Spurs don’t want just anybody at center
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...ody-at-center/
Last edited by Spursfan092120; 12-19-2011 at 02:06 AM.
You can't post that whole article here as the site owners of Spurstalk have been contacted before about articles from that website being posted here.
Anyway, to me it sounds like the Spurs are doing jack and have nothing in the works, or they tried and struck out.
I think what's a little more concerning is that they are looking for a CENTER and not a POWER FORWARD. I don't consider Splitter to be a PF - his game resembles more of a C.
If the Spurs are actually looking for a C, it needs to be someone who scores (like Dwight Howard). Otherwise, you can count on 20 pts or less from the frontcourt scorers and TP, MG and RJ will have to put up 20 a piece per game.
Tiago is still a mystery to Pop.
my bad..forgot about that...fixed.
Yes, it's a PF we need....Tim and Tiago have the center position pretty well covered.
And if a young player must be sacrificed in the process, my guess is that it would be Blair.
If Spurs were desperate to add a quality bigman, they would never say it. Saying it would put Spurs in a weak situation towards free agents and other teams (to do a trade). It's all about leverage.
What Spurs will do with their frontcourt is still a mystery. They can very well sign a FA today or do a trade today before Dice deadline.
Agreed. It will be an interesting day. I'll keep my fingers crossed...
What time do they have to make a decision on McDyess by?
It's today but the hour is unknown. This deadline can too be push back if Dice is fine with it. Dice has still agreed to do that twice.
So it's completely up to Dice? The NBA has no say in it?
Yep, it's between Dice and Spurs. They just need to sign an addendum to his contract stating the new deadline and then send it to the league office.
There is too a NBA deadline after when contracts become fully guaranteed for the year. It's usually in early January but it has been pushed back by one month this year because of the lockout. Spurs won't be able to push Dice's deadline past February 7th because of that rule.
CIA NumbNutts still talks like he will only play Splitter because he has to.Tiago is still a mystery to Pop.
“We haven’t really seen Tiago much, so he’s kind of a new player this year,” Popovich said. “He’s going to give us a lot of minutes we have to have, because of the quick schedule.”
I was underwhelmed with Tiago on Saturday night.
Yes it was preseason, but he is not exactly the defensive stopper needed.
So you're saying...There is a chance?
So I presume this is why and how the date was originally pushed out to today, the 19th?
Bruno, thanks for the info on the dates and situation between the Spurs and Dice.
It's nice to know they don't have to rush and get something done today but it sucks knowing we may have to wait until February for them to decide on something. Sadly if they can't get something done by now they probably won't. Terrible having to wait like this.
The fact that they're looking for a 5 rather than a 4 is mind-boggling. Seriously, wtf.
See my post above (#3).
4 rings....
Probably not, but you should check one of your sources just to be sure.
lol Steve Novak
How sad of a player do you have to be a big man and lose a job on a team that desperately needs big men.
I guess the rest of the league can't look at their pathetic front court and realize that they only have four bigs, three of which have severe limitations. They had little leverage to begin with and they have even less now that they wasted their best trade asset.
It's not at all a mystery. We've seen this movie before, only last season it was backup SF that was the issue. Look for them to rotate a bunch of past their prime veterans/D-Leaguers before finally settling on one. Watch them claim Cousin if/when he's cut by the Rockets.
He's just underwhelming. Preseason has nothing to do with it.
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