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[ElNono]

You could say Blair is a severely undersized PF, but there's no way I'm buying Bonner is a PF... he's a perimeter guy on offense and a ghost on defense (especially for what a PF is supposed to bring, like good rebounding or holding their own against opposing PFs or Cs).

[HarlemHeat37]

The Spurs frontcourt has reached the point of requiring a miraculous contribution from a fringe player, tbh..

Even if Josh Powell or Brown impress in training camp, they don't possess game-changing potential..

The odds of Eddy Curry rejuvenating his career through an epiphany and sudden motivation are very slim..however, he was once a contributor and a top 5 post offensive player in the NBA..he's 7-feet tall and one of the stronger players in the NBA..he has never played for a coach of Pop's caliber and it appears that he's in great shape..

The odds are slim, but the Spurs need to take risks, in addition to hoping for unlikely breakthroughs..Curry has potential that doesn't exist within the other training camp invites, nor within Bonner/Blair/any other available FA big..

If he displays dedication, decent conditioning and any flashes of potential in training camp, sign his fat ass..

[benefactor]

You can't seriously be this dumb, can you?

We're talking depth wise, not legit starters. Obviously, they could use an upgrade at starting PF, but do they just need another body at the position? No, because they already have three rotation caliber ones. Whereas at C and SF, they have two.

No but you obviously are.

ElNono summed it up nicely. Your bads are bad per your usual. The Spurs have only one real PF. The other two players are not real PF's at all and never have been.

[benefactor]

So enlighten us...oh great and wise TD21. How do the Spurs reach their goal of again becoming a defensively focused team with two slow-footed, defensively deficient "PF's" backing up Diaw?

[benefactor]

Just a bad take all around.

I don't know why I bother. He just says a bunch of and tries to pass it off as legit. Thankfully it wasn't three full paragraphs of tripe this time.

[ElNono]

So enlighten us...oh great and wise TD21. How do the Spurs reach their goal of again becoming a defensively focused team with two slow-footed, defensively deficient "PF's" backing up Diaw?

tbh, Diaw might look like an upgrade over Blair and Bonner, but I don't expect him to be an above average defender either... Tim will have to carry the load on that end, and I don't expect him to be enough, per the usual. Tiago will probably have his nights, but at this point you wonder if he's going to break a rib taking a .

That's why a guy like Curry is intriguing. Legit 7 footer and strong. The real question with him is: will he care?

[TD 21]

No but you obviously are.

ElNono summed it up nicely. Your bads are bad per your usual. The Spurs have only one real PF. The other two players are not real PF's at all and never have been.

That was a rhetorical (look it up) question.

"One real PF"? Who cares about semantics? They have three who play the position and they've all proven they're of rotation caliber (even if none should be starters and two shouldn't play more than 10-15 mpg), so depth wise they're fine at the position. But even if they weren't, like I said, Powell won't be in compe ion with any of them for minutes.

You're delusional if you think Powell making this team would be anything more than Splitter insurance. And by that I don't mean, Splitter goes down, they turn to Powell. I mean, Splitter goes down, they turn to Blair, Powell replaces Blair and is stapled to the bench.

[benefactor]

tbh, Diaw might look like an upgrade over Blair and Bonner, but I don't expect him to be an above average defender either... Tim will have to carry the load on that end, and I don't expect him to be enough, per the usual. Tiago will probably have his nights, but at this point you wonder if he's going to break a rib taking a .

That's why a guy like Curry is intriguing. Legit 7 footer and strong. The real question with him is: will he care?

Diaw looked decent enough from a positional defensive standpoint in his short stint last year. Will he maintain it for a season? We shall see.

The Spurs have needs at both PF and C. They need a big for the inevitable Tiago injury and they need a mobile backup PF that can move his feet and disrupt the pick and roll. If Curry shows enough interest in camp then I'm all for it. Right now from an experience/ability/physical profile standpoint I like Powell to provide some depth at the PF position.

[benefactor]

"One real PF"? Who cares about semantics? They have three who play the position and they've all proven they're of rotation caliber (even if none should be starters and two shouldn't play more than 10-15 mpg), so depth wise they're fine at the position. But even if they weren't, like I said, Powell won't be in compe ion with any of them for minutes.

Did you really ing post this? You are officially the dumbest mother er on the planet.

[ElNono]

Diaw looked decent enough from a positional defensive standpoint in his short stint last year. Will he maintain it for a season? We shall see.

The Spurs have needs at both PF and C. They need a big for the inevitable Tiago injury and they need a mobile backup PF that can move his feet and disrupt the pick and roll. If Curry shows enough interest in camp then I'm all for it. Right now from an experience/ability/physical profile standpoint I like Powell to provide some depth at the PF position.

As I said in the op, I'll gladly take a flyer on Curry/Powell over what Blair or Bonner bring.

[TD 21]

Did you really ing post this? You are officially the dumbest mother er on the planet.

Pretending to be some laid back, funny guy, then losing it on a message board over nothing
Thinking the Spurs need depth at PF
Not being able to count to three
Thinking Powell is the second coming of Malone
Being well into your 30's and still acting like an immature brat

[benefactor]

I stand affirmed.

[spurs10]

tbh, Diaw might look like an upgrade over Blair and Bonner, but I don't expect him to be an above average defender either... Tim will have to carry the load on that end, and I don't expect him to be enough, per the usual. Tiago will probably have his nights, but at this point you wonder if he's going to break a rib taking a .

That's why a guy like Curry is intriguing. Legit 7 footer and strong. The real question with him is: will he care?

The "break a rib" line is one of the funniest lines I've read on here in sometime....

[Gagnrath]

Diaw is an average defender, he's surprisingly quick and hard to back-down, he's a positional defender though not an intimidation player or a shot blocker. Bonner is honestly an above average defender in the regular season. Bonner isn't like 2008 where he made anyone with a post game look like an allstar. Allstars still make him look bad but your average starter doesn't anymore. While he's no Rodman or Mutombo he actually gets on fairly well on defense, he just looks horrid doing it in part because we all have the past embarrassments in mind.

Tiago and Blair are the defenders I have questions about. Splitter because the more physical guys shove him around and punish him, and Blair because some people just shoot over him and others are just to fast. He doesn't have the ability to match up with many starting players physically on defense.

[TDMVPDPOY]

did u guys think we jump the gun to fast in renewing contracts?? now we only have 1-2 spots left on the roster with a guys in camp looking very interesting.....

unless we can ship blair, bonner, splitter, neal....to open up spots

[spursince#99]

did u guys think we jump the gun to fast in renewing contracts?? now we only have 1-2 spots left on the roster with a guys in camp looking very interesting.....

unless we can ship blair, bonner, splitter, neal....to open up spots

why would you want to ship Neal? He's the purest shooter on a team who lives and dies by the 3 ball.

[spursince#99]

And we really need a shot blocker who's good at switching the p&r and has fast enough feet to possibly trap the guard. A big presence that can clog up the lane. That's all we need and if we can trade for that I'm willing to give up Neal.

[TDMVPDPOY]

i dunno how blair, bonner, de colo fits into this roster...

im startin to like curry and powell if they are added to the roster...just for shear size from curry, and the versality of powell who can play the 4+3, with small ball we are able to field guys +6'5 on the court...

splitter/curry
duncan/diaw/powell
kl/jax
gino/green/de colo
parker/neal/mills