He'd be that potential third defender the Spurs should be looking for, unless you feel CoJo could fill that roll?
It was partially tounge-in-cheek, but I wouldn't mind Thabo. If you plan to play Kawhi at PF, it at least allows a defensive option line up (TP/Danny/Thabo/Kawhi/...). But I don't think Beli will be moved unless it's very meaningful. Unfortunately, it seems like OKC is a perfect trade partner for CHI/Dunleavy. If CHI just looking to maximize cap space and absolutely avoid the tax, trading with OKC and getting nothing back is something to consider.
Wouldn't it be some if the Spurs were rumored to be apart of a deal but were unwilling to move Ayres?
That would be one of the biggest meltdowns ever.
It's hard to do trades. Period. It's even harder to do trades with the limited assets that the Spurs possess. But this has the feel of the RJ acquisition. Spurs and trades always are discussed, but that one happened. It happened during a point in time when it seems like the Spurs felt they stretched as far as they could with what they had. I get the feeling they feel that way at the moment.
Like HH said, they might not do a trade, but hopefully we see they pushed really hard even if it doesn't happen. Better be "Despite multiple conversations late into the night, the Spurs bid for player x fell short as they could not gather the necessary pieces to get a deal done".
I wouldn't put it past them if it read.. "Despite multiple conversations late into the night, the Spurs were unwilling to move certain players on the roster to make the deal work, an inside source close to the team has speculated that Matt Bonner and/or Jeff Ayres were the missing piece to get the deal done." Sometimes the moves or the lack of moves that the Spurs make are real silly.
It's hard to do trades. Period. It's even harder to do trades with the limited assets that the Spurs possess. But this has the feel of the RJ acquisition. Spurs and trades always are discussed, but that one happened. It happened during a point in time when it seems like the Spurs felt they stretched as far as they could with what they had. I get the feeling they feel that way at the moment.
Like HH said, they might not do a trade, but hopefully we see they pushed really hard even if it doesn't happen. Better be "Despite multiple conversations late into the night, the Spurs bid for player x fell short as they could not gather the necessary pieces to get a deal done".
The reason why I don't believe it would be another combo guard is because the Spurs have a plethora of guards already in Joseph, Belli, Green, Ginobili, Mills, Parker, DeColo. If they trade away some of these guys then perhaps it would open the possibility of drafting/trading for a combo guard or SF. I just don't see it happening until that requirement is met.
I see where your going with it and I too would concede that we have a ton of guards but we waived Thomas to get Jeffers and then Shannon brown. I'm not saying Thomas was great but we waived length to go with small guards for what?
Spurs also could have signed deshaun Thomas for peanuts who was a sf/pf... he wasnt going to be great but dude is better than Ayres. Could rebound and shoot.
Everyone here needs to realize that Tiago/Green/Ayres/Td/Kawhi/Manu/parker/bonner/mills/Marco/Diaw are not getting traded. Your left with cj/de colo/Baynes Good luck!
I would love to trade Nando and bonner for Neal and Middleton. Neal is an upgrade over Nando and Middleton would be a good back up to kawhi.
For some reason I get the feeling some Euroleague player will become available after their season ends early and joins the Spurs. I would be less surprised if this happened than if a trade happened.
Anyone with length and can rebound?
The defending Western Conference champion Spurs offered point guard Beno Udrih a chance to return to San Antonio this summer, but he declined, signing a free-agent deal instead with the Knicks.
Now that Mike Woodson has banished Udrih and he has asked for a trade, the Spurs might be a candidate for the Slovenian point guard who has two rings from his time in San Antonio.
Former Knicks general manager Scott Layden, now in the front office of San Antonio, was at Wednesday’s game scouting the Knicks.
http://nypost.com/2014/02/13/udrih-c...n-san-antonio/
Lol wut
These aren't the droids you're looking for
I think they will consider Bonner or Ayres along with Baynes, Nando,and Joseph. Just hard to think what they could get of significance without other being involved. It's a tough one for sure.
Please no.
If this goes down then we can expect to see RC at the presser pulling open his shirt to reveal an OKC shirt underneath..Please no.
Prob offered beno a training camp invite and nothing more
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To be exact, the Thunder are shopping more for a two-way wing player than simply a shooter.
ST would have thrown a fit had Pop added Udrih AND Beli... and I would have been right there with everyone. I guess there arw scenarios in which Udrih nad some sense, but I can't think of any.
My guess is they want Ariza, but perhaps DPG21920 had it right all along with Chandler. I only see the Wiz moving Ariza for Lamb and Jones. They'd take Jackson, but I doubt they'd want to pay him.
Bonner & pick for Wesley johnson
bonner, de colo, pick for Jason thompson
Not really much to work with on our side
I think OKC is targeting Afflalo tbh. Not sure how realistic that is.
That would make sense. They could move Thabeet and Thabo ( and probably their 1st rounder) for Wilson Chandler. OKC would still be under the luxury tax too. Denver gets a 2nd 1st rounder and has a replacement 3 that is on an expiring contract. Thabeet's contract isn't guaranteed next season, so they could just be done with him.
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