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Free agency can be hilarious.
Hopefully we look back on this thread and laugh while crossing Tanqueray off the list as of reputable sources.
Hopefully we look back on this thread and laugh while crossing Tanqueray off the list as of reputable sources.
everyone knows RJ is gay. and looks like people are saying big baby is gay. Was it a requirement for the RJ trade to acquire a gay partner for RJ?
Wrong. I explained why. The goal is to win a le (or give a legit shot to) before Tim is done. If the moves were RJ and Baby that would be a fail more than likely. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
I never "blasted" the RJ trade. I said it was a great trade in isolation. But I would hate the overall moves that were made if this came true.
Stop this trash. Thanks.
A Bunk Buddy for RJ.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.
I think Spurs should look in the direction of another trade rather then big baby. I would take the following scenario before baby. If Blazers are for real about spending some cash on David Lee, maybe we can offer them another money saving trade that will help free up some minutes for Lee. Offer Bonner and Finley for Joel Przybilla. If they take that then we still have the MLE which most of which (not all, about $3m of it) I would like to see being offered to McDyess. McDyess is a very good mid range shooter that would play well with Duncan. We reall need some big bodies up forward. Although Joel is overpaid at about $7m annualy, I think it would provide a nice defensive backup to Tim Duncan. He did well last year when starting in place for Oden. The team would then look like this:
Parker/Hill
Mason/Ginobili/McClinton
Jefferson
Duncan/Blair
Przybilla/McDyess/Mahinmi
I would really like to see a minimum contract offered to Grant Hill also but I think that is more of a pipe dream then reality. I'd be happy offering $3.6m of the MLE to McDyess and then offering the other $2m to Hill. Great thing about having Hill would be another guy that can run the point.
C'mon, the spurs can do better than this guy. He's nothing more than a role player which we now have plenty of in the frontcourt.
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Marcus,
I'm anti-politically correct...but you can say what you mean without going to a racial slur!!
Just like someone who curses every third word out of their mouth. Can't you express yourself by using other words in the English language. Plus...there's no context for it anyway.
That's my point.....
If I had known what a storm my post was gonna start, I wouldn't have posted that picture.
Of course, everyone is ignoring the possibility that the Spurs were feigning interest in Davis in order to pressure the Celtics regarding Wallace. In any event, the forum is assuming that the reporter in question has current info on Davis, and not something he heard a couple of days ago.
And, of course, even if the Spurs are truly after Davis, the offseason will not be over, not by any stretch of the imagination. Assuming that this forum membership is comprised of more from Mars than from Venus, it is apparent that testosterone is in short supply in the world today.
It will be serious ass if Big Baby is our big get. Maybe the spurs are trying to get Boston to back away from Wallace by smoke screening to get a sucker like Memphis to come in and sign Big Baby, then Boston can decide how bad it wants Wallace. I actually like Big Baby's game, but not when we already have Blair, we don't need two undersized 4's.
If this really goes down, it looks like it was a CIA okey doke. Go after Wallace just enough to get the Celtics to use the full MLE. Then use that opportunity to snag Big Baby
Well played CIA move. Too bad it landed Bonner minus three-point shooter.
Big Baby strengths:
- Hustle. He works amazingly hard in the court.
- Inside defence. Very good low post defender - Duncan certainly agrees; he's nimble on his feet to the point he's actually decent hedging on ball-screens.
- Mid-range jump-shot, especially from the elbows. He worked very hard to develop one; he sucked for months, he became incrementally better and in the 2nd half of last season, he was a very good jump-shooter.
- Screener. Albeit frequently over-aggressive, gets called for moving screens too often.
- Passer. Good feeling for the game and good passing technique for a big. Also a good ball-handler. He's a very skilled player.
- Spacing. He moves well, knows where to be.
Weaknesses:
- Rebounding. He boxes out so it doesn't hurt that much, but he's atrocious. Too small, not explosive or quick getting up.
- Finisher. He's great making lay-ups: in fact, he was the most efficient Celtic in terms of lay-ups!! The problem is that you don't want your big to make lay-ups when he gets to the rim.
- Perimeter defence. Perimeter oriented 4s give him trouble; he has poor lateral quickness.
- Length. He's undersized with short arms and little leaping ability. People can shoot over him.
- Doesn't always know his limitations. He'll frequently try to do too much.
- Shape. Can this be a problem once he gets a big contract? He ended his 1st season a bit overweighted. On the other hand, he's said to be a hard working lad.
Final result: if he rebuilds his body and improves his leaping ability and explosiveness, he has the skills to be a good face-up 4, a la David West. A bit of a tweener, but a solid offensive player. If not, he is what he is: decent option as a energy backup for a team with great rebounding and in need for a midrange jump-shooter and high post player.
Tyson Chandler is looking pretty good right now, maybe we are working a sign and trade for someone else.
Yes, lets hope. This is the worst news to come out today.
Hopefully we look back on this thread and laugh while crossing Tanqueray off the list as of reputable sources.
Then 10 minutes later this comes out. FML.
"...are said to be..." by whom? Probably Tanq. "Are said to be" is not a reliable source, especially considering the CIA mentality of the Spurs. You do realise this is the Boston Globe, right? What the kind of access do they have to the Spurs FO? None. Go back to Understanding Media 101.
When this is confirmed by a reliable San Antonio source, or someone in the national media citing their source, I'll believe it. Until then, it's just meaningless words.
If we say the lux tax threshold will be $72 million, that's $20 million to work with. Need to sign 7 players with that. It's not a lot but to say they'll be "well into the tax" just isn't certain.
Generic idiot forum. You could say this about everyone that post and idea or opinion (which is everyone).
Shhh.
whoa, homie I was just posting the info for your viewing, I', not a media person so keep that type of at ude for someone else.
"...are said to be..." by whom? Probably Tanq. "Are said to be" is not a reliable source, especially considering the CIA mentality of the Spurs. You do realise this is the Boston Globe, right? What the kind of access do they have to the Spurs FO? None. Go back to Understanding Media 101.
Well the good news is they got Marcus Haislip for the minimum
Great post. As I said, undersized or no, I think Davis is a great value for the money pick up for the MLE, and at 24 or so, could potentially be a steal.
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