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Great rebounding. Great defense.
An outside shooting option to clear the paint for Duncan on the offensive end.
spurs were not going to solve all problems with a trade. they added rebounding, muscle, frontcourt shooting, smarter frontcourt defense, pick and rolls, and vet savvy. all in all, a solid trade
Great rebounding. Great defense.
An outside shooting option to clear the paint for Duncan on the offensive end.
Would we put Barry on Perkins?
If Spurs want to have tons of capspace in 2010, they will only be able to offer a 2 years contract. Getting a quality player who will agree to sign for only 2 years won't be easy.
If Spurs want to have a quality SG/SF rotation next year, they will have to make an exception to the 2010 plan. I hope they will make that exception but we will see.
Would Elson guard Garnett, Perkins, Stoudamire, and Gasol?
no.
I'm shocked. Sad to see Barry leave, but business is business. Hopefully Barry is Stackhousing it.
not a free agent. has a limited salary protection, which is essentially a team option. toronto gets to decide whether they want to waive him and pay no/very little salary, or keep him at his contract value (770k next season). toronto picks up that option without hesitation.
Great move by the spurs. We are screwed.
At worst, Pop has some nice options to put next to Duncan at any given point. Oberto, Horry and Thomas are all three high IQ bigmen. Udoka is proving to be a really nice option as a small ball power forward. Finley has shown some ability to play small ball power forward against certain teams. Bonner appears to be even further down in the rotation but he's good insurance.
We'll see if Barry is waived and comes back. If that happens, the Spurs basically traded a future first rounder for a top ten rebounder in the game. I'll take that trade everyday. If Barry doesn't come back, it's a bit harder to swallow but there's no guarantee that Barry would have gotten healthy enough to become a factor this season. 36-year-old guards don't just magically heal from multiple torn calf muscles.
Spurs can't be a better rebounding team that what they are now on the defensive end.
On the offensive end , Oberto is a better rebounder than Thomas.
Thomas won't really help Spurs rebounding.
Thomas isn't a great help defender, his strength is his man to man defense. WGAF about defending well or not Perkins. He can't score.
I rather play Bonner or Horry for that.
How does this trade make the Spurs supporting cast any worse? You're essentially replacing Elson and Barry with Thomas. No way is this a bad trade.
I think an MLE contract has to be at least 3 years.
"Kurt Thomas is a tough, physical player who can defend, score and rebound," Spurs general manager RC Buford said in a statement. "We feel he will be a great addition to our roster and will add depth to our frontcourt."
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3255661
You think wrong. A MLE contract length is between 1 and 5 years.
I'm shocked. Sad to see Barry leave, but business is business. Hopefully Barry is Stackhousing it.
After "dirking" from last year's playoffs, we have "stackhousing"
Man, the words we can get out of the Mavs
All of which are great pluses. I don't know about the rest of you, but personally I grew weary of seeing the Spurs get killed on the boards when Duncan was on the bench or properly boxed out. With the addition of Thomas, that means Udoka no longer HAS to be the team's 2nd best rebounder - as he demonstrated last night versus the Bobtails.
I really do like Barry's personality on and off the court. He has an amazing sense of humor and the team really likes him. And he's a class act.
But I just feel like he hasn't been as clutch/productive in the playoffs/finals as the Spurs were expecting him to be. He offered really nice passes. He has an amazing court vision but his shooting hasn't been consistent. It's a known fact that the Spurs have basically tried to trade him every year...And I feel bad for him.
But, the good news is that he is going back to his team...it won't be too bad for him.
And I really like Kurt Thomas...he was really good last year during the playoffs...So I think this is a good trade. Plus, I got the sense that Timmy also really liked him...I'm sure he'd enjoy playing with him...
So I like this trade...
Bruno is ghostwriting this trade.
Well I can see where someone can use the phrase "Deveaning" it when talking about trades.
After "dirking" from last year's playoffs, we have "stackhousing"
Man, the words we can get out of the Mavs
Eh....I'm underwhelmed. I think Kurt Thomas is severely over-rated.
I rather the Sonics just keep Barry than buy him out....I don't want Barry going to Phoenix. That'll be a real .
Damn... I'll miss Brent... Are we really getting better with this trade?
You don't want him back in San Antonio? Do you believe in Udoka enough that he can fill Barry's minutes?
I agree that it'd suck for Barry to sign with a contender but I doubt he would. If the Spurs wanted him back, I'd think he'd come back.
Brent wasn't playing.....
Neither was Elson.....
Um, yeah.
whottts fetish is gone
I think it's a great move by the Spurs. I'm sure Barry will Stackhouse it and be back with the Spurs to help win another Championship.
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