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What station?Just heard on the radio Boris Diaw will sign with Spurs.
What station?Just heard on the radio Boris Diaw will sign with Spurs.
Just heard on the radio Boris Diaw will sign with Spurs.
He has to clear waivers
Won't happen before Friday, if it happens.
Right, but he can make his decision any time.
Spurs have to do this in order for a shot at the c'ship
Not entirely true.
He needs to go unclaimed to technically become a free agent.
He is only expected to officially clear waivers Friday.
Look at J.J. Hickson today- was 'claimed' by Portland before officially becoming a free agent.
Loosely translated somebody can block the Spurs here.
Diaw can choose not to report to said team but the caveat is in order to be eligible for the playoffs, players need to claimed or signed by Friday.
You're arguing semantics. Obviously he can be claimed but him decided where he will sign if/when he becomes a FA is an entirely different thing. If he chooses to sign with SA, he's going to sign with the Spurs. Yes, unless he's claimed off waivers which will not happen with his contract.
Was this radio report during Oprah?
You really think Boris Diaw is what's going to put us over the top?
The big difference is Diaw will cost about 107K per game if he is claimed off of waivers with a 9 mil per year salary. No team can be that stupid.
I really think that replacing Bonner and Blair is what is capable of putting the Spurs over the top.
It was somewhat foreseeable that Hickson would get claimed because he was on the final year of his rookie contract and there were plenty of teams that had the room to bring him in. Diaw on the other hand is making around $9M this year and as Bruno pointed out, only five teams in the entire league would be able to claim him if they choose to do so. Of those five teams, none of them really make any sense - so it is far less likely that he gets claimed (even if only to " block" the Spurs).
And as it has been pointed out, Diaw doesn't need to be claimed or signed by Friday to be eligible for the Playoffs. He only needed to be released by his previous team before that deadline - which obviously he has. He could technically wait a few weeks (or even several weeks) if he wanted to and still be eligible for his new team's Playoff roster.
I didn't make the claim Manny.
Could Diaw's arrival mean the beginning of the end for Blair and Bonner?
Blair - yes.
Bonner - no.
actually a bit of both .. since he plays PF .. not C...
Diaw will have minumum impact.He stinks.We need Hornets to buy out Okafor.We need his interior defense.But Holt won't add that salary anyway.Another Buss.
I think with the addition of Jackson that Bonner is on the out add that fact that Blair is cheap. But I don't see them signing Diaw to a long term deal probably just a one year deal.
If we can just get Diaw, then we are a legit contender
So they'll add diaw but won't add okur because of money.
Very well thought out.
If the Spurs FO had switched RJ for Diaw the at the trade deadline Spurstalk would have been talking championship.
Now? We have the very real chance that the Spurs will swap out RJ and the contract-known-as-TJ Ford for Jack and Diaw. Seriously, it's not as if other teams have been knocking down the Spurs door offering talented big men at bargain basement prices.
Exactly! This isn't a fantasy draft. I for one think that if Diaw can recapture his Phoenix form (and I'm being optimistic), he will give this team a legitimate shot at the le. And while having a legitimate big would be ideal, I think the matchup problems Diaw poses in an already stacked offense will really take the Spurs far. Again, I'm being optimistic but I've always liked Diaw's game.
The Spurs really haven't had a problem scoring the ball. Their problems have been on the defensive end. The only thing that could really benefit them on offense is less 3's and more low post scoring.
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