All joking aside, at least he's tall enough to elbow the lakers in the nads when they're coming down with the board. If he's smart enough to come to SA knowing they are in a win now mode, I like him!
Folks, like it or not, this is the way the NBA is going. The lines/jobs between the guards were blurred first, and now it's happening with the forwards.
The championship was won by the Heat playing LeBron at the 4 and Bosh at the 5. The "two bigs" lineup is almost a thing of the past. Only three WC teams really did it and played well, and none made it out of the second round.
He's got the three potential. He shot 43% one year at Xavier on 2.6 attempts per game. If Chip could fix Kawhi's shot, he can likely fix this young man's.
Well, at least he's an inch taller than Blair. And if he can shoot the three, Pop should give him minutes.
An inch taller? He's atleast three inches taller.
An inch difference is too little, but three is too much. The difference is about an two and a quarter. The good thing is that Brown has a bigger wingspan and reach than Blair, who is freakish in that regard.
I like this move. Can fill that 5th PF role probably as well as Blair can right now. If your gonna give up size anyway, may as well have a freak athlete there who can at least challenge shots. Really like Blair but it's time for Him to move on for his own sake.
In perspective, but . . .
Good move, I like it.
Brown might not be the most talented player ever but form what I've seen of him, he plays hard and is quite athletic. He should be able to help Spurs on the defensive end which they badly need. If Spurs keep him, he will be able to provide more depth at the SF spot behind Kawhi and Jack. He will too be a good candidate to be a small ball PF.
Another positive aspect of this signing is that it likely means no Tracy McGrady and Josh Howard. I just didn't want to see Spurs signing them.
I've never seen Brown play so I don't know much about him. Reading the comments in this thread, it sounds like he will be a good fit. He's definitely better than some of the alternates that worked out for the Spurs (Kapono, Josh Howard).
So far we have Brown, Aguilar, and Wilkerson invited to training camp? Any other prospects I left out?
outside his subpar rebounding I like this signing a lot.
decent size for a combo forward (plus a great wingspan) and is a pretty good athlete.
w/o shoes 6' 7.5"
in shoes 6' 8.5"
225 lbs
wingspan 7' 2.5"
reach 8' 11.5"
wasn't in the best situation in Charlotte with so many similar forwards there (Diaw, Thomas, Najera, McGuire) and the coaching by Silas can't be a good thing for a young player either. could become this years Danny Green.
Aguilar and Wilkerson are camp invites, but Brown was signed to a full year, although unguaranteed, contract. His contractual situation is the same as Neal, but not quite as good as Blair, who's deal fully guarantees the first day of the season, or thereabouts. Brown and Neal don't guarantee until the deadline, sometime in January, I believe.
yah, this guy's pretty good, if he's not offered a contract, i'll be one angry spurs fan
He was offered a contract, and signed it.
He has more than 2 inches over Blair. He is athletic and he can defend 3s and 4s just fine.
I like the signing.
The only thing i don't like is the fact that he is a below average rebounder and SA is clearly weak in that aspect.
Much better than signing T-Mac or Josh Howard.
GL to him.
Who we got runnin' for the Spurs in the Charlotte office???,first Diaw now Brown...
Diaw, Brown, and SJAX should have a little bit of familiarity, they were all on the Bobcats roster for '09-'10 and '10-'11 season
Not as weak as you may think. I think it stands out to us fans more because the boards we miss out on have a tendency to linger on our memory, but the Spurs are actually one of the better rebounding teams.
According to Hollingers efficiency ratings (which, as always, must be taken with a grain of salt), Spurs were the best defensive rebounding team in the league last year, and are perennially near the top of the heap in that regard (even with our lack of size and one particular redhead).
They were, however, 24th in offensive rebounding, but that has never been an area emphasized by Pop's system, which has always valued getting back on defense over crashing the O-boards. That's probably not going to change even if the Spurs do add size.
Overall though, the Spurs were within the top 10 of rebounding teams (tied with the Heat and Clippers for 6th).
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Two dunks, one for each of the turd towers at :50 and 1:33 here:
So is this guy comparable to like a Serge Ibaka in size? Or is he a lot smaller?
Ibaka is about 6'10, Brown is 6'8
Put him on Durant on the season opener. If he does good I will be one happy muther er
Aguilar and Wilkerson will also be signed to contracts that are at least one year long. There is no such things as contracts only for the training camp. The minimum length of a contract for a player that is at a training camp is one year.
Ryan Richards is a strong possibility for getting a training camp invite since it looks like he doesn't want to go back to Europe.
Well, he mostly played SF in the NBA and he is a fine rebounder for a SF.
BTW, a little tidbit from the original article about the signing:
http://www.csnnw.com/pages/landingbl...67&feedID=5212
Brown might be a fine candidate for the 15th roster spot but if he get it, Spurs will be with a full roster and only be $300K below the tax. It will give them little leeway to add a 7 footer and they will really need one to face the Lakers.Brown worked out for the Spurs a couple of weeks ago and according to sources, he has a good shot to make it past camp.
You think that ends up being Fesenko?
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