pietrus rumor

[Mr. Body]

Sorry, not all of us are stupid enough to be able to decipher your vagina monologues.

I'm not even sure that makes sense. Man, weren't you gone for a while? The board discourse rose about twenty notches for a while there.

[AFBlue]

I think it's obvious we need a long SF, and that's priority one. That doesn't mean you can't pick up another wing along the way.

I don't see why not, but because most of the roster spots are spoken for it would take a Barry trade or something of the sort to add one this year. One option is to draft a Euro SG and tell him to play overseas for one more year...then pick him up in 2008. Another option is to solve the long 3/small ball 4 via the draft with a guy like Dominic McGuire, who is a great rebounder and shot-blocker, then go after another need.

About Pietrus, I'm just guessing that he'll think he's worth more than the MLE and decide to sign the 1yr qualifying offer with the Warriors in order to hit the FA market in 08....he could be a target of the Spurs then for sure.

[ducks]

in light of the tp show
BUMB

[Holt's Cat]

BUMB

[Mr. Body]

I wouldn't mind Pietrus if the price was right. We may get to see him in a playoff scenario this year, and against Dallas no less. He'd be paid out of the MLE, which adds fuel to the speculation that Scola, indeed, will not be a Spur.

[aaronstampler]

Pietrus has been awful for GS this year. He's by far the worst +/- guy on the team. I liked him as a player a lot more before this season but he seems to have plateaud. He's not getting any better.

[Bruno]

A transcription of what have been said :

Q : What is your wish for next year :

Pietrus : My wish is to win a nba le. Why not playing with Spurs.

Q : So a trade ? We have heard some rumors about it.

Pietrus : I don't know but it's my wish.

Q : Have you heard something ?

Pietrus : You had to ask to Spurs starting PG.

Parker : We like to have him but it will depend on Mike.

Q : Mike is a kind of player that Pop can like.

Parker : He is a great fit with our system : great defender, shoot well the corner 3. He will be the perfect sucessor to Bruce. He is too more athletic, during fast break, I will do a lot of alley hoop (Pop will be happy ) with Mike for easy basket. It's sure that when they asked me, I've said that I would like to play with Mike, another french. They are interested to get him, it will depend on other teams, how Mike will want, how Warriors wants to keep him.

Pietrus : You guarantee me two le and it's good.

Q : And you are cheap and you won't ask a lot of money to play with Spurs ?

Pietrus : It's not a money question, it's about of the qulity of basket played.

Parker : It will be sure that he will play with us. If he comes in SA, next year is Bruce last year and I know Spurs are looking for a successor. And after he will be a Starter. Pop will too be a good coach for Mike, he will learn a lot with him.

Q : GS have too much players with big contracts ?

Parker : they can't pay everybody, they had to pay Biedrins and Ellis. Davis and Richarson are too expensive. They won't be able to keep everybody.

Pietrus : They try to trade Foyle to Spurs.

Parker : Yeah, dream on. We don't want him. It's $6M per year, We don't want Foyle.

[Mr. Body]

Mikhael didn't get any basketball coaching this year at all. No wonder he wants out.

[ShoogarBear]

I don't even speak French. It's funny because somebody actually fell for it.

Okay, ex, man, you gotta give it up for him. That was pretty funny.

[ducks]

Bowen retiring after next year?

[LilMissSPURfect]

Parker : Yeah, dream on. We don't want him. It's $6M per year, We don't want Foyle.

:rofl

[picnroll]

Parker : It will be sure that he will play with us. If he comes in SA, next year is Bruce last year and I know Spurs are looking for a successor. And after he will be a Starter. Pop will too be a good coach for Mike, he will learn a lot with him.

That's what struck me too.

[Mr. Body]

Pietrus has been awful for GS this year. He's by far the worst +/- guy on the team. I liked him as a player a lot more before this season but he seems to have plateaud. He's not getting any better.

In terms of pure stats it was easily his best year as a pro -- shooting 48.6%, 38.4% threes, although those could all be outliers.

For the right money -- $3mm/per -- I'd take him. He needs a good coaching hand.

[AFBlue]

That's what struck me too.

Contractually, next year is his last.

[timvp]

I'm not that big of a Pietrus fan. He's pretty good offensively, but I've never seen anything out of him defensively that would suggest that he could be any sort of a stopper. James White is further along on D than Pietrus.

Plus, Pietrus is going to get a Max MLE contract. A lot of GMs like him, including Jerry West. Is he worth that much money? Don't really think so, but we'd have to see what other players are getting.

And you can throw the stats for him this year out the window because Nellie's system isn't transferable to any other team, especially the Spurs. 11 Nellie points per game translates to about 4 Pop points per game.

[Extra Stout]

I'm not that big of a Pietrus fan. He's pretty good offensively, but I've never seen anything out of him defensively that would suggest that he could be any sort of a stopper. James White is further along on D than Pietrus.

Interesting, because some have the opposite opinion of him -- limited offense, good defense.

[TDMVPDPOY]

his stats on the gsw team is not transferable on the spurs, cose we know his stats will decrease if played on the spurs...

maybe beno+oberto+filler or draft pick for him

[Mr. Body]

All told, I'd rather spend that energy getting a similar guy in the draft. I'd far rather have Brandon Rush, for example.

[pad300]

Plus, Pietrus is going to get a Max MLE contract. A lot of GMs like him, including Jerry West. Is he worth that much money? Don't really think so, but we'd have to see what other players are getting.

And there's the money shot. Unless he comes for much under market value (eg. what Malone, Payton, Finley did), it's not worth it. I'd rather try and trade for Outlaw or James Singleton, or some other semi-succesful SF/PF tweener, than pay a middling useful wing a full MLE, 4+ year contract.

[AFBlue]

And there's the money shot. Unless he comes for much under market value (eg. what Malone, Payton, Finley did), it's not worth it. I'd rather try and trade for Outlaw or James Singleton, or some other semi-succesful SF/PF tweener, than pay a middling useful wing a full MLE, 4+ year contract.

The assumption here is also that the Warriors wouldn't match a discount offer for Pietrus...which isn't likely even if they are overstocked at the position. I posed this question before, but here it is again:

Why would Pietrus take only a little more than $3M per year on a multi-year contract, even if the Warriors decide not to match, rather than signing the one-year $3M offer next year and taking his chances in the Summer of '08?

My guess is that he signs the one-year tender and that he's a serious option for the Spurs to replace Finley in 2008. There's no doubt that the interest is there, but the money has to be right as well...and it won't be right until 08.

[lefty]

Can we trade Joe Crawford for a 1st round pick ??

[silk]

16 april 2007 in the tp show in french mickael pietrus said he would like to play with tp in sa...he doesn't mind that much about money he wants to win and win les....but he will only consider if golden state doesn't make him an offer..i think golden states could have interest in barry, i don't know if scola or beno interests them , but our mle could be sufficient...mickael would be superb in spurs system..imagine sort of bowen intensity on defense with manu like or better rebounding and athleticism and streacky but could develop into a solid corner 3..but i don't think he's our 3/4 kind of player...

[silk]

but i'm not sure if mike was that serious it was in a discussion with tony so he maybe wanted to be nice ( beetween he seems like a genuine nice guy ) and all but tony said an interesting thing , next year could be bruce's last year and spurs are looking for a guy to replace him mike could be groom during this year and year after be directly the starter..it would be nice if we could have both outlaw and pietrus in our next small-ball line-up ..too bad it will probably be only fantasy... woooops all that have already been reported sorry.

[JPB]

I didn't hear the show so I don't know if MP was serious or joking. But if serious, that would not be very smart even in a french show to say that.

He's still a warrior and his team has a realistic shot at making the PO. That's really not the right time to talk about where he would like to be next year.

Imagine (even if that's highly unlikely) GS and SA face in PO.
Be sure you would have journalists who would bring that thing back.

But again, that could just have been said on a humourous tone even if it really could be in his mind.

[Bruno]

I didn't hear the show so I don't know if MP was serious or joking.

He was quite serious.

BTW, podcast of the show for people who understand french :
http://www.1001podcast.com/podcast/R...416_tpshow.mp3