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WTF wtf:Artest getting some time at the 4,
I don't see why the Pacers would get rid of him. With Reggie gone and Artest getting some time at the 4, he's going to be their focal point from the wing.
WTF wtf:Artest getting some time at the 4,
They have been playing him at the 4 in summer league to get him acclimated. They are planning on using him at the 4 and Jermaine at the 5 sometimes during the season.
Wow thats something.
Still though, there seems to be bad blood there, and the guy holding Stephen down just a tad was Mike Brown, hes gone.
We will see what happens now.
I would love to see SJax back in black.
No S-jax for Spurs anymore please. I'd rather have Devin backin' up Bruce.
Yeah in 2003 he was needed, but the current core of guys is set for a few years .
I highly HIGHLY doubt Jax ever comes back to the Spurs, but if they were able to get him for a reasonably good deal (some kinds of combo of Rasho, Beno, Scola or somethin) the Spurs starting 5 would be deadly. Parker, Manu, Jax, Tim, and Naz! And with Bowen, Barry, Big Shot, Brown, Oberto and whoever else commin off the bench! Ouch!
But, I dont see it happening. He had his chance to resign in 2003, and didnt take it. Sucks to be him. Could be a 2 time champ by now. Oh well. Its called the "law of sowing and reaping" Jax. Sorry
I love the thought. Never wanted him to leave in the first place. Sjax's deadeye, cold-blooder, fearlessness was what was missing from this team in 2004 (yes that's a crack at HeDont Turkeylog). Of course, Big Shot Rob saved our asses this year. However if we could bring him back Jax to the fold, that would answer our swing position and improve our perimeter defense. While his ball-handling is suspect, many people forget Jax is a decent defender and plays the passing lanes fairly well.
Just think Jack -- you could be poishing at least one more ring and negotiating your long term extension with the Spurs right now.
Ah well....
"answer our swing position"
... what was the question about it?
"and improve our perimeter defense'
... already the best 3-pt defense in the League.
SJax wouldn't start on the Spurs, and he considers himself a must-start-er.
He ain't coming,
he ain't needed, and
a lot of us don't want him back.
Artest, although talented, is a liability at this point. It's going to take some doing to unload him. I think he stays in Indy one more year and has a chance to prove that maybe he's grown up a little. Or not. In which case, he's probably as done as Dennis Rodman.
If I thought for a second that he could live with coming off the bench I might be inclined to take him, but he was borderline thuggish here in SA and he's gone completely bonkers elsewhere. There's a fine line between "tough" and "nuts" and he might be on the wrong side of it.
My God, why would they trade JAX? Their superstar?
The prodigal son needs to return home. He needs the Spurs and the Spurs need him. Send the Pacers one of the excess centers for Jack and a pick. Jack comes off the bench next season and then replaces Bowen in the starting lineup in the following season.
Jack's deal wouldn't be bad for a starter in the NBA. Five seasons left at about $5.5 mil per in 2005-06.
After all, according to the Jax cult here, he's a player without peer who can virtually guarantee a le with dead-eye clutch shooting.
And to the Spurs everlasting shame they failed to pay him max money and therefore had no chance at the le since his departure. Oh Woe! O Doom!
"dead-eye clutch shooting"
One of the SJax myths that won't die. SJax is not in NBA Top50 last season in 3G %age. A very mediocre 3G shooter, for his career. He needs a lot of shots to score, he's a poor rebounder for his position, size, and athleticsim (ie, no hustle, no smarts), and he "keeps both teams in the game" with his TOs.
We have Manu, Robert, Bruce, Brent for plenty of 3G's in season + playoffs, clutch, too.
Jack proved himself to be a big game player and shooter. He brought the Spurs back from the dead in the 3rd quarter of Game 6 of the 2003 WCF. He was there to nail the championship winning 3s in Game 6 of the 2003 NBA Finals.
Spurs fans need to review the last couple of series in the '03 playoffs before they start dogging Jack simply because he isn't a Spur anymore.
If they review it they'll see that he was a turnover machine and one of the reasons why the Spurs were in a position of having to fight back into the games in the first place. He certainly wasn't the only one but he was the biggest reason I was yelling at my TV. He did some timely shooting, but he's no Horry. I didn't cry when he went to Atlanta crying over money, and I wouldn't boo him if he came back, but if I was GM I wouldn't go looking for a way to get him into a Spurs jersey anytime soon.
Is bowen planning on retiring after next season?
Nazr's a turnover machine and everyone here and their dog wants to extend him. Jack was nails when it mattered most back in '03. The Spurs went with Barry instead of Jack last summer. Great ing decision.
I agree...I'll take a championship anytime.The Spurs went with Barry instead of Jack last summer. Great ing decision.
I can never understand fans who base their impressions of a player based on one performance in one game/series instead of steady play over a period of years. All sports have experienced these one time wonders and the Spurs have had a few.
He's an average % shooter who hogs the ball and puts it up a lot. Let's put Mr. Big Game Clutch Shooter in perspective. When it came time to keep the Pacers in the hunt for the championship, in 6 semifinal games, he shot (Y'all ready for this?)
28 of 86 for .326 FG% and 6 of 32 for .188 3pt.% He wasn't shy about putting his dead-eye clutch shooting to the test--and by the last few games, his teammates were freezing him out since passing to him was like passing to a black hole.
His 6 game playoff average of Asst to TO was 1.3 to 3.17 so I guess they were smart.
He obviously thinks he's a starter so where would you play this guy and who would you put on the bench? Bowen? Manu? I think not.
correct me if I'm wrong on this, but our chance to sign Jax was in summer of '03 not '04. If I recall correctly, the spurs didn't give him the contract he wanted because that could have prevented us from resigning manu and/or tony, plus he had gotten into trouble with Pop several times during the season and playoffs. Seeing how Big Dog had that happen after the tech he picked up and ceased to play for the remainder of the finals he might be out of the picture as well.
The Spurs had a chance to sign him in '04 as well.
I'd love to see Jackson back, and I do believe what he did on the championship run was clutch, wouldn't mind having him on the team back...but lets face it, we had our chances, he's with another contender now...so they aren't letting him go, especially since he had no real time playing with Artest or Jermaine, plus the Pacers want to see what Jackson would've done in reggies position.
He won't be back in SA
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