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I watched it. Chuck did say what Writer reported. However, Chuck said the information is third hand. He still believes Fin will end up in Miami but it is not a "lock" like it was 10 days ago.
I thought we couldn't afford Finley?????
I watched it. Chuck did say what Writer reported. However, Chuck said the information is third hand. He still believes Fin will end up in Miami but it is not a "lock" like it was 10 days ago.
I watched KABB last night and The Writer is correct. Chuck did say in the round-table discussion with Laura Green and Anthony Pittman that he had spoken with one of the sources he trusts and that one of the GMs...a GM of a team that stepped out of the compe ion for Michael Finley's services, had said that Finley was going to go to San Antonio.
It was a source connected with a GM...so it's sort of a friend-of-a-friend rumor that is very interesting but still needs more support. My feeling is that when people go through decision processes like this, things can change day-to-day. While it may be true insight, emotions can swing.
Chuck's rumor was the first one I've heard that Finley was leaning in a certain direction (the Spurs), since the Miami "done-deal" rumors this time last week.
it is devin or finley.
since devin is not the longterm solution we need at SF and manu is too young to give an opportunity for devin in the next 2 years, i would prefer to have finley. plus he would be hungry for totle and that will pull the rest of the group.
then you add barnes that will replace bowen in 2 seasons and you are set at wings for 3 years.
manu, brent, finley
bowen, barnes, finley
why not manu, brent, brown
bowen, barnes, finley
So, you're saying that a younger Mike Finley (he's younger than Big Dog by about 2 months) with one less year in the NBA (Big Dog entered the NBA in 1994; Finley in 1995) is less likely to put forth an effort to play defense with the Spurs? That strikes me as curious logic. Somehow, the Spurs culture could infect Big Dog, but not Finley? You're going to have to go a way to convince me of that.
Manu played 33 minutes/game and Bruce played 35 minutes/game in the 2004-05 playoffs.
If you consider 15 minutes and 13 minutes remaining per game for the other (4) wing players, that's 28 minutes. Finley would probably justify a minimum 18-20 of those 28 minutes if not more, so it leaves 10-12 minutes to be shared by Brent, Devin and Barnes in your described scenario.
Last edited by Solid D; 08-29-2005 at 08:42 AM.
Bear in mind that the Spurs could very well be bluffing about the Finley or Brown 'choice' (and I'd say that the forum is reading too much into Ludden's article).
Unless the Jazz want to make a huge commitment to Brown then it's up to the Spurs where he ends up next season. Do you see the Spurs losing such a nice role player if his price is a couple mil a season? I don't.
if you want i can give more details but:
money
cap space
playing time
12 players on active roster (5 bigs is already complete, at least 2 PG, 5 wings) i would not want to see neither brown nor barnes on the IL
we have 2 more places for wings and it will be between finley and brown for the first one and barnes as the lead for the second one
if by a couple million a season you mean 2M$ a season added to the 2.5M of finley i say yes i do see the spurs letting him go cause they do not have such money to give
Let's say that Finley does decide to sign in San Antonio. What then? Do the Spurs then try to persuade NVE to sign here or do they turn somewhere else?
Sure they do.
Finley should join the spurs because then he can sweep the mavs in the playoffs for cuttin him, defeat the suns for trading himand he be hungry for success. At least he be used properly then glen robinson who came in late durin the season.
If Glenn Robinson had a full season with the Spurs he would've had a spot in the rotation. That said, Finley's game is a better fit for the Spurs' offensive system.
Glenn must have made some kind of verbal agreement or something with the Bucks. Why wouldn't the Spurs try to persue him to re-sign? I liked what he brought to the team last season. I haven't read anything that would make me believe the Spurs are interested at all.
IMO Finley and Glenn are pretty much the same player. Finley is a better outside shooter (3P shooter), but both guys are kind of sloppy on D, both have a great mid-range jumper, and both are good finishers around the basket.
I just hope the Spurs will re-sign Glenn if Finley decides to sign elsewhere.
The Spurs don't even have their min. 13 yet and are almost at the lux tax line.
Why would they sign Finley with the rest of the MLE money then resign Devin for a million plus?
While still needed atleast one more player.
Brown is let go because A: He gets no playing time. B: Why pay someone over a million dollars for multiple years and NOT play said person.
If the Spurs sign Finley you can bet that Brown is praying the Spurs don't resign him.
Exactly.
Devin has said himself many times his biggest concern is playing time. That he wants to sign somewhere he'll get good playing time.
If SA signs Finley, Devin is seeing 2005 postseason minutes.
Since the lux tax system has changed, it doesn't matter as much if the Spurs should go over. They are not going to lose all of the distribution.
Also, the Spurs have 10 players under contract and are still significantly below the lux tax threshold.
Brown can pray all he wants. If the Spurs opt to retain him instead of losing him for nothing there is nothing he can do.
Spurs don't make a habit of keeping players that they know are going to be majorly unhappy. At most they'd use him in a S&T if Brown, the Spurs and a team that wanted him could agree.
I'm pretty sure if he asks the Spurs not to match they won't.
As if Brown would be unhappy getting paid and playing for his hometown team. It wouldn't be hard for him to take minutes from Barry either.
The Spurs have an effectiive front office, not a compassionate one.
If Spurs could sign Finley and trade Barry I could see them keeping Brown. Otherwise say goodbye to Devin.
Maybe they'll just keep Brown instead of letting him go for nothing. He's not going to cost that much to retain and losing talent without anything in return is generally a bad idea.
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