Spurs sign Marcus Haislip

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so there's nothing official yet right?
prolly another scam like the one with Bourouroursisisiss

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Spurs reach deal with power forward Haislip

By Jeff McDonald

The Spurs have landed their first big free-agent of the summer. And it isn’t Rasheed Wallace.

The Spurs have agreed to contract terms with Marcus Haislip, a 6-foot-10 former lottery pick of the Milwaukee Bucks who has been playing in Europe since washing out of the NBA in 2005.

Widely regarded as one of the top free agents in Europe this offseason, the 28-year-old Haislip is expected to sign with the Spurs not long after the NBA’s moratorium on offseason business expires Wednesday.

The move does not put the Spurs out of contention for Wallace, Antonio McDyess or any of the other NBA big men they have been courting since free agency opened last week.

Still, Haislip’s addition at power forward should be an intriguing one for the Spurs, who have been stocking up on frontcourt options since including Kurt Thomas and Fabricio Oberto in the June 23 trade that brought swingman Richard Jefferson from Milwaukee.

The terms of the Spurs’ offer remain unclear, though it is likely to start at the veteran’s minimum.

For the Spurs to remain in the hunt for Wallace or another high-level NBA big man, they will need to save their full mid-level exception, slated to be worth about $5.6 million. Wallace, who is set to visit San Antonio this week, already has an offer on the table from Boston starting at that amount.

The Spurs also have at their disposal a biannual exception, projected to be worth about $1.9 million.

Haislip was the 13th pick in 2002 draft out of Tennessee, but flamed out after two seasons in Milwaukee. The Bucks declined to pick up the third-year option on his rookie contract, and Haislip wound up in Indiana for one season in 2004-05.

After that, he bounced overseas to Europe, spending the past two seasons with the Spanish team Unicaja Malaga.

A highlight-reel dunker dating to his days at Tennessee, Haislip worked in Europe to buff his offensive game to an NBA polish. He averaged 16.5 points in Spain last season.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/49978952.html

[kace]

I would take this news with a huge grain of salt. As we saw with that big Greek kid, European sports reporting isn't always accurate -- to say the least. This news could be accurate but it could be pure speculation or an agent trying to generate interest in his client.

1- you just can't generalize the journalism, even on the net, of all Europan countries like if it was the same everywhere.

2- there are very reliable sports web sites in europe and there should be some ones not really reliable in US too.

typical us citizen post.

[Obstructed_View]

I guess it worries me some that the Google news top article about Haislip are, in order:

Spurs reach deal with power forward Haislip

and

Worst... free agent signing... ever



What the do I know? I didn't know who Roger Mason was.

[Vic Petro]

Getting him for the minimum is a great move. The MLE and LLE are still available, there is still the possible acquisition of a big via trade with Bonner/Finley/Williams package...lots of options for pop and crazy eyes.

[bless1187]

what is the bi-annual exception, i never really heard of that one.

[kbrury]

the lle

[Kori Ellis]

what is the bi-annual exception, i never really heard of that one.

That's the LLE.

[timvp]

you just can't generalize

typical us citizen post.

[DPG21920]

I guess it worries me some that the Google news top article about Haislip are, in order:

Spurs reach deal with power forward Haislip

and

Worst... free agent signing... ever



What the do I know? I didn't know who Roger Mason was.

Wow. League Pass my friend.

[bless1187]

i don't really get why we are stockpiling all these PF.

T. Parker / G. Hill / J. McClinton
R. Mason / M. Ginobili
R. Jefferson / M. Finley
R. Wallace / D. Blair / M. Haslip / M. Bonner
T. Duncan / I. Mahinmi

[timvp]

The Spurs have agreed to contract terms with Marcus Haislip, a 6-foot-10 former lottery pick of the Milwaukee Bucks who has been playing in Europe since washing out of the NBA in 2005.

Nice scoop, Bruno

Looks like McDonald saw it on the forum and asked R.C. to get confirmation. Perhaps this has been in the works for a while and that's why R.C. mentioned players coming over from Europe.

It'd be interesting to know if the Spurs could have scouted any of Haislip's games when everyone was over there earlier in the summer. If Pop got a look at him and gave him the okay, I'd feel better about this signing.

Overall, Spurs fans should be pleased. Everyone has been asking for more athletes and the Spurs landed perhaps the most athletic bigman in Europe for what sounds like the minimum.

Can't complain about this move. Who knows if Haislip will amount to anything but I like the fact that the Spurs are looking for this type of skillset.

[Ditty]

hopefully bonner is n his way out along with finley for a small foward

[PBEEZY]

i don't really get why we are stockpiling all these PF.

T. Parker / G. Hill / J. McClinton
R. Mason / M. Ginobili
R. Jefferson / M. Finley
R. Wallace / D. Blair / M. Haslip / M. Bonner
T. Duncan / I. Mahinmi

Sheed's a center and R.C. said McClinton isn't a pg

[kbrury]

an athletic bigman who can shoot the three and drive for cheap, cant complain.

[timvp]

i don't really get why we are stockpiling all these PF.

T. Parker / G. Hill / J. McClinton
R. Mason / M. Ginobili
R. Jefferson / M. Finley
R. Wallace / D. Blair / M. Haslip / M. Bonner
T. Duncan / I. Mahinmi

Wallace isn't on the team. Blair and Mahinmi are good prospects but there's no guarantee that they'll be ready to produce this year. Bonner is coming off of a playoff run that saw him crash and burn. Gist is still raw.

The Spurs needed to sign two more bigs. I think it's a pretty good idea to sign Haislip to a cheap contract. The alternative is to go with a veteran big that no one else wants .... and there's very limited upside in that route. At least Haislip has potential to surprise.

Spurs fans shouldn't be celebrating or anything but signing a guy who flunked out of the NBA, went to Europe, refined his game, became one of the best players overseas and is hungry to prove himself isn't a bad thing.

[clubalien]

I see everyone talking about him being athletic. I was wondering does he play like a young shawn kemp?

[MarHill]

Nice scoop, Bruno

Looks like McDonald saw it on the forum and asked R.C. to get confirmation. Perhaps this has been in the works for a while and that's why R.C. mentioned players coming over from Europe.

It'd be interesting to know if the Spurs could have scouted any of Haislip's games when everyone was over there earlier in the summer. If Pop got a look at him and gave him the okay, I'd feel better about this signing.

Overall, Spurs fans should be pleased. Everyone has been asking for more athletes and the Spurs landed perhaps the most athletic bigman in Europe for what sounds like the minimum.

Can't complain about this move. Who knows if Haislip will amount to anything but I like the fact that the Spurs are looking for this type of skillset.

I'm with you, Timvp!

The Spurs fans have been asking the FO to get younger and the last two seasons they have started to do that!

Now...we still have some Spurs fans complaining! Yikes!!

Obviously, they made an excellent move in getting Jefferson and now another move to get Haslip.

I must admit I don't know much about him. But this is the same FO who found Manu, Tony, George Hill, and signed Roger Mason.

Let's give them some credit and see what happens next week with either McDyess or Sheed.

[bigdog]

Well, it's a good thing that the Spurs are looking for athletic players now. If he does have a consistent jumpshot, this could be a decent signing. It might not be great, but could turn out good. He ended up as one of the best players in Europe, so bringing him back to the NBA can't be a bad thing.

[kace]

maybe that was on purpose



anyway, is there anyone who've seen him play enough in europe to give his opinion.

KBP did that and it doesn't seem really good from what he said.

any other member opinion ?

[Bruno]

If his contract is guaranteed (and I really think he is), Spurs should be quite high on him.

There are a lot of question marks at PF/C with Blair, Mahinmi and maybe Gist. The logical move would have been to add some stability to this group with some vets PF/C. Spurs have instead added another question mark. Spurs should think that Haislip will likely turn into a solid NBA player to take that risk.

[Parker2112]

I'm with you, Timvp!

gluck, gluck, gluck...

[MarHill]

gluck, gluck, gluck...

Yeah...I know!!

But when someone is right (whether is Spurs fan or even Laker fan)

I will give them credit!!

But, if I disagree...I will express my opinion like I've done a lot on this forum.

Ask SenorSpur or Allanon or Lakaluva or the notorious Dr. House (LOL!! Just kidding)....have I expressed my disagreements with them.

[kace]

If his contract is guaranteed (and I really think he is), Spurs should be quite high on him.

There are a lot of question marks at PF/C with Blair, Mahinmi and maybe Gist. The logical move would have been to add some stability to this group with some vets PF/C. Spurs have instead added another question mark. Spurs should think that Haislip will likely turn into a solid NBA player to take that risk.

if we land Sheed, that could be: Duncan, Sheed, Blair, Mahinmi, Haislip and Bonner ?

for what i see, that's one sure thing with Tim and 5 gambles. 2 young unproven players, 1 who has yet to prove something in the NBA, 1 who has yet to prove something in the PO (where it matters) and 1 that has yet to prove he has something left in the tank and that he will fit our team.

a lot of questions for our frontcourt.

[benefactor]

It seems like a decent depth pickup on paper. Spurs fans are slobbering over Gist but this guy looked far superior to Gist last year in overseas play.