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A 6 foot 9, 3-pt specialist...just a tryout, or Bonner insurance?
http://twitter.com/DraftExpress/stat...35487914237952
Steve Novak will sign a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs tomorrow. Spent 48 hours in the D-League before getting the call-up.
A 6 foot 9, 3-pt specialist...just a tryout, or Bonner insurance?
The spurs will soon waive him just same as the udoka's case
10 day contracts make that easy to do.
By waiting until tomorrow, the 10 days contract will length the whole second leg of the rodeo road trip that ends in Chicago on February 17th. Spurs signing Novak also likely means that Bonner still need a little time before coming back.
On a side note, Pop has a golden opportunity to give Tiago consistent minutes. Spurs will play 5 teams in 7 days and these 5 teams are below .500. It will be the perfect time to open the bench to give Dice and Duncan some rest. Having Nowak will also help to rest the "old" players.
you really think Novak is going to play meaningful minutes and will enable the "old" players to rest ?
power shift move?
I hope the one that will allow the "old" players to rest will be Splitter. Novak will be mainly useful for the garbage time.
I really liked the minutes he played against the kings, some are saying it was the kings but the same kings destroyed the lakers front court just before. With bonner still out this is Tiago chance I hope he will take it.
I've always wondered what Pop could do with this guy. His shot from outside is arguably the best in the NBA. If Pop could make him work in certain situation, then Bonner could actually become a trade chip with the much lower salaried Novak in place.
Splitter would see the bulk of these minutes, but when Pop would need that big to stretch the floor, then Novak would be the guy to deliver. It seems every game I have watched of him he nails the three whenever given the chance, and regardless of how cold he is from sitting on the bench.
I would have to say that his defense cannot be much worse than Bonner's when he first got here, as well.
Pop just wants someone to run his stretch four sets. He is so proud of them.
I actually like this, hope he gets more than a minute or two, he has a pretty outside shot.
I hate to say I have no information on this guy. Does anyone have some history on this guy besides a good outside shot?
Austin Croshere 2K11.
Poor man's, perhaps homeless man's, Matt Bonner. Tall guy that can shoot the 3, but can't shoot, rebound, or defend as well as Bonner.
He is white
Novak is a ing ..he cost me a 100$ in the Spurs-Mavs game earlier in the season..he took a meaningless 3 attempt with less than 20 seconds left to hit the OVER..this is a disappointing signing..
As for his game..he's a very good 3-point shooter, but Ralph Lawler(the Clippers announcer) used to literally joke, on the air, about when Novak would do anything positive, outside of making a 3
He has no ability to shoot off the dribble, either..his only asset is spot-up 3-point shooting..
This is good, Novak is a better shooter than Bonner and he is more clutch.
His defense is even worse than Bonner´s but he has never been on a team that required him to play any of course.
Sadly, this means he'll be ahead of Tiago in Pop's rotations.
i see this "10 day contract" trend going till the feb 24th deadline...maybe the spurs are just waiting to sign a player involved in a trade and bought out..... lets hope we get a good 13th player with some good defense...
He used to play for dallas and I believe new Orleans so that's a good sign. Other than that I don't really like the signing
who the is steve novak
Eh, garbage signing.
He'll be gone in 10-20 days.
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