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Peter Holt = George Castanza
Does this look like a team that adressed any of it's needs going into the off season?
Peter Holt = George Castanza
Yes. It unloaded Rasho's contract. It signed Javaktovas. It did the best it could in a very poor free agent market and gave itself a damn good chance at being a much better player in later markets.
Stop viewing the glass as half empty.
Some people act like the Spurs are done with whatever they are doing this offseason. It's July 4th, not September 4th.
Or is it half-full??? Who knows???
Spurs are done and don't you forget it.
best post in this thread that i've read (only read the first two pages though lol)
i think this dude is rasho part 2 so i'm glad we ain't offering him to much. ppl making a big deal about him being the best center available. that's not a good thing when this dude is the best out there. we were a foul away from being in the wcf we don't really need to over haul this team. and in next years playoffs this dude will be on the bench just like rasho and nazr. so i rather just resign nazr, cause he played good for us in the regular season when he started, and maybe this time he can actually be at training camp
Don't act like Rasho didn't contribute anything. Might we have still won? Sure...but Rasho wasn't a stiff. Oberto is a stiff. Rasho is no Oberto.
As for DRob, look up threads in his last few years. Peoples main beef with him was how he didn't dunk enough. It was all over the forums, all over sports talk radio...everybody had a hard-on for how he should dunk more instead of laying it up.
Good point. I think it's because the Spurs aren't giving any hints about who they might go after and we think they are not gonna do anything at all.
Zach Randolph used to be the future of portland but for some reason i heard they ere looking to unload him now. not sure how we coudl do it with his salary so high
don't think the spurs woudl want him if they are lowballing przy for the MLE
I realllllllly don't think the Spurs are done, but many here would say that:
1) replacing Rasho with a more physical, "rock-em sock-em" dunking, shot-blocking, Javtokas;
2) replacing Sean Marks with NBA's 12th ranked 3-pt. shooter @ 6'10" in Bonner;
3) replacing Melvin Sanders with a longer, more experienced Eric Williams
is an acceptable start.
Isn't he getting near max money? He's not going anywhere...though they are shopping him.
I was high on Joel until someone trotted out his abysmal injury record. Given that, I'm sorta glad we won't be paying him.
I hope they don't bring Nazr back. His TO-prone offence and poor D drove me insane last season (although he was great in the 2005 championship run, except against the Pistons... how many balls did he drop???)
, give me Cato or Collins cheap.
Cato's career stats - 10.8rb/40min, 2.58blk/40min
Collins career stats - 7.8rb/40min, 0.6blk/40min
Both can bang and defend a bit, and that's all we need from them really.
I wonder what they'd take, 2.5-3mil for 3 years?
That would give us a banger (Cato/Collins), an energy guy (Jav), two shooters (Bonner/Horry) and Oberto (I really have no idea what he gives us... garbage time?) with Duncan in the big slots. By no means ideal, but serviceable I guess.
Man, after browsing through that big man thread, Reggie Evans sure is starting to look pretty good right about now. It would be nice to hear the Spurs show a little interest in him...
I'm going to go ahead and act like Rasho contributed nothing. He did have his moments in the Kings series, but on the whole his infamous outside shooting and free throw touch was never there, he was easy for teams to create a mismatch on, his shot blocking was very limited. By limited I mean he was able to block shots against people trying to go right over him under the basket, but against the drive he was usually helpless.
Oh, and as for the "spurs being done", please refer to my "NOW is the time to believe thread".
Carry on.
I can see where picnroll is coming from. Yeah the Spurs were one play away from making it to the Finals. But that Mavs team was young and a year from now, they'll be even better than they were this year. The Spurs have done nothing to fix the s in the armor that the Mavs exposed.
The Spurs must get a player that can matchup with Dirk (and Diaw/Marion). If the Spurs don't get that player, I just can't see them winning it all next season. Michael Finley at power forward will not getting it done. Przybilla at center with Duncan at power forward could have worked, though.
I'll be patient but this free agent group is shallow and shrinking everyday. A week from now it could be gone.
Signing Javtokas isn't the answer. The Spurs need a center or power forward who can stay on the floor against the Mavs and Suns. We all knew that was the number one need coming into the offseason. So far, we haven't seen any signs that the Spurs are trying to solve this need.
Hopefully something pops up soon but it's shaping up to be a summer where the Spurs sign Nazr, Javtokas, a scrub wing and a scrub PG. If that's the case, the season would be over before it began.
Honestly.
Looks like Nazr might be part of Portland's back up plan if they lose Joel...
http://www.oregonlive.com/weblogs/blazersoregonian/Monday, July 03, 2006
4th of July Fireworks
The 4th of July figures to be a big day for the Blazers.
Free agent center Joel Przybilla is expected to make a decision where he will play on Tuesday, and it appears to be between Detroit, Portland and San Antonio.
Przybilla and his agent, Bill Duffy, had a teleconference at 9 p.m. Monday night to discuss an offer made by the Pistons, who aggressively pursued Przybilla after Ben Wallace left Detroit for Chicago on Monday.
Neither Przybilla nor Duffy returned calls after their meeting.
However, I did speak with Blazers president Steve Patterson at about 10 p.m., and Patterson wasn't ready to concede defeat. He said the Blazers have "put their best foot forward", which has included an offer to Przybilla of five years worth an estimated $30 million. The Pistons and Spurs are in roughly the same boat as the Blazers - only able to offer the midlevel exception - but the Blazers can give Joel 10.5 percent raises per season, while the other teams can give only 8.5 percent raises.
At any rate, Patterson said the Blazers have already begun their homework on free agent centers given the chance Przybilla bolts. Among the group the Blazers have talked to: Miami's Alonzo Mourning, New Jersey's Jarron Collins and San Antonio's Nazr Mohammed.
Sorry I couldn't give you more information on the Duffy-Przybilla conference ... will try again tomorrow.
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what about Loren Woods, http://www.nba.com/playerfile/loren_woods/index.html
Wouldn't it be some if Pryz still took the Spurs offer?
JP has above average athleticism and is a legitimate 7 footer. He has no claim to a shooting touch, but does finish strong at the basket. He's one of the better shot blockers in the game and can explode at times. I believe he had 9 against the Sonics and 8 against the Spurs last season so he can definitely cover the basket. He would not be able to guard Dirk, but is a legitimate center who would be a drastic improvement over Nazr or Rasho.
The Spurs can still look overseas though...
You need to google Tim Duncan and Loren Woods and then see why it'd never happen.
Am I reading it right when I say that Przybilla will make his decision today?
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