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Cheap insurance for the Spurs. Move Bonner and Blair and get O'Neal from the Suns and I really HATE to say this, but get Fisher to run backup pg.
Tigao, Sjax and Mills are not happy about this news
Cheap insurance for the Spurs. Move Bonner and Blair and get O'Neal from the Suns and I really HATE to say this, but get Fisher to run backup pg.
I wanted Al Jefferson about a year ago, not sure what I think about a trade for him now though. Very interesting. I think he would be awesome on offense, but I value defense more, and he's just not very good on that end of the court. After defense though, my next best thing would be a low post scorer. I value guys that have good post moves and can score down low, so I guess that I am very interested in him depending on who we would have to give up. Even with his average defense, I am interested.
No team has ever come back from 3-0 in a best of 7 series in NBA history. While I agree with you that he shouldn't have said it to the press, I'd call it realism rather than defeatism.
Fanboy Needs To Calm Down
Feel free to have a meltdown if Tiago ever gets traded.
Hope not. We don't really need someone like Jefferson anyway. A dynamic backcourt player is a more pressing concern atm. Ginobli's going to disappoint again - whether it's through another injury or a sloppy post-season performance. Spurs can't rely on him anymore to be that extra guy that can drop 20 points a night.
Even if nothing fleshes out from this, it is at least refreshing to see the Spurs mentioned in trade rumors.
The leader of the team should never come out and say "they're better than us. we can't beat them." under any cir stance
I won't give up Tiago for Al.
exstatic i get you, and this is why i don't want him on the spurs. i don't want a player who says crap like that on my team. not to mention his defensive deficiencies. not worth the salary he's getting and is projected to get
^ I wouldn't do the deal as a straight-up swap, Splitter for Jefferson, even if it were possible. Let alone give up 2 or 3 other players.
I haven't really looked at why the jazz would want tiago if he comes off the books at the end of the season but if they're looking to rebuild why not throw danny green and blair in there instead of tiago?...I know jazz have had interest in danny and it would also give them a descent pf in blair to be a back up
Oh, and lol to everyone who thinks Tim and AlJ couldn't mesh offensively. While he isn't elite in the P'n'R, he's no scrub. I think the Tiago's number is 1.3ppp and AlJ is 1.1, In addition, he is an excellent pick and pop player, which Tiago absolutley is NOT, and he has a nice spot up jumper, which Tiago absolutely does NOT. He and Tim could alternate high and low.
I think we can all agree we're happy to be hearing the Spurs name in the trade chatter. After 2 consecutive top seedings and 2 consecutive playoff ousters and once again bringing back the same team, I'm happy to even hear the spurs name involved in trade talk. Let's hope if talks are going on we make the right move and the new guy/guys gel seamlessly. I'm excited for whatever they pull off.
Do you think Splitter could play together with Al Jefferson?
Agreed
fan boy knows more than you think .... and tiago is someone who went through the mental breakdown that pop places on people with high expectations in order to reveal the true character of a particular player ...for instance benching tiago and starting matt bonner when tiago could be getting paid big bucks in europe a couple of years ago and yet he still stuck it out in order to be able to play with the spurs and get a chance to be next to his role model tim duncan .. now hes starting and doing better than anyone thought ..so why would pop trade a player like tiago who doesnt need to touch the ball half as much and be more effective than al jefferson ? al jefferson is in fact shorter and less defensive than tiago and doesnt run the pick and roll half as good??? so lets calm down guy theres reason to say what i said because it is a trade that is RIDICULOUS and DUMB !
Splitter didn't play at all in that 2nd quarter, fwiw.
The most attractive thing about Al is that he'd be a dependable come playoff time.
No way would I make this trade. Jefferson is too poor a player defensively.
I don't understand why this is even being treated as anything more than the reporter's solution to a slow news day. We aren't going to get Jefferson for less than Tiago, and we aren't going to scuttle Tiago when he's finally finally producing within the system.
Would Jackson + Bonner + fillers do the job ?
It seems that in last year series, one of the weakness of Jazz roster is 3 pointers/spacing.
Amongst their big men, Kanters & Favors have limited range and hence, they really can't play them together.
If Splitter is included, it does not make any sense as it will make their spacing worse and they can't play Favors with Splitters together.
Should they trade away Al Jefferson, they can resign millsap. Now Favors/Kanters + either Millsap/Bonner will give them better spacing.
either the spurs lookin at the future with a move done now...
i think there are better options
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