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they still have Anderson jerseys on sale on Spurs.com.
Are we even suppose to be impressed by a 15th man? Give the kid a break. At least it's not Michael Finley or Ime Udoka or any of those small forwards the Spurs tried adding in the past.
Signing Pietrus would have been a bad move. He probably wouldn't come for a non guaranteed contract and there is no way that the Spurs should waste that last roster spot with someone like him that isn't that great. James is a better choice for now because you can waive him at anytime to free up that roster spot for another free agent singing or a trade. You'd be kicking yourself if Kenyon Martin for example wanted to sign here for the minimum, but you didn't have that roster spot open because Pietrus is sitting on the bench.
Then you could just waive Blair (who has really overextended his stay) if Martin wants to come here, Peitrus plays solid D & can hit open shots, you can never have enough guys like that. But I suppose your right about wasting money on him for limited playing time but so far the Spurs have wasted money on Bonner & Diaw, but it is what it is.
I would try and get something for Blair, no way I would just wave him for nothing. Even a second round pick at worst, no way you just waive someone that has started as many games as he has for the Spurs over the last few years. You gotta try and get something for him at least. I know he is not great, some teams would have a use for him.
They've tried & got no interest, no one has a need for a skilless 6'6 center.
I think they were trying to get a first round pick for him. They probably turned down a second round pick as our depth isn't good as far as big men go to give him up for nothing.
I find it noteworthy that Spurs contacted Pietrus. You obviously had to make the link with Spurs working out McGrady and Josh Howard late this summer. For whatever reason(s), that could be Spurs planing to trade Jackson/Neal and/or Pop planing to play a lot of smallball, Spurs are still looking to add a vet SF. James Anderson is a temporary solution and his signing doesn't mean Spurs are done looking at this vet SFs.
There's the part that Jack's contract is not only the Spurs' best trade chip but that they also have little depth with regards to the big wing. The Spurs have five bigs, five guards, and two small wings.
James Anderson hasn't played much for the Spurs, 889 minutes in two years, but 0.8 WS, .044 WS/48 was contributing. Not much, but better than replacement level.
Spurs Press Release:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/121121_spurs_sign_james_anderson
Jeff McDonald @JMcDonald_SAEN Anderson was in McAllen watching Spurs game when Jack got hurt. Got a call from the team about an hour later
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Well, Pietrus, McGrady and Howard are legit NBA players. I think that the Spurs need Jack because he's playoffs proven and Manu isn't consistent at this point in his career. The expiring contracts of Splitter, Bonner, and let's say Pietrus signed for $1M over 50% of the season and with an 20% trade kicker, are near the amount of Jack's contract. Splitter is young, athletic 7 footer, no drama player - he should draw much more interest than Jack.
He's the last guy signed, but hardly the 15th man. He's going to see crucial playing time with two sf's on the shelf. I guess it's up to personal preference between Anderson and Pietrus. Which would you rather have, a player who knows the system but can't execute for or a veteran who doesn't know the system, but knows his role, won't try to do too much, doesn't have anything to prove and provides veteran leadership? I choose the latter.
The good news is that Leonard's injury must still be considered relatively minor. Otherwise, the Spurs would probably go ahead and spend the extra money to ink Pietrus. Plus, Anderson is clearly a stopgap signing, which again points to Leonard's recovery going well.
Spurs can't offer Pietrus more than the minimum and reports said that he wants more than that. That has been the issue with him: some teams are ready to sign him but only for the minimum and he want more money. It's a similar situation than with Kenyon Martin.
I might as well, but that hardly seems like an accurate description of Pietrus.
By extra money I mean guaranteeing him the minimum for the rest of the season. Pietrus wants more than that? WoW.
Yep, he does. WoW, indeed.
This says Spurs didn't make offer to Pietrus:
http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/nba-...12-2342183.php
but need proper translation
I saw this report earlier but it's a confusing one. It says that Spurs didn't have the financial ability to offer him a minimum salary while they have.
BTW, if Spurs really want to add a french SF, they better call my guy Gelabale. He played great this year in Euroleague and his contract will end up in a few days/weeks.
This article just says that Pietrus as been called but the Spurs didn't offer him a contract. The front office just wanted some information about him. It's also said that Pietrus has still contact with some other teams.
Edit : good point Bruno, he's going to be a FA in a very short time. Could be a nice addition, tbh. Godd defender, capable scorer, efficient from 3.
With the number of times the Spurs have been linked to him (work outs mostly), I wouldn't mind if they signed him. Before we had Kawhi, etc and were in that search for a SF, Gelabale was always someone I kept an eye on.
Gelabale looked pretty good in the Olympics. Sometimes he was the best swingman on the team. He's a good choice if the Spurs are indeed looking for a longer term solution.
I was really surprised that Gelabale wasn't signed last year. He had a good hype at this moment after playing very well with the FNT at the Eurobasket. Unfortunately, he was injured more that he expected...
But last year, Gelabale said that he don't want unguarranted contracts anymore in the NBA because NBA teams know what his level is.
Does anyone expect JA to actually start and get starter's minutes? I don't believe he's going to get significant time even with this. I think they're going to end up stretching Diaw, Manu, and Green to SF, and play their backup guards and PFs a bit more. JA probably won't get more than 12-18 mins a game, I'd guess.
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