Very happy for Goran. He is one of my favorites and will surprise NBA fans who have never seen him play because he can be tenacious. His shot has improved, too.
This is the second instance that I know of in the past 2 off-seasons where an NBA team helped a player secure a buy-out of a contract when no buy-out was even in the contract. It also was made possible, of course, because they used a second round pick on him.
The situation with Splitter was created because of the limit of the amount the Spurs could spend on him because of where they drafted him. It is kind of ironic-- because of their problems negotiating with Scola, the Spurs decided to use a first round pick to secure a specific salary amount that could not be negotiated. Then it bit them in the butt because the player simply did not accept that amount then.
what do you expect from an owner who buys the most expensive equipment in construction. and then has his choice of thousands of machine operators that come and go, like day and night. he already has 3 of the best machines in the nba, there is noway holt is gonna waste time looking for another machine to work alongside those 3 on his construction site. its holts way and its holts highway as well
no joke.... if he does sign with the suns, then i too am left wondering what on earth is going on the spurs FO?
"A few years"
Sounds like Buford with Splitter.
Hes not coming from Tau.
Give it up Suns fan.
All this signals is that Sarver will now turn around and trade either Barbosa or Diaw for a bag of chips and 3 million in pocket change.
Good find...
But i guess only Slovenian spurs fans are happy about this
Hmm, not really.
Don't get me wrong, Dragic has potential, however he is not NBA ready at all. He shouldn't have problems on the defensive end (he is quick, agile...) however he offence is not there - especially for NBA standards.
He may end in the NBDA before new year. I hope he proves me wrong.
Go Dragic, go!
what do you expect from an owner who buys the most expensive equipment in construction. and then has his choice of thousands of machine operators that come and go, like day and night. he already has 3 of the best machines in the nba, there is noway holt is gonna waste time looking for another machine to work alongside those 3 on his construction site. its holts way and its holts highway as well
Uhh...his grandfather was the one who founded Caterpillar, hence the name Holt Caterpillar...here's a little info..
Holt Caterpillar Tractor
More about:
The first practical demonstration of this tractor took place in a peat field on Roberts Island on November 24, 1904, and was patented and in production by December of 1907. The existing machine represents the earliest gasoline-powered track-type tractors that were to help revolutionize agriculture, logging, construction, road building, and transportation around the world. Its design and development is credited to Benjamin Holt (1849-1920), president of the Holt Manufacturing Company of Stockton.
ploto
did you pay up on your lost bet with TIMVP yet over Rasho?
Thought not.
What exactly does a bet betwen ploto and timvp has to do with this topic?
You failed
Hooray, Dragic is in the NBA.
Boo that he is not playing for the Spurs.
An even bigger boo that he is playing for the Suns.
Angel i hope Rasho and Beno dont get each traded a couple of times because your sig will become too big to handle:P
"The Suns considered the idea of drafting Dragic with their 15th overall pick in June if Robin Lopez, their eventual first-round pick, was not available. They ranked Dragic second only to the top overall pick, Chicago's Derrick Rose, among all point guards in the draft."
Now that makes me wonder, who is better George Hill or Dragic?
Dragic has got some pretty impressive ball handling skills (based on the videos I watched), seems to be ambidextrous too. He however looks too thin too be a NBA player.
Hill however is extremely atheletic, however his ball handling skills aren't that great nor is his ability to slash the lane.
So who did we trade the rights to Dragic? Malik Hairston??! :-(
No kidding!
I need both Sho and Beno to get moved to Orlando with Hedo and then I can delete the Pacers and Kings logos.
I kept the Raptors one because I like Jose Calderon and the Mango tree is for our dearly departed from our team Brent Barry.
In case you haven't noticed, when European players come to the NBA, their defense almost always gets better -- not worse. Like I've said, I've seen Dragic stay in front of Parker. No matter where that occurs, that is definitely noteworthy. I'm not sure that five players on the planet can claim that.
But seriously, why are you holding his play to the same standard?
Hopefully Dragic takes some time to transition and Parker has improved ... but this is definitely not good news for the Spurs.
how weak is R.C Buford?!?!!? Stive Kerr can get a player out of Tau and R.C can't, i dont care from any excuse, R.C should be fired!
You must have missed our discussion. My bet was based upon the stipulation that Rasho had to be on the Raptors still on June 30, 2008. "Technically" he was but the trade to the Pacers had been agreed to in principle clearly before that date. In addition, I posted in April that Rasho would be picking up his player option in order to play for Slovenia this summer due to the July scheduling of the Olympic qualifier tournament games. Timvp let me off the hook, especially considering that my punishment was a sig that said "I love Jackie Butler" and Timvp was so wrong about him.
Yeah, isn't that a real cause to worry.
That's 2 players now that other NBA teams have negotiated with Tau to be released.
The least the R.C. can do to redeem himself from the Scola is to at least bring in Splitter.
It's downright embarrasing for us to be hoodwinked twice by two other NBA teams. The Suns trade up for us and grab Dragic, they didn't that once before and we gave away Barbosa.
The Rockets are also toying around with our front office.
True, timvp won the bet. Luckily for you I usually don't cash in my bets. I think there are about a good half dozen posters who owe me either cash, sigs or les for losing bets. I just let you join the club.
Link? Last time I asked for that link, you didn't come through. I just looked at your April posts and I don't see such a post.
Fibbing is bad
The reason that was the bet was because you hated Butler for "replacing" Rasho. Not for his superstar talent.
Why is this in the Spurs forum?
It's irrelevant to the Spurs - the trade was made before the pick. If the Spurs wanted Dragic, they would have pick him.
I moved 3 Dragic threads to the NBA forum yesterday. You'd think this guy was Jordan.
What exactly does a bet betwen ploto and timvp has to do with this topic?
You failed
When she made a thread about a worthless euro white stiff coming over personal.
Go back under your rock kiddo.
I like the way Drgic plays, he plays with a lot of heart.
However, calling it a bad news from Spurs is quite a reach. From what I've seen of him, Dragic isn't a great prospect or a player able to have an impact in his rookie year. His offensive game is very underdeveloped.
Yeah no kidding, I'm a little afraid he'll turn out a bust in the NBA.
Let me guess, republican?
And yeah... you really show your supremacy with insults. Good for you.
Pop needs to be called out for this as well. Everyone here loves to treat the guy with kid gloves. He's just as involved in our personnel decisions as R.C.
And whoever you want to blame, the fact is this is another black eye for what's been a pretty ty summer for the Spurs FO.
I guess all that's left to do is re-sign Horry and they can make this summer's failure complete.
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