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I do not want him
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He still has the size and enough athleticism.
Versatile and can play the small ball PF or traditional SF.
He has championship pedigree and doesn't seem like a locker room cancer. Spot minutes between 15 and 20 against subs is good enough for me.
I do not want him
He'd be more useful on the roster than Ayres.
Wonder if they are Spurs fans tbh
With all those white kids? Doubtful.
Like anyone in San Antonio is going to wear all that heavy black out on a sunny day.
Chip Englland will have nightmares after watching him shoot day after day at practice.
I want Marion. He's probably not quite worth the MLE, but he's about the best acquisition we could make at this point, and at the very least he's a minutes sponge and injury insurance.
More importantly, we wear the exact same size in sport coats, and I got one of his as a present from a friend who saw it on eBay. She "knows I'm a weird size, and knows I like basketball," but doesn't really get the whole hated-rival thing. It's a really ****ing nice sport coat too, as you might expect, but I can't enjoy it while Matrix remains a Mav. So, yeah. Get it done.
Boris was 29 not 35 and he better fit the spurs with his BBIQ ,passing, and versatility. He showed flashes in PHX and Charlotte and the Spurs had previously targeted him before he was released. Parker also lobbied for him.
How are Marions playoffs stats out of context when you said he played great in the first round against the spurs?
Aminu better fits that criteria and is 12 younger and probably 1/2 the price. Save for the championship, he is bigger and more athletic and can board.
I'm honestly not sure how much young blood I'd really want at SF. Kawhi is obviously an up and coming star at this point. We probably need a smart savvy vet that can teach, provide good backup and foul trouble minutes, but also be willing to stay out of the way when Kawhi is clicking. A young player that needs minutes to develop might be a progress stopper for Leonard.
I'm not saying that as an absolute, but I think it bears consideration.
It has already been too long a time since we first heard the rumor. And one poster on here said it wasn't even a rumor, but speculation.
So IMHO the Spurs have moved on past him by now.
I would argue that he did much more than show flashes in Phoenix. He was very very good there. On the 7 seconds or less Suns he was a big component and a god send. The year that Amare missed was the one where he won the Most Improved Player Award. He was excellent. But it was the move to Charlotte that torpedoed public opinion of him and put him in the "washed up" category. The reality was that he was just unmotivated. And hes also a guy that makes good players great with his distribution and BBIQ. Hes not an alpha-scorer. Charlotte wanted the latter and surrounded him with their typical "meh" talent. But once he moved to a solid system that accented his style and skills, his real ability started to shine through again.
Marion more than likely signs with the Rockets over the Spurs. He'll get more PT since the "4" spot on the Rockets is up for grabs and he'll get burn at the "3" when Ariza sits.
It'll wind up being like all the others that bypassed the Spurs when the money or the PT opportunities were greater elsewhere.
rockets it is
over/under how many pages? id say just 20 pages this time...
HE would probebly be the best realistic pic up Spurs could make at this point. Either way im not holding my breath for him, but he would be a pretty good complimentary player to the roster, and less Errors is allways a good thing
Stupid jerks - just because they make their money by playing basketball, they think they're too good for a team that won't pay them money or let them play basketball.
My theory: a lot of vets don't want to come to San Antonio because they know how much frickin' work it takes to be part of the Spurs machine. Sure, you've got a good chance at a ring - but Pau (and Marion for that matter) already have rings, and they didn't have to settle for bit-player roles to get them. I do hope Matrix comes aboard, though, and I have a completely-impossible-to-defend-with-logic-or-evidence feeling that he's the kind of guy who might enjoy playing in a system that only asks him to do the things he does well.
Adding to the pot, just for s and gigs.
I can't see Marion being a net negative. He would provide some insurance if Kawhi went down with an injury. His age drops my expectations on his impact. I would be thrilled if we could drop Ayres and sign Marion and Baynes. I think he will go to whatever playoff team that pays him the most. He is nearly at the end and he already has a ring. San Antonio/OKC are conveniently close to Dallas. I would imagine all things being even, he would pick one of those.
If he wanted to play for the Spurs, he would have signed by now..
But you can't work for peanuts. Especially if he earned it.
In all honesty, your statement makes absolutely no sense. If that were the case, that means that he (or any other remaining UFA for that matter) will not be playing in the NBA in the 2014-15 season.
"If he wanted to play for <insert team name>, he would have signed by now..." - I guess he's not playing anywhere, considering that he has yet to sign with any team.
He was very good in PHX. He also had two productive seasons in Charlotte averaging better than 48% FG, 11 PPG, 5 RPG, and 4 APG
You must have meant Miami.
Marion never played in Charlotte.
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