Rasheed Wallace signs with the Celtics

[Marcus Bryant]

Naturally the usual ing morons show up to throw dirt on the front office.

[poeticism707]

I don't get it.

Poor Duncan. His last years will now be spent playing next to Matt Bonner, Marcus Haislip and unproven rookies.

If the Spurs gave any part of their MLE to Haislip, Buford is dumber than I thought. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he didn't. The timing however, suggest otherwise. Sheed meets with Boston July 1, doesn't sign, says he'll visit SA next week, we sign Haislip today and five hours later Sheed signs with Boston. Odd.

Rasheed Wallace was THE one player that would do the most for our team in our system and our front office held on to their s for the last 5 days. No way on Earth Wallace actually thinks Boston has a better chance at a ring.

The Spurs use the first 5 days of free agency to sign Marcus Haislip....well done RC.

Antonio McDyess is not what we need. Doesn't rebound, doesn't block shots, can't defend the long three and is undersized for the true big men of the league. He also has surgically repaired knees.

All this talk about a great offseason after the RJ acquisition and you'll see, we'll end up with Marcus Haislip and Rasho Nesterovic.

Now, don't go overreacting! Sheed was the top FA Big for the Spurs, the best fit and 1 A if you will, but Dice is likely 1 B, because he is DEADLY from midrange, and stretches the floor plenty for Duncan in the post. Also, a great defender, rebounder, passer, clutch performer, also hard working and classy, unlike Sheed.

But even if the Spurs missed out on Dice, ZaZa would be a very good fit also, and he's much younger than either of them.

Don't despair Spurs fans! There are A NUMBER OTHER OPTIONS!

Smile!

[Walton Buys Off Me]

I understand your anger, except you're an idiot..

I wanted Wallace too, but there clearly isn't much of a difference..most Pistons fans have been telling us that Dice is better as well..

McDyess cannot spread the floor the way Wallace does. They are completely different players.

The Spurs system allowed Matt Bonner to almost resemble a D-League player last year feeding off the space Duncan creates.

Imagine what Rasheed could do.

Wallace would be a much better fit than McDyess, it's not even comparable.

[Marcus Bryant]

Buford has answered this question: Nope.

Actually, the answer was "unlikely."

[Kori Ellis]

Parker is usually in the know and he did mention Sheed. This is smelling more and more like a strike out.

Oh, I definitely think it was a strikeout. I don't think Rasheed was their only target, but Manu, Tony, and even Ian wouldn't be talking about Rasheed if the Spurs weren't targeting him.

That said, he wasn't a savior.

[Pucho!!!]

It seemed Parker mentioned in an interview that the Spurs were going after Sheed so maybe they did miss on their number one target.

Or maybe that's what the Spurs wanted everyone else to think

[anakha]

Oh, don't mind me.

Watching the fallout is incredibly entertaining.

[timvp]

McDyess cannot spread the floor the way Wallace does.

McDyess doesn't have three-point range but he hit a higher percentage of his outside jumpers than any bigman in the league outside of Dirk.

[Marcus Bryant]

McDyess can hit a 20 foot J. So perhaps Wallace would command 3 more feet on the weak side at most.

Wallace is not a superior rebounder and only a marginally better shotblocker than McDyess.

[Marcus Bryant]

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[Dunc n Dave]

I don't get it.

Poor Duncan. His last years will now be spent playing next to Matt Bonner, Marcus Haislip and unproven rookies.

If the Spurs gave any part of their MLE to Haislip, Buford is dumber than I thought. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he didn't. The timing however, suggest otherwise. Sheed meets with Boston July 1, doesn't sign, says he'll visit SA next week, we sign Haislip today and five hours later Sheed signs with Boston. Odd.

Rasheed Wallace was THE one player that would do the most for our team in our system and our front office held on to their s for the last 5 days. No way on Earth Wallace actually thinks Boston has a better chance at a ring.

The Spurs use the first 5 days of free agency to sign Marcus Haislip....well done RC.

Antonio McDyess is not what we need. Doesn't rebound, doesn't block shots, can't defend the long three and is undersized for the true big men of the league. He also has surgically repaired knees.

All this talk about a great offseason after the RJ acquisition and you'll see, we'll end up with Marcus Haislip and Rasho Nesterovic.

I'll give you that he doesn't block shots (0.8 last year), but the guy nearly averaged a double-double last season in pts and rebounds. He also shot 51% from the floor. He CAN help the Spurs, but at this point I think I'd rather see Glen Davis in a Spurs uniform. At least we'll get more than 1-2 years out of Davis.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I don't get it.

Poor Duncan. His last years will now be spent playing next to Matt Bonner, Marcus Haislip and unproven rookies.

If the Spurs gave any part of their MLE to Haislip, Buford is dumber than I thought. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he didn't. The timing however, suggest otherwise. Sheed meets with Boston July 1, doesn't sign, says he'll visit SA next week, we sign Haislip today and five hours later Sheed signs with Boston. Odd.

Rasheed Wallace was THE one player that would do the most for our team in our system and our front office held on to their s for the last 5 days. No way on Earth Wallace actually thinks Boston has a better chance at a ring.

The Spurs use the first 5 days of free agency to sign Marcus Haislip....well done RC.

Antonio McDyess is not what we need. Doesn't rebound, doesn't block shots, can't defend the long three and is undersized for the true big men of the league. He also has surgically repaired knees.

All this talk about a great offseason after the RJ acquisition and you'll see, we'll end up with Marcus Haislip and Rasho Nesterovic.

Bull . McDyess does rebound (9.8 boards per game in 30 mins last year!), and we don't need him to be a weakside shotblocker, that's Tim's job (he still got 0.8 in 30 mins last year). He CAN space the floor as his mid-range game is fantastic, and he's a solid defender. He's 6'9.5" without shoes, 0.25" shorter than Sheed, which makes him 6'11" in shoes. We don't need him to guard 3s, we have other players to do that. And as for his knees, he's adjusted his game since his injuries and seems to be fine. In other words, you don't like McDyess but you also don't know about him.

[DPG21920]

Oh, I definitely think it was a strikeout. I don't think Rasheed was their only target, but Manu, Tony, and even Ian wouldn't be talking about Rasheed if the Spurs weren't targeting him.

That said, he wasn't a savior.

Having said that, do you find it odd that if he was the main target that the Spurs FO was so seemingly lazy in their pursuit?

[Kori Ellis]

@ Spurs fans assuming that the Spurs are going after Dice next. For all we know, they have Bass and Wilcox next on the list.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

It has to be that the Spurs didn't truly want him. Perhaps they told him the team wasn't willing to match the Celtics' offer. The timing is just too weird to mean anything else.

This.

There has to be a VERY SPECIFIC reason they didn't pursue him with aggression. Also I'm used to see the FO pull these kind of smoke walls to deceive everyone and come out of nowhere and land a totally different person.

Let's watch and see.

/popcorn
/turns on tv

[Kindergarten Cop]

While I am extremely disappointed that we did not land Wallace, I am not going to badmouth him or our front office. He was my number one candidate to start next to Timmy this upcoming season, but I realize that the team brass are much better at analyzing these types of acquisitions than I - so I will pray that they have something in the works already. McDyess was my second option, as he is on the shortlist of many other posters, so I hope all of those that stated that he was a better fit for the Spurs than Sheed turn out to be correct and he signs with us on Wednesday. I pray that they will not settle for Bass or Davis.

I would also like to reiterate what another poster noted in this thread: Did most of the posters acting as if our front office is doing nothing forget about how well our offseason has gone so far? Even if we don't acquire a big name 4/5 (which I certainly hope is not the case), this has been one of the best offseasons in a long while for the Spurs.

[Shastafarian]

@ Spurs fans assuming that the Spurs are going after Dice next. For all we know, they have Bass and Wilcox next on the list.

[Brazil]

It seemed Parker mentioned in an interview that the Spurs were going after Sheed so maybe they did miss on their number one target.

Actually he said Sheed AND Dice

[ploto]

Reports nationally were that the Spurs were not all that interested in Rasheed and people shot the messenger.

I think McDyess will stay in Detroit; I have all along.

[spursbird]

McDyess doesn't have three-point range but he hit a higher percentage of his outside jumpers than any bigman in the league outside of Dirk.

You forgot Okur and Bonner.

[Sii]

so for the past week or two people have been praising the Spurs front office and now that one potential FA signs elsewhere its doom and RC sucks? Wallace would have been worth getting but its not the only option

Haislip will be a vet min player. acting like he was signed over going after a MLE FA is ridiculous

[ElNono]

Actually he said Sheed AND Dice

EDIT: Manu did said he would have preferred Sheed.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

McDyess cannot spread the floor the way Wallace does. They are completely different players.

The Spurs system allowed Matt Bonner to almost resemble a D-League player last year feeding off the space Duncan creates.

Imagine what Rasheed could do.

Wallace would be a much better fit than McDyess, it's not even comparable.

McDyess doesn't have three-point range but he hit a higher percentage of his outside jumpers than any bigman in the league outside of Dirk.

Beat me to it.

Dice has the best midrange jumper of any big man not named Dirk by the stats, and when watching the Pistons last year he just seemed to knock in long J after long J.

Dice would be a close to perfect fit for us. He's like Kurt Thomas, but better and more consistent.

[DPG21920]

Who knows? But I think trades can provide the best fit now. FA has some decent players, but I think there might be a few trades that could work out better.

Just please, please do not be going after Bass or Glen Davis. Please.

[JamStone]

McDyess does spread the floor, just not as far as a three point shooting big man. He's got a great 15-18 midrange jumper, and can hit it all over the halfcourt, from the baseline to the elbows to the top of the key. He's really a great shooter. If he actually practiced three pointers, I think he would be a pretty good three point shooter. And, McDyess is actually a very solid rebounder, better than Rasheed anyway. If the argument that McDyess isn't what the Spurs needed compared to Rasheed because he doesn't rebound and block shots, that very well could have been said about Rasheed.