Visser/Gasol is more likely to start as a Spurs C than Nichols/Dudley at SF, because they aren't as important of positions in today's league. That's my point.
Don't discount the possibility that Spurs trade the 28th or the 33th (or both).
Packaging draft picks with expiring contracts to a team in rebuildng mode for a solid vet makes way more sense for Spurs than developing young players. Spurs are in win now mode and vets will help them more than rookies.
Zabian Dowdell and his 6'10" wingspan is too quite impresive.
Yeah it would suck to have barbosa or josh howard right about now
I was thinking about a team like Indiana who has no draft picks this year..
#28, #33, Beno for Diogu/or Granger(salaries match) and 2nd round pick 2008.
Yeah, but he's not foreign dude....we're talking about the Spurs here.
Diogu maybe....Granger, not in your wildest dreams.
I even think Diogu is questionable because they might need him if they decide to ship out Jermaine O'Neal.
Jeff Foster is a more realistic solution.
Not at 5+ mil for 2-3 years left on contract. Diogu is more realistic for #28/beno and granger is not going anywhere..
Indiana won't trade Diogu for a late first round pick while Foster could be available for that kind of package.
as much as i dislike foster personally (he was a friend of a friend and ganked a 12 pack from my fridge in austin once), dude can rebound and stay out of duncan's way in the post.
Diogu nor Granger are available for what we have.
Just a link to an article posted by bruno
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/ba...ry/139064.html
if the spurs want to resign vaughn as TP back up that means no pruitt or no other pg ??
but JV can sign with another team too , also they will see some pg's during workouts so i don't know exactly their plan.....
One of the reasons I have the Spurs going after a pg and a big in the draft, is so that they don't need to overpay for one in FA when the 08 season comes to an end. I'm sure that if Vaughn is resigned, Pruitt or whoever would probably get 3rd stringer minutes at best, unless a certain matchup calls for otherwise. But if Jacque Vaughn wants more than the vet. min it's likely he'll be shown the door.
Last edited by EvenFlow; 06-14-2007 at 07:37 AM.
Who knows? If Pruitt or Dowdell or whomever comes in and lights it up I can see them taking over the number 2 spot very quickly. Remember, Vaughn was always intended to be the 3rd PG anyways.
Strange things can happen when you're not a cornerstone of a franchise. When Tony Parker came into the league it only took him 5 games to get off the pine and crack the starting rotation and hes not looked back. If a young PG is ready to contribute the Spurs won't hesitate to play him. At this point, a rookie has a potentially long future with this team while Vaughn doesn't have many more years left in the league. You do the math.
And it seems as if either Pruitt or Dowdell could take minutes at the two-guard if they showed enough....might also lead to the Spurs shopping Barry or Fin.
Nothing much to say, but that I was drafting for the T-Wolves in the DX group mock draft, as well.
For the Spurs I got Pruitt and then Dudley.
Just picked for the Wolves' second rounder. They get Corey Brewer and just now Nick Fazekas. An excellent draft for them, I'd say.
FYI, the latest mock from ESPN has Belinelli falling to the Spurs at #28. Previously he went to Houston, but with them on the verge of trading Howard, you figure they'll go for a big. Ford also mentions that there should be alot of picks for sale....I'll list the ones he mentions:
Heat @ #20 (Has Pruitt here)
Bobcats @ #22 (Has Almond here)
Suns @ #24....though he says they'll likely use this plus their #29 to move up
Ford has guys like Hardin, Big Baby, Cook, and Shaun Williams in the first round ahead of where the Spurs draft and I don't see them that high in some of the other Mocks...still, it's conceivable that one of the two Euro guards will be available with that first pick and I don't see how the Spurs (with their affinity for Europeans) pass on either one of these talents.
Belinelli's recent shaky performances and buyout questions may make him last until the end of the round.
I'm not sure why he has Miami selling their pick - they need talent very badly. Trading down for more picks? Sure. But not selling it.
I'm not sure why Charlotte sells theirs, but Indiana may have an unrefuseable offer.
Phoenix I can see moving up via a package of their two picks.
Glen Davis will be a steal in the 2nd round. Not sure if he goes first. Someone may take a shot at Shaun Williams, but I sure wouldn't. Hardin, dunno. And Daquan Cook I could see Isiah take a stab at.
The updated mock draft on DX has us picking Gray with the #28, Pruitt with the #33, and Brad Newley with the #58.
If we draft a foreign player with either the 33 or 28 (Fernandez, Belinelli, etc) how would you feel about drafting DJ Strawberry with the 58? Hes a guy that could come in and play a reasonable role off the bench as a defensive specialist. If nothing else, he is a guy that we could watch for a year and then decide whether we want to keep him or not whenever Bowen, Finley and Barry's contracts all come due.
I don't see the Aaron Gray pick. The guy is huge - 7'2", 275 lbs. - and has some real skills, but he's slow. He'd have problems enough making defensive rotations, but in the end, why would the Spurs take him if they have Jackie Butler?
In their mock, Belinelli drops to 31. I don't see the Suns passing on him twice and the Spurs once.
That said, as always I'm very happy with a Pruitt pick. Last mock they had him at least 10 spots later. It's good to see them reevaluate.
DJ Strawberry -
for a guy slated for the end of the draft to undrafted, he looks a good prospect. He was 14.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.5 apg, 2 spg, 47.7 fg%, 68.5 ft%, 34.4 3p% in the ACC.
Why isn't this guy getting so little attention? Why isn't he as good as Arron Afflalo?
Maryland beat Carolina and Duke twice down the stretch... lost to a solid Butler team in the second round... So what gives?
His shooting and all-around scoring has always been the knock, while his defense is stellar,i.e. SPURS MODE, a good prospect to work with Chip and a of a lot better than Beno. He has problems in running a team in a half-court set, I think he might just be available at the end of the 2nd round.
He's listed at 6'5" but I'm guessing he's smaller, since people keep mentioning his lack of point guard skills.
Still a chance to get Dudley or is he up in the 1st round?
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