Spurs reach agreement with Jeff Pendergraph (Report: 2 Year, ~$4 million)

[Raven]

Returning the same team that was 28 seconds from a championship + Neal upgrade + Blair upgrade = worse


You're the guy that did the accounting on Obamacare, huh?

personally i consider belinelli among the worst players in the league and pendergraph is as injury prone as it gets.

[MeloHype]

Greg Oden =

Greg Oden=

[-21-]

Returning the same team that was 28 seconds from a championship + Neal upgrade + Blair upgrade = worse


You're the guy that did the accounting on Obamacare, huh?

I'm not so sure Belinelli is an upgrade over Neal. Even if he is bigger and better defensively, I think Belinelli is more of a spot-up shooter that has to rely on others to get some good looks. Neal was very important at times because of his ability to create his own shot (plus he actually improved at finding his teammates too tbh). With Manu playing like he is, the Spurs desperately need another playmaker to keep things from falling apart when Tony is out. I don't think Joseph, De Colo or Mills is that guy.

I'd love to be proven wrong about Belinelli though.

[milkyway21]

'the Professor' ... who is that? Was Pendergragh our target in '09?

just one of the prospects in the 2009 draft, TheProfessor is also a member..

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124919&p=3483483#post3483483

[TheProfessor]

I bet theProfessor is happy now that his 2009 draft prospect is now a Spur

he wanted him for #37 but Sacramento picked him @#31 then traded to Portland.

Spurs picked deJuan Blair instead.

lots of notable good players in that class- Griffin, Curry, Harden, Rubio

Nice to be remembered. Pendergraph's panned out as a decent rotational big option, seems like a good under-the-radar signing. I think he'll contribute.

[milkyway21]

Nice to be remembered. Pendergraph's panned out as a decent rotational big option, seems like a good under-the-radar signing. I think he'll contribute.

well, according to some articles he turned out to be a solid one. Work ethic : okay

[cjw]

I'm not so sure Belinelli is an upgrade over Neal. Even if he is bigger and better defensively, I think Belinelli is more of a spot-up shooter that has to rely on others to get some good looks. Neal was very important at times because of his ability to create his own shot (plus he actually improved at finding his teammates too tbh). With Manu playing like he is, the Spurs desperately need another playmaker to keep things from falling apart when Tony is out. I don't think Joseph, De Colo or Mills is that guy.

I'd love to be proven wrong about Belinelli though.

I'm torn. Agreed that Neal's ability to create his own shot was extremely important when the offense went otherwise stagnant. But his brainfarts on D are even worse than Jarrett Jack's. Marco can't be any worse than that plus has more size.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

[elemento]

Yeah, time to move on on splash moves.

Spurs stand pat as usual.

[Baam]

Like would amnesty Bonner, we all knew deep down...

[Darkwaters]

Wow. Like an atom bomb. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Bikini Atoll.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

[Texas_Ranger]

lol Spurs...

[Bruno]

It really sucks. Spurs had oportunities to make their team significantly better and they blow it big time.

As crazy as it seems to whine about a team that reached the Finales and bring back basically all their core players, Spurs have had a crappy off-season.

to Spurs FO.

[benefactor]

personally i consider belinelli among the worst players in the league and pendergraph is as injury prone as it gets.

Do players who are the worst in the league score 24pts in a Game 7 and hit two clutch FT's to seal the win?

[Jumi]

Amnesty Bonner
AK 47

Still top three in the West!

[-21-]

So much for that...

[Texas_Ranger]

So much money and they got even worse. And still no backup SF, but like 100 guards on the team.

[ChumpDumper]

lol July cliff jumpers

[SpursSerb]

Good thing we signed him so quickly,lots of other teams were willing to blow up their cap space for Pendergraph.He was just behind Dwight in FA list. LOL!

[Baam]

So much money and they got even worse. And still no backup SF, but like 100 guards on the team.

Yeah the depressing part was all the cap space they had... If there didn't have any flexibity we'd obviously feel good about the off season...

[SpursRock20]

Goes to show that favoritism is never good for the well-being of a team. I mean what were the chances that we would have signed Pendergraph so soon if we had not brought in his assistant coach? I say zero.

[Mel_13]

Goes to show that favoritism is never good for the well-being of a team. I mean what were the chances that we would have signed Pendergraph so soon if we had not brought in his assistant coach? I say zero.

Danny Ferry and Danny Green say hi.

[SpursRock20]

Danny Ferry and Danny Green say hi.

Entirely different situation.

[Mel_13]

Entirely different situation.

Not from where I sit.

[MannyIsGod]

I knew there was no way it was going to be a min deal. It made no sense to believe that. Its quite possible the Spurs still are capable of bringing in another player in the same range as Pendergraph and Bellinelli if they amnesty Bonner and move one of the point guards. It actually really makes sense to do this.

The Spurs may have been interested in AK but it also appears as though they had no desire to do anything but 2 year deals. No way AK was going to go for a 2 year deal.