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Nope.Can Dirk guard Butler?
Butler an early candidate for Most Improved Player. David West with Chris Paul level.
Nope.Can Dirk guard Butler?
I'm relieved, but we could still use a starter -- temporary (Elson) or permanent (insert fantasy trade here).
I agree, we havent had a young center with talent in a long time, big strong and tough
Butler won't start to begin the year. Pop will put Elson (or some other veteran stiff if Elson is matched) in the starting lineup to begin the year. If Butler proves himself in training camp and in his backup minutes, he could earn the starting spot by the All-Star break.
Butler is at the age that he should be going into his junior year of college. No way Pop lets him start right off the bat.
I'm still hoping a starting quality bigman (PF or C) emerges somehow through trade. I think the Butler signing is awesome but I don't think Elson/Butler improves the Spurs that much other than being cheaper and Butler's potential.
Jackie Butler has never scored a single point against the Portland Trail Blazers. You guys are hosed.
Butler should not be a starter for a championship contender like the spurs!! They really need to go out and pick up a quality starter, say like maglore from the bucks. This give butler a year under his belt to pick up the defense and possibly the starter for next year..Butler will still be getting 15-20 minutes per game this year which is much more than he got with the knicks
I am not saying he is going to be another Jermaine O'Neal, but this signing reminds of when O'Neal went from Portland to Indiana. Again, not saying he is as good or going to be as good, but O'Neal did not blossom until he left Portland.
Butler is a heady low post player with good footwork. Going against and watching TD every day in practice is going to make him a damn good offensive player. He's already a good one. Spurs went against the grain in giving him a three year deal and I think that's because they wanted to get those full Bird rights just in case.
You mean Seattle....
Holy crap. Great news.
Thanks again Isiah
The guy is massive. We haven't had a massive guy willing to use his weight in a while. Rasho was too timid.
Good times.
We cant put links up if its NBA related right?
FYI, Butler measurements :
Height without shoes : 6'8"
Height with shoes : 6'9.5"
Wingspan : 7'1.5"
Standing reach : 9'1"
Weight : 263
This is the guy Hollinger rated as the most underrated center in the NBA using PER and pro-rating it to full games. Let's see if he was right.
Next step is for Elson to get matched. Heck, I'd rather the Spurs got Scot Pollard. Even Jake Voskuhl has shown to be a player who won't play his worst basketball in the playoffs.
Use the Elson money to get a Long Three.
Correct. No links or telling people where to find the link.
Because he's 6'10"
in NBAspeak.
Well it wasnt that great of a dunk anyway
I wonder how we're going to guard Dallas next year?
This is great I think we got a big body for cheap and this will prove dividends for us.
You won't get great dunks out of this guy. Just powerful ones nobody blocks.
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