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rasho worked out on the o he set picks and got out of the way
nazr would get in the way
IMHO, I thought Nazr and Rasho could have worked out. Rasho is the defense and Nazr was the offense, making them into 1 good center. We also had Oberto and possibly could have gotten Scola/Javtokas. And prospects overseas Mahinimi, Skanidize. I think there was no need to trade Rasho for Bonner, we haven't seen him contribute in the playoffs yet. I think we still could have gotten Butler and kept Naz,Rasho, and Oberto, but so far Elson hasn't produced what Rasho and Nazr could have produced. As well as the fact that Oberto has been playing light years ahead of him.
rasho worked out on the o he set picks and got out of the way
nazr would get in the way
If a guy is going to be here just to rack up regular season wins and then relegated to the end of the bench for the playoffs then there's no point in paying him that much money, or IMO having him on the roster. If Elson is remotely useful, even in spot duty or situational rotations during the later rounds of the playoffs, he's a better deal than Rasho or Nazr.
^ You never know. We might see that as well this year too. Pop might just run small against the Suns and Mavericks again and drop Bonner, Elson, Butler on the bench. Even though Elson, I THINK, can stay with Dirk, Pop would have Horry or Bowen on him. The thing with Nazr was though he got dog treatment after he shot that 'gloatful' three and it carried through the rest of the Kings series. Eventually Rasho was booted to the bench as well.
Nazr AND Rasho would both lose a race to a snail, but from what Kori say, at least Rasho wouldn't finish last. Neither is equipped to play combo forwards in the WC.
Unfortunately neither is Elson nor the flavor of the month Javtokas.
I was perfectly happy having Rasho stand in the lane with his hands up, block shots, commit fouls and allow Duncan to help from the weak side.
Nazr always had good games against Phoniex, another running team, but I've never seen him play against the Mavs or have any stats on that.
But with Rasho his fundamental D could have been of use to us.
That is the main reason why Rasho was traded. He's actually a pretty good regular season center. But he, like Elson, just isn't built for the playoffs. Rasho and Elson both have matchups where they can be effective in the playoffs, but overall they both aren't versatile enough to be playoff starters against every team in the playoffs.
For that reason, I'd compare Elson more to Rasho and Oberto more to Nazr. Oberto and Nazr can both be put out there versus most teams, but have shortcoming to their game that can limit their productivity.
While Reggie Evans rots on the bench
Rasho was pretty ing good in the playoffs for Minnesota, and wasn't terrible the one year that he played in the rotation while he was here. Since the Spurs lost to a team that shot layups last year, I still say he would have been the perfect solution. The Spurs are still in the rare situation that they should not be changing their lineups or their basic strategy for anyone else. Last year was a mistake by the coaching staff. Rasho was overpaid as a zero minutes per game bench player, but it doesn't mean he couldn't have been useful. If Pop had benched everyone who played like in game 2 against the Mavs he wouldn't have been able to field a starting five.
Elson sucks, but at least Holt saved some money!
Another wasted year of a relatively heathy front 3.
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