is baynes worth trading blair?

[DrunkTXLabrat]

blair wouldn't have gotten that monster block

[skulls138]

Yeah Blair may have gotten better numbers but wouldntve impressed me as much because Baynes made it look dangerous to go against him trying to get a rebound.

[Darkwaters]

paranoid pop you are offically my favorite poster. the spurs should line up a splitter trade for the deadline and play the heck outta baynes. if baynes looks even better and splitter can net something like what the thunder got for harden, i'd say spurs should take it. i would miss the outta splitter btw. i think he deserves big money, and that's the only reason to consider trading him. i'm not against keeping him and paying him either.

You realize that the Thunder got WORSE after they traded Harden, right? I think I'd rather get better, or just stay the same.

[Darkwaters]

Kind of funny how one game against the worst team in the NBA all of a sudden makes Blair expendable. I'm not saying that won't ultimately happen. But don't be so trigger happy. Honestly Blair would have got better numbers than Baynes against the Bobcats if he were healthy and got the same minutes.

In all honesty, Blair has been expendable for a long time - so long as we got another big back in return. Even before Baynes played a game, he filled that quota once he was signed. Blair has been downright cuttable since Baynes officially arrived, his Bobcats performance not withstanding.

Afterall, what are we trying to replace in Blair? A deep injury reserve and situational player? Through 48 games hes played 478 minutes, less than 10mpg. And most of that is front-loaded on the early season when he was in the rotation. Hes basically been a garbage time player for a while now.

[Capt Bringdown]

Blair is emblematic of a short-sighted and gimmicky Spurs team that gets backdoor swept and eliminated in the first round.
The sooner we turn the page on Blair the better.

[Ice009]

No. Only eight games until the trade deadline. Even Linsanity took more games than that.

Is the trade deadline before or after the all-star game?

[heyheymymy]

Is the trade deadline before or after the all-star game?

Sunday, February 17 = NBA All-Star Game 2013



2:00 PM (CT) on Thursday, February 21 = NBA Trade Deadline 2013

[DrSteffo]

All I'm saying is we now have two legit centers and two legit PFs. Before they signed Baynes, Splitter was the only legit backup C, making him untouchable. Now it's not quite as clear cut imo.

The thing is they most likely don't want to with the nice dynamic they have currently so it's indeed very unlikely.

Splitter was the fourth or fifth best player on the team and he still is. The combo Duncan/Splitter has been beasting. The reason for keeping Splitter is that he is very good and a good fit next to Duncan. The Spurs typically keep players worth keeping. Baynes will compete with Bonner and Blair for minutes. Bonner and Blair have limited trade value.

[Old School 44]

Doesn't really matter much one way or the other. Not that Blair has tremendous value anyway, but the more playing time Baynes gets over him, the less the Spurs will be offered in a trade for Blair. With his cheap contract, as insurance, just leave him at the end of the bench and let him walk at the end of the year.

[cd98]

In all honesty, Blair has been expendable for a long time - so long as we got another big back in return. Even before Baynes played a game, he filled that quota once he was signed. Blair has been downright cuttable since Baynes officially arrived, his Bobcats performance not withstanding. Afterall, what are we trying to replace in Blair? A deep injury reserve and situational player? Through 48 games hes played 478 minutes, less than 10mpg. And most of that is front-loaded on the early season when he was in the rotation. Hes basically been a garbage time player for a while now.

[cd98]

In all honesty, Blair has been expendable for a long time - so long as we got another big back in return. Even before Baynes played a game, he filled that quota once he was signed. Blair has been downright cuttable since Baynes officially arrived, his Bobcats performance not withstanding.

Afterall, what are we trying to replace in Blair? A deep injury reserve and situational player? Through 48 games hes played 478 minutes, less than 10mpg. And most of that is front-loaded on the early season when he was in the rotation. Hes basically been a garbage time player for a while now.

The minute Duncan got injured, he became relevant and important. He was only expendable in the minds of short attention spanned Spurstalk fans. Before Baynes, if Duncan went down and Tiago played 30 minutes our backup center was either Blair or Bonner because Diaw moved to power forward. Blair did well in that role recently, but hasn't been called to play that role much bc Duncan has been healthy. Does Baynes take Blair's spot? I don't know. Hard to know after one game. Sure Baynes is taller, and that may be enough, but Blair is a better passer, catcher, finisher, turnover generator on defense, while probably about equally good on rebounding. Maybe Baynes shows enough to justify the switch but it will take more than one game to know.

[Russo21]

Baynes will be a freakin monster. Before long we'll be mentioning him in the same breath as Manu and Tony and Tiago as our next great import. Write that down.

[Russo21]

Thursday, January 31 2013


The Warriors would love to get their hands on Denver's Timofey Mosgov, or even San Antonio's DeJuan Blair. But acquiring worthy help would require the Warriors to part with someone they like. San Jose Mercury-News

Here's hoping the Warriors do want him and offer us a nice package. He very well could be on his way off the spurs.

[Obstructed_View]

Baynes swatting that block up into the air and catching it made me forget about whatshisname from Pitt.

[Darkwaters]

The minute Duncan got injured, he became relevant and important. He was only expendable in the minds of short attention spanned Spurstalk fans. Before Baynes, if Duncan went down and Tiago played 30 minutes our backup center was either Blair or Bonner because Diaw moved to power forward. Blair did well in that role recently, but hasn't been called to play that role much bc Duncan has been healthy. Does Baynes take Blair's spot? I don't know. Hard to know after one game. Sure Baynes is taller, and that may be enough, but Blair is a better passer, catcher, finisher, turnover generator on defense, while probably about equally good on rebounding. Maybe Baynes shows enough to justify the switch but it will take more than one game to know.

So when Duncan got hurt he became relevent. Sounds like an injury reserve to me (exactly what I said earlier - see below) and not some critical part of the team.

Even with Duncan sidelined he still only averaged less than 15 mpg in the last 3 games that he played. Did he put up monster numbers one game. Sure, against a sub .500 Dallas team. And he wasn't exactly a rebounding force in that game either.

If all we're looking for is a guy that can step in and play about 10-15 minutes a game, if, and only if, someone is banged up and taking a night off - I say Blair is totally expendable with the addition of Baynes. Remember, we still have Matt Bonner thats on the outside of the rotation waiting to step in.

In all honesty, Blair has been expendable for a long time - so long as we got another big back in return. Even before Baynes played a game, he filled that quota once he was signed. Blair has been downright cuttable since Baynes officially arrived, his Bobcats performance not withstanding.

Afterall, what are we trying to replace in Blair? A deep injury reserve and situational player? Through 48 games hes played 478 minutes, less than 10mpg. And most of that is front-loaded on the early season when he was in the rotation. Hes basically been a garbage time player for a while now.