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Sean for Rodman is the biggest that comes to mind for me
...and only one unguardable player, Ginobili.
"How do you guard him?" - Coach Larry Brown
Sean for Rodman is the biggest that comes to mind for me
That's THE Mr. Franchise Player, thank you very much.
If you look at what some teams are paying lesser talent, the Spurs have Manu and Parker for a steal. Parker's a Finals MVP and Manu probably should have been. All three of them are vital to the Spurs success.
So, I guess I was right in my original post when I said the Spurs' FO hasn't pulled off a major trade in the past decade. Pretty amazing actually, for a professional sports franchise.
Keep in mind the Spurs have already won four les and did it last year with the roster they have now. Teams like Phoenix and Dallas are desperate to climb that mountain and are willing to shrink their le window and trade young for old to do it. The Spurs as a franchise simply aren't that desperate and don't need to be, considering all the money they have coming off their books this summer.
Sucks, huh?
Spurs don't need to be desperate, and I think they're still favorites to go to the Finals, but it would be nice to see them pull off a mid-season trade for once that actually made a strong team stronger.
because everyone else in the NBA wants to give their stars to the reigning champs for the champ's scraps.
Silly RC and Pop haven't figured out what the internets know.
So no reigning champion has ever made a good, major trade? Interesting. But I doubt that's true.
the r0n artest trade is probaly the biggest trade in awhile
Why consider rumor as fact...at this point? Does the breeze even smell of rain, yet?
Maybe I dont' know my NBA history very well, but when was the last time a championship team made a "major" trade that worked out well. I remember the lakers picking up Malone and Payton via free agency, but even though they made the finals as we know that team blew up. Was it the Bulls - they picked up Rodman, but was that really a "major" trade? I guess it would have to be the Rockets with Drexler, but how did that end up after the next year? I guess the point is - which would you rather have? A championship this year at the risk of not having one for quite a while or having a chance this year and next year and the year after?
I'd say picking up Rodman was a major acquisition. I mean, he only led the NBA in rebounding for SEVEN straight seasons!
5 time NBA Champion (1989 & 1990 (Detroit), 1996–98 (Chicago))
All-NBA Third Team (1992, 1995)
NBA All-Star Team (1990, 1992)
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (1990, 1991)
NBA All-Defensive First Team (1989–93, 1995, 1996)
NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1994)
NBA Top Rebounds Per Game (1992–98)
NBA Top Rebound Rate (1991–98)
NBA Top Total Rebounds (1992–94, 1998)
NBA Top Offensive Rebounds (1991–94, 1996, 1997)
NBA Top Defensive Rebounds (1992, 1994, 1998)
[QUOTE=peskypesky]I'd say picking up Rodman was a major acquisition. I mean, he only led the NBA in rebounding for SEVEN straight seasons!
Hard to say it was a major trade though when all you gave up was will perdue
[QUOTE=spursrule32]Is that really all they gave for Rodman?
you can check it out, but that's how I remembered it. I was Rodman fan too - he used to come into the bar I worked at on 6th street. He was always pretty quiet and seemed like a nice guy. I couldn't stand purdue and his free throws.
Im gooing to go with some simple logic here. If your a championship caliber team for over a decade, why do u need to make a MAJOR trade? Do you think we get Finley if we werent a championship team? Or Horry. How many solid veterans have come to San antonio(non traded.. I can list alot off the top of my head.
1. Horry
2. Finley
3. Ellie
4. Moses Malone
5. Doc Rivers
6. jerome Kersey
Just a few off the top of my head. Im sure there is more.
The point if, when you have a great team, The veterans come to you. Seldom so u see good teams making big trades, but this year, it seems everyone out to matchup with TD. Years to come will decide if these trades were good or not.
yoda and the cat are wise , does getting Damon and losing beno count as trade? Both start some.
Who needs to trade when you draft properly in the 1st place.
Rodman was an amazing acquisition, and the spurs getting rid of him was easily the biggest abortion of a trade of all spurs history, ranking up there with trading scola for jack .
3 out of 5 is not good enough for some.
They want 5 out of 5 for lunch and blockbuster trades for dessert.
What a bunch of ing morons . . .
We traded Sean to get Rodman. We traded Rodman to get Perdue.
But of course that pales in comparison to stealing Walter Berry from Portland for Kevin Duckworth.
The antics Rodman pulled throughout 1994-95 season were entertaining and cool...for a while. He was eccentric and reveled in his indiviuality, preferring to dream of running up and down the court naked over bringing a le to San Antonio. We, as fans, had a good time with that...as well as his rebounding and energy on the court. Dennis, however, needed a salary-slot friend - basically his only friend among teammates - to be his spokesman and interpreter. His off-court philosophy melded with his on-court philosophy more and more each week. His at ude became just whack and I guess insubordinate would be the best term for it. Even though the Spurs went 62-20 that season (they went 59-23 the next season without Rodman), the worst was reserved for the playoffs.
Don't get me wrong, the hair dying was pretty cool and he was a very entertaining player. However, he openly disagreed with coach Bob Hill and David Robinson and then resorted to doing his own thing during the Lakers and Houston playoff series'... taking off his shoes, sitting out of the team huddle, not getting dressed for the game until just prior to tipoff, shooting wild 3s early in the shot clock, forsaking team defense by not stepping out to defend (Robert Horry nor anyone else) on the perimeter...staying inside to get his rebounds instead. It seemed to affect the team trust and provided a very negative distraction at a time the team needed to focus on winning the championship. It ultimately, and directly, impacted the results of the games in the Houston series. Fans loved Dennis, up to a point where it became about Dennis and his freedom, instead of the team working together toward a goal. Regardless of whether or not Bob Hill was a good coach, you don't sell out your mates in the playoffs.
getting rid of Rodman was HUGE
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