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What a waste. Great ing use of that partially guaranteed contract, RC.
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RT @Monroe_SA: #Spurs make it official: Antonio McDyess retiring and they won't guarantee other half of his $5.2M deal. bit.ly/stSrma
What a waste. Great ing use of that partially guaranteed contract, RC.
We don't want just any big.
WOW this is the worst off season in the Duncan era. What a joke.
The Spurs are obviously not trying. They're talking a big game of wanting to improve this season but they're just going to mail it in and hope for the best. And try to reload next summer.
What a waste this season is going to be. Especially if Pop is still up to his old bag of tricks.
Any trade the Spurs make now will include: Anderson or Neal + Blair or Bonner
At least Pop has one less excuse to not play Splitter and/or Blair. Sink or swim time for both.
Instead of ing about what the Spurs not doing, how about we honor a really good player who could have been great before injuries. Truth be told, I never liked McDyess before he got to Detroit. The injuries made him change his game and he did and became a VERY good big man. I really respected him for the way he adapted his game. Most physically gifted players wouldn't do that after suffering the injuries McDyess had.
Sucks he didn't win a le. Sorry to see him go without a ring.
I liked him
Bonner
So long to one of the Spurs who gave 100% effort against the Grizz. Can't say that for everyone.
Word ....
So you guys still think this isn't the time to split up the Big 3? The front court that got beaten up in the playoffs is now missing its second best player. George Hill is gone. Bonner and are still here. Sound like a contender? Do you really think Kawhi Leonard is going to make up for everything we were missing last season, and everything we have lost since then?
We've got a great looking draft ahead of us, rich with bigs. And the Spurs will probably wind up with a pick in the 15-22 range. The worst of all worlds.
Duncan stays till he is ready to go. Keep either Parker or Manu. But blow it up.
Spurs wanted to amnesty RJ, they couldn't find a SF in FA
Spurs wanted to use Dice contract, they couldn't find a trade for a big
Looking worst and worst. We have one of the worst bigmen rotation in the league right now.
Parker is the only one with any trade value, and the Spurs's depth at PG is suspect at best. Not a good situation in the trade market either, IMO.
Not really surprising. He was pretty adamant about retiring in his statements before the end of last season. If he were going to play, he would've been in camp by now.
I hope the reports of the Spurs trying to "talk him into coming back" were not true.
Anyway, hail to the Dice man. A true warrior, consummate professional, fine player in his prime and an even better person.
sad to say but kinda wish we traded him to the heat for nothing.. they coulda used him and hed be a great piece to a championship team.
as far as the spurs. horrific.
Just a shame he came over too late. Thanks for the memories though...
Just speculating, but I think the Spurs will trade Parker next year, if, and I mean a big if, if Joseph, or a combination of Joeseph and Ford, etc..., can prove that they can handle the pg position at least adaquately.
Pop says every season he'll give Timmy the help he needs, knowing this may be Tim's final season with us. Instead of the bringing help he needs to make sure he goes out on top like David did, he turns his back on him.
He doesn't care about the team anymore. He doesn't have the hunger it seems.
If Mark Cuban owned the team, Pop would have been out the door already.
Pop.
They would have to tank a season completely to get the help needed to get Tim a ring in his final year. Very few people have retired a champion. David was very fortunate (as he says himself in his HOF acceptance speech).
You probably wouldn't get anything close to that in the draft recently.
McDyess goes down as one of my favorite players of all-time. The athletic version of McDyess was really fun to watch. I thought he was done after his knee injuries but he reinvented himself as a very good role playing big. I can't think of another player who totally reinvented how they played the game and did so seamlessly.
Thanks, Dice
As for the Spurs not being able to turn this unguaranteed contract into anything ... I ... I ... I have no words for you. This has been the weirdest offseason ever. I don't even know what to think.
Does taking this partial contract off the books give us the full MLE?
Sad news. McDyess was a class act. Good riddance.
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