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But you got Peja, Okafor, Ariza......YOU STACKED! There should not be a problem.
Demps continues to damage the Hornets organization while maintaining a role for his Spurs. Well played by Pops and Buford placing him in New Orleans. He will keep the Hornets down for a number of years.
But you got Peja, Okafor, Ariza......YOU STACKED! There should not be a problem.
It wasn't "Jerrells is playing good ball". Had it been that, I would have joined the chorus. It was "Jerrells is going to beat out Temple". That point needed to be refuted. Short of Temple committing a sex offense with a minor, or turning into a 6'6" Iverson at ude case, he was going to remain above CJ on the roster totem pole. CJ outplayed him in 3 games, he comes back and plays one OK game, and CJ is moved. Kinda proves the point I've been trying to make for the better part of a week, doesn't it?
You left out Aaron Gray!But you got Peja, Okafor, Ariza......YOU STACKED! There should not be a problem.
You'll like CJ. He was our last cut in '09, and was just playing against a stacked deck of 4 PGs in camp this year.
Good work by Pop by getting him on a team that could actually utilize him. This seems like a good deal for everyone involved; if nothing else, it establishes the fact that the Spurs will get you into the NBA if you look like an NBA player even if we don't have room for you.
This is a good PR move from that perspective, a pick is almost superfluous after that. Good luck CJ.
Great news for CJ...
Barring injuries, I don't think there's going to be much playing time for a 3rd PG in our team. He might have a better shot for playing time in NO.
Larry Brown is with the Bobcats, not Hornets, you got your franchises mixed up.Larry Brown pays Pop back for Butler.
DJ Mbenga
Aaron Gray
Peja Stojakavic
Marcus Thornton
Curtis Jerrells
Ya'll stacked.
It's pretty doubtful that anyone said CJ was going to beat out Temple, but there were a lot of people pointing out that he was playing far better ball than Temple and deserved a serious look if Temple didn't improve pretty quick. Everyone here knows damn good and well that Temple had a huge advantage and that it would take equal parts great play from Jerrells as terrible play from Temple in order for CJ to even have a prayer, just as everyone knew that CJ's fate was sealed after Temple finally showed up.
Seriously, if all you've been saying all this time is that Pop wasn't going to keep Jerrells over Temple, the only response from everyone is "Well, duh."
Charlotte Hornets
Jerrels is beating Temple for the 3rd point guard spot.
A whole thread of it. Now do you get my response?
Temple was sucking it up, due to his injury, jerrells was never a threat to his job, once he shook of the rust it became obvious to the rest of you.
Not for quite some time.
New Orleans Hornets.
Charlotte Bobcats.
You left out Joe Alexander and Pops Mensah-Bonsu. Acquiring Pops is further proof that Demps still works for the Spurs.
good for cj nice to hear temple is playng well too
A little bit surprising but Jerrells earned it by playing really well in the preseason. Hopefully he thrives in N.O.
This tells me Jerrells didn't have a legit chance of making the Spurs. Coming into training camp, the coaching staff was a lot higher on Temple. I was skeptical that the coaches would ever opt to drop Temple and keep Jerrells. I'm guessing that the Spurs even told Jerrells that making the team wasn't likely ... hence the reports Jerrells had already lined up a European contract.
Temple, in theory, fits the Spurs better. He can play both guard positions, he's a versatile defender and he's a low volume offensive player. If you just went by preseason, Jerrells has been the much better player. We'll see in a year or two if the Spurs were right in keeping Temple and trading Jerrells.
Yep. Always happens to me with franchises that move.
I make a joke saying Charlotte Hornets.
CJ is a good player if we can't keep him at least we earn a second round pick.
Best thing about this trade is it finally shows the Dleague has value. CJ worked his ass off and proved he deserved a serious shot at the NBA not some half ass euro league team. The toros was starting to be a serious bust but CJ has proven and continue to prove you get what you put into it. Good luck CJ!
Good move.
Lets be realistic, Jerrells was never really likely to be on the roster and get minutes in our rotation. It just wasn't happening with Parker, Hill, Manu, Neal, Anderson and Temple in the lineup. He was behind all of them. So its good that we traded a player we were gonna cut for a 2nd Round pick, which we are masters at using.
Plus this is great for Jerrells, because he is going to get minutes in New Orleans. He is in a far better situation now than if he were just to be sent back to the D-League or play overseas.
Good luck to you CJ. Thank you for your talent, and I hope you have a good career.
Jerrells gets a shot at making an NBA rotation and the Spurs don't lose him for nothing (apparently).
Win-win.
It would be nice if the other soon-to-be castoffs play well enough to trigger similar deals, but the Toros can get some decent D-League players if nothing else.
I am meh on the idea. With how CJ was playing and with (a small) possibility of TP leaving, I would have liked to hold onto him as a prospect, even if it meant stashing him in Europe.
I just look at it like is this 2nd rounder likely to show what CJ has? Maybe, maybe not. Not a big deal and at least they get a little something.
Question, do salaries not have to match on a player making as little money as CJ?
Whatever happened to Nando De Colo? Is he still on the radar at all? I stopped paying attention.
Nando has kind of regressed imo. He looks like a poor mans Steve Blake to me.
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