Official 2016 Spurs Offseason Thread

[Snaq O'Meal]

Nooooooooooooooo

Looks like we will be seeing the likes of LJC backing up our bigs than guys like Christian Wood or Terrence Jones.

[Joseph Kony]

Thomas Robinson is starting to look like a pipedream at this point

[Snaq O'Meal]

Thomas Robinson is starting to look like a pipedream at this point

Maybe they'll bring Matt Bonner back to sell more tickets and to outshoot the Warriors. And you know Pop loves his veterans.

[sasaint]

Maybe they'll bring Matt Bonner back to sell more tickets and to outshoot the Warriors. And you know Pop loves his veterans.

Yep. I already posted this. Looking more and more like a return of the Red Rocket, unless they pick up somebody that gets cut just before the regular season begins.

[eDizzle20]

The 4 and 5 positions are looking paper thin. Gasol is 36 years of age and you essentially have LJC and Dedmon backing up him and Aldridge. I don't consider Anderson a 4. He's still more of 3 due to his lack of strength. Bertans seems to be more of a natural 3 than a 4. I'm not sure what the plan is, but I'm sure LJC is not the answer. I would like to see the Spurs go after Thomas Robinson, heck, I wouldn't even mind Josh Smith at this point.

[Snaq O'Meal]

PATFO will probably go dumpster-diving for big men later when the decent ones have all been signed and the remaining free agents are desperate enough to accept whatever scraps that are offered to them.

[T Park]

for all that are ing.

you can only offer the minimum.

inga bout a guy not being signed whos signed for over the minimum is a stupidity.

[Ditty]

So the last year we were stacked with power forwards that we decided to play one out of position until it bit us in the butt. Which you really can't complain because you don't pass up on a talent like West was, and we didn't know TD would breakdown, that he was pretty much unplayable against OKC. So now we technically have one power forward on this team ? Don't get me wrong Gasol, Aldridge and Dedmon rotation is probably the, or one of the best big men rotation in the league with their size, length, athleticism and talent. In the long run that will probably be the rotation when games matter anyways. I'm not a fan one bit of Anderson playing at PF. He's still too skinny, and needs to bulk up a bit more. He may get there as he is only 22, and may grown into his body like Odom did when he first came in the league to be able to play the four. Anderson is best with the ball in his hands as we have seen in Summer League. It would be nice if Bertans is a decent defender, and becomes a lethal shooter to be our backup 3. Simmons would have to prove he can play D, and be smarter with the ball to be in the rotation. Mills needs to play off the ball which he is best at. Manu needs to ball in his hands in critical moments down the stretch, but outside of that Manu is fine at either guard or small forward position.

My guess is that the sign LJC, and put him in Austin all season. Stokes to a partially guaranteed camp deal, and give Thomas Robinson a partially guaranteed deal also. Maybe Robinson's bad at ude can improve being on a winning team again, that he doesn't have to be a prima donna if he makes the team and doesn't play much. Which neither him or Stokes won't probably play much outside of when Gasol/Aldridge take the night off.

[tbdog]

I remember in 2011-2012, Spurs big rotation was TD, Blair, Splitter and Bonner. This was after the the 2011 first round loss to the Grizzlies. We later picked up Diaw. But that big rotation was awful. And although LMA and Gasol are good, I do feel we need one more big that can play. Garbage guys don't count.

[pookenstein]

Did Peter Jackson take that pic? Shot in the right angle soit looks like Gandalf and Bilbo, like Boban is actually sitting 2m in front of SvG.

[stxspurs]

Doesnt look to happy to be there.

[NASpurs]

[K...]

So Randolph comes here due to process if of elimination?

[sasaint]

I would like to see us take a flyer on Randolph if he is available.

[tav1]

Gulp.

[I. Hustle]

Whatever happened to the Latvian Rocket Dairis Bertans? Did he just suck last year or did he not want to play with the Spurs because he got more $$$ overseas? I don't remember what happened.

[Chinook]

Spurs would be a perfect team to break Randolph back into the NBA. But it's also Randolph, so...

[jyra]

Wouldn't mind Randolph at all, he had a pretty good season in Russia last season. His three point percentage is pretty strange though. He shot 25% in 23 Euroleague games and 47% in 20 VTB United League (Russia) games. So it's hard to say how much he really improved his shooting.

[Chinook]

Whatever happened to the Latvian Rocket Dairis Bertans? Did he just suck last year or did he not want to play with the Spurs because he got more $$$ overseas? I don't remember what happened.

He got married half-way through the SL. I think that's what happened, but he had already fallen off after Simmons joined the squad.

[I. Hustle]

He got married half-way through the SL. I think that's what happened, but he had already fallen off after Simmons joined the squad.

Aaahhhh ok. I know he was a 2 but, from what I remember, he had a pretty solid start in the SL

[I. Hustle]

Wouldn't mind Randolph at all, he had a pretty good season in Russia last season. His three point percentage is pretty strange though. He shot 25% in 23 Euroleague games and 47% in 20 VTB United League (Russia) games. So it's hard to say how much he really improved his shooting.

Don't want him for his threes anyway. Would be cool to give him a shot.

[jyra]

Don't want him for his threes anyway. Would be cool to give him a shot.

Yeah, I think his mobility and length (esp. on D) are still the most intriguing thing about him. But you need at least some shooting next to a non shooter like Dedmon.

[NikosChelsea7]

[tav1]

Spurs would be a perfect team to break Randolph back into the NBA. But it's also Randolph, so...

Spurs are a great fit for what Randolph needs, and his game would work well next to Aldridge, Gasol, and Dedmon, except for his mental lapses.

Is he the best big left on the free agent board? I'd rank him ahead of Jones. Is D-Mo to broke to sign?

[apalisoc_9]

Randolph is the laziest NBA player ive seen. Its easy to be compe ive in europe because of the talent level and most importantly less games. If europe has a 70 game season, randolph would be a lazy scrub.