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I still don't know why Mikael Pietrus hasn't been checked on...he's can play perimeter D, had a decent 3 from the corner and is French speaking. Not sure of his health status but I think he'd be a great backup SF.
You figured they would just agree to disagree since its been over a week or more of them continue verbal lobs at each other. At this point they either get off on arguing or just so bored this is all they have to look forward to
I still don't know why Mikael Pietrus hasn't been checked on...he's can play perimeter D, had a decent 3 from the corner and is French speaking. Not sure of his health status but I think he'd be a great backup SF.
I can't see them not follow some options. and I wonder if the Sanikidze situation isn't something that happens behind the scenes. last time when Sanikidze was available (summer 2012) Spurs had Kawhi and Jack at the SF spot. that summer they pretty sure didn't see a need to bring in a player like him. (at least not for guaranteed money and maybe even more than one year). so Sanikidze signed a 3 years contract with one of the top teams in Europe (2012 Siena could still be ranked atop team). btw. back then it was reported that he got 2 years guarantee and a TO for 2014-15. lately we learned that his contract wasn't extended for 2013-14?? a bit confusing.
anyway, the situation about Sanikidze looks totally different this year and I can see a good chance that it currently goes like this: (keep in mind that Spurs and Sanikidze's agent Marc Fleisher are very familiar for more than a decade. Tony, Baynes etc.)
Spurs have offered a 2 years min. contract, 2nd year TO. that's pretty sure less than what he got in Siena and Sanikidze will be looking for more money and more years and still waits what the Euro market offers. Spurs do understand his situation and give a deadline, let's say September 15th. till then the offer is on the table. this would mean they don't sign other players till then. (unsless those players are just camp invitees).
well, just a scenario born out of boredom.
When I saw Sanikidze play and when I looked at his stats, what strikes me is that he isn't good enough to play in the NBA. I just don't see Spurs being interest him regardless of his availability.
If Spurs are still looking at a SF, a prime criteria will be his ability to shoot 3's. When you look back in the past, Spurs/Pop almost never went with a wing that wasn't able to shoot. In the last decade, only exceptions would be Malik Haiston, who played mostly garbage time minutes, and Ron Mercer, who was waived after half a season. Like you, I find that James Johnson is a good option but Spurs might not even consider him because of his lack of 3 point shooting.
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Detroit has reached agreement with forward Josh Harrellson on a one-year, partially guaranteed deal, league source tells Y! Sports.
Not a bad pick up. Thought he played well when he was with the Knicks
Richard Hamilton? Who could we get right now that is better than RIP? He could play some backup SF considering he is 6-7. And we could probably get him for the min.
Bruno, what do you think are the Spurs are gonna do for the 15th roster spot?
- Spurs are just waiting for the right moment to sign a back-up SF? Like someone will get waive or in trading block.
- It seems that the 15th spot the Spurs are looking is PG (based from previous rumors), maybe the Spurs are planning to trade Bonner for an SF?
- Or the Spurs will try to play Diaw in SF in the first half of the season or just like what other is mentioning, it might be Manu/Bellineli for the combo 2/3. How's Diaw by the way in NT?
Maybe the Spurs are not rushing things but they should've acquire AK47, damn. Realistically I think the Spurs can survive before the trade deadline with a hole in 1 and 3.
about Sanikidze......yeah, you are likely right. of course there is one skill that stands out and that is definitely NBA level and that's his rebounding. (this looks even more impressive in the per minute stats). I also think that he didn't look bad in the first half of his season with Siena. thought he might find a niche like say Jonas Jerebko. (who of course was much younger and also a bit stronger, when he came to the NBA).
btw. the whole backup diskussion would be solved if this scenario happened: Beli comes in and is an immediate success. he outplays Green for the starting 2 spot. DG is moved to first back up SF and 2nd back up SG. (Manu is the 1st back up SG). it has been mentioned before, DG is capable of playing SF and I would even claim he is in the upper 20% of all NBA back up SFs, even without ideal size for the position. so, let's hope Beli enters the stage with a bang.
^It would be interesting, but unlikely. Green is in the starting lineup for his defense and three-point shooting, neither of which is currently matched by Beli. As much as people act like having a two-guard who can create is a missing piece to the first unit, the starting lineup is so dominated by Parker and Duncan (and possibly Leonard going forward) that it doesn't make too much sense to priorities that over a three-and-D specialist.
I think what's more likely is that the Spurs pretty much play the lineups we expect them to play during the regular season then switch over to a rotation in which Leonard plays almost all of the minutes at the three and Green takes the rest while also starting at the two. Pretty much, it would be the same as the playoff rotation last season, except Beli would get Neal's minutes. After what happened in the Finals, I think it's significantly more likely that Green gets a minutes increase than it is that he gets a demotion to the bench. Of course, anything can happen, so I'm definitely not saying your scenario is ludicrous.
I think Pop's answer will be way simpler: Manu will be the backup SF. Parker/Green/Leonard will start and Joseph/Belinelli/Ginobili will back them up.
Ginobili played a lot of SF with Spurs. In 08-09, 10-11 and 11-12, he played an average about 38% of his minutes at the SF spot. Pop played lineups with a combination of Parker, Hill, Mason then Neal at guards with Manu at SF.
I think they will keep it open for the moment, sign some quality forwards for the training camp with maybe some guaranteed money to attract them and wait to see if one stand out during the preseason. If they all suck, they will start the season with 14 players.
That late in the summer, players aren't generally traded or waived so it seems unlikely. It Spurs are doing that, I would say that they are targeting Hedo.
I don't see Spurs adding a PG will mean that they will get a SF through a trade. If Spurs add a PG and need a roster spot, they will then trade or waive one of their other guards to create that roster spot. Keeping 8 guards (The new PG, Parker, Green, Ginobili, Belinelli, Jospeh, De Colo and Mills) is useless.
Diaw has been very good with the NT so far. The most noticeable is that he shoot way more the ball than with Spurs. He has played 7 games and has taken 49 FGA in 149 minutes. It makes 11.8 FGA per 36 minutes while he is at 7 FGA/ per 6 minutes with Spurs. When Diaw is shooting at that rate, he is so much better.
Diaw at SF is a bad bad idea. He is just to slow to play that position. Furthermore, it's not like Spurs have a lot of quality at PF/C behind Duncan and Splitter. Diaw is needed to play these minutes ahead of Bonner, Pendergraph and Baynes.
As long as Manu can physically hold up against opposing SF. I'd be less worried about him facing bench 3's than starting 3's, and if it's a bad matchup, Diaw can guard that guy and Manu can likely slide over to the lesser of the two bigs and just play off him. No bench unit is going to have three tough guards at 3-4-5. Rebounding with that lineup may be a bit of a problem though.
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Royal Ivey speaking to the kids. He has workouts with the Hawks and Spurs coming up soon. instagram.com/p/daDQwMRUmg/
Working out another guard. RC is just clowning himself now.
Ivey, who is a 3 and D player, will be great fit with a second unit that should have Belinelli at SG and Ginobili at SF.
I really like Joseph but his inability to hit a perimeter shot might turn out a a so big issue that it would cost him the backup PG spot. In the NBA Joseph is 11/47 (23.4%) from 3 point land and 22/60 (36.7%) on 16ft+ 2 pointers. That's just bad and it's even more problematic with Joseph not being a great slasher.
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