Woj: Spurs have traded De Colo for Austin Daye

[loveforthegame]

I hope Pop gives Daye a chance to show something. He cannot be worse than Ayers or Brown (who will be gone after tonight I'm sure).

[tholdren]

I hope Pop gives Daye a chance to show something. He cannot be worse than Ayers or Brown (who will be gone after tonight I'm sure).

He wont.. pop is a dip . Shout out to tim duncans coattails

[TD 21]

I'm not going to say you didn't watch the games, since you're a Spurs fan. But you misremember them. Lebron faced up almost exclusively for the first four games of the series. Game Five, he posted up almost exclusively, which is why Pop played Diaw after that. But then he started taking Diaw off the dribble. He only posted up Green three times in Game One. He got blocked once, missed another and got fouled on the third. James had much more success draining the long twos the Spurs were letting him have. Again, it's confirmation bias to say Green was overmatched.

Would he be a better James defender if he was exactly the same but bigger? Of course. But that doesn't erase the fact that no NBA team has a better secondary James defender. Would I like another one? yeah. But it's not a major Spurs weakness.

It is a major weakness when the primary one has had a fairly significant injury in back to back seasons, with no (in the NBA, at least) track record of sustained durability prior to that.

All I'm saying is, they shouldn't operate under the premise of, if Leonard's healthy and stays out of foul trouble, we're fine. Instead, they should do the opposite, because the way they're currently constructed, if the opposite does in fact happen against those teams, they're done, without a puncher's chance. It's beyond stupid to chance it.

[ace3g]

adfiv5 1 hour ago
New Daye New Number 23 #AD23 #SanAntonio #Spurs @officialspurs So blessed to be apart of such a great team and organization!!

[look_at_g_shred]

Now that I've had time to soak in the trade, this guy won't be on the playoff rotation. I don't know why I thought he would be lol

[TMT®]

Now that I've had time to soak in the trade, this guy won't be on the playoff rotation. I don't know why I thought he would be lol

Just the general hope of all Spurs fans to think any new addition might be a game changer. I'm sure most were thinking this right after the trade.
Plus, Pop never lets new additions into the playoff rotation anyway.

Who knows maybe Patty can brush him up on the latest towel waving techniques.

[td4mvp2k]

adfiv5 1 hour agoNew Daye New Number 23 #AD23 #SanAntonio #Spurs @officialspurs So blessed to be apart of such a great team and organization!!

dats a start... spurs may be wat he needz tbh

[weeks]

i still remember getting my hopes up for tmac. sigh.

[exstatic]

i still remember getting my hopes up for tmac. sigh.

That would be like getting your hopes up for Artest this year.

[Ice009]

Man, I actually forgot this guy was on the team. Yesterday, I was thinking that we'd have two roster spots open if we let Shannon Brown go and could sign up to two of the buyout players. Then I saw this thread pop up to the top of the page and I remembered the Spurs traded for Austin Daye .

I think the Spurs would have been better off trading Nando for a trade exception without taking another player back, just to open up another roster spot.

[tholdren]

I just hope he gets some minutes so that we can see what he has or has not

[Kidd K]

He is kinda awful, but at least he's tall as . If they D league him for a year or so, maybe he'll become servicable in the future? Spurs rarely get anyone that big, so any time they do tbh I'm interested.

[exstatic]

He is kinda awful, but at least he's tall as . If they D league him for a year or so, maybe he'll become servicable in the future? Spurs rarely get anyone that big, so any time they do tbh I'm interested.

No DLeague for Daye. He has too many NBA years of service to be optioned without his permission.

[ABC]

He is kinda awful, but at least he's tall as . If they D league him for a year or so, maybe he'll become servicable in the future? Spurs rarely get anyone that big, so any time they do tbh I'm interested.

"NBA teams can assign players who are rookies or in their second season to their D-League affiliate. Players can stay with the D-League affiliate for as long as the NBA team wishes, and be recalled back to the NBA at any time."

Others "may be assigned to their NBA D-League affiliate with their consent and the consent of the NBA Players Association."

http://www.nba.com/dleague/santacruz/dleague_faqs.html

This is Daye's fifth season.

[ABC]

Too slow

[Ice009]

5th season? I didn't think he was around that long, should have just went with the open roster spot.

Would the Spurs be willing to cut this guy if they need the roster spot?

I'd prefer Clark, Granger, Metta, any combination of those three over keeping him on the roster.

[timtonymanu]

5th season? I didn't think he was around that long, should have just went with the open roster spot.

Would the Spurs be willing to cut this guy if they need the roster spot?

I'd prefer Clark, Granger, Metta, any combination of those three over keeping him on the roster.

Daye still has an additional year in his contract. If they were to cut somebody, it would most likely be Baynes.

[ace3g]

Nando just checked in for the Raptors

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400489709

[exstatic]

Daye still has an additional year in his contract. If they were to cut somebody, it would most likely be Baynes.

More likely Brown. I doubt he's re-signed for the year now that his second 10 day has expired, and that opens a roster spot.

[Ice009]

More likely Brown. I doubt he's re-signed for the year now that his second 10 day has expired, and that opens a roster spot.

I was asking about opening two roster spots, so that is why he mentioned Baynes. I'd rather have two of the buyout players over Austin Daye.

[exstatic]

I was asking about opening two roster spots, so that is why he mentioned Baynes. I'd rather have two of the buyout players over Austin Daye.

We'll be lucky to get one of Granger/Clark. We don't need anyone else. The only good big is signed, and god knows we don't need any more guards.

[Ice009]

We'll be lucky to get one of Granger/Clark. We don't need anyone else. The only good big is signed, and god knows we don't need any more guards.

I'd rather have any combination of the two between Granger, Clark or Metta World Peace than Austin Daye.

[exstatic]

I'd rather have any combination of the two between Granger, Clark or Metta World Peace than Austin Daye.

We're not getting two of them. When we sign one of them, the others will look elsewhere if they haven't already signed somewhere else.

[Kidd K]

"NBA teams can assign players who are rookies or in their second season to their D-League affiliate. Players can stay with the D-League affiliate for as long as the NBA team wishes, and be recalled back to the NBA at any time."

Others "may be assigned to their NBA D-League affiliate with their consent and the consent of the NBA Players Association."

http://www.nba.com/dleague/santacruz/dleague_faqs.html

This is Daye's fifth season.

Thanks for the info, I didn't know the specifics on D league roster movement.

That sorta doesn't say they can't d league him though, just that they have to jump through a hoop or two first by getting consent.

[exstatic]

Thanks for the info, I didn't know the specifics on D league roster movement.

That sorta doesn't say they can't d league him though, just that they have to jump through a hoop or two first by getting consent.

No player who's been in the league for 5 years is going to consent to being sent to the dleague for " a year or so".