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You don't just get sign and trade offers....Speedy has to want to go to that certain team.
Trade Barry for JR, PLEASE!!!
You don't just get sign and trade offers....Speedy has to want to go to that certain team.
Since he left S.A. on extremely "good terms", I don't see any reason Speedy wouldn't want to come back to the Spurs. Unless, of course, Cuban decides to totally outbid the compe ion by throwing some "crazy cash" his way.
No kidding. You also end up taking salary back.
Ehh, i think they could package barry with nazr and get more in return.
I would do that deal for many reasons and the first being that we get a good young kid that can play and has all star potential. NO is a young team without veteran leadership, now put JR on the spurs and he'll have more then enough guys to show him the way. two, we save around 4 million this season which puts a gap between us and the luxury tax threshold and gives us more flexibility now and in the future.
Also, JR Smith may have had problems with Byron Scott but he's not the first and won't be the last. SJax didn't get along with him in NJ (look how that turned out) and even JKidd didn't like him and had him fired. Scott has a history and we shouldn't judge JR because of that.
JR Smith has all the physical tools to be a superstar we can only hope that under Pop he realizes that potential but if he doesn't we can dump him and in the end we saved alot of money.
How does a team 30 million over the salary cap throw 'crazy cash' his way?Unless, of course, Cuban decides to totally outbid the compe ion by throwing some "crazy cash" his way.
MLE for the max years or, of course, via sign and trade.
We're talking Mark Cuban here as the owner of said team. Now word is he may be backing off a bit on making heavy financial commitments. However if the Mavs don't land Mike James, as has been rumored, or if they decide they want Speedy bad enough, Cuban will not allow himself to be outbid.
could JR Smith, be the 06 07 version, of the 02 03 Stephen Jackson?
Sees they are quite similar players.
JR just being a little more famous due to being in the dunk contest.
Penny is far more famous
Prolly need to trade Barry, but man would I miss his personality. So quotable, so fan-friendly. But, he's at the tail end of his career, obviously...
maybe the spurs could get pj brown involved....
PJ was someone the Spurs looked at before they signed Rasho. I wouldn't him on the Spurs roster. He only has one year left as far as I remember. Good character guy.
I don't understand the fascination with Smith. Yes, he's young and athletic but his fg% leaves much to be desired. Why do we want a sg who is such a poor shooter?
Well, he is younger and more athletic. The Spurs do need to get younger. Barry is being paid too much. So you kill two birds with one stone.
Now, PJ Brown is owed $8 mil for one more year and that's it. The Spurs would do themselves good financially if they pick up JR Smith and PJ Brown.
Well as we are seeing currently, you can teach good shooting skills (see Tony Parker), but I think RC/Pop see JR as an extremely athletic player and as you can see, this is becoming the new trend (just put out your 5 best athletic players). But anyone who has this much athletic ability has great potential to be a terrific defender and that's what intrigues all of us so much with him and that doing a Barry for Smith deal also gives us more financial wiggle room.
Try the fact that he's young, athletic, still-developing and cheap. He's not unlike many young players (college or high school) in that he's not a good shooter at this point in his early career.
Smith can always develop his shooting touch, his FG% and defensive ability. On the other hand, you cannot develop or teach youth or athleticism.
The Spurs cannot afford to continue stocking the roster with older, slower, unathletic players who are past their primes and may be willing to play for less money.
Then we could let PJ go and consider Scola again next year.
Hes not so much a poor shooter as he has poor shot selection. Two years ago in his rookie season when Baron Davis, Jamaal Magloire and David West were all injured he pretty much got to do whatever he wanted. Notice, they only won 18 games that season. Now with Chris Paul running the show and David West and Speedy Claxton playing admirably, he has to play smart in order to win. If Pop sits him down and brings him back to earth I think he could be a solid player. Barry is at the twilight of his career, it'd be a good idea to have a look at a solid young talent.
Are the Spurs gonna do a kind of Lovecraftian brain swap thing with him with someone who cares about team basketball? Hey, is Shane Heal still around?
That's what I was going to say he shot 37.1% from three last year while taking almost 3 a game. So he can shoot but without having watched him play a lot he must settle for bad jumpers. With his athleticism he should shoot threes off the catch only and drive to the paint the rest of the time. When his midrange jumper off the dribble improves, if it does, then he can take a bunch of pull up jumpers.
Exactly! His athleticism, upside and price all work to make this trade a no-brainer.
If all that isn't enough, the fact that the Spurs have now acquired a 42% 3-pt FG shooter in Bonner makes Barry expendable.
You make it sound like that's the only thing Barry brought to the table.
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