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No brainer for the Spurs and Hornets would actually receive a young PF in Blair to fill in the void left by West as they rebuild.
no.
For the Vet min ok maybe.
He wants and will most likely get more then the Spurs could and should offer him.
No brainer for the Spurs and Hornets would actually receive a young PF in Blair to fill in the void left by West as they rebuild.
Sorry guys. West does not help the Spurs against taller frontlines. He does not help you beat the Grizzlies.
You guys seem to be forgetting that our great Tim Duncan is in decline. Someone needs to step in to help offload the rebounding, shotblocking and defense that he has provided over the years.
I don't anyone has forgotten anything.
Go ahead and name all the available players who meet your criteria. Then tell us how the Spurs get one of those guys.
Kaman and Biedrins are viable options that first come to mind. In the case of Kaman, he could probably be had via trade - provided the Clips resign Deandre Jordan. And rumor has it that should the Warriors sign Tyson Chandler, they will release Biedrins.
The Spurs already have enough scoring. And should they add Butler, there goes the MLE. Assuming Nene is out of range, then Kaman and Biedrins would address more of the glaring deficiencies that the Spurs currently have along the frontline.
Whether or not you like West you have to admit he is the kind of PF pop likes. He stretches the floor cause he is simply deadly with the jumper. Yeah he's short but so are our other PFs, that never stopped pop.
And once the defending 4 is up in his face, West can actually put the ball on the floor unlike bonner for example.
Hey, if we get caron despite coming off surgery, why not another fresh out of the hospital? haha
Why can't Splitter and TD just convince Nene to come here for cheap?
Lots of reasons to pass. None of which have anything to do with Blair or Bonner.
He's coming off a knee injury, doesn't have much height and is an average rebounder. We need a big that can play Defense and Rebound first.
West has a great in-between game but he's more at ude than anything and doesn't run the floor very well.
Yeah, pass.
The Spurs don't have the assets to trade for Kaman.
If Biedrins is released via amnesty, he'll be claimed by a team with cap space.
West, while far from perfect, has the advantage of being available.
That may be true, however West is most certainly looking for a big payday. Depending upon whose got cap space, West could very well be looking to command as much as Kaman is making (12 mil).
I'm not against West from a talent perspective, I just don't think he brings enough size and the other intangible aspects that the Spurs so desparately need, that a true PF/C can provide.
That may be true, but if that's the standard for a PF/C acquisition then we should be prepared to go forward with the bigs we have.
The problems with the Duncan/Dice/Bonner bigman rotation was lack of scoring, not only that Bonner does nothing defensively. West/Duncan/Splitter rotation should be much better both defensively and offensively. West was a legit all-star prior to his injury, so he could have neutralized Z-Bo's production.
Another detail with the roster was that the Spurs never signed an wing defender, while Memphis had two elite wing defenders.
Signing a player like West would be huge for the Spurs, but the team never signed an all-star big while Duncan was in his prime and the team a top contender, so I doubt it will happen, but who knows.
West has all-star talent, has about the best mid-range jumper in the NBA, and is a legit power forward. The only prayer the Spurs would have of getting him is if his knee has really diminished his value or if he really really really wants to be a Spur. If either of those happens and he becomes available, you pull the trigger on that in a second without thinking about it, because it's the bargain of the year. Seriously. Dude should be commanding WAY more than the Spurs can afford.
That said, I don't like him personally, but when I think about Robert Horry pushing him in the back, I feel a little better.
I would take him in a heartbeat. He is career 16 an 7 player. Not to mention that he's had better numbers than that over the last 3yrs. Also 7-8 rebounds a game is fine if he is the secondary rebounder with Duncan being number 1.
No thanks.
Correction.... naw!
I'll take West over Kaman and Biedrins. Biedrins especially is a mental midget.
people who say pass on West are nuts. Guy routinely torches us when he plays.
Nene > West > Kaman > Biedrins
Spurs have a tiny chance of getting any one of the above but that's the order.
I agree, sorry SenorSpur, but I don't want anymore players that are soft or mental midgets.
I want the Spurs to get back to signing tougher, aggressive players and David West with all this flaws fits the bill better than those two.
Spurs will not take on the contract of Biedrins. The only chance would be if he were amnestied.
Kaman's trade kicker would make his incoming salary 14.6
Spurs would be forced to include one of the big three.
If that is the case, no way am I interested in Kaman for that type of money. I'll pass.
Do you feel as though West is a mentally tough player?
If that's the case, there goes another option off the table.
We really have no chance to land a "name" big man now that RJ's contract ballast is gone.
I just can't see the Spurs loading up to make another supposed championship run, and not address their biggest weakness - the frontline.
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