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i'm not a woman, i'm just right. sorry to call you out on your wack analogy. i wasn't arguing acie isn't clutch, but whatever.
Uhh...you brought the TP bashing into this thread, so why are you suprised when someone comments on it. If you don't want people to comment on your posts, don't say anything...
i'm not a woman, i'm just right. sorry to call you out on your wack analogy. i wasn't arguing acie isn't clutch, but whatever.
Yes it would be nice to get Acie Law IV, but I do not think trading Scola's rights would allow us to get him. Spurs have always done a great job in the draft, and let us suppose that RC Buford attended the game for reasons other than entertainment.....such as scouting Kavaliauskas. IMO Kav is much better than Jones. He is an intelligent bball player, improved each year, fast with and w/out ball. I'm not sure if he is 1st round material, but I would take him in the second round, even if we had to trade up. I only mention Kav b/c the Spurs are great with drafting low key players or unknown players.
And he still averaged 20ppg.
But back to the topic, I'm not sure what position the Spurs will address with their first round pick. I'm sure they will try to trade up to the midrange but if they can't they might end up trading it if there's no one they like at their own spot.
I, like others have said, would like them to get a SF with their pick.
I becoming a Lakers fan if we draft another ing foreigner in this draft that nobody has heard of.
It'd be awesome to get the guy, but he's probably out of range already, and will definitely be with a deep TAMU run in the tourney. I just hope he goes to a team that can use him, and not a Atlanta or Boston or some other craptacular team that eats up young players.
If the Spurs trade up, they'll be looking for a starter. I like Law a lot, but we already have a point guard. There are a handful of non-Julian Wright SFs that will probably be lifetime starters at that position in this league. Let's go for one of those.
It would be nice.Think about it... Tony does his thing all game, and then we bring in Acie in the last five minutes to go scoreboard
My only hope in all this is that RC and Billy Gillispie are tight. RC needs to draft *The Law*
Acie Law's 'worst case scenario' is a healthier Bobby Jackson.
The Spurs have possibly four picks in this upcoming draft and given thier propensity to draft foreign players (one American-born player since 2000) I'd say you should start saving up for the #24 Kobe jersey.
Hollis Price was twice as good as Law, and Andre Emmett may have been better than both. Neither were good enough for the NBA just like Law.
Detroit, Miami, Atlanta, New York, and Houston will all be looking for a point guard in this draft. And, yeah, he's a borderline lottery pick at this point. Spurs would have to try and get a late lottery pick in order to have a good chance at getting him. Is it realistic for the Spurs to trade for a lottery pick in this draft? Probably not.
Can you read?????
I said IF TP HAD played like Acie in GAME 7 of last year, then the Spurs would have won.
Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth?
Hollis Price was listed at 6-1 but was really about 5-11 and he was about 150 pounds. Not really an optimum height and size for an NBA point guard.
Andre Emmett was a 6-4 or 6-5 shooting guard with no consistent jumpshot.
Can't compare them to Acie Law.
You are so super sensitve...where did I bash TP????
He disappeared in 4th Q and OT in game 7(2 pts in 17 mins), he shrunk away from the light, when we needed an Acie like performance...had he played like Acie at crunch time, then we would have won...that is all I am saying.
Okay, everyone can calm down now and get back on topic.
People are just trying to tell you that TP was pretty hurt in the Mavs series and had no lift at the end of games.
And that Acie might never amount to anything in the NBA, so it's a little early to get so riled about him. Either way, I don't think he'll be a Spur. I think starting SF is a priority before backup PG. So if they trade up, they will probably try to get a SF.
Barnes said after the game he would have no issue with co-players of the year in the league and said that Law's performance Wednesday was one of the best he's ever seen. Law said he would be honored to win it, or share it with Durant, and even said he's OK if Durant wins the award.
Texas A&M coach Billy Gillispie was noncommittal, saying there was still another game to play, but he did say he anticipates being emotional Saturday night when Law finishes his home career. Law was on the squad a year prior to Gillispie's arrival when the Aggies went 0-16 in the Big 12. Barnes said he's seen Law mature and grow as a player. Gillispie can't put into words how much Law has meant to the school.
"I cry like a baby and just thinking about him playing his last game at home will make me cry," Gillispie said. "Only time will tell how important he was to this program. I know he's been infinitely important to the program and it will grow as time grows on."
In the meantime, Law said he has no problem rooting for the Aggies' archrival against Kansas, so A&M can have a piece of the Big 12 crown, too.
Yes, good post. Tony has become clutch this year. Let's pray he will be like this come playoffs. If he doesn't, I will give up on him permanently and become another JIMCS
Acie is a great college player, but the NBA is a way different level.
I think Durant and Acie should be co-players of the year. Both are phenomenial in different ways.
Like the year Kidd and Hill won rookie of the year together.
Spurs will never bench Parker at the end of a game, suggesting it is quite stupid. The only way to have Law in crunch time is to have Parker at PG, Law at SG and Manu at SF.
I'm not against drafting a PG if he is able to be the backup SG too. Players draft value will change a lot during march madness : we will see who can be in Spurs pick area at teh end of the month.
Stop claiming ownership to Acie.... he's coming to the Suns via one of their first round picks... end of story.
Regarding the draft, there's an interesting article on draft express regarding a NBA rule change about pre-draft workouts. It's quite interesting ... (I'm not copying the whole article because their website prefers that you go there to read it).
Shaking Up the Draft Process—No Workouts before the NBA Pre-Draft Camp
Buried in an excellent blog entry by ESPN Insider’s Chad Ford today was the extremely interesting news about a major rule change that could have significant implications on this year’s draft process. According to Ford, the NBA has decided to ban all agent and team-sponsored workouts until after the NBA pre-draft camp (bumped up a week to May 27th) is completed. This is something that has been rumored to happen in NBA circles as early as the week following the pre-draft draft last year, and continued to come up from time to time over the past few months until finally (apparently) coming to fruition.
Typically, the month of May is stacked with quite a few private workouts conducted by teams—at times on a daily basis—that sees prospects fly around the country hastily in an attempt to be seen by as many NBA executives as possible. See our workout schedule from the 2006 draft, which is not a comprehensive list by any means, to get a feel for the amount of workouts that won’t be conducted thanks to this new rule.
As Ford points out, the main reason the NBA decided to change the rules was to encourage more players to compete at the pre-draft camp, and potentially the all-seniors Portsmouth Invitational Tournament as well. Over the past few years, fewer and fewer first round draft prospects have elected to play at these events, instead preferring the more controlled environments of private workouts, where there is less to lose on an individual level.
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The moves the NBA has been doing with upcoming talent have been excellent. First the age minimum and then pushing draftees into the pre-draft camp. Very nice.
T.J. Ford isn't over 6'0. John Lucas III is smaller than his listed 5'11 and he has a full time job until '09.
No Consistant jumpshot? The only 3-time 1st Team All B12 player, the all time leading scorer at ttek, who finished 3rd, 1st and 1st in scoring over his 3 years, who finsished in the Top 10 each of those years in FG %. That Emmett had no consistant jumpshot?
Can't compare to Law? Prolly right. Emmett also finished 11th, 12th and 15th in rebounds. Law has never been in the Top 20. Compare last 3 year's FG % - Law .512 Emmett .524; Law .448 Emmett .499; Law .470 Emmett .519. Law's last 3 teams have won 30 conf games with 1 to go while Emmett's won 25. I can see why you can't compare the 2.
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