Alexander: Are The Spurs Short Of Big Men?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Your an idiot exstatic just like you were in the Trade Thread: Richard Jefferson topic. Spurs could easily land a big like Camby for Bonner Mason and Marcus Williams. More than likely Detroit will decline Oberto's option as they will try to add Boozer and Gordon in free agency, so theres a good chance Oberto comes back for the minimum. Same with Bowen. Then you can sign a Malik Rose or Mihm for the vet minimum .So that leaves us with a potential...


PG: Parker/ Hill
SG: Manu/ Finley
SF: Jefferson/ Bowen/ Hairston/ Gist
PF: Tim / (Rose/ Mihm/ Vet minimum PF or C)
C: Camby/ Mahimni/ Oberto

Then my friend you can add 2 spots on the inactive roster with your 2nd round picks or maybe even sign Kurt to the minimum if he gets bought out. That is how you can add a big man without trading one of the big three. I'm convinced Spurs are not done with trades this offseason. And obviously Holt doesn't mind going over the luxury tax, meaning even with this trade, Spurs could still go after Sheed/ Gortat/ Mcdyess in free agency with their MLE. In other words don't be so ignorant saying " more moves my ass". You were wrong before and you are more likely to be wrong again. Go talk about things you may know more about in other threads.

Anyone pining for Mihm or Malik Rose in free agency, or thinking Gortat can be had for what we have as far as money goes, really shouldn't be calling anyone an idiot.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

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You people realize that you HAVE to have 13 players, and the Spurs are sitting on 10, or 11 if you count Finley as staying, don't you?

Bowen = 1 spot

and it's very possible, though not very attractive, that Fabricio will be back as the starting 5. = 1 spot

Fab might be back as a 12th man, but counting on a guy with continual heart problems as your starting five is pretty stupid.

[bigdog]

I agree with ex in general that there is no guarantee Holt is going to just keep spending money. We already have some players in the pipeline who we've invested time into. Ex is right - we aren't going to keep getting big contract players.

And to be honest, I want to see Gist and Ian get a chance to play, as well as Hairston.

Having said that we still need a veteran who can rebound. I don't know how we could get Foster but assuming he has anything left he would be the ideal player to target in my opinion.

If we could somehow package Bonner and Finley and get something in return, I would be very happy.

I might be wrong, but I think Foster makes something in the $10 mil per year range. There's no possible way the Spurs can get him right now.

[MaNu4Tres]

Anyone pining for Mihm or Malik Rose in free agency, or thinking Gortat can be had for what we have as far as money goes, really shouldn't be calling anyone an idiot.

PF: Tim / (Rose/ Mihm/ Vet minimum PF or C)..... It was an example. My point was you can trade for a veteran big man by shopping Mason and Bonner as a package and still add pieces for the Vet minimum.( That was the MAIN IDEA of my post). We are already over the Lux tax and if you think Pop and R.C did this trade knowing Holt wouldn't support finding a big man with our MLE your an idiot. Pop and R.C had to have had Holt's word that he would be willing to spend money for the hole at the 4/5 after the trade for RJ. Or they might have a plan to trade Mason/ Bonner for big.

Also it doesn't really matter who the Spurs fill in their roster for the 12-15 spots with the minimum. If we were to even add someone like Rose or Mihm they would be cheerleaders more than anything, so why are you trying to use that scenario as your main point to diffuse what I was trying to say?

[Marcus Bryant]

You use the MLE to target a McDyess, Gooden, Pachulia, or Wallace. For the LLE maybe you can land a Nesterovic. The Spurs' frontcourt has a lot of holes, which isn't necessarily a new problem as last season bore out. At least now the Spurs are forced to address it. They don't make the Jefferson trade without realizing that they are also going to have to spend to fill those holes in the frontcourt.

[bigdog]

You use the MLE to target a McDyess, Gooden, Pachulia, or Wallace. For the LLE maybe you can land a Nesterovic. The Spurs' frontcourt has a lot of holes, which isn't necessarily a new problem as last season bore out. At least now the Spurs are forced to address it. They don't make the Jefferson trade without realizing that they are also going to have to spend to fill those holes in the frontcourt.

Exactly. I almost fully expect the Spurs to use the MLE this year on a big, whether it's Gooden, McDyess, Zaza, or Rasheed. I think really think Holt got his head out of his ass and decided to go over the lux tax to go in a "win now" type of mode.

I'd be happy with a McDyess(or Gooden) and Rasho signing.

[The Truth #6]

I might be wrong, but I think Foster makes something in the $10 mil per year range. There's no possible way the Spurs can get him right now.

Ouch. Never mind. Nonetheless, we need a pure rebounder. If we have to give one of our last roster spots to a D-leaguer who rebounds (and probably that's about it) then we need to consider it.

Our best non Big 3 trading asset is Hill. Considering Pop's reluctance to trust him, I have to wonder if he's on the block. Hill, Mason, Bonner, and Finley all are probably being shopped to see what they can get.

[coyotes_geek]

Foster is down around $6 mil, but it doesn't matter. Indiana has no reason to trade him to us.

[TDMVPDPOY]

I'm not going to worry about the Spurs lack of bigs when it's not even draft day yet. The Spurs will probably try to trade up, and then I'm sure they are going to float a package of Mason/Bonner out there to try to bring back some kind of vet big.

Oberto/Thomas were just bodies for the most part. So the team isn't any worse off than they were yesterday. It's easy to fill your roster with bodies that get you 3 and 2 (or whatever Oberto's stats were this past year). The Spurs will get something done to upgrade.

SPURS should also be lookn at gettin rid of finley also....

i think MLE for RASHO 1 yr seems reasonable....

[loveforthegame]

If all else fails what about looking at Ryan Hollins?

[MaNu4Tres]

SPURS should also be lookn at gettin rid of finley also....

i think MLE for RASHO 1 yr seems reasonable....

Finley has an option. If he accepts his player option there's probably a less than 5 percent chance that he's traded. Mason is the most realistic player on the current roster than could be traded in order to address our big situation.