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I could see this bothering Parker an him wanting to be traded!
Excerpts from an article by Buck Harvey of the SA Express-News led "Popovich closer to saying bye to Bobo"
But what happened last week suggests this relationship is closer to the end than it has ever been. Popovich gave up on Diaw in Oklahoma City, and it wasn’t because of an injury or matchups.
As it has been before, Popovich sees something in Diaw that he doesn’t get.
http://www.expressnews.com/sports/co...witter-premiumPopovich kept pushing Diaw back into the flow, sometimes with humor and sometimes with anger. But this season, according to staff, Popovich thought Diaw too often reverted to his hippo ways.
Last week it came to a head. After Diaw had been ineffective against the Thunder, Popovich reacted in Game 6 as he had before. Every Spur played except for Diaw. It was his only DNP of the season.
But Diaw is now 34 years old, and his contract has a clause that could help the Spurs change this summer. While Diaw is scheduled to earn $7 million next year, the Spurs will owe him only $3 million if they release him by June 30.
And an excerpt from an article by Jabari Young of the SA Express-News:
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...-be-an-option/And if the Spurs are considering parting ways with the 34-year-old Diaw, as Express-News columnist Buck Harvey suggested, Robinson could fill the void.
Said Popovich when asked if the team needs more youth: “Well I think when you look at the team, having a little bit more quickness and youth is definitely part of the equation.”
The connection to Robinson: Spurs GM R.C. Buford has been a fan of the former University of Kansas standout for quite sometime. Buford has ties to the school from his days as an assistant coach under Larry Brown.
Last edited by Uriel; 05-23-2016 at 06:53 AM.
I could see this bothering Parker an him wanting to be traded!
If Parker should be bothered by anything it's his friend Bobo's laziness.
It's a shame because he can be a real deus ex machina for us in the post when he actually tries, but he didn't really try this year in the playoffs. If this news is true, I hope they ship out the other french fry with him.
Getting rid of D-cow and shaving $4M off the cap seems like a good move. He's full of ability and potential, even at his age, but he sure didn't live up to it this year.
Thomas Robinson? Well at least they won't have a lot of compe ion to sign him. He had one good year in college (junior year I think), and declared for the draft. Everyone had high expectations, and he went pretty early in the draft - and then did absolutely nothing. He got traded to Houston in the first year of his rookie contract. Houston ditched him at the end of the season. In the third year of his rookie contract, he got traded before the deadline, and his new team waived him right away. I think he's on the second year of a 2-year min contract with the Nets.
Yay!!!
I guess the FO thinks they can get that un-tapped potential out of him? Who knows, maybe they can. But we're sitting here talking about how Pop couldn't get the best out of Diaw. Since he's still under contract, what will they send to Brooklyn?
This. If my childhood friend and I worked the job we dreamed about as children and he didn't care enough to do the minimum (staying in shape even if age takes over) I'd be pissed at the friend.
Second move after Diaw should be to also part ways with the most overrated player, Quinton Ross clone - Danny Green...
Maybe getting cut by the Spurs, will motivate Diaw to lose 30 lbs. Getting tired of RC's being enamored with players he has a connection with: Cojo over Jimmy Butler, and now Thomas Robinson. Wasn't it in the last millennium that Burford was at Kansas?
Because everyone knew Butler was going to become a star.
Nobody knew, except for R.C. But he intentionally took CoJo because he's from Canada, and that sounds a lot like Kansas. And that's the reason the Spurs didn't win #6 this year.
This isn't football. Pure cap space is overrated in the NBA. If Diaw is released it will be part of a more ambitious plan than just Robinson. He might be part of it, but money-balling Diaw's production into less money isn't going to be the main goal.
I think he drafted Joseph because Joseph was friends, or room mates, with Buford's son at UT.Nobody knew, except for R.C. But he intentionally took CoJo because he's from Canada, and that sounds a lot like Kansas. And that's the reason the Spurs didn't win #6 this year.
I'll take a guy that played at Marquette for three years over a one and done at UT. Notice that GSW's strategy is to draft players that play 3 or more years in college?
Harrison Barnes?
Oh, gee, Harrison Barnes played ONLY 2 years at basketball factory NC. Draymond Green 4 years at Michigan. Klay Thompson 3 years, Curry 3 years, Ezeli 4 years at Vanderbilt.
LOL at you ting on RC Buford, perhaps the greatest GM in league history when it comes to the draft, because he picked a solid rotation player at 29.
There is no doubt in my mind that is the first time someone has referred to Bobo as a deus ex machina.
In fact, when I Google "Boris Diaw deus ex machina", it only pops up a few articles mentioning Boris and his espresso machine.
You might want to check on Jerry West's body of work when it comes to the draft at LA, Memphis (exec of year), and member of the GSW front office since 2011. I'm not ting on RC as he and the front office have been good at finding FA players to plug and play. But in the last 10 years of drafting, what players drafted are still on our team that can play? Kawhi by extension of Hill? Jury still out on Anderson? You think any of our Euros are going to make a big impact in the NBA? Betting the farm on Livio? Right now our roster is woefully short of young athletic players.
Yeah...it's got me wondering how effective this is all going to turn out. Having the Big Three may have just been masking what a disastrous plan this is going to turn out to be. Seems like all of a sudden, one of the teams perceived as deep is pretty damn top heavy. With not any real potentially special players.
So now you're complaining that he turned a late first round pick Hill into Leonard? Pretty cherry picked criteria you have after the Spurs salary dumped quality players he drafted to land Aldridge. Why 10 years and not 15? So you can disregard how hard he pushed to take Parker?
Robinson sucks. And screw who ever got after me for saying he's the same height as Danny Green. Dude looks like a wing out there.
The Robinson connection is complete speculation by the writer... there's no reason to really believe that Buford or Pop have any serious interest in him. Using the approach of this article, you could say Buford has a "connection" to literally dozens of players in the league, 90% of them peripheral...
Thomas Robinson > Tristan Thompson
Kevon Looney? 1 and done at Ucla.
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