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Take as many days off as you need, I personally like the thread.
and even if he did, he still wouldn't average 1 block.
Take as many days off as you need, I personally like the thread.
You're probably right. I'm underestimating.
I don't see what all the fuss is about...no other contender made a move, why should the spurs? They have depth at every position and no one is gonna come around thats going to make a difference. I even like baynes, for what he is...a big body(that's actually tall to)..I hope he makes the playoff roster..I just don't get it, this team is playing some of the best ball I've seen and ya wanna change it up?
keeping blair just for the sake of his corporate knowledge is dumb. he is worthless. look at the garbage minutes against the clipps last night, specifically blair. he was guarding wings very poorly, and looking lost on offense. who sets the screens, who's suppose to score on a blair/baynes garbage time rotation? trick question, a bonner/baynes rotation woulda kept running it up. blair shouldn't be on the team.
one better, how about baynes/toros green, free agent greene, or casspi? maybe they wouldn't have been running it up, but at least they'd be gaining experience. there'd be more to be hopeful about.
the spurs are the top seed. the spurs do look like they are going all the way. every player is arguably serviceable, except one. blair has no place. there's no room for a wasted roster spot on the spurs. bottom line. it's too late to hope for change, but i'd get used to some grumpy posts for a few games.
is it excessive to expect the weakest player on the team to be dealt with immediately? imo it's just compe ive.
Is Donte Green so much better than Blair that he will make a difference this season/playoffs?
There's no player that can make a difference like Diaw did last season. Last season Blair was still a starter when Diaw was acquired. Diaw pushed Blair out the starting line-up and out of the rotation completely. There is no similar weak link among the Spurs' top 8 players this year.
Can someone provide a run down of any key dates, if any, for such waivers to be finalized?
not sure what the Oden situation is, but that's a player I would release Blair for if he wants to sign here to rehab. The rest of the season in the hopes of him staying longer term.
Tang ina ka
it's not about making the difference right away. it's about having the better upside and making the most of a spot on the roster.
blair isn't coming back, at least i sure hope not. he shouldn't even play over baynes this season. why not give the blairs spot away?
green or somebody could start learning right away. maybe provide some value in a unlikely injury situation. both win now and win later are positively affected by adding anybody useful over blair. blair is hopelessly undersized. his corporate knowledge does nothing, he doesn't have the skills to pair it with.
More details on Spurs luxury tax situation:
Spurs are $556K below the tax.
Signing a player today to the min for the rest of the season would cost $276K against the tax.
So, even when factoring things like unlikely bonuses that could raise Spurs team salaries, Spurs can without a problem waive a player and sign someone else for the rest of the season.
To me, the key question is what Blair wants. There are two options:
1) Blair is fine with staying a Spurs for the rest of the season.
Is there an available player worth waiving Blair?
2) Blair wants to be bought out or waived.
Should Spurs keep an unhappy Blair or accepting his request?
In the case 1), I think the answer is no. I don't see a player significantly better than Blair available.
In the case 2), I would be for letting Blair go. Blair isn't good enough to risk hurting the chemistry and he deserves that "gift".
The only man out there that could fit in with the team this year and knows the schemes is McDyess. Antonio is capable of playing the 4 and 5 position on the team. The question is, if he would be willing to come back to the Spurs for this year, would you rather have him on the bench than Blair? Just asking
No, but he might have a future with the team beyond this season.
Besides, I'm not exactly convinced that Blair does anything to make this team better. He is wholly reliant on others to create his offense for him, and then he just gives it back on the next possesion either with a boneheaded turnover or his matador defense.
Realistically speaking, Blair might be interested in moving on to another team where he has a chance to play. Then again, he might be more interested in riding the playoff train again this year and maybe getting to be a part of a championship team. Sure he probably won't play, but they came pretty close last year and since hes here already... Theres always next season for him to get playing time on a new squad, afterall.
I could just see this playing out either way.
I was joking because this thread was made minutes after the trade deadline. It was "exhausting" to be waiting for a trade and then when it was finally over there is a new deadline to keep an eye on.
I believe he would prefer to stay. He will probably not play that much, but if he does play well, even for a little while and the Spurs go far ( le even better), he could turn that into extra money in free agency. Think of Barea, Ariza, every player that hit free agency after a championship regardless of contribution (Bulls, Lakers, Spurs).
Last edited by Shifty; 02-22-2013 at 03:31 PM.
He cannot earn a new (good) contract without playing, so I think he'd want to go elsewhere.
It was a rhetorical question. There is no benefit, at this point in the season, in waiving Blair to sign a player who is potentially only marginally better, would only get minutes due to injuries and doesn't know the system. Might as well wait until next year and use the roster spot and the money on someone more viable.
It sounds like DeJuan won't asked a buyout. To me, unless a great player is bought out, it ends my interest in Spurs doing a roster move.
Not spurs-related (unless one sees him as a replacement for Bonner) but didn`t know were else to put it:
http://www.sportando.net/eng/usa/nba...e-celtics.html
"Tim Ohlbrecht received a 10-day contract offer from the Boston Celtics but the German big man elected to turn it down, his agent Tyler Glass told Sportando. Ohlbrecht is averaging 13.3ppg and 7.3rpg in D-League with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers."
Does it happen a lot that a player rejects a 10-day-contract? Or is it pure bs by his agent...
There are some rumours on Twitter that he is going to sign with the Rockets for the rest of the season.
This is what happens when you're a tax payer that uses your entire MLE. You get hardcapped, and other teams beat you out to players you might want.
Omri Casspi has started to appear in rumors for being bought out in Cleveland.
http://www.fearthesword.com/2013/2/2...-be-bought-out
Jermaine O'Neal Not Interested In Chasing Championship
Feb 23, 2013 12:37 PM EST
Jermaine O’Neal is not interested in chasing an NBA championship.
Several contending teams were reportedly interested in O’Neal, who could have sought a trade deadline buyout of his contract with the Phoenix Suns.
“I’m no longer looking to go and try to win a championship. When you don’t fit, it looks like you can’t play,” said O’Neal, who admits to savoring his surroundings a little more. “Basketball justifies a lot for people, but I don’t need that. I have a great family, and that’s my concentration.
“This year I’ve enjoyed going into every arena for some reason. I’ve enjoyed the bus rides, the dinners, the locker room stuff, all of that. Maybe it is the last one.”
O’Neal’s 13-year-old daughter is scheduled to have heart valve surgery on Mar. 5.
O’Neal will leave the Suns to be at his daughter’s side for three days starting on the day of the surgery.
“I don’t know if God is trying to tell me something, because I’ve had to fly back to my family quite a bit this year,” O’Neal said. “My girl just had a balloon put in her chest three days ago. When you’re 17 years into the league, you have to look at that.”
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...g-Championship
Off the top: Petro, Diop, Casspi, Maggette, Honeycutt (if Casspi get's bought out and the Rockets sign him, so that they have room for a third PG), Pryzbilla, Douglas, Pietrus and Bell, are candidates, while Warrick and Price have already been bought out.
That's a man who has is priorities straight.
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