I haven't heard from this dude in forever.
They were wrong. Brown would have played in the Dallas series after the Spurs went to small ball. I tried to say that last summer but no one would listen.
Put Devin on Dirk and you have a good defender AND a guy who could grab a rebound. I might like Devin on Dirk better than Bruce just because Bruce couldn't box on Dirk to save his life.
It's called rebounding. Devin can do that and none of the Spurs' perimeter players are good rebounders. Plus Devin has a history of shutting down Dirk.I seriously doubt Devin Brown would have made a big difference against Dirk and the Maveteers. Suddenly the officials call a different game for him than they were for Bowen? Please.
You remember Brown as some kind of demigod. I remember the guy who needlessly coughed up the ball for Tracy McGrady's final three in that miracle blitz year before last.
Yeah no players ever make mistakes.
Barry never got any time, did he? And Bowen and Finley aren't exactly getting any younger.Wants to come on? Sure. Gets time over Finley? No way.
It was the cheapest thing I've ever heard. You don't pony up a couple million in the middle of trying to win the championship to match on a one year contract on a guy who has a history of performing well in the playoffs? You have to be kidding me.
Oh and to answer your question, Cuban just gave Mbenga $5M+ to sit on IR.
Next.
I didn't realize Devin Brown was the Dirk Stopper. At $1M a year he must be a bargain. Other teams are insane not jumping all over this guy. And refs love him too. None of the rules changes and enforcements would have happened had he been on the floor.
Brown's back injury caused his play to steadily deteriorate over the course of the '04-05 season it's not that mystifying that they didn't resign him.
You had to have Cuban to bail you out of a question I asked you A YEAR AGO.
If DJ's production drops of across the board when he's given more minutes like Brown, consider yourself fully vindicated. It'll only take you another year to get back to me on that one too.
Marcus makes things very interesting in this forum. Good to hear you back.
Devin can guard Dirk. There's no stopping him with the rules as they are. But Devin could guard him better than anyone on the team outside of Bruce ... and even that is up for debate because Bruce can't rebound.
And DJ isn't going to be on the IR, so that doesn't even count.
You had to have Cuban to bail you out of a question I asked you A YEAR AGO.
If DJ's production drops of across the board when he's given more minutes like Brown, consider yourself fully vindicated. It'll only take you another year to get back to me on that one too.
You sure get testy when I answer your question and your point in nullified.
I was just thinking this morning that we should try and bring Devin back. He was a decent perimeter defender, maybe the best candidate for replacing Bowen we've seen, and his athleticism, length, and hustle would really help against teams like Dallas.
A healthy Devin beats out Barry and gets him traded. If not, Oberto or Beno would have been IR'ed.
Try again.
Don't get mad because you were dead wrong about Devin and Cuban did what you never thought possible.
Can you link me to another time in history when an NBA team lost a restricted free-agent on a one-year offersheet?
Thank you.
Brown's back was so ed up you had to seriously doubt his future how can you be so shocked he wasn't brought back?
PR.
Devin missed all of one game last year.
I'm not dead wrong about anything.
The fact that Cuban did that with a center who won't ride the IR a year after I ask you the question only proves my point. You're welcome to be a Mavfan at any time.
And Barry beat Beno...
Did Devin also beat Finley out of the rotation?
Keep in mind...they cost the Spurs about the same amount...
Devin would not have beaten Finley out...and Finley is the reason the Spurs let Devin go.
You're talking about the Spurs letting him go in '04-05 right? His play steadily deteriorated you could see him grimacing when he tried to play and he lost muscle because he couldn't work out. He sat out almost the whole playoffs.
@ the Whotttt like smack. I think you just stole his line.
Anyways, any hope in answering my question?
True but they need to save at least $4M in salary this year if they want that Devin cost them $2M. Otherwise, Devin will cost them between $4M and $6.5M. But they can trade Devin too.
Any hope in answering my question a year ago?
Devin's scary back, his lateness at practices, and the possibility of Finley all were factors in him not being re-signed here.
Thinking it's only one of those reasons is crazy.
I'll take that as a no.
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