Steve Kerr: Free Agency's Best Buys

[ChumpDumper]

No, what? I don't get where you're coming from? You don't like the deal for an athletic SG who could thrive in an uptempo offense that cost the Raps less than $4?

I'm talking about the article. No, you can't say he missed that.

[AFBlue]

ahh I see... "he" being Steve Kerr and "it" being the Article. Yeah maybe he did, but the article is dated to the 27th and the espn article last updated on the 26th. So maybe he did, maybe not, but he did pay a lot of attention to familiar clubs (Spurs, Mavs, Pistons) and to familiar players (already noted)...even used Tim, Tony, and Manu earlier in the article.

[coopdogg3]

And it's a bigger signing, but if the Pacers pull off the re-signing of Al Harrington and get him for $7.5, that'd be a good deal. Essentially it would be a Ron Artest for Harrington swap (w/ rent-a-Peja in-between) and while Harrington is a lesser defender (who isn't, other than Bruce) he can play SF/PF and learned in Atlanta how to be agressive and offensive-minded. He should be a big boost to their offense that was one-dimensional (feed O'Neal, feed O'Neal, feed O'Neal).

So there's three.

Kerr does mention the Harrington deal in the 2nd paragraph of the article. And says that it's a good signing. But he specifically pin-pointed smaller deals, that most fans don't pay attention to. The only good, smaller deal that I can say Kerr just absolutely missed was Thomas to the Clips. But maybe the Clips have so much bad karma, he's just waiting to see how that turns out. Clips re-signing Cassell was also a good signing IMO, but that may have been too high-profile for Kerr in this article.

[SirChaz]

Yeah I have to agree. He listed 9 players and two-thirds(6) had ties to Texas....either they came from a Texas team or they are going to a Texas team. That's a little biased. I would've added Tim Thomas to Clips as well.

He listed Thomas to the Clips earlier in the article as a big name signing.

Marks can be marginally productive, but I don't see him as an equal replacement of Tim Thomas late in the year.

I see Marks is a replacement for Brian Grant. Stoudemire is a replacement for Tim Thomas.

[violentkitten]

didnt the spurs already have the '06 le last halloween? conventional wisdom can lick my furry balls

[whottt]

And quite possibly someone could explain how getting rid of Nazr was a shrewd move but signing Nazr was also a shrewd move in the same article?

Signing Nazr for the MLE was a good deal.

Signing Elson and Butler for 5 million was a better one, or a good deal in itself at the least...

It's really not that hard to understand.

[Mr. Body]

Makes sense. I wonder if Detroit would take Elson/Butler instead of Nazr Mohammed.

[timvp]

The Butler signing was the value signing of the offseason, no doubt. If he were an unrestricted free agent, Butler would have gotten two, three or four times as much.

Elson can be made to look smart if Pop plays him against Dallas and Phoenix in the playoffs.

Elson at center > Finley at center

[T Park]

If Elson does, what he did in Denver, and able to keep up with Dallas and Phoenix, then Im sure it will happen.

[Mr. Body]

I'm warming to the Elson pick up. His speed seems to be a big attraction here, as is his generally physical play.

The Butler signing has all the hallmarks of a potentially historic steal.