How much did the Rose trade really save?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Damn straight Ron Mexico!

Is this a case of someone having so much pride that they come up with what they think is a brilliant (but is actually a ridiculous) argument in a stoned moment, put it down on the net, then can't back away from the edge when it is shown to be utter garbage?

Methinks... so.

[Doug Collins]

¡Ron for Prez!

[MadDog73]

Sparky, get a freakin grip.

We wouldn't have won in 2005 without Nazr.

If we had Malik this year, that would not have guarunteed us to beat Dallas. The Dallas series was a coin-flip that went against us. Deal.

Fark, really, this is some stupid shzit.

And yet, SPARKY thinks he's actually winning....

[SPARKY]

Yeah, it's awesome the Spurs don't have a 1st round pick in this month's draft. It's awesome that the Spurs have to try to find a big who can play in an uptempo game this summer. Where's the savings if you have to blow the MLE on a free agent big who may give you what you need? You also have to find a small forward, a need which could have been addressed by one of those two picks. Yeah, that trade was an awesome basketball move.

[MadDog73]

Yeah, it's awesome the Spurs don't have a 1st round pick in this month's draft. It's awesome that the Spurs have to try to find a big who can play in an uptempo game this summer. Where's the savings if you have to blow the MLE on a free agent big who may give you what you need? You also have to find a small forward, a need which could have been addressed by one of those two picks. Yeah, that trade was an awesome basketball move.

It was still better than passing up Howard.

Own up you're wrong about that at least, or you'll get no sympathy from me.

[SPARKY]

Only a fool worries about "sympathy" on the internets.

[RonMexico]

Is this discussion seriously still going on? Should I start crying that the Suns had to trade their last two draft picks (Luol Deng at No. 7 and Nate Robinson at No. 22) away and that's why they lost in the WCF the past two years? Boo hoo, OMG they could have won with those two guys... I sure wish we had Gugliotta and Penny Hardaway back... maybe even Luc Longley...

[SPARKY]

Of course a Suns fan would have no problem with the Spurs trading away picks.

[SequSpur]

Yeah, it's awesome the Spurs don't have a 1st round pick in this month's draft. It's awesome that the Spurs have to try to find a big who can play in an uptempo game this summer. Where's the savings if you have to blow the MLE on a free agent big who may give you what you need? You also have to find a small forward, a need which could have been addressed by one of those two picks. Yeah, that trade was an awesome basketball move.

The Spurs won 63. Then changed the ing game plan, they don't need but a new got damn coach.

[Nbadan]

Not everyone is, but many players are shorter than the generally accepted norm. That's just it. No team in the league is ever going to list a PF at 6'4".

It simply isn't done. I don't ever remember seeing anyone so listed.

But Malik and Chuck Barkley are that height. Go figure.

I've met Malik and he was taller than me, and I'm considerably taller than 6'4.

[RonMexico]

Of course a Suns fan would have no problem with the Spurs trading away picks.

Yeah, and I don't really have a problem with the Suns trading away picks either... especially when they're able to pull something off where they end up getting 2 first round picks from the Hawks that are only lottery protected until 2007... it all comes back around...

[Doug Collins]

My in lord this is still going on. Malik, savior incarnate of the 2006 playoffs, please comeback to us so Sparky can finally shut the up. Clearly what you did 3 years ago against a different Mavs team would´ve saved us this time around. And those draft picks we gave away are killing are chances to remain compe ive. Who needs 63 wins and a championship in 2005, without Malik nothing really matters.