What are you talking about? LeBron James big? Dwayne Wade big?
Honestly, at the time Rasho Nesterovic was seen as a major coup of a signing. Rasho was seen as the next big thing (kind of like Gortat) at the time. In retrospect it was undeserved, but at the time it was a considerable signing. But that was all borne from being unable to sign Jason Kidd.
Rasho was considered "big" because they Spurs have never signed when it comes to FA.
I guess the answer is a resounding no.
The Spurs, can not land a big name FA.
I don't remember it being pegged like that...Rasho was our consolation prize after losing out on Jason Kidd and Jermaine O'Neal.
Brent Barry and Michael Finley are about as good as SA has done in recent years
Spurs signed Tim Duncan when he became a free agent...
don't you think we would have known? no they havent
Duncan... also Finley was fairly coveted when we signed him up. Same could be said about McDyess...
Yet they have 4 championships. I guess when you draft smart and fill up your roster with solid role players, you don't need to overpay for talent like all the big markets.
Rodman?, Horry?, Jefferson? were no small fish and we're IMO very notable
and the Iceman and Swen Nater were considered huge catches for their time and resulted in legal actions in the ABA to prevent their acquisition. We wouldn't have been the Spurs or have the legacy we do without them.
Dale Ellis.
Finley was kind of a big deal back in 2005
I think we traded for all of the players you named except Horry. If free agency is what we are looking at then you would have to name players like Derek Anderson, Rasho, Oberto, Barry, Avery Johnson, Chuck Person (I think).
Spurs don't get a lot of star power when it comes to free agency. Really, Dice, Finley, Barry are the better pick ups. The Spurs have always traded well and drafted well.
Rodman and Jefferson were via trades, not free agency. I guess Jefferson opted out and then became a free agent (wink, wink) and then resigned with Spurs.
Rodman and Jefferson were acquired by trade...
You're right, I stand corrected.
I'd say both Finley and Brent Barry were nice semi-big name pick ups.
Why are you so mad that the Spurs have troubles getting big name free agents?
Why do you think they have problems getting big name free agents?
Wouldn't Derek Anderson count as one?
Clearing up a lot of space to sign a big name FA is a pretty risky move for a FO to make tbh. Even ultramegahuge markets like Chicago and New York had to deal with the LeBron Sweepstakes leftovers even though they prepared for the past summer for years. Chicago has still failed to grab a starting caliber SG but they did try to sign JJ Re but Orlando matched.
not even the defending champs could convince Mike Miller, Kurt Thomas, or Raja Bell to sign with them for a lesser deal even though Kobe was trying to get 'em personally. Actually I'm not even sure if Miller and Thomas ended up taking more money than what they could've gotten in LA FWIW.
When it comes to SA its pretty impressive that they've been able to keep guys like Robinson, Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili. The last two guys probably could've gotten a significantly bigger deal in a bigger market elsewhere especially considering all the losers in the LeBron Sweepstakes. Duncan probably had enough leverage to get more $$$ than he's getting now as well which speaks volumes of not only the player but the Spurs organization imo.
Last edited by Cane; 01-10-2011 at 03:31 PM.
Small market. Maybe some FA's are intimidated by Pop's no bull allowed coaching style. $$$$$$$, or lack there of.
Our salary this year is ~$23,000,000 less than the Lakers. That's roughly 3 mid level exceptions and a league minimum, or enough to pay anyone's salary not named Kobe Bryant.
Makes it tough to win bidding wars when we spend ~$70 mil on a team and other teams spend over $85 mil+ to fill out their roster.
It also makes you wonder how good we would be if Sarver could pony up for that last big signing.
Fun fact: if the Lakers were to just keep their starting 5, dropping the other players from their cap, they would still have the 8th most costly roster in the NBA, $3,000,000 more than the Spurs spend on their entire team. Unreal.
Go soft cap FTW!
Ish. Wasn't he putting up around 15 ppg with the Clips before he came here? Not exactly huge numbers
Who are the Lakers big coup in the last I dunno, 20 years?
Seriously, can you think of any big name free agent signing?
Don't give me Malone and Payton, old ring chasers.
Don't give me Artest. Getting old ring chaser.
So what, they get/got it done with trades and the draft. Just like the Spurs.
I like how that troll poster Glenn Holland started this just to insult the Spurs yet I bet that dumbass couldn't answer my question.
Glenn Robinson
Radoslav Nesterovic. 18 letters is a big name in my book.
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