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Spurs are really stupid if they don't want to trade Barry and Beno for Maggette. I just can not believe that happend.
I want Maggette badly on this team, but there's no way they can survive another series with Dallas or Phoenix with a backup PG who has a Van Exel jump-shot. I would love to have him for Barry and Udrih if the Spurs could by some other means land a backup PG who can hit an open jumper.
Spurs are really stupid if they don't want to trade Barry and Beno for Maggette. I just can not believe that happend.
This may be off-topic, but it's somewhat related as several Spurs fans were proposing him as an alternative: Charlotte dunker/bricker/gambler Gerald Wallace just injured his shoulder (again).
i can't believe that we are pinning our playoff hopes on the way barry is playing now...as if come playoffs he will be a difference maker a la steve kerr. kerr was a prove performer in the playoffs, barry hasn't proven anything in the playoffs and i doubt he'll make much of a difference this year. if you can trade him for a solid, strong 3 that attacks the rim, puts pressure on defenses and hits his free throws, i don't know how you let that go. furthermore, every time the spurs try to clear cap room to land a free agent, they fail. our track record is abysmal. the only way we can get top tier talent is through trades or draft picks...or veterans in the twilight of their career who are chasing a ring.
now, if the spurs are calling the clips bluff and trying to get maggette for the best deal possible, i'm cool with that. but, i don't know how you let this guy slip through the cracks. the spurs were/are chasing him because they know he can be an important piece to this team's championship run.
Didn't Barry hit a game-winner off a Duncan moving screen during the Kings series?
Talk about a guy that can't make an outside shot.....Charlotte dunker/bricker/gambler Gerald Wallace just injured his shoulder (again).
Go Spurs Go!
true, memorial day miracle it wasn't, but he did hit that shot. if there were more moments like that, maybe i'd have the warm and fuzzies. kerr, elliott, even jaren jackson played out of their skulls in the playoffs...barry has to do a lot more to get me excited.
I honestly believe this is the case. The Spurs don't want to give up both Barry and Beno and are playing chicken. LAC isn't getting a lot of great offers and are filtering the fact right now.
At least, that's my hope. I hope the Spurs do get Maggette but hope they don't overpay. Of course, maybe they are done with getting him. Nevertheless, I see them making a move somewhere this year.
If they want to improve their championship chances, they'd better make a move.
I remind everyone what the Malik Rose-for-Nazr Mohammed did for the Spurs in '05. That move jettisoned the Spurs to the NBA Championship.
I don't know if Maggette would provide the same spark, but he sure couldn't hurt.
Also I wouldn't worry too much about his supposed "selfish" at ude. The Spurs have had some dealings with those personalities in the past - NVE, Glenn Robinson. These guys had to conform the the ways and behaviors of the team.
exactly. we definitely have the disiplinary coaches here to calm guys down. i mean look at stephen jackson, when he was here, we had few,if any problems with him,and now that he left for big bucks, hes gone crazy.
Nazr waved a great towel in '05.
True. And he was rendered "ineffective" during the WCSF.
That said, he still helped the Spurs win the NBA le.
I think the shot actually tied the game and sent it into overtime where the Spurs eventually won if memory serves.
I love Brent and I love the way he's been playing this year but the only playoff series where he's really been a difference maker was two years ago against the Suns. Maybe he put in some minutes playing point against Detroit when Tony choked (again) but that's it. I wouldn't call him a "playoff performer" per se.
I would say the "selfish" players Pop has worked with in the past have either been no names on the way up or old veterans on the way down. I suppose Derek Anderson might fit this definition, but he was shipped out.
I don't think Magette would want to continue coming off the bench. There's no way around that issue.
Who was that in game 5 with like 18 points 15 rebounds?he was rendered "ineffective" during the WCSF
Him and Manu were the only ones to show up....
Yeah that defense he played was just patheticwhen Tony choked (again
Well there's one way - he could start instead of Manu.
But if he came here, he'd know that there's no guarantee that he'd be a starter. No Spurs player's starting job is guaranteed.
We probably tried to talk his agent into dropping the option year and produced a nice impasse.
Mr. "Loyalty" walked out on his own terms.
That's my thinking as well. Knowing the Spurs, if they are really serious about getting Maggette, they are trying to turn that player option into a team option.
The only player in the history of the NBA who I can remember taking years off his contract to help a trade go thru is Nick Van Exel. He gave up millions to join the Mavs. So yeah, good luck in getting a player to throw away $9M or whatever it is.
Good luck in that getting by the player's union as well.
Yes, good point. I forgot the facts of his exit, I remembered the emotions.
I thought someone did it last year; it probably haened the other way around.The only player in the history of the NBA who I can remember taking years off his contract to help a trade go thru is Nick Van Exel.
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