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timvp - was your translation cut short by a word? My translation said "Slovenian team"...not just "Slovenian". That changes the meaning of the sentence, if so.
A tough center would be a nice addition to Splitter's finesse, and would serve as good injury/fouls insurance. And for the love of the basketball gods, a tough center would stop the Bonner/Blair tandem from seeing any action
Ideally that tough center would be more of a mobile shotblocking C/PF that can hit the midrange shotBut yea good luck on stealing a player like that
timvp - was your translation cut short by a word? My translation said "Slovenian team"...not just "Slovenian". That changes the meaning of the sentence, if so.
Available free agent Centers that fit the "physical" profile are...?
This rumor makes no sense.
Some people might consider Krstic physical. He's a 7-footer and he threw a chair and hit Bourousis in a "friendly", so...
I guess a guy like Haddadi would be a decent option as your 5th big. He should be available for the veteran's minimum and Memphis doesn't seem very interested in bringing him back because they want to avoid the luxury tax.
It could be a trade in the works. Any physical center's available. Maybe R. Lopez or A. Varejao?
We signing Yanni Brontosaursauses
Physical center = Marcus Camby
Spurs are interested in his services. He will most likely sign with Heat or Knicks
He's from Europe. By European standards, almost any American player would qualify as "physical." Jason Collins, for example.
(For the record, please don't let it be Jason Collins.)
meh, Lorbek is going to say off and sign with CSKA or Barcelona. Don't think he'll wait till the Spurs sign nobody.
Time for Javtokas maybe?
People make a big deal out of the Spurs needing a PF or C. They need a frontcourt player who can defend both PF and C and shore up the interior defense, switch on pick and rolls. They also need more post scoring so it would be ideal if that player can score with his back to the basket. It's hard to get that combination at a price the Spurs can afford and if you have to choose you have to go with the defense first.
HADDADI??!! Dude WTF? GTF ... dude never post here again.
id take hamed
idk why he gets put on players like scalabrines level
maybe cause of his name and the way he looks
but the guy can be a great backup center
hes tall
solid defender
can finish around the rim/hook shots
easily take him over bonner/blair/mcdyess/whatever other scrubs the team put next to duncan
ive been to the grizzlies forums and they always wanted him to get more playing time
I wouldnt mind Hamed, especially if his contract starts at around what he was making last year with Memphis ($1.3). I just dont know why the Spurs would want to get rid of Splitter, unless they afraid of having to overpay him next year.
I believe it says "there will be a place for the Slovenian ON the team."
Milwaukee, in addition to recently acquired Sam Dalembert, has two young centers with potential-- Ekpe Udoh and Larry Sanders. Both are mobile defensive specialists, and I could see the Bucks letting one go for the right pieces/price.
Udoh also has the whole plus/minus king going on, like a young Jason Collins or even Bonner.
The +/- thing is what initially caught my eye with Udoh. He had that in Golden State, and then again in Milwaukee.
I also agree with this take: http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2...s-serge-ibaka/
Imagine this lineup
Duncan/Udoh
Diaw/Lorbek(?)
Leonard/Jackson
Green/Ginobili
Parker/whoever gets to be backup PG
STAAAAAACKED
Haddadi, Udoh, Javtokas...
Yeah, this is why I said the rumor makes no sense. Outside of Camby, who seems like a longshot at the moment, there just isn't anyone "available" that's worth putting Lorbek on the shelf to negotiate with. Unless I'm missing something.
It might not mean anything. Posturing? Hard to say yet.
what about robin lopez. he fell out of favor last year with the suns and no way the suns want to pay him next year to be gortat's backup. they extended a qualifying offer and i'm not too sure how the logistics of a trade would work out. a sign and trade swap of lopez and lorbek might benefit both teams. suns get someone to play next to gortat and the spurs get a 7 footer can develop a solid all around game and is already a decent shotblocker. he's also mobile enough to play in the spurs' new system.
Solid. Was in 64 games this season, so he's sturdier than his twin.
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