Spurs sign Marcus Haislip

[spursdotcom]

Do you know if a press conference will happen?

So as we know we'll tweet it and/or I'll drop by and post it.

[skervy]

link

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba,175339


Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:00 pm EDT
Shocking Dialogue: Coach Pop works for Marcus Haislip

By Kelly Dwyer


I couldn't believe the San Antonio Spurs actually wanted Marcus Haislip. Until I was handed a rather disturbing, because it was in mp3 format, recording of Spurs GM R.C. Buford and Gregg Popovich discussing the deal. Here is what I was able to transcribe.

R.J. Buford: Hey Pop. I just had stop in to clarify something. I've gotten the two mixed up since 2002, as well, but you meant "Chris Wilcox," right?

Gregg Popovich: No, Haislip.

Buford: Marcus Haislip?

Popovich: Same guy.

Buford: Not really the same guy. He's much worse. Much, much worse. Pretty awful, actually. Are you sure that-

Popovich: You don't think I actually want to play the guy, do you? Or even sign him?

Buford: Why did you ask me to call around about him?

Popovich: You know what people think about us, right?

Buford: What "people?"

Popovich: The "people." They're always around. Working through my socks. I could have been a spy, you know. Right out of a le Carré novel. Instead, you gave me Jackie Butler(notes). You cut me at the hamstrings. You outed me. You hurted me. I want something back. I want to mess with people.

Buford: Why? And with Haislip?

Popovich: I can't tell you, and yes.

Buford: You can tell me. I saved you after your last Miles Raymond-moment, drinking that Chartar beurre blanc at a Burger King after we traded Luis Scola(notes) to the Rockets.

Popovich: First of all, it was a Cheval ...

Buford: Doesn't matter.

Popovich: And I was hardly at a burger joint, rather, a Ruby ...

Buford: Doesn't matter. What are you on about?

Popovich: I just want to [mess] with people.

Buford: That's admirable. In what way?

Popovich: Signing Marcus Haislip.

Buford: Not admirable. Why?

Popovich: I want to keep them on edge. They think we do everything right. We're so fundamentally-sound. So, how do you say, internationale? We got Richard Jefferson(notes) for expiring deals, we picked up DeJuan Blair(notes) in the second round, we made monsters out of Parker and ...

Buford: So, you're saying you want to make a low-risk, low-cost transaction, in order to purposely devalue our respect around the league, in order to lower expectations as we work with the possible $23 million in expiring contracts that we could offer to teams as trade bait while rest of the league approaches the vaunted 2010 offseason?

Popovich: No, I just want to [mess] with people.

Buford: Why?

Popovich: Nobody's supposed to be as good as us. We're, essentially, in Cincinnati with better food. I'm awesome, you're hidden, Duncan's underrated, Ginobili and Parker came out of nowhere, and we still scare the piss out of people. You think we're doing anything with Jefferson next year? Probably not. But the rest of the league still thinks of us as the mean computer that gets everything right.

Buford: We're not "mean." We're not even a computer. That's Houston.

Popovich: Doesn't matter. I just want to keep them wondering why we'd go after someone like Haislip.

Buford: Even if we don't take advantage of them underestimating us?

Popovich: Doesn't matter to me. I'm out of here as soon as Duncan splits. I've got an invisible plane to build in Papua New Guinea.

Buford: Hold on, you told me that your involvement with the U.S. Government was ...

Popovich: (Flashes what appears to be an LED light in Buford's eyes, rendering him unconscious, relegating the last 20 minutes of his life unmemorable. Slowly glides him to the concrete floor. Tosses an unlit cigarette onto his chest.

Drinks the dregs of a bottle of Chartar beurre blanc - it does exist, to him - that was placed behind the left rear wheel of his Aston Martin V12 Vantage, slowly drives out of the parking garage humming "Tea for the Tillerman.")

[Spurs Brazil]

At the practice facility going to talk to the Summer Leaguers and RC.

http://twitter.com/spurs/statuses/2552378048


Let's hope R.C can talk about Haislip and McDyess

[Solid D]

Haislip expected to sign today
By Jeff McDonald on Jul 8, 09 12:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) Save & Share Yahoo! BuzzYahoo! Newsvine del.icio.us Facebook Google Reddit Fark
While the Spurs wait for Antonio McDyess to weigh his free agency options, they have a bit of other big-man business to attend to this afternoon.

According to a source close to the negotiations, Marcus Haislip's deal with the Spurs is done, and he should sign a contract before the end of the day. The deal is believed to start at the lower-level exception of $1.99 million.

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...p-expecte.html

With Jefferson on the team and Ginobili available to play, the team becomes less Parker-dominant. Actually, RJ is capable of taking the ball at the top of the key as a dribble-drive and kick type of player. Much moreso than Mason and with greater physicality.

Now about Haislip...I'm not down on him. I think he has most definitely improved and matured as a player. He can jump out of the gym, but he could do that when he was in Milwaukee with the Bucks. My biggest concern is how he can defend opposing 4s and how much of a contract committment the Spurs make to him before seeing how he matches up over here. You take any of the Bigs currently playing in Euroleague and there can be questions. I really like Batiste. I really, really like Smodis. Morris has been good, as has Haislip. They each would have question-marks about them in the NBA (not as much concern with Smodis). I just think when the Spurs are over the Lux Tax line, they have to be careful about how much they commit to without trading players. This is especially true if the Spurs are targeting McDyess with their MLE.

Now we know the truth. The Vet minimum with a $50K make-good is much more like it!

[Dr Cox]

link

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba,175339


Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:00 pm EDT
Shocking Dialogue: Coach Pop works for Marcus Haislip

By Kelly Dwyer


I couldn't believe the San Antonio Spurs actually wanted Marcus Haislip. Until I was handed a rather disturbing, because it was in mp3 format, recording of Spurs GM R.C. Buford and Gregg Popovich discussing the deal. Here is what I was able to transcribe.

R.J. Buford: Hey Pop. I just had stop in to clarify something. I've gotten the two mixed up since 2002, as well, but you meant "Chris Wilcox," right?

Gregg Popovich: No, Haislip.

Buford: Marcus Haislip?

Popovich: Same guy.

Buford: Not really the same guy. He's much worse. Much, much worse. Pretty awful, actually. Are you sure that-

Popovich: You don't think I actually want to play the guy, do you? Or even sign him?

Buford: Why did you ask me to call around about him?

Popovich: You know what people think about us, right?

Buford: What "people?"

Popovich: The "people." They're always around. Working through my socks. I could have been a spy, you know. Right out of a le Carré novel. Instead, you gave me Jackie Butler(notes). You cut me at the hamstrings. You outed me. You hurted me. I want something back. I want to mess with people.

Buford: Why? And with Haislip?

Popovich: I can't tell you, and yes.

Buford: You can tell me. I saved you after your last Miles Raymond-moment, drinking that Chartar beurre blanc at a Burger King after we traded Luis Scola(notes) to the Rockets.

Popovich: First of all, it was a Cheval ...

Buford: Doesn't matter.

Popovich: And I was hardly at a burger joint, rather, a Ruby ...

Buford: Doesn't matter. What are you on about?

Popovich: I just want to [mess] with people.

Buford: That's admirable. In what way?

Popovich: Signing Marcus Haislip.

Buford: Not admirable. Why?

Popovich: I want to keep them on edge. They think we do everything right. We're so fundamentally-sound. So, how do you say, internationale? We got Richard Jefferson(notes) for expiring deals, we picked up DeJuan Blair(notes) in the second round, we made monsters out of Parker and ...

Buford: So, you're saying you want to make a low-risk, low-cost transaction, in order to purposely devalue our respect around the league, in order to lower expectations as we work with the possible $23 million in expiring contracts that we could offer to teams as trade bait while rest of the league approaches the vaunted 2010 offseason?

Popovich: No, I just want to [mess] with people.

Buford: Why?

Popovich: Nobody's supposed to be as good as us. We're, essentially, in Cincinnati with better food. I'm awesome, you're hidden, Duncan's underrated, Ginobili and Parker came out of nowhere, and we still scare the piss out of people. You think we're doing anything with Jefferson next year? Probably not. But the rest of the league still thinks of us as the mean computer that gets everything right.

Buford: We're not "mean." We're not even a computer. That's Houston.

Popovich: Doesn't matter. I just want to keep them wondering why we'd go after someone like Haislip.

Buford: Even if we don't take advantage of them underestimating us?

Popovich: Doesn't matter to me. I'm out of here as soon as Duncan splits. I've got an invisible plane to build in Papua New Guinea.

Buford: Hold on, you told me that your involvement with the U.S. Government was ...

Popovich: (Flashes what appears to be an LED light in Buford's eyes, rendering him unconscious, relegating the last 20 minutes of his life unmemorable. Slowly glides him to the concrete floor. Tosses an unlit cigarette onto his chest.

Drinks the dregs of a bottle of Chartar beurre blanc - it does exist, to him - that was placed behind the left rear wheel of his Aston Martin V12 Vantage, slowly drives out of the parking garage humming "Tea for the Tillerman.")

?? what? so lost, maby im still drunk

[urunobili]

Shamports on my FB:

ShamSports.com:

Can someone please sign up to Spurstalk and tell them that Haislip isn't $50k guaranteed, and that I typo'd. It's actually Hairston with the $50k guarantee. Their names are too confusingly similar.

[lurker23]

Shamports on my FB:

ShamSports.com:

Can someone please sign up to Spurstalk and tell them that Haislip isn't $50k guaranteed, and that I typo'd. It's actually Hairston with the $50k guarantee. Their names are too confusingly similar.

That makes more sense. Guess we're back to 7 guaranteed bigs.

[Bruno]

Shamports on my FB:

ShamSports.com:

Can someone please sign up to Spurstalk and tell them that Haislip isn't $50k guaranteed, and that I typo'd. It's actually Hairston with the $50k guarantee. Their names are too confusingly similar.

I told that Sham fixed it and that it was Hairston two weeks ago:
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...14#post3616814