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Nope.not true,you said basically he would fix the spurs interior scoring and rebounding issues they have right now.
not true,you said basically he would fix the spurs interior scoring and rebounding issues they have right now.
he better do more tham 2.9 ppg and 1.6 rpg to earn 3.3 M p/year.
otherwise he´ll end up cleaning holt´s house for free to get some money back out of him.
Nope.not true,you said basically he would fix the spurs interior scoring and rebounding issues they have right now.
Eh, well see.Yeah, Ely will be good to use against teams not located in Dallas or Phoenix
Actually he said that he'll have to work hard even to get off IR.
I doubt he gets IRed...
The guy is too highly liked by pop to be...
I think he'll get IR when he first gets here because he won't know anything.
But he's better than Oberto and Elson to me.
That was before the announcement of what the trade exactly was.
Well, at least ArgScolaFan wasn't calling me racist like last time.
Kinda like carrying a vendetta against the Spurs front office for getting rid of Nesterosloth, eh?I call it desperate to hang your hopes on a guy who barely gets minutes on one of the worst teams in the league.Don't get your hopes up too high. The main goal of this trade was to get below the luxury tax.
Him out there not knowing whats going on is better than what they have now.I think he'll get IR when he first gets here because he won't know anything.
But he's better than Oberto and Elson to me.
it's horry that shouldn't be playing. He is absolutely worthless now.
so,you wanna make me bring all his post since The trade was done?I´m too tired right now kori,but i promest you,I´m gonna star a thread tomorow,with all TIMVP´s posts
There´s one on top of my head right now:¨thanx Charlotte¨
I though we were getting okaford when i red that,but he was talking about Ely.anyways......................
Too bad we couldn't find a way to add Brevin Knight into the Mix
its oberto thats worthless, get a clue.it's horry that shouldn't be playing. He is absolutely worthless now.
Uh getting Ely for nothing is a good trade.so,you wanna make me bring all his post since The trade was done?I´m too tired right now kori,but i promest you,I´m gonna star a thread tomorow,with all TIMVP´s posts
There´s one on top of my head right now:¨thanx Charlotte¨
I though we were getting okaford when i red that,but he was talking about Ely.anyways......................
Once again, thanks Charlotte.
So does the Front office return to a good FO again, if Ely produces a Malik Rose type role?
I agree, I don't think the Spurs are done. I remember the Spurs were interested in Chucky Atkins as BPG not too long ago. Could a Beno + Oberto for Atkins trade be on the horizon? Don't know, but it was reported that JWest does like Oberto. Getting Melvin Ely means the Spurs can now afford to lose Oberto.I am confident the Spurs are not done yet. THey will now be able to trade Oberto(hopefully) or another big + Beno + someone else or 1st round pick for that needed backup PG or SF or both
I´m not saying he aint nothing,I´m saying he aint fuc***g Jesus Crist or the spurs savior.that´s all.
I´m with ploto.
the spurs are just blowing some smoke upon the fans right now with this trade to cover all the mistakes of the offseason that´s all.
Didn´t you see who exited they all got with this?
I'm not sure that anything in Ely's background suggests that anyone could reasonably expect him to play the way Malik did between 1999-2003.
We'll be pretty fortunate if he approximates Samaki Walker.
not last year when he averaged 10 and 6?I'm not sure that anything in Ely's background suggests that anyone could reasonably expect him to play the way Malik did between 1999-2003.
Man malik was an all star....
the Spurs might as well just start him, because right now anything would be a major upgrade of the joke that is the rotation of Elson/Oberto/Horry
Malik is perennial allstar in the East!
Son of a beech. Dan Fegan is his agent?Ely takes Bobcats' offer
Forward will stay put, battle for playing time at crowded position
RICK BONNELL
Charlotte restricted free agent Melvin Ely signed a one-year qualifying offer with the team Monday, worth about $3.3 million.Melvin Ely said his heart won out over his head.
Ely chose a one-year, $3 million qualifying offer from the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday over a multiyear contract from the Phoenix Suns. While hardly a bad decision financially, his choice throws him into a crowded pool of power forwards entering training camp today at UNC Wilmington.
Ely, a restricted free agent all summer, doesn't sound rattled by the compe ion with Emeka Okafor, Sean May, Ot a Harrington and Walter Herrmann.
"I know coach's system and I know what he wants," he said. "Why start over somewhere else?"
Coach-general manager Bernie Bickerstaff had agreed to sign-and-trade scenarios with the Suns and the Golden State Warriors, concerning Ely. The challenge was Ely's agent, Dan Fegan, working out an acceptable contract with one of those teams.
"Both those teams had interest in me, and I'm happy to be loved, but I didn't feel comfortable making a move," Ely said. "There was a crowd last year, too, and I ended up getting time. I don't mind earning it."
Ely played extensively last season, averaging 23.6 minutes in 57 games. He had the best training camp of any Bobcat, Bickerstaff said, and benefited from injuries to other players at his primary position.
Okafor was limited to 26 games by a severe ankle sprain and May was held to 23 games by knee surgery. The situation grew so extreme that small forward Gerald Wallace filled in at power forward, and he wants nothing to do with that again.
Ely signing the qualifying offer means the Bobcats have 16 players under guaranteed contract. The maximum NBA roster is 15, so barring some unlikely two-for-one trade, there's a good chance the Bobcats will eat a contract by the start of the regular season.
Bickerstaff said that's not a concern, in part because they had to get up to a minimum payroll of $39.9 million this season under NBA rules, which Ely's signing helps accomplish.
Ely said he gained 10 pounds of muscle (up to 245 pounds), playing extensively in Las Vegas during the summer with the likes of Kevin Garnett and Antoine Walker. He is probably the Bobcats' best low-post scorer; the issue with him has always been pedestrian rebounding (4.9 per game last season).
"I know I need to be a good rebounder," Ely said. "Do that on this team and you stay on the court."
Well, at least the Spurs kept him away from the Suns. This season, at least.
He averaged 10 and 5 for a team that had Okafor for 26 games and May for 23 games. Someone was going to roll up numbers. Nothing in Ely's history suggests that he's ever going to be the type of guy who can be as productive as Malik was in his heyday. I realize that you're completely in the tank with your belief that Ely might be a savior -- and I'll admit, if the Spurs get Malik-like production, I'll be thrilled. But there's nothing there, on paper or from what I've seen for myself -- that suggests to me that comparing Melvin Ely with Malik Rose (circa 1999-2003) is realistic.
Just make sure his fax machine is working.
He averaged 23 minutes a game last year.
Give him that, and give oberto back to argentina.
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