I'm still so mad we couldn't get Nicolas Batum in 2008 draft

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He said the Spurs didn't plan for Bowen's retirement, and he's correct. We didn't need to sign Jefferson, and could have gone instead with either of those two guys. So we shouldn't have had to give up Blair or Dice or anybody else.
Obviously hindsight is 20-20, etc etc etc

No, he's not correct. Last year was nothing BUT a giant retirement preparation for Bowen going out the door. We also DIDN'T sign Jefferson, we TRADED for him, traded a group of players that included BRUCE BOWEN. With his partially guaranteed contract on Milwaukee's books, I guess the Spurs damn well DID know he was retiring.

Dice was also signed with the MLE, the money you would use for Ariza or Psycho-Boy. So, if they had signed one of them, then yes it WOULD have cost them Dice.

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I'd rather have Hill than Batum right now. Hill's an important asset to the team, he knows when to step his game up, and he's clutch. Capable of being a good defender too. I wish he was a little bigger and could play SF, but he's good where he's at playing SG/PG.