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DEKE on Spurs, come on FO!!! He's old, really old!!! You like those kind of guys, right?
posted by allanon in the nba forum
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/s...king_Hand.html
BOSTON--Dikembe Mutombo is going after this harder than he has ever gone after a block or a dunk or a rebound.
Much, much harder.
The 7-2 free agent center who helped the 76ers reach the NBA Finals in 2000-01, and who says ''I will be in Boston or San Antonio by the end of the year,'' is trying to raise at least $2 million to help treat the thousands of patients who have been coming, mostly on an out-patient basis, to the hospital he has built in his native Democratic Republic Of The Congo.
His Atlanta-based charitable foundation has teamed up with Denver-based Mobile Accord, Inc. to create a system by which people can make a contribution of $5 by sending ther text message CONGO to 90999. The mobile channel is supported by AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint/Nextel, T-Mobile asnd US Cellular. (Anyone wishing to donate more than $5 should dial 1-800-251-0942.)
''If we can get 400,000 people to send a text, we can raise the money,'' Mutombo said in a telephone interview the other day. ''We'll know in three months what we have done. It is to save the lives of children in Congo. So many of them have malaria. A child dies every 35 seconds of malaria or measles. I know I am not the solution, I am just a piece of the puzzle.''
The hospital Mutombo has built is the first modern medical facility there in 40 years.
Mutombo was a guest at the Dec. 17 premier of ''Gimme Shelter,'' a do entary short prepared by actor-director Ben Affleck about the war-ravaged Congo, where more than four million people have died since 1998.The film was presented at the United Nations Refugee Agency to help raise awareness for the need for financial aid.
''The volume of patients at my hospital is about 250-300 outpatients a day,'' Mutombo said. "Sixty-five percent have malaria. This is a call to the American public and my fans in the Delaware Valley to respond, a call for a Christmas spirit.''
DEKE on Spurs, come on FO!!! He's old, really old!!! You like those kind of guys, right?
I'd put the chances of it happening at 2%
He will take the money with Boston.
Mutumbo's size and veteran savvy would give Bynum problems. I wish he'd go anywhere BUT the Spurs/Celtics.
I doubt he comes here. He will probably see Boston as the better chance at a le.
That being said...I wouldn't mind having him at the end of the bench.
I hope he will go to Boston.
i wanna see a finger wag in a spurs uniform
I like him in here so the theme will be, win it for DEKE!!! Eh, just like they want to win it for finley back then....
Because he is slow and Spurs need quickness in their frontcourt.
he would be perfect for this team, since he gives us the 3rd dimension of big man we are missing..we have the shooter and offensive player in Bonner, we have the tough, gritty player in Thomas, and Mutombo would give us a shot blocker and rebounder..
obviously a young, athletic big man would be ideal, but I'd take a proven, former DPOY at this age over an unproven D-League player..
Oink Oink, i hate your avatar. Is that melo?
Hes not the best option but hes the best shotblocker we would have in years since DROB left.
Thats gotta be worth something. Plus if hes slow it wouldnt matter since the spurs do play a slow paced game.
If he's smart he'd probably end up going to Boston
Can't say I'd blame him.
well i dont!
really dont want another old fogy on our roster
besides, he should just go with boston and get a ring!
He would be a decent pick up for the Spurs, it's not like Bonner or Fab are shot blockers or even "alterers". He's someone who can fill that void for the rest of the season. He'd be a better rebounder too. Who cares if he doesn't learn the offense to the T, he would be here to rebound and defend. The way we jack up 3's he could be there to clean up a little.
I'd welcome him but I don't "want" him in a Spurs uniform.
In order to get another player it would take the Spurs waiving someone and I don't want what D brings because we need that plus quickness. He lacks quickness and we lack the energy off the bench to go with him on the florr, if we can bring in some quickness to match him on the floor then cool but he and Tim together is too slow in my book. That being said I think it could work but in certain instances and I'd rather they look for speed and quickness on the frontline with Tim. D works when Tim exits the game but Tim needs help alongside him not when he leaves the court, the way I see anyway.
I think that we would all like to have a faster front-line player, but the problem is that there are currently none available on the FA market and we'd have to give up something of value to acquire one in a trade. If we were to sign Deke, we'd not necessarily give up anyone (since we would likely send them to the D-league and likely see little interest from other teams in the league).
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo
I fully agree with Bruno here. The Spurs could use a shot blocker, but the big problem with their bigs is that they don't have a player who is quick enough to guard face up 4s, like David West and Dirk Nowitzski. Also, if the Spurs sign Deke it would likely impede the development of Ian Mahinmi, assuming his old lady ankles come around. Finally, I'm in favor of the Spurs using their 15th spot as a revolving try-out door to Austin, and Mutumbo would eat that space. Let Boston have him.
People say they dont want him cause hes too "old" and "slow".
Im going to laugh at these ST posters who dont want Deke and then Deke goes to Boston and contributes big time for them.
I'd rather have Mutombo than Tolliver so I say sign him and waive Tolliver
Thats why your sitting at home and not an NBA GM.
Mutombo is done and washed up.
He doesn't move laterally very well at all anymore, and now his age has caught up to him finally.
Hes not come to SA so time to move on.
come to SA, although that would mean hairston or tolliver on the way out.
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