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Assuming there is any truth to the story, the takeaway is that Green is available in a trade.
I just hope the plan is to start Howard and bench Jefferson not Pop trying to to resurrect Michael Finley's small balls "power" forward spirit from the dead.
Assuming there is any truth to the story, the takeaway is that Green is available in a trade.
I may be way off base wit this but I think Danny Green has long term potential. He seems to be a smart player with really good basketball skills. He should be a part of the Spurs long term future in my opinion. Not a star but is a long 3 that can defend and score when you need him to.
The ironic thing is Malone really wanted to go to the Spurs but said he would go to the team that didn't win so it couldn't be said he was jumping on the bandwagon. As a result because the Spurs won in '03 he went to the Lakers. However he then became a big part of the reason the Spurs didn't repeat. His defense on TD in '04 really made a difference.
That and .4
Leonard is a long 3, Green is barely 6'6" and is nowhere close to being long.
As well as Turkoglu ting (and shooting) bricks.That and .4
Josh Howard is a pot head piece of I would not want anywhere near this team. Keeping Jefferson would be better than bringing that cancer into the locker room.
And he's far from smart.
I like Danny myself but we really don't have anyone outside Tony(manu whenever healthy) that can score on their own. So Howard mite not be so bad.
According to pre-draft measurements:
Green's standing reach is only 3 inches shorter than Leonard, and he makes up for some of it with his superior standing vertical. These are the things needed to contest shots.
He also did 15 bench press reps to Leonard's 3, showing much more upper body strength.
While I'd still give Leonard the edge (in guarding Durant) Green wouldn't be that much of a worse choice.
I just checked Howard's stats and I have to say I'm having second thoughts....
Howard is currently shooting 40% (35% last season) and can't space the floor (25% currently from downtown).
At least Jefferson can shoot.
According to draft express Dwight Howard only did 8 reps, so going by your logic Danny Green has much more upper body strength then him as well right?
Leonard has longer arms & obviously is much more physical then Green & a much smarter/better defender as well. Fact.
Last edited by Spurs da champs; 03-14-2012 at 11:44 AM.
I'd actually be okay with this trade. Howard has shown some upside the past couple of weeks. (scoring 10-15 points a game along with 4-6 rebounds).
You guys are making Danny Green out to be some sort of mega prospect. Bottom line is, I would move Green and Neal in a heartbeat to acquire more talent, they are nowhere near untouchable.
Neal can create his own offense, but he's inconsistent. Danny Green more or less is 3 pt spot up shooter. Howard has much more in his offensive arsenal, and there's no way he could be less of a defender.
Plus, Green is unproven during the postseason. Howard has shown up, multiple times.
Neal has big balls, something we're gonna need playoff time. There's not many people in the league who can calmly sink a game winning/tying basket and Neal is one of those cold as mofos. So I'd be against trading him unless it's a no brainer
Trading for Howard is popalogical. It gives Spur fans someone to hate more than RJ, Blair, and Bonner.
green is like the very poor man's manu ginobili. despite his mediocre play, his energy and hustle is contagious and is worth keeping him in the rotation. and every now and then, green makes a good play in the clutch when the spurs desperately need something created.
i only like this rumor because that means jefferson must be getting moved. but otherwise... spurs should just blow the team up now instead of slowly killing the team.
I agree. Neal has the necessary skills to hit big shots in the playoffs.
Getting Josh Howard does nothing to address the fact that this team only really has two legitimate playoff caliber big men. It's not going to make that big an impact in the long run. The team needs more defense, rebounding, and post scoring. Getting another shot happy swing doesn't help. When we lose in the playoffs it won't be because of Danny Green, it will be because of our lack of a frontcourt.
Danny Green > Josh Howard. I would say it was an attempt to improve the perimeter D but getting rid of Danny almost negates it. If this is true hopefully it's preparation to trade RJ.
Anyone who wants Howard has not seen him play this year. Dude is playing worse than Jefferson.
Anyone who says Howard is playing worse than obviously hasn't seen play this year.
Last edited by Hoops Czar; 03-14-2012 at 03:00 PM.
How so exactly? Howard may be more aggressive, but who cares when he is just throwing up bricks.
Howard atleast has the ability to create his own shot. Neither are any good defensively, but w/o Jefferson, Leonard would be starting and I would be very comfortable seeing Howard come off the bench and give the Spurs some extra scoring punch.
The Spurs organization is like the Kardashian mom. They don't have as many options these days as they did 10 years ago.
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