Barry wouldn't trade improved status

[Please_dont_ban_me]

It was Bowen who blocked Billups.

Yep.

After Billups repeatedly violated TP, they brought Bowen over on him.





Brent is a great player. Well, was a great player. Seems he just lacked confidence for some reason. The guy can dish the ball, he can hit 3's. That's when he's on, when he's not...he's passing up open 3's, a defensive liability, and not getting in the lane.

Like the article said, he needed this eye-opener. He's responded.

[exstatic]

Another Darko??

I am very glad the trade didn't go through. As Horry said in the article about his failed trade, his game was more relaxed. I think that is what Brent is doing. He really wants to stay with SA until his contract is up and he retires. He has a very high BB IQ, is a great ball handler and has recently shown that he can still drive to the basket as well as hit the three point shots. His defense is also much better than last year.

He may be traded in the summer, which would be sad, but I am probably as grateful as he is that he is still a Spur.

You might not be glad in two years when every Spurs wing player is over 30. This was a perfect opportunity to get some mad youth on the wing, the area where they desperately need some. Smith has mad hops and shoots better than Barry from downtown this year.

[Please_dont_ban_me]

You might not be glad in two years when every Spurs wing player is over 30. This was a perfect opportunity to get some mad youth on the wing, the area where they desperately need some. Smith has mad hops and shoots better than Barry from downtown this year.

I don't think we've ever really had any "young" players other than Manu or TP. We've always put the Avery's, the Elliots, the Perdues, the Bowens around our star (timmy).

You really don't NEED to add younger players, every 2-3 years you can re-tool. But, that said...I would go after this kid Smith in a heartbeat. Losing Barry won't be devestating to this team, by any stretch of the imagination.

[exstatic]

I don't think we've ever really had any "young" players other than Manu or TP. We've always put the Avery's, the Elliots, the Perdues, the Bowens around our star (timmy).

You really don't NEED to add younger players, every 2-3 years you can re-tool. But, that said...I would go after this kid Smith in a heartbeat. Losing Barry won't be devestating to this team, by any stretch of the imagination.

Sean wasn't always old and broken down. Elliott was an exciting young wing player here once. I'd like to see that again in SA.

To clarify, I'm referring to wing players. Tony isn't in that category. The Spurs really only have three positions: post, wing, and PG. The Center/PF positions (posts) are interchangeable and the SF/SG(wings) positions are interchangeable.

[timvp]

Barry is playing very well. That said, you trade him this summer no questions asked.

[Mr. Body]

The Spurs clearly aim to get some youth on the wings. That's what the J.R. Smith trade was all about. They need some athleticism and fresh legs. They also don't want a repeat of what happened when Sean went down with the kidney failure -- they were years before they found their replacement. Remember Chucky Brown? They need to get going on an apprentice replacement ASAP.

I'm sure there are players around the league they'd love to pry away -- the Nocionis, the Pietruses.

[Vashner]

He was working it tonight that's 4 sure. Did you see that fast dunk and almost half court shot?

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Sean wasn't always old and broken down. Elliott was an exciting young wing player here once. I'd like to see that again in SA.

To clarify, I'm referring to wing players. Tony isn't in that category. The Spurs really only have three positions: post, wing, and PG. The Center/PF positions (posts) are interchangeable and the SF/SG(wings) positions are interchangeable.

He wasn't really that exciting in our glory years. He was more of a corner 3-pt shooter, who had a quick step and could get to the bucket if he had to. He also played good D.

[cs100]

Sean Elliot was an all star and was very exciting to watch, especially with David Robinson. His number is retired along with other "non exciting players from our glory days".