How on Earth did We Miss Getting Stephen Jackson?

[Capt Bringdown]

It wouldn't have mattered, the Spurs needed to counter the Gasol trade, which is an impossible task. The Gasol trade changed everything.

[MI21]

Jackson was never coming to San Antonio period! So get over it.

Jackson and Nelson had a huge falling out they both started to hate each other, so Nelson decided to ship Jackson out to the worst place possible, which at the time was the Bobcats.

Nelson was never going to trade Jackson to the Spurs or another contender, he wanted to trade Jackson to a non playoff contender, which was the Bobcats at the time.

Jackson fortunately helped turn the Bobcats around, and Nelson looks like a moron again.

So The Spurs never failed to get Jackson because he was never available in the first place.

How do you know all this?

[jjktkk]

We failed to get Jackson because we have 2 seven footers sitting on the bench while we get raped in the paint while Finley plays the power forward spot. What an idiot coach I am ready for a change. Small ball will win against Denver right?

Well doesn't that make a whole lot of sense? Seems to me since you think those 7 footers are so valuable, maybe the Spurs need to trade them for Jackson, or go for the gusto and trade for D. Wade.

[objective]

i tend to agree that GS wasn't sending him where he wanted to reward him for being an outright, outspoken cancer who was sabotaging the locker room on purpose. Not that it wasn't already being done by everyone else there, but still.

And as I posted on that poll thread, back in the summer GS was refusing to deal him outright to anyone. They dumped Crawford for expirings instead.

[superbigtime]

Would rather have had Zach Randolph. Look how he is kicking ass for the Grizzlies. The Clippers traded him for Quentin Richardson for crying out loud. The Clippers got him along with Mardy Collins for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas from the Knicks the year before. Basically the Grizz and previously the Clips got him for next to nothing. Why weren't the Spurs in the mix? We don't need a 20-10 guy who can shoot from long range? People cried about Rasheed Wallace this offseason, but this is the guy the Spurs could have used most. Hindsight is 20/20. I mean 20-10.

[jermaine]

You really think Nelson would do Jackson a favor by sending him to playoff contender after Jackson called Nelson out in the media?

Green bay went outta their way to make sure Farve wouldn't be wit the Vikes by sending him to the Jets but he still got there & beat them twice! So can happen!

[The Truth #6]

I don't recall Sjax being available at the time. It wasn't an option.

[Dex]

Probably because Golden State had little interest in the three older, slower, defensive minded players we had to trade.

[lefty]

I would take Jax and his at ude over a nice guy who doesn't have balls


Bring back Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaax

[spurs1990]

37 points, four 3-pt last night WITH a messed up finger.

Can we send some game tape of this man to see how a real Spurs player is supposed to play?

[lefty]

I miss Jax

[gospursgojas]

Jack would have given the spurs at least 1 more championship by now. Most likely in '04 when we had to depend on hedo as a scorer.

Not by himself, but as a part of this team.

[Dex]

Jackson was never coming to San Antonio period! So get over it.

Jackson and Nelson had a huge falling out they both started to hate each other, so Nelson decided to ship Jackson out to the worst place possible, which at the time was the Bobcats.

Nelson was never going to trade Jackson to the Spurs or another contender, he wanted to trade Jackson to a non playoff contender, which was the Bobcats at the time.

Jackson fortunately helped turn the Bobcats around, and Nelson looks like a moron again.

So The Spurs never failed to get Jackson because he was never available in the first place.

Thank god somebody gets it.

Both teams have to agree to a trade, and teams usually don't make trades they aren't satisfied with.

The Warriors didn't want any of the Spurs old, spare parts. The Bucks did. That's why we got Jefferson instead of Jackson.

[TheMACHINE]

maybe Sjax didnt mean the old age requiement?

[Allanon]

Just look at this poll:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...78#post4021578

57 posters on this forum actually thought that Jefferson would be a better option for the Spurs than SJax.

This poll was taken in January and RJ still got that many votes?

Open polls are great.

[benefactor]