Have you guys watched much Spurs basketball the past three years?
Unless Lint or Brown get to be as good as Bowen on D, Bruce stays.
lol
Maybe I should take my own advice about reading -- thought you wrote Bowen.
Intersting thought about Brown, though I don't know who he'd be traded for. We need SFs and he's a short SF. Maybe if someone taller was available.
Maybe a throw-in on a Malik trade.
Bowen will continue to have a significant role, but I definitely anticipate that his minutes will decrease. Spurs Basketball begins with defense, but the Spurs have the best contingent of perimeter talent they've had in quite some time. This is going to be a fun offensive team to watch.
If Barry or Manu were taller or guys like Odom and Peja were shorter....
Denver could use a good 2 but I don't know that we'd want to help them out. Remeber they had him end of 2002 and wanted him to sign a contract with them for 2003 but he came home. If the Spurs showcased him maybe move up in the draft?
The only things the Spurs need are tall SFs and to get rid of Malik if he's not going to play ~25mpg.
If moving Brown achieves either, he could be moved.
This season Horry's role will probably be to play spot minutes at the 3 against big 3s as needed. Other than Odom and Nowitzki, I'm not too concerned about Barry, Bowen and Ginobili being undersized whenever they play the 3. And there is the flip side, which is that while the Spurs may be a little shorter on the perimeter, their talent is a little bit better than last season.
Ideal kill two birds, move Malik with Brown as the sweetner for a tall 3 with an ending contract. Make it easier to sign TP and pick-up Scola.
Why would you want a player who you could lose and have to move two solid role players for? I'm well aware the Spurs have been recently interested in moving out Rose but I'm not sure that leads to a desire to give up a bunch of talent just to do so.
If Pop and Malik can smoke the peace pipe then barring a good deal coming along I think Rose will stay. Last summer's free agent market ended any notion of Malik's contract being a horrible one.
It's horrible if he doesn't play the minutes to justify it.
Play him or trade him.
Sure. But giving him up for nothing is not too appealing either. Losing talent is never a great proposition.
If it means being able to keep Parker long term and sign Scola it's a fine proposition.
Sure, if ownership wants to be cheap.
If you're willing to pay the luxury tax yourself, step up.
Otherwise....
Assuming that will be around much longer.
Something that many people have either overlooked or short-changed about Barry in my opinion is his veteran presence ON COURT. In the past, the Spurs have relied on veterans like Willis, Kerr, Ferry etc. to provide the newbies with their experience. But those players all had one drawback: They weren't really in the rotation and had to preface their teaching with: "Back when I was a top player, we did it this way..."
Barry is going to be an integral piece of the puzzle with lots of quality playing time, not just a bench presence. When a second unit of younger players is on the court with him, he will steady them with his performance and command presence. I'm very high on this aspect of what he brings to the team.
San Antonio's status as a small market team and the fact that paying a guy ~$7 million year after year to play less than 20mpg is insane will be around much longer.
Play him or trade him.
The SBC Center deal shouldn't be hurting ownership too much, as well as their cut of league revenues. If they can't afford to pay a significant role player the league average then they should sell the franchise to a group who can.
If Malik reaches that level of significance again, then keep him.If they can't afford to pay a significant role player the league average
Otherwise trade him.
No one can justify his salary for the minutes he played last year.
No one.
Play him or trade him.
Why not apply that rule to other Spur players? Surely the Spurs could find players to fill other roles on the team for much less than the current roster.
No more excuses for ownership.
Malik is a nice guy but he's death to a passing/motion offense.
They pass that test.Why not apply that rule to other Spur players?
Corliss Williamson played more minutes than Malik on a championship team.
Where is he now?
I suppose Detroit needs new ownership too....
He's also death to the PT of a soft ass starting center.
You should probably deal with reality instead of what you want.He's also death to the PT of a soft ass starting center.
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