If the Spurs somehow got Javtokas to sign...

[tav1]

im a chapu-loving argie, but i think its kind of a risky bet for the spurs under those terms. he would definitely bring more emotion and energy to this team though, but i agree with tav1 that udoka has good odds to bring similar offense and maybe better defense for a 1/4 of the money.

there were times at the end of the season and in the PO's were udoka was chipping in on both ends beautifully, but they were just slightly overshadowed by out of sync shots (he'd either rush or hesitate) and cheap fouls. what was worse, at times he looked like he wanted to disappear.in that sense, chapu would assert his will a lot more, for better or for worse.

still too risky, i'd look to improve in other areas, namely bigs. the only bigs we have that KNOW how to play D are old and unathletic- Duncan is the only guy getting blocks, and he is too important to focus on that (foultrouble). the rest are unproven, and only mahinmi known for D, which is even said to be decreasing in the D league. i dont know who that blake pg-3pt shooter guy is, but thats also a good project for this team, which funnily enough now feels like it has few shooters, when only barry and horry left... i guess thats how good they were.

Udoka is actually 1/8 the money.

Improving in other areas is rather difficult at this point. The FA well has dried up and the Spurs have too few assets to move. I spend too much time hoping the Spurs trade for a young, D-League eligible player that they could develop next season. Or--and I know we have a bunch of rookies in camp already--that a player like Bill Walker won't make the cut and we can sign him for Austin...

[T Park]

Getting Nocioni would be fantasticly perfect.

Which means it aint happenin

[Bruno]

Do you think Noce's 06-07 season or his 07-08 season was the abberation? I'd guess he's somewhere in between.

The 07-08 bulls were a mess. It could have hurt Nocioni who is a glue guy. it's hard to glue bad pieces.

To me, the key to use well Nocioni is to play him at both forward spots.
He is at his best on the offensive end when he plays PF and is able to attack the basket against slow players. He is a true tweener.

[tav1]

Getting Nocioni would be fantasticly perfect.

Which means it aint happenin

Udoka was good as a small ball 4 last season, so we could probably find minutes for Noce and Udoka, if we kept him.

Noce would be a good match up against West and Nowitski, and maybe Odom. He could play sporadic minutes in the post agaist Gasol and be a bother him. He's a decent response to Artest.

Too bad we don't have the right assets.

[Bruno]

BTW, a great for salaries (and for other things) is ShamSports.
http://www.shamsports.com/content/pa...ries/index.jsp

[tav1]

Nothing like expressing a greedy sentiment: Nocioni's contract is rich, maybe a team can talk Paxson into a deal for Nocioni and Thomas (as a sweetener). The Spurs won't be able to do this, but someone else might take this approach.