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The mullet was huge, and dude is only 41!I'd only be interested if he's still sporting the mullet.
I'd only be interested if he's still sporting the mullet.
The mullet was huge, and dude is only 41!I'd only be interested if he's still sporting the mullet.
If I wanted to name my sources, I would have done so in my original post.
I really can't see them spending it- even though they have it. Salaries stand at about $69M with Duncan, Manu, TP, RJ, Bonner, Mason, Hill, and Ian. That is only 8 guys. Add in Finley and you are over the luxury tax level from last season which I would not expect to be going up for this year. Spurs still have to fill out the roster.
Between Schintzius and Mahinmi, I'm sure they'll be fine.
There was talk on both AM 760 and 1250 today that Tau Ceramica did not pay Splitter all the money he was owed. There was speculation from several guests that the Spurs may be able to bring him over this year.
Someone go make a reverse jinx thread..
I guess it's safe to say Ian will have some mpg next year
I'm starting to think that the FO had this deal in mind when they first went after that Greek Brontosaurus dude(spelling courtesy of timvp.)
After that deal fell through, FO went ahead with the Jefferson trade knowing how sweet it was.
Did Pop and RC have a plan B for center?
If Brontosaurus was PLAN A . . . who the fffffff could be PLAN B?
I guarantee plan B isn't Rasho. It's certainly not a big name like Camby. And it's prolly not an expensive vet like Sheed considering the state of the Spurs' payroll vs. salary cap.
Who does that leave? Mahinmi? Javtokas? SOme other Eastern European with a name longer than his wingspan? I seriously can't think of an NBA big that would work.
He's about as injury prone as they come though. And fat.
What about Brandon Bass? Isn't he unrestricted? I like his athleticism.
Bass is a nice player, but he's not someone who's going to help ease the burden Tim Duncan has to carry. Pass.
If you could get Radoslav for the LLE and McDyess for the MLE I think that would take care of the bigman rotation. Of course, that would be quite a bit of lux tax, but it's now or never.
I'd be happy with Rasho & Dice.
i think we should resign gooden..
McDyess is the obvious top target for the MLE. He's a mobile rebounding big with a solid 20 foot jumper. Everyone assume the Spurs would prefer the 3 point shooting Wallace, but I'd take the 50% FG shooting rebounder over the 40% FG 3 point shooter (and weaker rebounder).
He will. If all goes well he should be the 4th big and he'll have his chance.
Agreed. Someone to salvage TD's body from the grind of the regular season would be lovely.
The offense would seemingly be extremely versatile, giving me a reverie of when Spurs could play any style plus lock you down on D.
Minus the lock down defense.
The Spurs don't make this trade without planning to use the MLE on a big (ie McDyess - if not, perhaps Gooden).
Just thinking........
How high ($$$) would you be willing to go on Channing Frye? How high would Portland be willing to go? He's restricted, but Portland wasn't playing him much. They're also getting close to that point in time where Roy and Aldridge are going to need to be given big money. Frye is kind of an enigma to me. He started off putting up respectable numbers in the league when he was with the knicks, but got buried in Portland. Did it take a few years to find out he sucks? Or is he just stuck in a bad situation on a team that has better players ahead of him?
I wish we could get Gooden to sign for cheaper than the MLE. Acutally, he might have to, because there doesn't seem to be that much of a market for him. He provides Duncan with a quality backup that can score, rebound, and shoots FT's fairly decent. I know his defense is probably (fill in the blank) at best, but he's still serviceable.
As far as all the Rasho/McDeyess talk, I wouldn't mind Rasho back, but who knows if he would even want to come here. Rasheed would be good, if motivated, and McDeyess would be excellent, if he wanted to play for a team that didn't start with Detroit and end with Pistons.
I think that is exactly right. This was a move only to be executed if the FO thought other moves have a high probability of falling into place. No way they spend this money knowing it does not put them over the top.
Last edited by DPG21920; 06-23-2009 at 10:31 PM.
how about Bonner for Yi Jianlian?
He is a 7-footer, reasonably athletic and he has range too.
Hopefully he will develop into a quality defender...
He is out of favor in NJ, so probably with a future 2nd-round right, this can be done
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