Spurs to sign Malcolm Thomas

[td4mvp2k]

It's pretty much like any other signing Spurs do during the season. Unless the player is a vet, they get little to no playing time....so yeah it's about the same.

baynes wasnt a spur when they signed him past half way thru last yr or had played in da nba at all unlike thomas tbh

[monkeypunk]

I hope he gets some spot minutes but unless its a blow out, we likely won't see him tonight...

[coachmac87]

Soooo why did we sign this guy?

[bklynspursfan]

It was already reported that he was signed on the fly cause they thought Diaw was going to be out a longer stretch when he hurt his finger. It's not too surprising they can't find much time for him now.

[Darkwaters]

It was already reported that he was signed on the fly cause they thought Diaw was going to be out a longer stretch when he hurt his finger. It's not too surprising they can't find much time for him now.

I don't remember ever seeing that in an official report. I just remember speculation to that effect.

[timtonymanu]

It was already reported that he was signed on the fly cause they thought Diaw was going to be out a longer stretch when he hurt his finger. It's not too surprising they can't find much time for him now.

Doesn't Thomas have a 2 year contract?

[bklynspursfan]

I don't remember ever seeing that in an official report. I just remember speculation to that effect.

One of the Spurs beat writers put it on Twitter some time ago, I think like a day or 2 after the signing when the announcement was made Diaw would be back quickly.

[bklynspursfan]

Doesn't Thomas have a 2 year contract?

I never saw the terms released, but here's what hoopshype has it as

[ace3g]

If Thomas doesn't play today against GSW, I will have a hard time understanding what the Spurs are doing.

With Duncan, Ginobili, and TP not playing, something would be odd if Thomas doesn't play.

[Bruno]

With Duncan, Ginobili, and TP not playing, something would be odd if Thomas doesn't play.

I hope so. Even without Duncan, Spurs still have a lot of bigmen with Splitter, Diaw, Ayres, Bonner, Baynes and Thomas. Pop could very well go with a rotation without Thomas today.

[jeebus]

I hope so. Even without Duncan, Spurs still have a lot of bigmen with Splitter, Diaw, Ayres, Bonner, Baynes and Thomas. Pop could very well go with a rotation without Thomas today.

Pop played 5 last night with Duncan/Splitter and Boner/Ayres/Diaw off the bench.

[exstatic]

Doesn't Thomas have a 2 year contract?

If it's standard Spurs fare, the second year is completely unguaranteed, and year one will only have a small guarantee. The cut date for this year's contract to fully guarantee is sometime in early January.

[TheGoldStandard]

Signed a contract to get courtside seats.

[look_at_g_shred]

Signed a contract to get courtside seats.

[ace3g]

This is getting weird, Thomas might be the 1st d-league/10 day contract type player to not even get "throwing in the white flag" minutes.

[SpursFan86]

I really don't get what they're doing here. I understand the whole "needs to get used to the system" idea, but would giving him a few garbage time minutes every now and then really screw things up that bad? What do they have to lose by trying him out in situations where the game's outcome has already been decided?

[palangi]

Do you guys really think pop wants to put him and show that he is better than bonner already?

[exstatic]

I think they don't want to showcase him in an NBA setting in case they need him later. I'm almost certain that they will cut him at the deadline.

[TheGoldStandard]

Smoke and mirrors, Thomas probably schools Ayres in practice and they can't have the FO looking like total losers.

[exstatic]

Smoke and mirrors, Thomas probably schools Ayres in practice and they can't have the FO looking like total losers.

FO doesn't operate that way, fool. James Anderson was just cut, and they moved on with Danny Green, also a dleague call up.

[ElNono]

I was hoping he would be the next Mensah-Bonsu, tbh... Haven't had a chance yet...

[Bruno]

Even if he is waive tomorrow, Thomas would have cost $146K to Spurs. That's a lot of money for 3 games with the Toros. It would be so weird to see Spurs waiving him without giving him a try with Spurs, especially that his skillset is an amazing fit for what Spurs need.

Spurs have 4 games left to try him before his contract becomes guaranteed for the year.

[TheGoldStandard]

Sacramento would make the most sense to give him some minutes

[exstatic]

Sacramento would make the most sense to give him some minutes

Any ty team could give him minutes.

[TheGoldStandard]

Any ty team could give him minutes.

Talking about Sundays game against Sacramento