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hmm. I really can't see why the Spurs didn't at least wait till after the Wolves game, if there wasn't another option in the works.
Alan Anderson...now theres a blast from the past. I remember him from the Bobcats a number of years ago. Had some promise but wasn't refined enough...plus it was the Bobcats.
I met him at an Oklahoma City Hornets game. Haha.
hmm. I really can't see why the Spurs didn't at least wait till after the Wolves game, if there wasn't another option in the works.
I think he was waived in order to sign Dampier. By the way, that can't do much for team chemistry, either, given that most of Heat roster is made up of past-their-prime vets who signed for minimum in order to get a shot at the ring like Stack. I wonder how bitter he must be. I actually think he'd be decent for the Spurs. He'd give the team a nasty edge that they really haven't had since KWill.
The new player could be signed tomorrow before the Minny game.
That's what Spurs did when they swapped Gee for Green: Gee was waived the 16th and Green was signed the 17th just before the game against Bulls.
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Danny Green got waived while I was somewhere over Kansas. You know drill. Spurs have 2 weeks to sign 13th player.
Ime Udoka already knows the system (he sort of learned it) and could be nice to have until Anderson gets back.
Please, no Udoka and no Stack.
Udoka? Been there, done that, didn't work.
Stack? Finley would have been better.
WTF is going on here? Mighty strange to sign a guy for two games then drop him.
As for Stackhouse, no. Much better to have some youth developing on the roster than a washed up vet.
I don't see whom the Spurs would trade for basically a temporary Anderson stand-in.
Cutting Green just six days after signing him is strange. There's no way they got a long enough look at him to determine anything. So the question is, what changed? Did someone become available that they're interested in? Hudson (who's an undersized combo guard) and Stackhouse are the only two players besides Green who have been waived in recent days.
Even though it goes against the youth movement, I'm thinking they might sign Stackhouse. Ultimately, as the schedule becomes more hectic and arduous, this team is going to need another player with size on the wing who can eat up some minutes. It's clear they have enough up front to get Duncan and McDyess their requisite rest and they should have enough at the point to get Parker his requisite rest, but they don't have enough on the wing for Ginobili to get his requisite rest.
I don't really want Stackhouse, but if he could eat up a few minutes against a team like the Magic or more than a few against a team like the Timberwolves, that could be helpful over the long run in terms of keeping Ginobili's minutes down somewhat. Then once Anderson returns, he would be waived.
You don't sign Stack to play him then waive him.
We might be thinking into this so much, but it is very strange on a financial standpoint which the FO is usually very careful at. I have no idea about what this move means, but it has gotten us all wondering. It could very well be just nothing though.
From a financial standpoint, I guess it either means they want to sign another player immediately or coast for two weeks before signing another player.
The Heat just did.
This team needs an Anderson replacement in the worst way. The options available via free agency aren't exactly all that appealing. A guy like Hayes may require a guaranteed contract; Stackhouse has already shown he won't.
A trade would require giving up at least one quality asset, which would only create another hole and it would block Anderson once he's healthy. What this team needs is someone to get them through the next two months.
If it's not Stackhouse, then why waive Green so soon? You can pull your usual "he's a scrub", but find me a head and shoulders better one available? At least in his case, his supposed strengths fit the needs of this team at the three position and he should have had at least fairly good knowledge of a lot of the Spurs defensive principals.
Come to think of it, Stackhouse wouldn't even have to be waived. This team has to be at 13 anyway, so he could just become the 12th or 13th man.
They didn't play him.
Because at some point, his contract automatically becomes guaranteed. This way, they sign a player, keep him for two weeks, and then they have two weeks to look for another one. They end up paying one half of a salary slot.
It never has. It's spot #13.
They signed Green as soon as Gee cleared waivers.
Not if you keep him short term, and wait the full allowed 2 weeks in between.
If they wait two weeks.
They haven't yet.
Right, but they could wait two weeks in between each cut. I'm doubting that waiver fees amount to one half of a minimum salary, which is how much they could potentially save.
Eventually, the time of ten day contracts rolls around too, and those are dirt cheap.
Can i quote you on a consistent and regular basis in numerous threads?
They already blew that theory by signing three players past their first season as well as not waiting the two weeks you mentioned.
They're prorated just like the unguaranteed deals they are currently signing. 10-days could actually cost more if a team wants to waive the player a couple of days in.Eventually, the time of ten day contracts rolls around too, and those are dirt cheap.
seems rushed... what could be the urgency?
My gues os he did 't have the work ethic that the spurs expect.
Spurs likey will have a new signing tomorrow.
udoka !?!
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