Because that's all any team would give him.
Sitting out a year would probably get him the minimum next year anyway. Minimum isn't peanuts for him, he needs to take whatever he can get to stay in the NBA. Or if being in the NBA isn't important to him, get as much money as he can and go overseas.
I am wondering if his rep of being late/absent from practice is causing him to not get looks from other teams.
That's odd.
How has he gone froma key player on a championship team, to getting a nice deal from Utah, to being traded for Derek Fisher, to a guy who is barely getting the minimum offer...if that, from any NBA team.
He wasn't a key player on a championship team, he was deep, deep on the bench and didn't play in the playoffs really.
He was cut because he strangely signed a contract guaranteeing him only half a mil. Most teams are trying to cut down rosters right now, not add players, plus he has back problems. We'll see what his future holds.
Mengke Bateer is deep on the bench. Sean Marks is deep on the bench.
Devin Brown played a key role coming off the bench for us.
In the regular season yeah, Devin hardly played in the playoffs.
But they did make a move- they cut them all. I don't think the Spurs were ever interested in any of them. They all signed on for some experience- some exposure- and a trip to France.
They did the same thing last year. Sanders was brought in off and on when someone got hurt. Are you telling me that for a couple of straight seasons the Spurs can't find one guy- one young one- who is worth a couple of hundred thousand dollars to develop.
Isn't Finley going to leave us soon or retire...... Wouldn't Devin give us more athletic abilities and youth........ If Barry is going to roll into minutes in the point guard position, then Devin can fit some minutes in the two guard spot..
This happens all the time. Teams bring in guys to provide extra bodies for practices, hope one pans out enough to take a longer look at and if not, they cut them. For the guys on the fringe, they try their best knowing that good play might get them on some team, some where. Sure they hope, but a lot of them don't have any illusions. They do it for the experience and a chance to latch on someplace else.
That being said, I think we all hope they Spurs take the time to find someone who has the potential to be useful for us. We know that our team is aging and we want to bring a young guy in to take over when our guys begin to lose a step. But most of these training camp guys are retreads or are missing a vital skill that keeps them out of the league. Diamonds in the rough are hard to find but you got to keep trying and hopefully the Spurs believe that.
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Golden State must be crazy or Devin is injured
Devin Brown learned his lousy practice habits from that bool high school he went to.
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He was not a key player on a championship team...he totalled about 30 minutes of playing time the last 1/4th of the season due to a bad back.
He showed potential in the playoffs when we were getting blown out against LA the previous year and showed the ability to score and defend bigger guards and F's during the regular season of the championship year, but he didn't contribute much at all during that post season....our bench, partiocularly in the finals, was basically a two man bench with Horry backing up the PF and C slots and Barry backing up the guard and SF slots.
Still, Devin most definitely does have skills we need and could be a huge contributor this season if signed...
I too am wondering why his stock seems to have fallen so far. Let's face it, getting cut by the Warriors is about as bad as it gets in the NBA...and he's not getting cut and traded by these teams because of his back, there's something else going on here.
there are two substantial reasons why Devin was cut by the Warriors.
first: money.
only 500K of Devins 2.6M salary this season are guarranteed. considering the fact, that the Warriors are slightly under the Lux-Tax threshold and that the salary of Devin would have put them over the threeshold, the Warriors have saved almost 4 million dollars by waiving Devin.
second: Warriors are really deep at the SG position and Devin didn't offer any quality another player of the roster didn't provide (mostly at a higher level).
Devin was waived after Dajuan Wagner was signed to a minimum contract. all in all this means, that the Warriors repleaced Devin with Wagner for minus 80% of the money. usually Mullin is a very bad GM, but this move could be called brilliant, especially sice Wagner shows in the preseason, that he is back after his surgery.
i liked Devin when he was at the Spurs, but i don't see a chance that he will be signed again.
he blew his chance, when he decided to play golf instead of working hard during the summer of 2004.
his permanent back problems could also be a result of not enough weight lifting to strengthen his back. anyhow, Pop can't stand a bad working ethic and for sure he won't allow a medium talented player to work less hard than the star players do.
talking about the free roster spot:
IMO the Spurs will watch the situation of other teams, especially the situation in Indy. the have to cut two players out of the group: Rawle Marshall, Josh Powell, John Edwards and Orien Green.
Edwards will be cut for sure, he's virtually worthless, but any of the other three would be a nice addition. (and more valuable for the Spurs than Devin would be).
IMO they will keep Powell (plays very good in the preseason) and Green (they need his defensive abilities to help Tinsley and Jasikevicius).
so Marshall would be the second man to be cut and he would be what the Spurs desperatly need.
but also if the Pacers cut Green, i would prefer him over Devin.
and as another poster mentioned: if the Spurs really wanted to fill the final spot with Devin, it would have already happened.
Interesting perspective and excellent first post, mountainballer. Welcome to the Forum.
Yeah, watch that , buddy.
Mountainballs must be some pretty big balls.
Spurs might know they can sign Devin any time they want. In the next few days they might want to see if they can get a younger talent with better SF size (the Rawle Marshall everyone is mentioning).
About Devin not getting picked up yet... He's 28 already and looks to have plateau'd at what he can do on the court. This is the time of year younger guys with more potential are more attractive, since the sky seems to be the limit. DB will probably get more attention as players go down and teams need a little utility and scoring work here and there. One of those teams might be the Spurs, of course.
Ebi or Marshall are itneresting prospect but they are far form being ready to contribute.
I think the Spurs should keep it at 14 until someone gets injured or someone really intriguing comes along...what does it hurt?
But the 15th man isn't expected to contribute.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s....88b62dff.html
If the Spurs don't at the very least bring in Devin Brown for the minimum, I'm going to go ghostal up in here. Holt's cheapness hurt the Spurs' chances last year. If he pulls that again, he might as well just sell the team.
Now that Devin Brown is available will the Spurs pursue him?
—Daniel Guerra, San Antonio
Don't count on it. Devin's agent called the Spurs last week after they reduced their roster to 14 players, but, for now, the team doesn't have much interest.
The Spurs had trouble finding consistent minutes for Devin when he was splitting time with Brent Barry at the backup wing positions. With Michael Finley also now in the rotation, there's even less room.
Some scouts say Devin hasn't been the same player since injuring his back during the 2004-05 season. When you also consider the Spurs' coaches weren't too pleased with his practice habits, I wouldn't bet on this reunion happening anytime soon.
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