Expiring contract? Yay! When's the parade?
Who needs to stupid extra dollars during the summer FA period anyway...the trade period i where the real deals are, and we've already got the le in the bag anyway. Have you guys checked out our bigmen rotation? Matt Bonner and two rookies. GTFO of the way Lakers. Keep the awesomene classy incredible clutchness known as Finley is by far the best move here.
Yay Fin!
You guys just watch...Finley will hit a big shot in the mid 3rd quarter against the Thunder at some point, and save us from being the first pick in the lottery...be sure to show up and hate then!
Yes, I am the only one who appreciates what Michael Howard Finley brings to the table.
Fabulous take. Almost as good as your take the Jacque Vaughn is superior to George Hill. Or your take that the Spurs would easily beat the Mavericks.
Great job.
Thank you.
That's what the MLE is for. Not to mention that the Spurs could take back a bigman with a $10 mil salary if they moved Bonner, Finley, Mason, and Williams.
It never hurts.
Kace agreed with Pop's benching of George Hill, amazingly enough. He'll probably come back in this thread and say that Hill wasn't even good when he finally did get to play or some other genius take.
Or maybe he'll go with his "the best players play ... period" card.
Hater! Wiithout Findog we'd have been swept by the Mavs in the first round this year.
Finley was the only one stepped up and carried this group of scrubs...
This team can't do without Michael ing Finley. He carries us!
Besides, he's going to get 10 minutes a game and he becomes more efficient when playing 10 mins a game.
lol, exactly.
And add to that the whole, "but he'll bring class to the bench" argument.
Because if, god forbid, Finley had just retired the Spurs would be forced to bring in some nanny-raping gangster crackfiend who would doom the Spurs with his lack of class.
No other player could possibly ever dream of having any class.
that's actually a terrifying negative, if he were to get injured, we would probably be better off
It's obvious he was going to re-sign. Spurs at least have a trade asset. Hopefully with healthy squad and new players, Pop will not play 30 mpg. Overall, Fin has been an asset to the Spurs and he was won several games with big shots. People just don't give him proper credit. I hope Finley doesn't read this thread, ungracious es.
keyword: "thought"
Yeah, I saw that.
link?
Bonner was 19th in the LEAGUE in +/- last year
the LEAGUE!!!
he's not a scrub people, and I will not stop reminding you.
Bonner is a good 4th or 5th big. And he has an expiring contract.
you're thinking I believe of the Devean George scenario where a vet with the option of keeping his early bird rights can reject a trade.
Now that Finley has picked up the second year, team trading for him would have those rights and theoretically could pay him more in a follow up contract, so he can't reject a trade.
that's all from memory, if linkchasers want to go read the Coon FAQ go do it and correct me if I'm wrong.
So, the conclusion is that Finley is a super-classy, veteran turnstile that will make a few big shots during the season and dawn his invisibility cloak the rest of the time while taking away minutes from the younger players that could help the Spurs in the coming years. OR he could be traded. OR he could be Barry'd at the end of the bench.
Bonner had great moments last season, and a very nice Game 2 against the Mavs. When he can go back to being the 5th option on offense at any given time, he will be one of the strongest shooters in the League. Not only that, he's more than willing to shoot shots that are wide open (read: those .5 second openings he had at times during the Mavs series really weren't all that open) At 6'10, that's nice to have.
I would have to take some issue with him and Game 2. My memory is that he only started hitting shots in that game after Parker near singlehandedly got the Spurs a double digit lead and the pressure was off. If I'm wrong I apologize, but game 2 to my recollection wasn't really a very nice game for him.
I would agree that he can play a role in the NBA and I'm not chomping at the bit for the Spurs to trade him, though I don't particularly care for them to re-sign him in 2010. Unlike Finley, Bonner can play a useful role as long as he's not starting.
Unlike Finley, everyone sees Bonner is a choker and has no business closing out games regularly.
^^ yo, it's taking what the defense gives you. From that point on, they didn't give Bonner a look without someone running at him hard.
The devil's in the details, and more of Finley's terrible basketball is a detail our championship hopes cannot afford.
This is horrible news.
Until they deal him and Bonner to land a solid 3rd big or swingman.
Im hoping a pre arranged trade has been made. If one doesnt come up within 24 hours, then thats probably not the case.
Im not sure for what other reasons he would sell his house.
The decision for Finley to come back...was the easiest one he has to make in his entire career.
Let's see.....
I have an option to come back to a team where I played the last four years and I won my first championship ring in my long career.
And they are paying more than anyone else (2.5m) at this point in my career.
Oh by the way.....they have upgraded themselves at SF and are still one of the best five teams in the league. And they have a shot win another championship and get me my second ring!!!
Moreover, the head coach likes and respect me and I get along with most everybody on the team.
Do I comeback or not?????? Hmmmmm....let me think about this for a minute.
Or let me draw it out until June 30th.....to create a negative buzz about me on Spurstalk.
You know Pop and RC....I'm coming back. And they both probably wanted me to comeback.
Boy that was a hard decision!!!!
SenorSpur and Timvp have made some reasoned arguments on why he shouldn't come back. But when the athlete holds the cards in the negotiation and the money is good or better than where he's going get anywhere else.....the answer is obvious.
Lastly, yes Pop likes Finley! Even the most objective Spurs fans can see that.
But, I posted this to SenorSpur....he will give depth to the SF position and he won't start. RJ will get most of the minutes despite what many of you may think.
And he can still a hit shot (I know....inconsistently) in a big spot.
So him coming back to the Spurs for his last season...isn't the worst thing since Kwame Brown came into the league even though some in this forum has made it out be.
Welcome back Finley!!!
Welcome back!!!!
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