Malone expects to talk to Spurs

[Solid D]

True, mixed signals.

[timvp]

Is this guy four years old or what? If you've made a decision, what earthly reason could you have for not making it public at this point?

ing stupid attention starved dumbass. I wish he'd just die already.

Well said, TwoHandJam. If he signs with the Spurs, fans better be ready for these stunts on a weekly basis. He'll find something to keep his name in the news and keep the halftime specials about him.

This guy is one of the biggest chokers in league history and is all about the spotlight, yet Spurs fans are star struck by the name. He's just a commercial version of Kevin Willis at this point ... but Spurs fans see him as the missing link and are standing in line waiting to offer their left nut for him.

His defense in the playoffs was overrated as . Sure he did well, but freaking Samaki Walker shut down Duncan in the playoffs before. Why don't the Spurs go out and get him?

Get a grip Spurs fans, this is Karl Freaking Malone we are talking about. You don't see the Houston Oilers going out and signing Frank Reich. You don't see the Buffalo Sabres going out and signing Brett Hull. You don't see the Boston Red Sox going out and signing Bucky Dent.

Have some dignity for once. The Commercial-Kevin-Willis-Human-Halftime-Special is all hype ... don't buy it.

[BigVee]

I don't see him as the missing link, more like a guarantee. Living in LA, I have to listen to the Laker talk ad nauseum, but I must say Malone was the only stand up guy on the Lakers last year. No excuses for poor play, no bragging when things went right, etc. I have also hated the guy forever, but I sure would like to see him back there protecting TD rather than Rasho or Horry or whomever. And, I know if you give him the ball on the break he won't close his eyes and clank it off the backboard left-handed ala Hedo.

[TastesLikeChicken]

Get a grip Spurs fans, this is Karl Freaking Malone we are talking about. You don't see the Houston Oilers going out and signing Frank Reich. You don't see the Buffalo Sabres going out and signing Brett Hull. You don't see the Boston Red Sox going out and signing Bucky Dent.

You don't see the Spurs going out and signing Robert......oh

[Pooh]

By all means Karl sign here. They'll love you! Haha.

[Tommy Duncan]

If the Spurs didn't have a Slavic center in their starting lineup and a coach predisposed to love/hate the team's best 6th man then I might feel they could pass on Evil.

Like him or not he's still a presence in the paint, something that we didn't see much of in the silver and black last season.

[Ruby Ridge]

I think he's yanking everyone's chain. He ain't coming here.:next3

[ChumpDumper]

We're set either way, and we didn't miss out on anyone.

Getting excited or angry is a waste at this point.

[timvp]

Why didn't the Spurs sign Samaki Walker? He shut down Duncan as well as Malone did last year.

Shiii-i-i-iii-it, where is Horace Grant?

[ChumpDumper]

If you can find anyone else that can get 12 and 9 for the minimum, let me know.

[timvp]

12 and 9?

He didn't even do that last year and he played 32+ minutes per game. Even in the playoffs, he didn't reach those numbers when he was playing 38 minutes per. If he comes to San Antonio, he'll be coming off the bench for hopefully no more than 23 minutes a contest.

[ChumpDumper]

You might want to check the numbers there. I'm allowed to round up .3 boards.

12 and 8 if you want to get snippy.

, 10 and 8.

I simply can't say that any of our backup bigs are better than Karl. In your heart of hearts you can't either.

[timvp]

How many minutes do you see him playing per game?

[Solid D]

You don't see the Houston Oilers going out and signing Frank Reich. You don't see the Buffalo Sabres going out and signing Brett Hull. You don't see the Boston Red Sox going out and signing Bucky Dent.

You don't see any Super Bowl rings or World Series rings out of that bunch either.

NY Yankees signed Clemens the former hated Red Sox ace, though. Hmmmm.

[ducks]

I want mailman but not more then 25 minutes a game until after the all star break anyhow
maybe not more even later
depends if rose plays like a ....

[ChumpDumper]

Malik and Horry combined for about 31mpg last season. They're will be a few minutes available for warm Karl.

If you could give me a guarantee that those two will be solid all year and in the playoffs, I'd say a Malone signing would be completely superfluous.

You can't so it isn't.

And no, there's no guarantee Karl will be solid (uninjured) either. That's why all the other guys were signed.

Makes sense to me.

[SenorSpur]

I simply wish the Spurs would "scrap" this idea of kissing Malone's ass. With them resigning Horry and having Rose and Massenberg, they clearly don't need Malone. I'm sick of them courting him and I'm sick of him "acting modestly flattered" by the attention and stringing teams along. GET OVER IT ALREADY.

[Tommy Duncan]

If the Spurs were putting off signing someone of note then I would be pissed but since that does not appear to be the case then this charade doesn't bother me.

Come to think of it, if the only way Evil joins the Spurs is with him replacing Radosoft in the starting lineup, well no complaints here.

[E20]

TommyDuncan, his name is Radoslav or his nick Rasho.

[Rick Von Braun]

OK... so... is the Evil coming or not? I am sick of so much speculation.

[1elrey]

I sure hope that Malone will sign for the Spurs, because you can be 100% sure that

1. from the first play he will be on the same page with T.D, T.P, M.G and Pop

2. he will do exactly what coach wants him to do. Mailman has a team player mentality and he is willing to do whatever it takes for his team to win

3. Mailman is a great passer and would feed Tim, Tony, Manu and Brent for easy baskets (he knows how to pick and roll, it is almost that he and John invented it!!)

4. he is a great help defender and with Timmy they really would control the paint

5.he is a good midrange shooter

6. Any team in NBA would take him if the could. And the Spurs will, if they can

[tekdragon]

He's just a commercial version of Kevin Willis at this point

timvp? come on, man...comparing Malone to Kevin Willis, Samaki Walker, and Horace Grant?

Man, I'm sorry, but that is weak. That's nothing but hate.

Hate him on a personal level all you want, but you have to give the man respect for what he's done on the court.

You don't back into the all-time scoring le. You earn it.

You don't back into becoming the best at your position in the history of the game. You earn that, too.

I don't like him either, but comparing him to the likes of KW, Walker, and Ho Grant is a total affront to your impartiality as a basketball analyst.

Hate him as a person all you want. I do. But as a journalist and as a well respected basketball analyst, you do yourself an injustice by diminishing his on-court abilities and his basketball IQ.

You're better than that, and, as much as I hate to say it, so is he.

As a true fan and a journalist, you shouldn't let your personal feelings overshadow the good of the team, the best business decision, or the best basketball decision. It should be about winning rings. If having him on the team won't help us win it, not having him against us definitely will.

[Herdbehavior]

I hate Malone and do not want him in SA.

But if Tim never played again....


Karl would be the best 4 that ever played.

I think Tim will play again....and will eventually separate from Karl's legacy.

[KoriEllis]

A lot of people are giving Malone credit for his on the court performances of the past -- which is great. But why are people so sure that he's healthy or going to be healthy this season?

He only played 42 games last season and had a knee surgery that was supposedly only going to have him out a couple months. But now it's been speculated that he won't be ready until December or January. Why is everyone so sure that he will be physically able to contribute anything?

[ChumpDumper]

His being able to play at last year's level is an "if" to be sure -- but we haven't missed out on any FAs, would only be out $600k at most and would still have a fairly deep frontline without him.

No downside.

Unfortunately there's no guarantee any of our backup bigs are going to play well, so what's the harm in adding one more guy who could end up being better than all of them?