAIN NOT SAs FAULT
Malone and Payton wanted to ride the coat tails of snaq/krybe. ONCE AGAIN HOW IS THIS SAs FAULT?
No amount of ing will change that fact. SA is not attractive for what ever reason. GET OVER IT.
STOP LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAIM
Biggest bunch of babies I have ever encountered. It is as if GW has infected everyone.
Go Spurs...
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