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squeeze your toothpaste idiot.
squeeze your toothpaste idiot.
I'm gonna laugh when Neal s all over some team in the playoffs and sends them home at the buzzer on a three pointer. I can understand the Bonner/Blair hate, but Neal? Dude's not that great but he's got balls and isn't afraid to take and make big shots.
Everyone knows by now the Lakers are the only team allowed to fleece other weaker franchises in lopsided trades. The fact they didn't pull off some Dwight Howard for Lebron fleece job is a win for me at the trade deadline.
this, for sure. your biggest opponents not trading is the new blockbuster trade
i've said it before, i try to hate the shots he takes because they look ridiculous, like he's just chucking. i stand up to yell at the screen, then the ball falls gently into the cylinder. i calmly sit down and give a little fist pump. no matter how much i try to dislike him, i love the guy.
We really had nothing to trade with that anyone wanted and we're leading the league. I don't see much of a terrific need to go tradin'
I am fine with it tbh.
I was expecting maybe Blair for the rights of a Euro (we knew that SA would not get a 1st for him quite honestly), but I can't complain. It's better to stand pat than make a desperate dumb move.
Cuban completely dismantled his one and only championship team to avid the tax. He blew it up. That's what he did.
I was concerned the Spurs would move Blair for a 2nd rounder and leave themselves in a tough spot if Tiago or Timmy get dinged-up and have to sit a couple of games in the playoffs. DeJuan will likely still have plenty of value when rest is needed...or when a big gets 2 quick fouls.
The teams that made the most trades are the teams that have no chance of winning a championship..coincidence?
I thought we'd at least get a washing machine, in exchange for dejuan...but nothing?! No shock to me...his trade value(at best) is a late second rounder.
You make it sound so simple, You give no credit to what the Spurs organization has been able do that other teams only wish...including your beloved Mark Cuban. These guys are the gold standard in the league (Pop and R.C.) when it comes to evaluating talent and staying within the salary cap. The season is not over yet and you're already giving up on them. Give them some credit and let them do what they do. Realize that at some point we have to win with what we have and players have to play. No need to hit the panic button, and BTW last I looked Cuban and Kupchak's team will not even make the playoffs.
I never understood trading for guys in the middle of season anyways, instead of making a trade at the start of the season and then the players can get used to the system and playing with each other
You said Blair has no value. You're a mouth-breather who can neither spell nor punctuate. Explain again how Buford is supposed to convince an actual adult who probably went to college and has people who scout basketball for him to take on an asset that someone as moronic as you can see has no value.
We have the best record in the league and made it to the WCF last season with this same squad. This year we have more cohesion than last, Duncan looks 5 years younger, and the Thunder are worse.
Why did we need to make a trade again?
I agree. Mid-season trades are always a gamble...especially with a team like the Spurs that is so good largely because of their system and not the merits of individuals.
I would have liked to have seen the Spurs move Bonner more than any other player. Blair may be useful in the playoffs (only in limited minutes), he has been bringing energy recently. Nothing to rely on, but he's there. Bonner on the other hand, just flat out sucks and is a reliable choker. He is completely worthless, which is unfortunate since I actually do 'like' the guy. But he sucks, period. He can't rebound, he can't D up and out-physical anyone, and he is unable to shoot in the clutch. He has failed to prove his worth in the playoffs over and over and over. It just SUCKS he is on the roster after all these years.
I have to disagree. Bonner is definitely a choker, but he does play some decent defense at times. Blair doesn't have a defensive bone in his body and the energy he brings is often rife with mistakes, turnovers and, well, bad defense.
The year to trade Bonner is next season when hes an expiring. He just doesn't have enough value on his own merits as a player. But as an ace shooter that will expire at the end of the season, Bonner could make sense for a lot of teams. Besides, Bonner's nearly $4M salary next season will net you a lot more interesting players than Blair's tiny $1M.
quit being a friggin' english professor! maybe you'll understand the post. i'm not saying anything complicated or difficult to understand.
yeah blair is worthless, but buford shoulda been able sell him anyway. blair is spurs dump. yeah he stinks, but spurs dump is of much higher quality than any other teams dump. and he's an expiring contract. surely some gm can be fooled, or convin$ed.
i think you're trollin me. so i'm not gonna put a lof of effort in more of an explanation.
the cavs are an easy (pitt) easy (bair) easy (contract) easy ($) easy (pick) easy (gem) easy (casspi?) easy (cap) easy (bonner?) easy (gem(s?) trade partner for blair. that's the short and sweet.
detroit and washington follow a similar line of thinking. they might be even be easier because there's no easy past casspi.
heat, blazers, celtics, bulls, hawks all had rumored interest. what convincing do they need? maybe they're like you? they just can't understand the blair is primo expiring spurs grade dump. maybe the spurs were pushing too hard for 1st swaps, draft rights, or unattainable gems? maybe the rumored interest was smoke screen?
i find the smoke screen case hard to swallow. i think most likely buford shoulda just settled. i'm convinced blair was at least worth (with convincing) a late 2nd, an open roster spot, some low grade dump to buy out, or whatever combo of those was available.
if i'm wrong, i guess i'm not surprised either. i very well could believe blair is the most valueless player in the league.
We did something. We brought in Bayne. I think he may prove to be as good as anything we could possibly have gotten in a trade since we didn't have much to trade with.
He has some pro experience and still young enough to develop some upside. If he can give us seven minutes like he did last night, I'm happy.
I'm never much for hopping on a bandwagon for a new big so I don't expect him to move Bonner or Diaw out of the rotation. Ain't gonna happen til Pop sees enough to give him those minutes.
But suppose last night is just the start of something good...eh?
Fakers should have done something, Spurs not so much.
As a few others have stated, I am glad the Spurs did not trade Blair if his value was only a second round draft pick. Yes, while losing an asset for nothing (which is exactly what will happen for Blair this off season when he is a free agent and leaves the Spurs) is not a good thing, in this particular case the value of keeping him this year outweighed the losing him for nothing in the off season.
Beyond that thought I feel bad for Blair personally. His value is non-existent and he is in about the worst spot you can be in for a free agent: injury concerns, no playing time & trade value was pretty low. This might be the end for DB in the league as far as guaranteed money goes unfortunately. I could definitely see him sticking around, but bouncing around a little and it just seems like he might have to scratch and claw for guaranteed money due to his knees.
nothing more we can do but hope that standing pat will give the spurs a different result this year because it has been failing the last few years.
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