I liked DA because it seemed that he actually liked the Spurs and wanted to play for us when he was a free agent. After he joined the team, I recall him saying that he watched the Spurs and he thought the main thing that they were lacking was a penetrator and that he thought he could be a great fit here. I liked that he looked at it from a Basketball standpoint and a fit standpoint, I thought that was refreshing to see someone actually looking at the team purely from a Basketball stance.
He completely lost me though after scoring 2 points or whatever it was in the games he played in the Lakers series and then asking for a huge contract straight after. That didn't sit well with me at all. I know that Lakers team was great and that he had a separated shoulder, but I always wonder how that series would have went it he was healthy and able to play in those first two games at home that were close. He could have made a difference and changed the whole series if it wasn't for that asshole Juwan Howard.
Anyone know how bad his shoulder was and if he should have even been playing? Did he try and gut it out just to play those two games?
Also, with the Robinson thing, how much money did they offer him? I always thought their first offer was 1 million dollars or something ridiculously low like that. I either got the wrong info or my memory was/is off. A poster above mentioned 8 million. Was that the first offer? The low ball offer? If so, my opinion has actually changed. I think that was a decent offer if in conjunction they were able to get Webber or another significant free agent by offering him that much. I do remember him being upset and talking about going to the Knicks. I also remember the fans were pissed about possibly losing him and then putting pressure on the front office to up the offer. For some reason though, I'm just remembering the offer being very low, a lot lower than 8 million.