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I hope we get the Grizz in the 1st round tbh.
Well at least that's out of the picture.
Thank the lord! Now come on Granger!
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
Just informed now: Memphis has claimed Beno Udrih, Metta World Peace has CLEARED waivers and Danny Granger officially placed on waivers
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
Yahoo Sources: The Los Angeles Clippers have emerged as the frontrunners to sign Danny Granger. yhoo.it/1fIzCDg
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Yep! Called it. Oh well!
Have fun sucking in LA, Granger... You reap what you sow...
The Spurs are selling Granger on a modern-day variation of the Robert Horry role in San Antonio, league sources said. Granger is expected to speak with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and general manager R.C. Buford in the near future, sources said.
DA talks about how Granger has respect for the Spurs organization -
http://www.nba.com/2014/news/02/26/s...out/index.html
Granger going to the Clippers is fine with me tbh. Rather with them than OKC or the Heat. He's much more suited for a 9th/10th man role and he'll be counted on for much more than that if goes to LA.
Yeah, at this point I'm expecting him to go to LA. If he ends up coming here, cool...if not, oh well.
Everyone has respect for the Spurs, yet they wouldn't dare play for them
Damn, Woj dropping a truth bomb. Woj saying LAC is the front runners jives with most people's logic on here and his reputation is above reproach.
Clips landing Big Baby/Granger for peanuts is pretty big and could be a decent blow to the Spurs standing still at the trade deadline.
A Robert Horry role? Yeah I don't think that would work.
I only want (wanted) one of two guys for the Spurs:
Danny Granger or Earl Clark
Granger is a mess physically, Clark is a mess in motivation and concentration.
Clark supposedly gearing up to join the Knicks, who will miss the playoffs, so he can similar minutes he would with the Spurs barely playing behind Melo until maybe the last 3 or 4 games of the year, shows where he's at with his commitment. Maybe with the injuries to Shumpert and release of MWP and Beno he might get a few extra minutes, but it won't be a lot of extra touches around Melo. Don't see how playing on a crap team is going to increase his value any more than it would playing for the Spurs.
, the Knicks would only even have the taxpayer MLE if he was raised his value. Spurs could pay a full MLE to keep him.
since when the clippers are contender?
This is going to test the mettle of Pop & RCB. Clippers offer more in terms of PT for Granger, but less of contention as compared to the Spurs. And if Granger rediscovers an ounce of his prowess for the Spurs, it would promise well both for him and the Spurs, if indeed the Spurs reach the WCF atleast this year again.
But yeah, Granger is probably a Clipper.
Spurs getting owned would be no shocker.
Playing time over Success.
Sadly, I think the Spurs end up with Jamison tbh.
This was phase III for the Spurs to improve after failing in phases I & II (free agency & trade deadline). If they fail here, it will be hard to argue that the Spurs did a very good job this year (no matter the end result of this season). There was, with a reasonable degree educated guesses. a lot more the Spurs could have done and their decisions to this point have been questionable.
Let's see how Phase III ends before final judgement.
No, they don't, but they'll sell him on the notion that they do and the Spurs will give him no guarantees, which will probably seal their fate.
Jared Dudley is playing 26 MPG, he's even worse than Granger at this point, tbh..the only other option is Matt Barnes, he's having a good season, but he's not a 25 MPG player..Granger, as bad as he is at this point, probably takes all of Dudley's minutes and a chunk of Barnes's..the Clippers can easily give Granger 25 per game..
The Spurs have Leonard/Green that are both going to be 35 MPG players in the playoffs, in addition to Ginobili and Beli(big enough to play the 3, unlike Re and Crawford)..
Spurs can give Granger minutes at the backup 3 and as the 4th big, but how many minutes is that in the playoffs?..15 MPG max IMO..
In a vacuum, Barnes isn't a 25 mpg player, but on that team, he is by default considering he's the closest thing they have to a wing stopper. Granger could very well take all of Dudley's minutes, but when Re returns, those minutes aren't going to amount to a whole lot, because Re and Crawford will play as much together as they can get away with. They're not having them split time or limiting Crawford to 15 mpg.
The only way Green is a 35 mpg player in the playoffs (barring injuries on the wings), is if it's a small ball series, as it will be against the Rockets or Heat. Short of that, there's no chance he plays that much.
Clippers are right in the mix. With Spurs health concerns, poor off season/trade deadline & lack of quality wins, it's hard to make an argument right now that LAC is in less of a "win" situation than SA.
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