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I think he'll play til they realize they just how slow he is.
He'll be getting Alonzo Gee/Chris Quinn minutes. Nothing to see here. The 13th man carousel will continue until someone sticks, and Ime won't.
I think he'll play til they realize they just how slow he is.
Sucks that Hairston got hurt multiple times in the off-season..from all indications since he left the Spurs, it appears that the injuries were the main reason for the departure, he could have been a decent insurance for Anderson..(Hairston thread!)..
this hairston was the perfect fit for this team
How about getting a defensive player without slow legs? Then again, who are we to question the infallible Pop
Worst move yet. Hopefully it's not a guaranteed deal. I would rather see the rotating players every 2 weeks.
Yeah right. He'll play against face-up fours (unless you think it's a coincidence that they sign him the day after they just played Lewis and had trouble guarding him and the fact that Udoka used to be utilized in those match-ups) and he'll probably play against Bryant, James, Anthony, etc.
Overall, Neal will probably play more, but whoever plays each game will probably have more to do with match-ups than anything.
Unfortunately, I think Udoka lasts for the season. If the Spurs wanted to keep auditioning young players, they'd have given Green an actual look.
It was obvious the Spurs had Hairston pegged to take over the role of Bogans/Udoka.
I don't know why anyone didn't buy that injuries were the main reason in the first place. The way this team goes through fringe players, if they didn't genuinely think relatively highly of him, then he wouldn't have lasted the better part of two years in the first place. Also, they gave him more run than they ever gave to any of the other fringe players.
I don't get it. Why even sign a player that you wont even play? IF that were so it might as well be a project player to try to develope and thats not Ime.
What can Ime do for this team other then for the spurs have to pay for a dud?
Did someone else get hurt?
To me, Udoka would be a signing you'd make if you needed someone to fill minutes who "knew the system."
Anyway, he's super slow but (unless someone else is injured) I don't think he'll get much playing time unless it's in blowouts.
I like the signing.
That is all.
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Oh how soon we forget...
Ime vs Lakers 1
Ime vs Lakers 2
Exactly
About having a guy that knows the system
This is the rare time I'd prefer to be wrong, but unfortunately, I probably won't be.
Udoka will likely play in the aforementioned match-ups. This isn't some green player like (no pun intended) Green or Gee, this is a veteran guy who knows the system. With the Spurs dearth of wings with size, I can't see him being stapled to the bench. Be prepared to see his lead footed defense and erratic shooting on a semi-regular basis.
The Spurs must sign the 13-th player and they have cut Green for some reasons. Udoka is probably the best currently available player.
I think I was one of the last hold-out believers around here. I really thought he was going to get his together, and he never failed to disappoint. It's kind of hard for me to get excited about him coming back. Maybe he'll make me look stupid twice by being really good this time.
I think what really killed his game was taking that job on Criminal Minds:
Mass pooping on poor Ime here.
I can almost imagine the overly joyous thread that 'Spurs waive Udoka' will be in a couple of weeks.
BTW, I like Ime and think he can do a job for ~5-10 mins a night to spare Manu, but on with the hating on the 12th man I guess.
I'd rather bring back Finley, and I'm being 100% completely honest when I say that. , I'd even take DerMarr Johnson over Udoka. Speaking of Johnson, where is he at? I know he was in camp with the T'Wolves. Dude can shoot. Too bad he got that DUI when he was with the Spurs.
Damn I remember that first game of the 2008 WCF and the epic meltdown at the end. I watched it at 8am in New Zealand... and I remember it enough to "just say no to Udoka".
If many people are freaking out it's obviously because of Pop's history to get infatuated by just plain bad, old, slow "veterans" who killed the show more than once.
I look at this move in the same way I looked at the NOH trade with Toronto: why mess with a winning team? With a new prospect at least there would be no risk of Pop overplaying him. With Udoka, one never knows.
The best case scenario I can see is that he's been brought in to explain the system/practice with the younger guys, and won't even sniff the floor of a NBA game. Unfortunately there are probably better players available right now to do that.
Nobody knows how the contract is set up. This could be something to provide depth until Andersen returns and before all contracts are guaranteed.
More than one person has suggested recently that this season's likely to be a success because there's no crappy veterans aside from Bonner to take minutes away from superior young players. Those people spoke too soon.
Or maybe right now you speaking too soon?
How do you know that the Spurs didn't? I know Green was barely here, but San Antonio was the 2nd team that let Green walk. Thats a telling sign that a guy barely in his 2nd year can't even stick as a 13th man.
Unless the Spurs can find a young prospect to develop this season, your not going to find a whole lot of options out there. He does know the system and is a physical player. This sigining might be just another audition, to see if Udoka has anything left. If he does, I have no problem with Udoka as a 13th man. Even if Udoka sticks with the Spurs, I can't see him getting any minutes once Anderson is back.
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