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Perhaps both teams will talk again in the summer.
^^ That's a shame if that's the Spurs deal and it's the only reason it fell apart.
Perhaps both teams will talk again in the summer.
Funny how the same people that are salivating over JR Smith were professing a year ago that the Spurs would rue the day they traded Malik Rose for Nazr Mohammed.......yeah there's a trade that never worked out.
Get ready for the fullsportpress annointment of JR Smith as the second coming. From this day forward, every game the Spurs lose, there will be at least one "If we had JR Smith, we would have won this game" thread.
But I'm guessing by then, other teams will be lining up for JR Smith.
I guess you don't get that it's not really about JR Smith, it's about getting rid of Barry.
Maybe but his value won't increase, it's higly unlikely that he'll play a minute under scott.
Kori,
There are far worse contracts than Barry's on the payroll- see our now backup center at roughly seven million a year for the next three years as an example of this.
Of course, many big men around the league are grossly overpaid.
But Barry's is a contract that they had the opportunity to get rid of. He's going to be making ~6M when he's 36. It's better to get rid of it now. This was an opportunity to deal with a team under the cap, so the Spurs could take back a much smaller contract in JR Smith. It would have been a great financial move, and it couldn't be a bad thing basketball wise.
Ok, point taken
But for the record, JR Smith in my opinion, is the personification of what's wrong with North American basketball these days. Raw, dumb, selfish and totally one-dimensional.
I'm no Barry fan but he did contribute in last year's playoff run- that counts for something.
JR Smith on a fast break with Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili would be incredible.
Absolute shame this deal didn't go through, but I would still rather see Barry out there in the playoffs than JR.
But in the future, Smith will be an absolute star.
Stern sucks.
I'm happy you're still here, Brent. Prove me right. That is all.
Damn JR Smith has a very big upside. The thought of Parker at his prime and JR Smith could have been scary. Oh well.
No one has mentioned this so I will. It didn't go through for a reason. The reason was time, but I am not talking about that. Everything happens for a reason. I am not a huge fan of Barry right now, but.........................you never know. Maybe in the playoffs Barry will have one of those Steve Kerr moments. I would think Barry has a better chance of having a Steve Kerr moment than JR Smith would.
That is one of the rules I live my life by...another is, "Be careful what you ask for because you might get it." What you think you want, what you ask for, can come back and bite you in the butt.
Next to Tim Duncan, you mean.
Walton,
This same quote could be used to describe Buckets before he got to the Spurs.But for the record, JR Smith in my opinion, is the personification of what's wrong with North American basketball these days. Raw, dumb, selfish and totally one-dimensional.
Overpaid big men is the price of doing business in the NBA these days.
This would have been a great deal. Somehow if the Lakers would have been the ones pocketing JR I bet the league would have let this go through.
Oh well, something to look forward to this summer when teams start talking trade. It's obvious JR's days in New Orleans are numbered.
I am all for the Spurs going after JR Smith in the summer because IF they land him, he has lots of time to learn from Pop.
Hah, I'm probably the only person who was glad this fell through. I'm a big Barry fan and I appreciate his not coming off the bench and taking 3 shots in 1 minute. He does so many things well for this team - hitting clutch shots, moving the ball and setting up teammates.
I understand a lot of people also want him to move because of his contract, so I'm really hoping he can step it up in the playoffs
(I'm also irked by Smith's comments in 1 issue of Slam magazine)
Interesting comments-- the one story said it involved multiple teams and this just mentions the one. Wonder, thoguh, if something else fell through or why would these talks have been so late?? Everyone believed Smith was getting traded somewhere.
The whole idea is to clear Barry' salary since they now got Finley for half the price. No one knew when Brent came here that this would happen. Brent was cheaper than Jax or Hedo that summer.
I'm sorry, but who the is JR Smith?Ludden: Brent Barry almost dealt for JR Smith
So the only reason the deal fell through is that they got it in 5 minutes late? I'm confused.
JR Smith is a 6'6" guard on the New Orlean Hornets; he participated in the Slam Dunk Contest 1 year ago against Josh Smith and co.
Well it appears that the Hornets had a deal that they worked out but it got through five minutes after the deadline. People are assuming it was for Brent.
There has to be a deadline; otherwise, trades would be going on all the time, at any point in the season, day or night. I respect the NBA for sticking by their rule.
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