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no, but he was left off their playoff roster and has supposedly fallen out of favor up there.
Id love to swing a trade for him.
WOuld also be nice if the Pacers are sick of Jack.......
Delfino is a FA?
no, but he was left off their playoff roster and has supposedly fallen out of favor up there.
Id love to swing a trade for him.
WOuld also be nice if the Pacers are sick of Jack.......
I question Devin Brown's health. Does anyone know if his injury is career threatening? He was well on his way to being re-signed and part of the rotation next year, even ahead of Barry until the injury and despite his being young, he nover recovered this year.
I also would not be suprised if the Spurs trade their draft pick. It seems this managment team has traded as many first rounders as they have kept.
Bowen and Horry will be 35 next year. We typically have Bowen guard the best perimeter player (see Billups, Chauncey). At that age, he can lose a step pretty quick (see Payton, Gary) and his role is extremely important on this team. Horry will be able to be productive at his position and role for more years than Bruce. We need to be thinking about who will replace Bruce.
Finally, with Horry's performance this series I got to thinking. In the right situation, Pop could go back to a "triple towers" line up with Nazr, Tim and Horry on the front line. Might be cool to see along with a backcourt of Manu and Barry it would be a big line up.
There may be other options that are not currently considered with the "Free Agent" crop...
Several overpaid players are likely to have their contracts paid out by their teams in order to keep from having to pay the luxury tax. These players can be signed by another team to a completely new contract... Considering that most of these players are still seeing $10+ million per year, a big paycheck will not be as high on their priority list as, perhaps, contributing to a Championship contender and redeeming themselves for years of unjustified max dollars.
Some of these players may include (correct me if any of these are expired contracts - I included players with Player Options, because why wouldn't they re-up?):
Michael Finley
Allan Houston
Keith Van Horn
Tariq Abdul Wahad
Scot Pollard
Brian Grant
Theo Ratliff
Derek Anderson
Jalen Rose
Tariq Albdul Wahad? uh, no thanks, not even for vet minimum.
I like the others....
He might be a decent backup 3, and he would almost definitely only get the minimum. I'd give him a workout.
Has anybody seen Diogu from Arizona state...The boy is bad!!!!extremely physical down low and good defensive player(led pac 10 in blocks)..Probably cheaper and as good as bringing over scola and saving some cash!!!!!!!!!Ohya, he shot over 80% from the free throw line!!
Could Scola be traded?
Bigs: Duncan, Nazr, Horry, Rasho, and Scola.
Swings: Manu, Bruce, Barry, Devin, LJ III
Points: TP, Beno
I don't see much chance of or need for signing Glenn Robinson. TMass and Sean Marks are optional additions to the bigs. Wilks is another for the points.
i thought donyell marshall was looking to come to s.a., or was that just allstar break hocus pocus? i like the hodge guy from nc state, thought he was great from what little i saw of him.
I read an article about a month ago that stated that Abdur-Rahim wanted to become a Spur this off season. Donīt know if thereīs any truth to that, but he would be a great addition, but I donīt see him getting major minutes that he needs, so I doubt it will happen.
Yeah, I was thinking about that. Nazr is good, but sometimes he just can't score underneath. It's always a problem I guess to find a solid compliment to a franchise power forward.
If we could get Theo Ratliff our defense would be so ing SICK!!!!
i want the Spurs to keep Rasho if they want to keep Horry.
Horry usually slow in season gamesso we need Rasho in the middle alongside Duncan. Besides, I don't really want him playing against Duncan or defending TD next season.
just let Marks/Wilks go, get Scola for a minimum, if we can. He's not familiar with the Spurs' moves yet, it might get him half a season to learn the plays.
I had high hopes for Abdul Wahad coming out of San Jose state but, his stay with Mavs and his injuries were too hard for him to overcome. I wonder what he is doing now.
Gummi,
The ESPN Fastbreak guys just both went fact for the fact or fiction segment when, "Will Sharref Abdur-Rahim be a Spur next season?", for whatever that worth.
Has Shareef ever even been in the playoffs?
Proboblem with Abdur Rahim.
I just dont see where he fits in.
Sign Theo Ratliff, trade Nesterovic and draft pic for a 3.
Maybe Memphis would go for a Rasho for Battier, seeing as Memphis might lose Swift.
Quick question; why did the Spurs drop Sato? I thought he'd be able to replace Bowen, dude is a great defender, great vertical leap, and has range with his jumper, which Bowen can only duplicate in rare situations on an inconsistent basis.
pretty much IMO, he stunk.
I watched him many times in summer league, I didn't see that so called great jumper.
i would only trade Rasho for AK47.or Elton Brand Other than that i want him to stay as a Spur.
let Marks, Wilks, TMass go. sign Scola or any decent big man.
damnwould only trade Rasho for AK47.or Elton Brand Other than that i want him to stay as a Spur.
1 problem there bro, he doesnt make as much as them,
and they are franchise players to those franchises lol.
I think we could trade Rasho for a good player, but I wouldn't trade him for the sake of trading him.
How come everyone is so sure Nazr starting next year is a given. Rasho lost his starting job because of his injury, the reasons why he didn't get back into the rotation were 1. Nazr was playing well most of the time, 2. Pop didn't want to mess with the rotations in the playoffs, 3. Most teams cut their big man rotations down to three men further the team goes into the playoffs. With Tim and Horry getting bulk of the minutes, there was only gonna be minutes left for one player (even Nazr didn't really get average starting position minutes).
I think Nazr got a bit rattled by the Pistons defense and he lost a lot of confidence during the series, still i think he'll get through that till next season and we won't see him fumbling every pass he gets under the basket (that he'll never be a great ball handler is pretty much understood at this point in his career).
However there is plenty of space to argue that Rasho is still a more useful player at what the Spurs try to do as a team. Offensively Nazr is better at finishing around the rim and he's maybe a top 5 offensive rebounder in the league (though Rasho is no slouch either) but he's also more turnover prone and he doesn't set picks or seals off defenders as well as Rasho does. Rasho also used to have a decent midrange jumper, maybe he'll make more use of it next year than he did this. Defensively Rasho is inarguably a much better player, and that might just be the key to Pops final decision, as that seems to be the focal point of Spurs team philosophy.
With some of Nazr's weaknesses (like defense, setting picks..) he gets some benefit of doubt because he hasn't been here that long and maybe until next year he will improve on them enough as to clear doubt about who is who going to start next year. On the other hand i'd also like to point out that this was probably Rasho's worst year in his career. After much improvement during the first season in defense, rebounding and blocking he was set to train with one of the Spurs' coaches on his offensive game and his assertiveness during the offseason, but inexplicably, after a good preseason, he got into a big slump and managed to regress in those departments in particular. Maybe next year he'll pick off where he left after the 2004 season.
Also there is no way the Spurs are going to trade Rasho until Nazr resigns. If they let him go and then Nazr bolts for a better contract, it leaves the Spurs with no center and not that much money to spend on any free agents. I think they are gonna wait and see how both players develop, and then probably stick to one, much depending also on how much Nazr commands in free agency and how much they're willing to spend. I just wouldn't bet against it being Rasho.
If it was up to me i would
Keep the backcourt in tact.
Tony/Beno will do at PG and Barry (who the Spurs won't trade) can fill in in emergency.
Manu/Brent is a nice SG combination (i still have some faith in Barry)
Bowen needs a backup at SF, i am not a big fan of Devin so i would look into any long SF's either in the draft or free agency (my Slovenian bias would like to see Nachbar fill that space), but if nothing suitable comes their way, the Spurs can still resign Devin and give him minutes behind Bowen. In fact, considering Devin already knows the system and is part of the team's chemistry, it might be best just to resign him.
The problem with the frontcourt is that there are too many good players. If the team really ends up with Tim, Rasho, Nazr, Horry and Scola, how will Pop go about splitting minutes between these guys. But that's the least of his concerns.
So to sum up, don't mess with anything that doesn't need to be messed with. Resign Horry, resign Devin and bring in Scola.
Duncan
Parker
Bowen
Manu
Nazr
Barry
Udrith
Scola
Horry
Linton Johnson
Brown - If he takes a 1 year contract
Rasho - Will be gone by Christmas or sooner
Big Dog - I want him but he will get more $ elsewhere
insert one of the following: Free Agent/NBA VET who can play the 4/5
#14 = Will be a free agent/Marks/a BIG GUARD who also can play the3
Our draft pick will stay overseas.
on offense i'd like abdur-rahim in san antonio. not too sure about his defense but he has a solid body and should be able to bang up front. he's been a strong rebounder for most of his career which i like.
i'm guessing that the rumors about him to san antonio center on the spurs sending portland nesterovic in a sign and trade. works for me.
rahim turns 29 this year. i could go for a duncan-mohammed-rahim-horry-scola frontcourt...
Portland already has a defensive center cheaper in Pryzbilla -- not sure they'd want another.
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