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Swift and Petro are nice prospects but next year they'd be a step back from the center play we saw this season. In like three years they'll both be pretty good but by that time the Big Three will be on the decline.
Honestly I wouldnt.
Swift is another Nazr, and Petro is a black Rasho.
Wich means he willLudden said the Spurs don't think he's starter caliber.
Swift and Petro are nice prospects but next year they'd be a step back from the center play we saw this season. In like three years they'll both be pretty good but by that time the Big Three will be on the decline.
swift, rofl
I see Javtokas starting at C by the end of the year, easy.
I think Duncan and the Spurs have finally realized that Duncan is the center.
Maybe, but by the end of the year, what do you project the best option is? It'll be Javtokas starting C. Another shotblocker, this one mobile. Just like old times.
I respect the Spurs FO's opinion-they know a lot more about basketball than I ever will. I just hope they give Javtokas a clean slate and not come in with any preconceived notions about what he can or can't do. Every year there are countless players who defy expectations one way or the other. If anyone talks definitively about who can or can't do what they should be reminded of all the players they passed over in the draft and Free Agency.
Also maybe, just maybe they are saying that they don't expect much out of Javtokas to motivate him. Also maybe they are saying it to make it easy on him and they do actually expect a lot from him. But before he has even reported to Training Camp to say he won't start is worrisome to me.
I'm not going to let 2 minute highlight reels fool me into thinking Javtokas is David Robinson. If Javtokas becomes a more fragile version of Rasho who dunks, I'd be happy.
I can see Javtokas being a good bench player who comes in when it's possible for Duncan to slide over to power forward. With the league getting smaller, those chances aren't plentiful enough to start two centers anymore.
I'm not saying Javtokas will David Robinson, or anywhere close. I'm just saying that there's no other attractive options for a starter at PF or C. Maybe there's a Reggie Evans, but that's a guy you bring off the bench. We're in dire straits as far as big men go. I'm project RJ as a starter because he's the best option there.
I'd take Petro off their hands for the right price.
Reggie Evans Considering Knicks, Grizzlies, Clippers And Wolves
2nd July, 2006 - 4:38 am
Part of a larger article on Sam Cassell and other FAs
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...817877,00.html
Rocky Mountain News - With Denver focusing on negotiations with restricted free agent Nene, the Nuggets may lose power forward Reggie Evans to free agency, according to the Rocky Mountain News.
"Nene is ahead of him," coach George Karl said when asked about Evans. He put Francisco Elson in a similar category, but then added that both "could be in our plans."
Elson has a better chance of staying than Evans. Because he is restricted, the Nuggets can match any offer and they can exceed the salary cap to sign him. The Nuggets would have to use part or all of their midlevel exception to retain Evans.
An individual close to Evans said he is considering signing with New York, Memphis, the Clippers and Minnesota.
Count me as on board.
Evans would provide that rather quick yet still big bodied athletic big. He has a huge wingspan and annoying habit of chasing down long rebounds and loose balls (no pun). Have people forgotten how annoying it was with Seattle grabbing seemingly every offensive rebound in 04/05? A big part of that was Evans.
He would become a crowd favourite because of the abilities I stated above. Everyone loves a guy that seems to always get his hands on hard to reach rebounds.
Sign him. Play him 25mpg. 6PPG/8RPG and some hard fouls. For $2-3M a year you are not going to find anything better.
What happens is that the Knicks throw the full MLE at him for max years.
It's unfortunate that there is head GM's out there that do this sort of thing and it up for the Spurs
Great.
Spurs are messing around going after a player they'll never get -- again. The Mavs, on the other hand, are overflowing with players the Spurs need (long small forwards, centers, point guards) and are targeting players who they actually have a chance of signing. If the Mavs get Evans, the Spurs may literally not get a defensive rebound next year against Dallas.
What are the Mavs going to pay Evans with after signing James with the full MLE?
HDnet subscriptions?
S&T Mike James for Marquis Daniels ?
You'd think the Nuggets might someday get a shooting guard that can shoot.
What do you want to say by that ?
Daniels can't shoot.
Mike James is a raptor.
S&T between Dallas and Toronto : Daniels for James.
Mavs use the MLE on Evans.
Ok, I guess that's a possibilty if Colangelo has a real hard-on for him. That's a of a contract though.
Nuggets Would Use Part Of MLE To Re-Sign Evans
Rocky Mountain News - Now that Nene has been signed, the Nuggets might next reach a deal with Reggie Evans but in order to so, would need to use money from their $5 million midlevel exception.
Fegan, who also represents Evans, said the Nuggets are being "aggressive" in pursuing Evans, and it could get done. Karl agreed, saying Evans "fits as the energy, tough-minded guy."
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I'm afraid Dan Fegan (Evans' agent) is oil and RC Buford is water.
And Pop can be fire. He will evaporate RC and burn Fegan.
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