Goodbye Rasho, it was nice!!

[angel_luv]

Its ok Angel...I am still Rasho's fan as well as yours.

( Angel blushes) Thanks very much. Back at you! = )

[SLOVENIAN 8]

Nice !!! I'm pretty sure you are hoping for this to happen....

RASHO IS A PUSSY... DEAL WITH IT !!!!

I really hopin that Spurs win NBA finals so Beno and Rasho will came back with rings!!!!
And Rasho will start in first 5 in next round, you will see

[angel_luv]

I can't believe that people are discussing trades - WE JUST WON THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS!!! Can we at least get the trophy before we start selling off the TEAM who got us here?!

Exellent point.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I said it a couple of weeks ago...

Extend Nazr this summer
Sign Scola

Trade Rasho for a long SF.

Game over, NBA.

[ladiesman]

And Rasho will start in first 5 in next round, you will see

I will bet you my $600 plus vBookie $$$ that you are wrong !!

[EasilyAmused]

I don't want Rasho to go

[SLOVENIAN 8]

I will bet you my $600 plus vBookie $$$ that you are wrong !!

ok

[ladiesman]

ok

If you don't wimp out, .... He has to start the first 5 games of the next round... starting on thursday.... Something tells me you are lets just say....

[ChumpDumper]

You can't bet vBookie money that way

[ladiesman]

He will still be owned by his STUPID ASS prediction though......

[ChumpDumper]

It's not too farfetched -- players generally aren't supposed to lose their strating positions due to injury and the Suns' small ball was not a matchup for Rasho. Then again, Pop usually changes things only when he has to. We'll certainly see more of him regardless.

[ladiesman]

Agree with you Chump, but he won't start. That is my point.

[GrandeDavid]

I can't believe that people are discussing trades - WE JUST WON THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS!!! Can we at least get the trophy before we start selling off the TEAM who got us here?!

Amen, sister! Its not like the Spurs are even in the top half of the league in payroll. They have a nice, deep roster. Don't fvck wit it.

[easjer]

Don't be so hasty. I know it's fashionable to dump on Rasho, and Mohammed has been huge for us in the playoffs so far. BUT I suspect the reason Rasho didn't play vs. Phoenix has more to do with the matchups and his lack of foot speed (e..g. getting back in transition) than anything else. He'll play against either Miami or Detroit, and don't be surprised if he comes up with some nice defensive plays/board work.

I know it pains the Spurs fans to admit this, but Nesterovic is a perfectly serviceable center for this ballclub. Not saying he should start over Mohammed, but who's to say he can't come off the bench next year, especially if Horry retires? You can't teach big, as they say, and decent 7 footers aren't in high supply. Sure, if somebody takes his contract, you might move him for other parts, but is there another Zeke Thomas out there?

Bottom line is, people need to get off the Rasho sucks/Nazr is the best line.
When the Admiral left, it created a huge void in the middle, and it probably takes TWO to fill it.

Precisely.


Again, a big part of the reason we traded Malik was because of the need for a true size back up center. We have enough PF backups. We need a true center back-up. Rasho will stay.

Besides, he adds the stronger defense to Nazr's quickness. Having both and having the luxury of switching them out is worth the money.

Further, the need for another SF is not so prevalent, and we would do fine this summer or next to pick up a 2nd round or non drafted college player to train up under Bruce Bowen to be a good defender - easier to come across than a true center (as evidenced by the persistant trade Rasho argument that so many teams need one).

So yeah, I don't expect Rasho will be leaving, particularly as it appears the CBA will extend the cap room.

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Don't be so hasty. I know it's fashionable to dump on Rasho, and Mohammed has been huge for us in the playoffs so far. BUT I suspect the reason Rasho didn't play vs. Phoenix has more to do with the matchups and his lack of foot speed (e..g. getting back in transition) than anything else. He'll play against either Miami or Detroit, and don't be surprised if he comes up with some nice defensive plays/board work.

I know it pains the Spurs fans to admit this, but Nesterovic is a perfectly serviceable center for this ballclub. Not saying he should start over Mohammed, but who's to say he can't come off the bench next year, especially if Horry retires? You can't teach big, as they say, and decent 7 footers aren't in high supply. Sure, if somebody takes his contract, you might move him for other parts, but is there another Zeke Thomas out there?

Bottom line is, people need to get off the Rasho sucks/Nazr is the best line.
When the Admiral left, it created a huge void in the middle, and it probably takes TWO to fill it.

...and let's not forget how much we'll need Rasho during Ramadan next season.

[GrandeDavid]

I don't want Rasho to go because I'd miss all the cool Slovenians who hang around here...although we've still got the young stud Beno Udrih!

[bigbendbruisebrother]

Rasho for Shawn Marion? Man that would be awesome.


I really don't get the feeling they are going to trade rasho. he makes a great back up, and he knows the system inside and out.

I bet we will be singing his praises in the finals when he plays agains the bigs from the east. He will come up big in the finals.

Oh MAN! I'm gettin' traded for Rasho! WTF!!!

[bigzak25]

rasho will not take all this trade talk well....

[ReverendRob]

Ladiesman. I believe that Slov8 meant that he was going to start in the next round, as in be part of the first five players, not start the first five games. Why would he assume there would be five games and if there was a sixth, would Rasho not start? No faith in a sweep?

Especially if we play Miami, it's not inconceivable that Pop might want to start Rasho (who plays decent defense against Shaq) for extra height and better knowledge of our system to counter Shaq, and then use Nazr to counter Zo's quickness. I'm not saying it's going to happen but it's not out of the realm of possibility.

[bigbendbruisebrother]

I don't want Rasho to go because I'd miss all the cool Slovenians who hang around here...although we've still got the young stud Beno Udrih!

So true! What would this board be without Slomo and the gang?

[Sense]

Heh...many people thought that trading malik was gay..


Well we got a starting center in return...

I don't think Malik would've ever started.

[SWC Bonfire]

Especially if we play Miami, it's not inconceivable that Pop might want to start Rasho (who plays decent defense against Shaq) for extra height and better knowledge of our system to counter Shaq, and then use Nazr to counter Zo's quickness. I'm not saying it's going to happen but it's not out of the realm of possibility.

I would love to see that, simply because it would cause Steven A. Smith's head to explode on national television and we'd be done with him once and for all.

[ladiesman]

Ladiesman. I believe that Slov8 meant that he was going to start in the next round

And he wont.

As a side note, I saw Stephen A. comming out of the elevators at the Palms in Vegas last September, and I could not help myself.... "RASHO NESTEROVIC !!!!!" I exclaimed, and he just looked at me and smiled.... You see, eventhough he is a puss, I still got my boys back, not like Slov who is wishing for Nazr gets torched for his boy to get some minutes.....

[RashoFan]

I can't believe that people are discussing trades - WE JUST WON THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS!!! Can we at least get the trophy before we start selling off the TEAM who got us here?!

SpursChick has a good point.
We shall see soon enough which team we will face in the Finals. I have FAITH that Rasho will be all up on either Wallace or Shaq. He will defend against the their "Bigs" and open up a can of "Slovenia Whup Ass"

[spurschick]

We shall see soon enough which team we will face in the Finals. I have FAITH that Rasho will be all up on either Wallace or Shaq. He will defend against the their "Bigs" and open up a can of "Slovenia Whup Ass"

If we play Miami, we will definitely need Rasho to help with Shaq.