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Yea I remember...
It's not like the Spurs didn't try to make a move. They just don't have pieces to move that would bring in someone who is significant. Other teams had better pieces.
Yea I remember...
You can't fix what's not broke, there wasn't anything out there and the Spurs are doing pretty good. We'll see what happens later on but I'm not surprised. We could use Blair in the Thunder series, he's always known to give them fits.......if only pop can see that.
blair isn't worth a non-rotation roster spot. believing in blair is one kinda stupid. believing the spurs can afford to waste a roster spot on a valueless trade player like blair is another.
the next time you run out of toothpaste, i hope you stub your toe. think of me when you realize you never woulda walked away, if you'd just squeezed out that ample amount still left in the tube.
I'll just buy some toothpaste. It's plentiful and readily available at all times.
God this fan base is ridiculously spoiled.
Being upset the Spurs didn't trade for a player who was never said to be available via trade is an odd reaction to the trade deadline, IMO.
If Blair has no value, I'm curious what you think was out there for the Spurs to trade for.
I'm fine with there being no moves; there wasn't anyone to be had that would've made a difference or available without giving up important pieces (Splitter, Leonard). As was brought up earlier, none of the contenders made major moves, which is great news for the Spurs.
I am dissapointed. It's funny how majority of the fans are okay with this. Yet, we still came up short for the past 5 years. If Duncan doesn't get his 6 ring, yet alone his 5 rings, I am deeply saden for Duncan.
All we needed was a mediocre lengthy player. I wonder how Kupchak or Cuban would have handled this if they were in this situation. I'm sure they would have done something before the deadline. ;(
Every single team in the league has a few scrubs. Spurs fan expects the Spurs to have solid role players, all of them, even the D-league call ups. Then they moan about not having James White, Ian and James Anderson.
Spurs role players beat the Bulls starters, on the road. No reasonable trade would get you above that and it's too late in the season to give Tiago anything to worry about as far as his minutes.
The Spurs won't be contenders for a le (legit contenders) again before Tim retires. He's the face of the franchise, and until the big 3 are no more, they will not get any closer to the ring. Even then it will be quite some time before a decent pick comes their way.
I feel they are 43-12...
I would have preferred that they move Bonner just so Pop isn't tempted by fool's gold again, but overall I like the chemistry & makeup of this team. Tim & Tiago together are making a huge difference this year. If the Spurs manage to enter the playoffs healthy I like their chances.
i didn't think he had no trade value until the league proved it today. i thought at least the spurs would add bonner and pull casspi or a cavs 2nd. melo or hickson wouldn't have been my favorites, but woulda made sense. victor claver. draft rights. a miami 2nd and scrub like lewis or jones. maybe something from the wizards like singleton or a 2nd? bonner with something from toronto? nazr or radmonovic and 1st swap. or a similar kinda 1st swap deal with some other deep playoff team?
basically any draft pick, a young balanced game tweener forward, somebody the spurs could buy out so they could open up the roster spot, bonner salary dump, neal rotation problem dump, or any combination of them all. anything but undersized bad knees "oh but he knows the system" blair!
My God. You are talking about mortgaging the future on some trade/any trade in the remote chance it might add 5% to our odds of winning a championship now. We have had a great shot of winning it all every single year AND the front office has quietly begun retooling for the future, all without going dip crazy over the salary cap, and you're complaining. To top it all, you're assuming SJax + 2013 30th pick + 2015 pick = AK47 or similar valuable player without having to give up any young budding star like Kawhi or Tiago. Wow. Time to throw away that Easy Button.
We already have that. Its name is Bonner.
The Spurs didn't need to do anything. When the Spurs had HWSNBN, that was a different story.
This same team won 20 straight last season and made it 2 wins deep into the WCF. This season they've won 11 in a row (now up to 15 out of 16), and are running away with the best record in the league at 43-12.
I don't care what happened with the backdoor sweep. You don't just go ing with that kind of thing.
All of the improvements that the Spurs need were internal, and they've made them. Splitter is in the starting lineup and developing. Kawhi is developing. Bonner is getting limited minutes as the 5th big. Blair is riding the pine.
If I had to nitpick one thing, it's that Neal is still running the backup PG spot, but honestly, once we get Manu back up to speed, that may not be such a big deal.
Either way, I'm comfortable rolling the dice again with this team as is.
Um...
Again, why are you angry at the team for not being able to move a player when you think he has no value whatsoever? Every one of the trade scenarios you mention requires another team to give something up. If they aren't giving it up, how does it happen?
Didn't expect the JJ Re stuff...still not sure what to think of that
Would've been nice to get a steal or more talent somehow but there's always buyout bargains
Prett much this. If the Spurs could have found a way to rent Paul Pierce without giving up Splitter or Leonard I'd have been for it, but that was an extreme long shot. Aside from that, I'm pleased that the Spurs didn't have to give up Jack and that nobody else in the west got any stronger.
At the passing of the deadline, Paranoid Pop was sitting in his car on his phone watching Danny Green not get traded. Soon after he started it up and waited for the carbon monoxide from the tailpipe hose to take him from this world.
SALEMANSHIP! maybe buford has none. is it so hard to sell blair to the cavs for a guy they wanna get rid of anyway. all my theories have a salemanship quality to them. most those teams had rumored blair interest. some those teams are just close to pittsburgh.
bufords an nba gm. and he can't seem to sell a cup of lemonade to the dad gum thirsty.
All your theories have a stupidity quality to them as well.
you might as well ignore me chump cause we darn sure gonna have to agree to disagree.
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