Earl Baggins to help Spurs on quest for the ring?

[The Truth #6]

Midget Ball.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm all for Earl Watson (although isn't he being overpaid, like 5mil per?), not so much for Earl Boykins. Watson can defend and distribute, and that's what we need in our backup PG. We have enough shooters (even though 2 of them are horrible right now), and Watson isn't a bad offensive player.

[2centsworth]

getting a legit NBA player in Boykins for a scab in Beno doesn't sound all that bad.

[Budkin]

No ing way. The tree frog sucks.

[T-Pain]

No ing way. The tree frog sucks.

yeah i tend to prefer the lion

[AFBlue]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...258192,00.html

Short jumpers

• The Nuggets are likely to pay the luxury tax, but this season's payroll might end up being similar to a team barely over the tax line. The Nuggets are in line to pay about $2.8 million in tax and also miss out on the league's initial distribution of $2 million to $3 million to nontax teams. But the Nuggets expect insurance to pay $4.5 million of injured Kenyon Martin's $11.82 million base salary for missing all but two games. And the Nuggets have looked into league guidelines that would allow them to save half the luxury tax on salaries lost because of league suspensions. With suspensions scheduled to cost Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith and Nene a combined $838,632, that would be a tax savings of $419,316.

• Nothing is urgent, but don't be surprised if the Nuggets bring in a true point guard with some size. "I'm not going to deny it's been talked about," said Karl, whose two points, 6-foot Allen Iverson and 5-5 Earl Boykins, often shoot more than pass.

I saw this story and thought I'd revive the Beno/Boykins trade talk. There's a need for the nuggets to add size at the PG position and there's a need for the Spurs to add bench energy and scoring, so there's a fit. But that would still leave the Spurs short in the rebounding category. What if they could kill two birds with one stone...

PG Udrih
SF Williams
2nd Round Pick - 2007
Cash Considerations

for

PG Boykins
PF Evans

For the Spurs it would add scoring at the point and rebounding. For the Nuggets it would add the big, passing guard and an expiring contract to get them under the luxury tax threshold next year to utilize the full MLE.

Impossible? Bad trade? What do you think?

[Texas_Ranger]

HAHAHAHAHHA. Boykins. He's got 30 years. that, don't need that old little baller.

[Bruno]

With Boykins as backup, Parker will look like Steve Nash.

[AFBlue]

HAHAHAHAHHA. Boykins. He's got 30 years. that, don't need that old little baller.

30 ain't old and his contract has a player option at the end of this year, so it's not like we'd keep him until he's 40. Glad I could make you laugh though...

[AFBlue]

With Boykins as backup, Parker will look like Steve Nash.

4 apg ain't bad, but I don't think you're wrong. He'd definitely be a shoot-first type of player. My hope would be that those shots go in, unlike Finley's and Horry's, etc.

[Extra Stout]

Boykins is not all that great of a player.

But c'mon, we're talking about Beno Udrih here. Beno is terrible. He doesn't belong in the NBA. He is an embarrassment. His manhood is highly questionable.

Boykins, for all his shortcomings, would be an upgrade simply because he is a legitimate NBA player.

I don't know that Denver even would do the trade unless R.C. can trick them into believing that Beno is a true NBA point guard.

[nkdlunch]

exactly. Boykins >>>> Beno. , the coyote >>> Beno.

[Pero]

Heh, when seeing the thread le I actually thought there was a player whose last name is Baggins.

[Celtic Pride]

Sure it's not Frodo Baggins to help Spurs on quest for the ring?