ESPN Radio Rumor: Rasheed for fab and finley (and others)

[Agloco]

I can't for the life of me figure out why everyone keeps on mentioning Finley in trade rumors......

He's not going anywhere without his explicit approval. I don't see Detroit as being high on his destination wish list.

[ginomvp]

I can't for the life of me figure out why everyone keeps on mentioning Finley in trade rumors......

He's not going anywhere without his explicit approval. I don't see Detroit as being high on his destination wish list.

r u saying that u dont think finley would approve the trade? damn that could be a real problem for the spurs then. but who could blame finley for not wanting to go to detroit things are falling apart there

[xmas1997]

I doubt he would give his consent unless he knew in advance that he would be waived and be able to resign with S.A. in 30 days.
For one thing it would give him time to rehab his sore back.

[Ice009]

God you need valium.

And you need to change your name back to TPark.

[Ice009]

I doubt he would give his consent unless he knew in advance that he would be waived and be able to resign with S.A. in 30 days.
For one thing it would give him time to rehab his sore back.

Exactly and that is what would happen in any Finley trade.

[EricB]

And you need to change your name back to TPark.

Why.

God you guys are stuck on goofy things.

[Walton Buys Off Me]

I can't believe there is a 35 page thread about Rasheed Wallace coming to the Spurs.

And a 44 page thread about Vince Carter....

Kori, LJ, where did all these morons come from?

[Ice009]

Kori, LJ, where did all these morons come from?

Canada? .

[Manufan909]

I can't believe you actually clicked on this thread, since it's sooo moronic.

[FromWayDowntown]

On the notion of a small trade being a possibility -- and speaking in a roundabout way of the Pistons -- there are some reasonable scenarios by which the Spurs could make a deal with the Grizzlies for a player like Darko Milicic.

Darko's got 2 years left on his deal, which means that acquiring him would still fit the Spurs 2010 plan. The Grizzlies are well under the cap, but are presumably still looking for whatever relief they can get on the cashflow side of things and Darko is their biggest contract. Darko is a defensive-minded big who can block shots and play some rugged, if foul-prone defense. And the Spurs could package a couple of readily-disposable contracts on the Grizz (Bowen and Oberto?). That deal would get the Spurs something that they want and it would give the Grizz still less in the way of salary obligations.

Not likely. Just a thought.

edit: and one that I see has been mentioned before. . . .

[HarlemHeat37]

I wouldn't mind a deal for Darko at all, actually..

[xmas1997]

On the notion of a small trade being a possibility -- and speaking in a roundabout way of the Pistons -- there are some reasonable scenarios by which the Spurs could make a deal with the Grizzlies for a player like Darko Milicic.

Darko's got 2 years left on his deal, which means that acquiring him would still fit the Spurs 2010 plan. The Grizzlies are well under the cap, but are presumably still looking for whatever relief they can get on the cashflow side of things and Darko is their biggest contract. Darko is a defensive-minded big who can block shots and play some rugged, if foul-prone defense. And the Spurs could package a couple of readily-disposable contracts on the Grizz (Bowen and Oberto?). That deal would get the Spurs something that they want and it would give the Grizz still less in the way of salary obligations.

Not likely. Just a thought.

Even though I would go crazy with expectaions if the Sheed trade happened, especially since Sheed said he wanted to come here, I think something like your proposal is more likely, or something even smaller than that will most likely happen to address the Center needs.
It may not take more than that to move them past L.A., but the FO needs to do something because no one realistically thinks S.A. can take L.A. in a 7 game playoff series as they stand now.
TD might think they have a chance, but I'm pretty sure Pop doesn't, so a move has to happen, big or small, and NOT a panic move either.

[G-Nob]

It doesn't matter if it happens or not. People close to the trade talks are talking and it means the spurs are at least doing the best they can to make a deal that makes sense.

[HarlemHeat37]

it also depends on the Bynum injury, though..if Bynum isn't back to near-form, we can definitely beat them with how we are right now..if Bynum doesn't come back at all, we WILL beat them IMO..

[xmas1997]

it also depends on the Bynum injury, though..if Bynum isn't back to near-form, we can definitely beat them with how we are right now..if Bynum doesn't come back at all, we WILL beat them IMO..

You may be more knowledgeable than me about basketball, or you may be more optimistic than me,
regardless I think,
and I think most people who follow the Spurs and the NBA think,
that is not realistic expectation of this Spurs team this year.
Timmy needs some decent Center help to get the Spurs past the Lakers, and maybe past Boston too,
in a 7 game playoff series.
It doesn't take a basketball guru to be able to see this.

[Duncan2177]

You may be more knowledgeable than me about basketball, or you may be more optimistic than me,
regardless I think,
and I think most people who follow the Spurs and the NBA think,
that is not realistic expectation of this Spurs team this year.
Timmy needs some decent Center help to get the Spurs past the Lakers, and maybe past Boston too,
in a 7 game playoff series.
It doesn't take a basketball guru to be able to see this.

Exactly

[Rip-Hamilton32]

Canada? .

maybe if this was a hockey forum lol

[ploto]

Apparently Timmy would hate to see a bunch of our guys going as well so his vote is "No" on the Carter deal even though he said that it was a FO decision.

My best guess is his vote carries a lot of clout so that would mean trade for Carter is out of the question.

CIA Duncan

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Timmy needs some decent Center help to get the Spurs past the Lakers, and maybe past Boston too,
in a 7 game playoff series.
It doesn't take a basketball guru to be able to see this.

He also needs some perimeter defense help. Bowen is still a good defender but he's not Bowen anymore.

[HarlemHeat37]

You may be more knowledgeable than me about basketball, or you may be more optimistic than me,
regardless I think,
and I think most people who follow the Spurs and the NBA think,
that is not realistic expectation of this Spurs team this year.
Timmy needs some decent Center help to get the Spurs past the Lakers, and maybe past Boston too,
in a 7 game playoff series.
It doesn't take a basketball guru to be able to see this.

that's only if Bynum is playing though..

I completely disagree if Bynum isn't playing..Lamar Odom didn't do anything significant against us last year, and we had the same big men playing, and that's who their PF would be..

we match up pretty well with Boston..so I don't think that will be a big problem..Kendrick Perkins is good, but he's not good enough to exploit the mismatch heavily, like Bynum would be..

[BlackSwordsMan]

timmy needs to feed the sheed!!!

[ploto]

Darko's got 2 years left on his deal, which means that acquiring him would still fit the Spurs 2010 plan. The Grizzlies are well under the cap, but are presumably still looking for whatever relief they can get on the cashflow side of things and Darko is their biggest contract. Darko is a defensive-minded big who can block shots and play some rugged, if foul-prone defense. And the Spurs could package a couple of readily-disposable contracts on the Grizz (Bowen and Oberto?). That deal would get the Spurs something that they want and it would give the Grizz still less in the way of salary obligations.

Oberto and Bowen for Rasho with Bowen coming back in 30 days.

[Spursfan092120]

You may be more knowledgeable than me about basketball, or you may be more optimistic than me,
regardless I think,
and I think most people who follow the Spurs and the NBA think,
that is not realistic expectation of this Spurs team this year.
Timmy needs some decent Center help to get the Spurs past the Lakers, and maybe past Boston too,
in a 7 game playoff series.
It doesn't take a basketball guru to be able to see this.

::sniff sniff:: wow..the negativity reeks in here.

[xmas1997]

::sniff sniff:: wow..the negativity reeks in here.

I hope I'm wrong, but I've followed the Spurs ever since they first became the Spurs and IMHO they are one piece away from taking it all this year.

[manufor3]

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