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Where did you get that sig from?
Simple. We sign Ruben Patterson for the vet. min.But.......who would stop or slow down Kobe?
Where did you get that sig from?
I don't think any of this portion applies. imo Shaq doesn't give a rat's ass whether he starts or finishes games anymore. He wants a team that's basically going to be comfortable giving him an in-season vacation before increasing his minutes at playoff time. Robert Horry did nothing until playoffs either and the players would joke about it.
The worst Shaq would do is talk to the media. Big deal. It would be pro Spurs anyway.
Also, Pop would be the last coach to feel pressure to play anyone. If there's any team that could deal with Shaq in the locker room, it would be the Spurs.
However I agree with you that he's a bad fit for other reasons like contract (assuming MLE) and fading skills.
Right now, Shaq is arguably the worst pick and roll big-man defender in the league. No thanks.
Thanks, they are hilarious.
The Big Fiesta!!
Or The Big Siesta
I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL....
If anyone believes Shaq will play for the veterans minimum or LLE, then you don't know his ego.
If anyone thinks that Shaq is still a competent defender, teamwise or individually, you've not been watching him the past 3-4 seasons. In fact, he wasn't that good of a defender in his prime. His advantage was/is his mountainous presence and sheer physicality. Pull him away from the hoop and he's toast.
He bogs down the offense because of his constant "demand for his touches" and he routinely gets torched on pick-n-rolls. Furthermore, you can count on him being out of shape and missing about 30-40 games during the regular season.
The fact is he's been a devisive force in the lockerroom and has left a trail of scorched earth everywhere he's been. Has anyone NOT been paying attention to what transpired at the end of his last 3 stops? His selfish antics and disruptive behavior have been as much a reason for his multiple stops, as has been his declining play. Teams and players simply get tired of his act. Is that the type of player the Spurs need to have in their lockerroom? I think not. I can only hope that this is merely smoke coming from Shaq's camp only. Surely, the Spurs couldn't be this desparate.
Let him continue his farewell tour-of-duty with some other team. No thanks.
To me the key is not stopping him but shutting down their frontline completely from getting second chance points. You stop the second chance points and their offense sputters. Their perimeter players outside of Kobe are average to mediocre on the offense end. What I would do is trot out a line up of Parker,RJ,Gino and force him to guard one of those 3 guys which will in return will slow him down on offense due to the energy he would have to expand to guard any of those 3 players. Kobe could have games of getting 40 points but what good does it do if his frontline ends up with a bunch of mediocre games. Also Kobe is always due for a few bad games he is a notorious chucker especially when he sees his teammates struggling it causes him to go into chuck mode.But.......who would stop or slow down Kobe?
Lakers to me are not a legendary dominant team like the 90's bulls, 80's celts/lakers but the reason they have won the last 2 years is due to having an enormous advantage in the paint which very few teams can counter defensively. If you look at it the teams that gave the lakers the most problems the last few years all had big frontlines ala nuggets,celtics,blazers, and even the current mavs. If Perkins doesn't get injured they would have lost to the Celtics.
Hack a Shaq will finally be turned against us.
Shaqs a defensive presence with duncan we have not had in the paint since drob. Shaq will be sick on the Spurs. I was thinking and hoping he would possibly consider us but surprise he wants to play for us. If he wants to play for the Spurs he knows the type of role he might stepping into it would be unreal if he took vet minimum but I wouldn't put it past him. He wants to add to his legacy and joining the big fundamental for rings and not CASH would be icing on the cake.
(PS two years of him mentoring Blair is worth it too)
CAN YOU DIG IT!!!
I think you JUST blew everyones mind!Shaq 2 year deal, Tim/Shaq retire with 6 rings a piece
Pop would pull him at the first sign of that. Unless Shaq proves his mettle and "makes them when they count" , Shaq would even be able to work with Chip Engelland on his shot too!
With apparently no ability to learn it.....
I'd rather have the guy who, at his very worst, is still better than Bonner at his very best. Plus he can defend better, rebound better and has playoff credentials. And I really, really hate Shaq. I hate him almost as much as I hate Garnett and Malone.
I may even buy a couple of tickets to see this trainwreck....diesel fire...fat aristotle...sounds like fun. So many people on this board seem to think this team can't win anyway, so why not an entertaining nightmare waiting to happen. Its jason, freddy krueger and michael myers all rolled into one big entertaining horror movie to finish something where it all began, maybe they will reopen illusions in his honor. Spurs on nightly sportstalk, espn, foxsports everywhere, Talk about talk, I want splitter, but I would have fun seeing teams try to stop the picket fence with timmy and shaq what the and blair, setting double and triple picks...gasoft flying into the third row....Anderson would have a field day shooting threes and tony may be able to shoot all the floaters he wants, cuz with shaq and timmy down low, there won't be much paint left. I don't know what we would do with all these bigs, but if the spurs can find a way to get shaq and splitter then why not. People are pissy 'bout jefferson, no wings, no perimeter defense, shaq can't guard pick and roll, but if they funnel teams inside why guard pick and roll, and that would put two majestic towers guarding the paint. I just think it would be fun and different to watch
Shaq? Spurs?
Bizzaro world.
This has got to be a joke
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblog...o-spurs-s.html
Shaq to Spurs? Seriously?
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Last edited by Kori Ellis; 07-07-2010 at 11:11 PM. Reason: Because mysa.com doesn't allow us to copy their stuff here
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Playing along with some web craziness: Yes to Shaq likely means no Splitter for #spurs. From the blog -- http://bit.ly/bJLfVb
Mysa has beenfrom the site, brah.
Sorry Kori - I honestly had no idea. I apologize for the mistake.Mysa has been
WTF? Giving up Splitter to sign Shaq?
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