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Here they go like every year with their meaningless 10 day contracts.
Probably is, but, with how he doesn't appear to be very good on top of that, kind of adds up in my mind. But perhaps the fact he has been with the Spurs before gave him the nod. Or perhaps he was the only one of interest that would agree to a 10-day contract with the Spurs.
Here they go like every year with their meaningless 10 day contracts.
I think any FA who looks anything like a small forward would be a fool to pass up this opportunity. Cartier Martin signed on with the Bulls to do basically nothing, so i don't know how choosy the available players might be.
You have never posted anything positive about the Spurs.
I agree, but I can't believe the Spurs would have Jeffers at the top of their list..
Well, given that Ebanks never performed better than Jeffers, who?
Well, Ebanks is performing about the same if not slightly better IMO and is much more prototypical. From a FA perspective, Shawne Williams.
by the end of the year most of us won't even remember him being on the team at all
I don't wanna sound negative or anything but what's the point to waive Thomas to get a guy like Jeffers ? Not that I think that Thomas is a great prospect or anything, but Jeffers is not NBA material.
SA waives a guy with a guaranteed contract to get a D-League scrub who has played 0 NBA games in the past 3 seasons,counting this one. He is too small to play the 3 (he is 6'5), he turns 29 y/o in 2014 and has showed absolutely nothing in the NBA level, EVER.
I would rather try Ebanks tbh. At least he showed flashes in LA, he is still young and has excellent size for the position (6'8).
Meh move (to be kind)
I never understand the Spurs' obsession with undersized players
Pop still has that "Larry Brown" in him still. He will screw around (tinker) with the line up till the
all star break. He does this most years although this has change a little with the limiting
of player minutes now. It's hard to understand why he does thing at times but that's Pop. How many
times is a player is hotter than the first half but disappears the 2nd half.
I have learned to understand it by understanding their obsession with productive players. If Player A is undersized but more effective overall than Player B... or if Player A is 4'5", has only one arm, is 600 lbs, but is more effective overall than Player B... they will take Player A. Every time.
This should not happen on so many levels but its the Spurs so it probably happens
Ebanks is longer, younger and with more NBA experience. That's why I would pick him over Jeffers.
Saying that, I'm not blowing a fuse because of it. I'm not saying that Ebanks would have been some kind of long term answer. As long as Jeffers remains a temporary answer with Green and Leonard being out, I have no issue with it.
Spurs true opportunity to improve the team will be at the trade deadline. They better add a quality forward at ti if they want to improve their odds at winning it all.
Well, the Toros have played Ebanks seven times in the past two months and the scouts also got a look at him at the showcase. His shooting from the field against the Toros is actually fairly dismal. He does get to the line a lot but it could be a function of his relative size advantage in the D-League. I think the Spurs have had a pretty set list of people they'd want to sign since the showcase.
Hes 28-years-old, so in all likelihood, there is little upside left.
How has Howard been this year for the Toros?
Makes no sense to cut Thomas and sign D League scrub only to let him go in a few weeks. He won't even play much.
OK when he's not injured.
All of these options made too much sense to happen.
Some might see them eating Thomas' contract and retaining De Colo as a sign that they'd prefer to save the latter's contract for the trade deadline and though there's probably some truth to that, to me it's more an indication of what the end game is likely going to be: No trade and some veteran scrub, such as Howard or Pietrus, signed for the remainder of the season thereafter. Typical Spurs.
Another pointless signing.
Should I kill myself now, Spurstalk? (No, I'm not serious.)
Thomas must have sucked in practice really, really badly.
If the power of spurfan ing could be harnessed somehow it would counter the effects of this cold front.
We do have an annoying, inexplicable obsession with undersized players. Goes well with our obsession with unathletic players.
Don't worry. This signing will soon be forgotten as we watch CoJo been asked to man the SG role. This is going to get ugly for a while.
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