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If it's true Priz is staying with Portland,I hope the Spurs have something up their sleeves...
If Ian plays well in the summer league, he'll be added to the team this year.!!!!!
If it's true Priz is staying with Portland,I hope the Spurs have something up their sleeves...
Is Iam even on our summer league roster?
Doubtful. I believe he's already signed a contract with a French team.
I apologize, Piston fans. If you guys would have signed Przybilla, you'd still be a shoe-in for the ECF. Now with Mohammed, his fumbling will make you wish Joe D would've given Big Ben the max.
Yeah, Horry logging significant minutes at the four worked out great for LA THREE YEARS AGO when he was so tired he couldn't hit a shot in the playoffs.
IF we're going to go with Horry at PF, may as well start making plans for something other than watching Spurs basketball come next May.
Thank goodness Nazr left.
Another year of Nazr bumbling away passes and frustrating the out of his teammates by being out of position would have sucked.
Good luck with the Pistons, Nazr.
Would the Spurs go after Francisco Elson? He is a nice backup to Camby and has shown some real promise when he has been given extra minutes coz of injuries
Im hoping the Nuggets lock him up quick though:
just throwing out some ideas for centers for you guys
At this point I don't see Horry as a big-shot hitter who will be clutch come playoff time.
He is a guy who can rebound, can pass, can spread the floor...which is more than anything we seem to be getting in the FA market. Just let him start, and bring along Oberto/Javkotas.
I don't see any option better than that. It's not like Horry was huge last year but we still almost won. Just let him do his thing, don't rely on him bailing you out.
my thoughts exactly. Even considering Horry as a starter at FOUR is mind boggling
I would love to get him.Would the Spurs go after Francisco Elson? He is a nice backup to Camby and has shown some real promise when he has been given extra minutes coz of injuries
Im hoping the Nuggets lock him up quick though
just throwing out some ideas for centers for you guys
Seeing his battles with Garnett was lovely. The guy is a tough, physical player who can really fill that void at center. Not to mention you wouldnt' have to overpay, and he wouldn't demand huge minutes. So you can bring along Javkotas.
If he's available, grab him.
Btw
You make it sound like Horry was terrible with the Lakers starting at 4. I guess we saw different postseasons.
Francisco Elson is too old. There's a lot of other bigs to choose from.
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I hope Nazr does well in Detroit I kind of liked the guy. My only hope is that his brick hands benefit us when we do play the Pistons..
Too old?
We dont' necessarily need a long-term big. If fact, it seems like the Spurs are interested in getting a fix for 3-4 years at the most. If they have young bigs they feel will develop, why not bring in a Elson for 2-3 years.
I love how he mixes it up with other bigs.
what about malik? when is he a free agent
Whenever the deal we absent-mindedly gave him expires, I suppose.what about malik? when is he a free agent
Horry is at his best playing 15 minutes a night, coming off the bench, and being around in the end in the fourth when you need a dagger three.
Expecting him to start a season and log significant minutes at the PF spot is ing stupid.
Go check out how many minutes Rob played the last 2-3 games of the Dallas series and get back to me.It's not like Horry was huge last year but we still almost won. Just let him do his thing, don't rely on him bailing you out.
I guess so. He played 34 minutes a game that year, and when it mattered against us in the post-season he was too gased to hit his shots or play effective defense on Duncan.
You're advocating us running with Horry, and ending up with a ragged, tired 485 year old PF trying to chase Dirk and Howard come playoff time.
Not exactly my idea of a good off-season this summer.
The Spurs aren't playing to give Horry big minutes, so don't stress yourself AHF.
Pop damnit, let it go. Rose sucks. And he's getting old.what about malik? when is he a free agent
2 million, 8 million, etc...is a HUGE amount for any regular working class individual. Of course I WOULD not turn it down, if it were ME...but I'm not a millionaire, I'm not swimming in money like Ben Wallace is...What seems like a huge amount to us is not a huge amount to superstar NBA players, professional athletes, etc who gets millions of dollars every single year. For him to get only about 2 million less each year (from Pistons) is not going to effect his life style at all...It's not like he won't be able to afford his house or his million dollar cars...
I really think it's greed...it's wanting more money than you really need...Plus Rasheed, Chauncey, Ben, etc have always talked about how they are a family unit, how they love each other a lot, etc...how they are a real team...IF that were really true, then why would Ben not agree to stay with the Pistons, who have given him so much over the years, and just forget about the 2 million per year he won't be getting...Why not take a TINY (again for Ben that is) paycut to help his TEAM and his TEAMMATES...Don't get me wrong, I have a ton of respect for Ben and the Pistons, they are one of my favorite teams behind the Spurs...But it seems that Ben refused to accept smaller payment (only 2 mil less a year...when you have 40/50 million, really what is 2 million to you? (millionaires, that is...not us, regular working class people who get a couple of thousands for the entire year)
That's is what the other poster was trying to say about Bruce who was willing to take a paycut for HIS TEAM, his teammates, not ONCE but TWICE...Ben is the Defensive Player of the Year, BUT BRUCE was the lead vote getter for the ALL Defensive Team this year...and many think of Bruce as the Defensive Specialist, and yet look at how much he gets paid and does not mind at all....This upcoming season, he'll get 3,750,000...And how much would Ben get this upcoming season?
The other poster was just trying to show that there are players who are willing to take paycuts/etc to help their team and actually think of others instead of themselves...In this buisness of money, it's rare...Most NBA players want more and more money than they can handle...While others realize that what they get is more than enough and are happy with what they have...Bruce is well liked by his team and organization, because he is always willing to compromise...
Anyway, I'm not disrespecting Ben at all...because most people in his position would take MORE money...It's human nature to want more and more...But the way that all his teammates have been talking, about how there is no doubt about Ben staying with the Pistons...I think he might have disappointed his Pistons team members just a little bit...
Then what's the plan? Crossing our fingers and hoping Bonner can do it? Javtokas and Oberto are foul prone, what happens when they get tagged for 12 fouls the first ten minutes they guard Dirk next year? Finley and Bowen splitting time at PF again?The Spurs aren't playing to give Horry big minutes, so don't stress yourself AHF.
Most of them would've done the same thing.Anyway, I'm not disrespecting Ben at all...because most people in his position would take MORE money...It's human nature to want more and more...But the way that all his teammates have been talking, about how there is no doubt about Ben staying with the Pistons...I think he might have disappointed his Pistons team members just a little bit...
I think the truth of hte matter on Wallace is he did what a lot of other guys on the team right now would like to do with Flip in charge - get the out.
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