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Signing Malone will mean the cutting of someone.
Im guess the culprit will be Sean Marks.
Sorry New Zelanders.
Yeah, we should sign Malone because Hakeem outplayed David in '95. You got me, kid. Great point.dumbass...DROB was also a big choke, didnt Hakeem use him during his MVP yr
Signing Malone will mean the cutting of someone.
Im guess the culprit will be Sean Marks.
Sorry New Zelanders.
my bad, it just wasnt '95. 0 final appereances b4 TD so that would put drob in the "Complete and utter horse . Malone has never, ever come through when it mattered most" malone category. malone atleast made it to the finals.Yeah, we should sign Malone because Hakeem outplayed David in '95. You got me, kid. Great point.
I wouldn't mind malone as long as he can play D.
Horry couldn't play D for on Lamar Odom.
Malik and another player will be traded. Sign Malone and bring in the new player, simple math.
Haha Slovenian8, you must really want Malone to be a Spurs. But just don't get too excited. Their meeting does not mean he's signing with the Spurs. They were just talking. They have been talking for 8 months now. Personally I do not think he will sign.
However, let's hypothetically say he signs and see what will happen.
The signing of Malone will make trading Malik easier for the Spurs because they no longer have to worry about a shortage of experienced bigmen. If nobody wants Malik, the Spurs would put Wilks to the IL. Further, coach pop will not package anyone with Malik for a trade, unless it's Marks or Massengburg. Some people will say the SPurs would package Brown. But that's completly stupid. Brown will be an important piece when the SPurs play the Suns and the Sonics, where the Spurs have to play 4 guards with Brown playing PF. Moreover, I see Malone being the 2nd bigman off the bench at first, but he will slowly become the first late in the season to the playoffs.
All of this is just my speculations. However, overall, I still say Malone will NOT sign.
Either way , Malone is gone next season.
Scola coming to the Spurs!
that would be a perfect scenario...Malik gone fishin.Malik and another player will be traded. Sign Malone and bring in the new player, simple math
No I am not excited, i just want to know when, today or never. I dont like that he sign for Spurs!!
I really dont know if signing malone is good thing or bad???
I really wouldnt be happy if when Malone sign Spurs go down!!!
But if he sign Rasho will be still first starting Center!
Malone plays cheap. You guys have all probably watched him. He's not what he used to be, and he stays effective by playing cheap. Of course he always has, but now that's all he has left. Some people call his cheap smart play, and it may help his team win games, but it doesn't do anything to earn my respect. Great players don't have to threaten injury to their opponents every trip down the court, they don't have to do sneaky things where the refs can't see to give themselves an advantage, and they don't have to talk trash to get their point across. That's why Malone is terribly overrated. He's an arrogant, crude jerk-off who doesn't have the game anymore to back up his mouth. If the Spurs win with Malone on board, I could never feel like they won fairly unless he really cleaned up his game, which he never will. We can only expect it to get worse as his physical abilities decay. Furthermore, this team is good enough as it is. They are already on pace for the highest season win total in Spurs history. Why put a blemish on that? They are already favorites for the le. "Fans" who think that these Spurs need Malone are proving their lack of confidence and pride in their team. Show some support for the team we have, people.
BTW, I don't believe in Whottt's theory of a high-character era either, but for the record, I didn't want Vernon Maxwell, I didn't want Webber, I didn't want Nesby, Strickland, Anderson, Burton, Kidd, Rodman, or Kobe, and I don't Malone. It's always better to be able to cheer for guys you want to cheer for. Yes, the Spurs front office has a history of pursuing all varieties of unsavory characters, and I think it's shameful. Stop already and forget about Malone. Sure, Timvp and some of the rest of you are right to point out that the Spurs would have dumped the Admiral for Webber, Parker for Kidd, Manu for Kobe, etc., but that doesn't mean that we as fans should start wanting these things to happen. Of course winning is everything, but that doesn't mean it should be.
I think a healthy Malone might, just might, beat out Horry, Massenburg and Malik the Magnificent as the first big off the bench.
Probably can, but this one is the size of an outdoor drive-in screen.Karl can't afford his own big screen tv?
First of all, wouldn't that mean a position change for Tim to center with Malone playing PF? I think Tim could handle that quite nicely with Rasho as a backup. (Hmm. That ought to please the Run-off Rasho folks.)
I disagree that Pop would automatically start him--but if he won the job because of his ability and performance--then why would anyone have a problem with that?
Tim's game wouldn't change one iota no matter where or when Malone played. C and PF are fairly meaningless designations for the Spurs.First of all, wouldn't that mean a position change for Tim to center with Malone playing PF?
Rasho will be first Center, becouse they paid him to much taht he start from the bench. Malone would play when Rasho or Tim go out
From a basketball standpoint, I guess Rasho would start to keep the defensive continuity more than anything. It is difficult to see Malone agreeing to come off the bench, but damn -- that would be one of the sickest bench lineups in history.
in 03 with LA malone avg ~ 13ppg 9rpg 4 ast, shot 48%; and he was the 4th option there behind shaq, kobe, payton.
so whats the deal about him not capable of playing now, yea he had an injury but overall he takes good care of himself.
FACT: in 19 season he has failed to play 80 games only 2 times (98,03) so he is not injury prone. 16 seasons of 80 or more games thats awesome. (durability AKA Emmitt Smith)
also, only in 85, 03 he failed to avg over 20ppg.
throught his career he has avg ~38min per game... so he is not in the same category as kevin willis.
I think Malone wanted to guage just how serious the Spurs are about acquiring him. Solid made a good point; Karl went 500 miles out of his way to drive through San Antonio. He's obviously weighing his decision to return pretty seriously.
You don't turn down a hall-of-famer if he wants to play here and has the game to do so.
Kori asked folks to spell out why they don't want him on the Spurs. I want to explain some of the reasons for those of us who do want him here. People who don't think he'd be a good addition need to look at some obvious points.
1. If this team has a weakness, it's in our frontline support of TD. Rasho, Horry and Malik don't garner the kind of respect that Karl does. He's bigger and stronger than all 3 of those guys. He's a better shooter and passer. He'd get the kind of respect from the refs and opposing coaches that would allow Duncan to free up and be even more effective, and he would probably be able to spell Duncan enough to allow TD to be completely rested come playoff time. Malone can step out and hit jump shots and is a great interior passer, he'd make his teammates better.
2. All Rasho has brought to the table this year is a little interior D, the occassional outside jumpshot, and a dunk about as often as Haley's comet roars past our solar system. If anyone is going to lose minutes in this deal it would be him, and I don't see that as a bad thing. Horry and Malik will still battle for sloppy seconds. People are saying that Malone folds in the post season? Rasho hasn't even shown up yet this year.
3. Pop will have even more looks to throw at opposing teams this way. You'd rather have too many tools in your toolbox than not enough. Adding Malone will provide Pop with more to play with. . .more is GOOD.
4. Marks and Massenbug suck as our ummm. . .backups backups. Sorry, they do. Who would you rather see Pop resort to if someone is hurt, or if Malik is playing catch with Grandma in the 4th row....Sean "I should have been a CPA" Marks, or Karl Malone? Karl at 50% is better than Marks and Massenburg combined. I hear people saying all the time that one of those guys should be getting more minutes because our 4 and 5 spots are so inconsistent after you get past TD in the rotation. Why not have Karl as your fail-safe instead of those two?
5. He won't cost anything. This signing won't put any financial burden on the Spurs.
6. He's not going to disrupt the system Pop has in place. Pop wouldn't allow that. Karl Malone is not Dennis Rodman, and Gregg Poppovich is not Bob Hill. Period.
7. TD wants him. You do anything you can to keep TD happy. Whatever TD wants, TD gets. It's his team....HIS TEAM BABY!!! Oh, wait, I was thinking about Kobe there for a second...nevermind.
What's there not to like? We were wondering for years when Malone's age would catch up with him. Now he's become mortal and either he's had an injury serious enough to keep him off the court for half a season or he's waiting to piggyback on a NBA le team. If the Spurs sign him, he'll be the center of attention from then to eternity (or so it will seem). I like to watch the Spurs now, but if and when the Malone show comes, it will be completely and absolutely disgusting and we will be driven into gibbering insanity, things like hoping that Shaq and Miami will win the le. As you can tell, the gibbering part is starting even at the threat of this.
If he sign for Spurs only better thing would be new rosters for NBA Live 2005 online league!!!!
ESPN finally heard about the Karl Malone story. It's on thier website now.
Anyone who wouldn't welcome Karl to the Spurs is nuts.
Think about Fortson wresting with Duncan all the time in those two Seattle wins. That won't happen with Malone around.
Hey, don't kill the messenger.
And please don't ever say "Like disco, I'm done" again...It actually makes me feel sorry for you.
ewww interesting
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