McDyess Won’t Retire After All

[rascal]

Agreed.

McDyess seems like the best big man other than Duncan that the Spurs can realistically have going into the next season.

Then you can forget about the Spurs being contenders next year.

[Cane]

Then you can forget about the Spurs being contenders next year.

Why the did you delete the end of my post which basically spelled that out: "Spurs still need help in the frontcourt (same old song ever since D-Rob retired) and they're going to need more of it if Dice retires."

[spurs10]

If Pop is still in denial and truly believes that the Manu injury is what cost the Spurs that playoff series, then the Spurs are in big trouble. As I said earlier, bringing Dice back does nothing to upgrade this frontline - which badly needs a younger, more talented and athletic player. Pop can "sling his bull hash of excuses" all he wants, but he and RC are already on record as proclaiming how they need to upgrade the PF spot. If they are truly serious about that, then they should move in that direction.

At his age, Dice is only a bonus, not an answer. If Pop is committed to rolling out Bonner and Blair, as the "turd towers", Dice should not be brought back.

Pop and RC are indeed on record as saying "they need to upgrade the PF spot." Therefore I'm clinging to hope that a trade is in the works to do just that. Thanks Bruno for clarifying the extension situation with Dice and the fact that trades can be discussed during this time in limbo.

[timtonymanu]

I like Dice but I hope he retires. Unless Bonner or Blair is on the way out and the Spurs grab an athletic big, this is a bad idea. It would be dumb to bring back the same exact frontline from last season when clearly it needed an upgrade.

[CaptainLate]

Interesting that Blair has better block shot stats than McDyess, better rebounding stats too (obvious) better FG %.....

The list goes on and on.

The season started going downhill after Dice replaced Blair.
What was the Spurs record w/Blair in the starting lineup vs. Dice in the SL?

[Capt Bringdown]

McDyess was totally washed up 2 years ago. The Spurs are complete morons if they sign him again.

Exactly. Shocking that the Spurs are considering signing him again, how disappointing.

[joshdaboss]

The season started going downhill after Dice replaced Blair.
What was the Spurs record w/Blair in the starting lineup vs. Dice in the SL?

The reasoning is obvious. McDyess is much bigger than Blair and a way, way better defensive player. Popo felt like Blair couldn't compete defensively against the Lakers, who he felt were the team to beat, so he tried to start McDyess and gain chemistry with that lineup before the playoffs. Personally, I think it was the right decision, except he just wasn't right for the Memphis series. They needed the size of Splitter. It was almost a perfect storm of bad things to happen to the Spurs this season.

[rascal]

Why the did you delete the end of my post which basically spelled that out: "Spurs still need help in the frontcourt (same old song ever since D-Rob retired) and they're going to need more of it if Dice retires."

Because you basically reiterated the fact that the spurs should bring back McDyess.

Did it not occur to you that if the spurs brought back McDyess they would be less inclined to bring in another player or two. There are only so many roster spots and having McDyess off the team forces their hand to add another frontline player.

[rascal]

Exactly. Shocking that the Spurs are considering signing him again, how disappointing.

Wasn't McDyess coming off the bench for a lousy Detroit team before he came to San Antonio and now he is older and expected to be a major frontline player for a so called contender.

[Cane]

Because you basically reiterated the fact that the spurs should bring back McDyess.

Did it not occur to you that if the spurs brought back McDyess they would be less inclined to bring in another player or two. There are only so many roster spots and having McDyess off the team forces their hand to add another frontline player.

No, I wrote that McDyess seemed like one of the best realistic options and agreed with another poster that he played too much in the season while making the point that the Spurs still need help in the frontcourt even if he's an active roster spot. Imo there's not much value in McDyess' contract on the market

IIRC Buford has already admitted to needing frontline upgrades specifically at the PF spot and is willing to do it through trades. Spurs know how badly they got beaten by Memphis especially in the frontcourt as Blair and Bonner were basically useless and they relied too much on Dice and Duncan.

[spursfan1000]

I actually like that he isnt going to retire but I disagree with this if we are going to start him next to Duncan. We need someone with atleast potential. Last year the front court of Duncan and Mcdyess didnt come through and we sure wont next year with both of them a year older. At This point our only hope is to sign a unproven big man and hope he comes out big for us. Atletisism is what we need.

[ChuckD]

Exactly. Shocking that the Spurs are considering signing him again, how disappointing.

I don't think they are. I think they asked him to extend his date so that maybe he can be used in a trade to a team that wants to cut payroll by paying him out 50% per his contract.