Spurs leading race to sign McDyess...

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McDyess to sign with Spurs
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
9 minutes ago

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Coveted free agent Antonio McDyess(notes) has decided to sign with the San Antonio Spurs, a league source told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday afternoon.

McDyess, 34, will sign a two-year deal at the mid-level exception for $11.7 million. It is believed there is a partial guarantee on a third season.

McDyess’ decision had come down to the Spurs, Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns

[lefty]

ESPN Radio 1250 just announced that Yahoo reports that McDyess has agreed to 2-year, MLE with the Spurs.

[lefty]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[TheProfessor]

About freaking time.

[pad300]

Hey, TiMVP, on a more serious note, where would you fit Varejao into your current possible big man list. You showed Bass/Gooden/Davis, but Varejao might actually be worth the MLE...

[fleggy2k2]

2...2 Big dummies that have no style or taste in clothes.

huh?? not to sound gay or anything but:

The tradition of leaving the bottom button of a coat undone started as a fashion choice. Coats are designed to flare away at the bottom, since the hips are (generally) broader than the waist, where a coat should be fastened. Modern suits are all cut with this in mind, and thus the bottom button should never be used, as it throws off the tailoring of the suit, turning a man's silhouette into a cylinder.

and i'm 5'5'' 120 lbs so i'm hardly big, but "dummy" is still up in the air. but i'm asian, so it's acceptable.

[BlackBellamy]

Hip!-Hip!...

[fleggy2k2]

Woot woot about time dyess

[StoneBuddha]

Yes!!!!

[Spursmania]

Check out new Threads-he's coming to SA!!

[anonoftheinternets]

ESPN Radio 1250 just announced that Yahoo reports that McDyess has agreed to 2-year, MLE with the Spurs.

if true ..

[timvp]

This thread was only alive for 26 hours.

But that was a loooooong 26 hours

[rayray2k8]

This aint no race no more!! Spurs win "San Antonio McDyess."
Close this !

[rjv]

looking back at this thread the doomsday mcydess ain't coming posts are that much more hilarious

[scottspurs]

Patience was key in this thread.

[Obstructed_View]

Eat and die, Houston.

[Russ]

If Nene's the Brazillian Shaq., then Splitter is the Brazillian David Robinson.

I wouldn't say that Splitter is the Brazillian David Robinson -- that would be Anderson Varejao.

But I would say that Splitter is good and will have a better NBA career than, say, Luis Scola. Hands down.

[DPG21920]

Eat and die, Houston.

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[DBMethos]

Don't worry guys. I called for help.



Dyess, if we're curt with you it's because time is a factor. We think fast, we talk fast, and we need you to act fast if you want to keep Spurstalk from going into a meltdown. So pretty please, with sugar on top, sign with the in' Spurs.

I'm pretty sure this is what did the trick!

[Marcus Bryant]

Eat and die, Houston.

[will_spurs]

Patience was key in this thread.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

in ay. Welcome Dice!

And, after my first real sleep in 4 days, my flu has finally broken - I feel half-human again.

From back on page 3 or so, 6 days ago:

I've been arguing for 2 months that Dice is the better fit for us, and I stand by my argument. He has a fantastic mid-range jumper (in top 10 most accurate in the league last season - IIRC he was 5th or 6th), is great on the boards, a solid defender who would thrive in our system, and no headcase factor - in fact, the opposite, a great team guy who understand sacrifice for the greater good.

That's okay, so we throw a bit more at him (10/2, 13.8/3) and promise him the starter's role and a shot at a ring... he sure as ain't got one with Detroit right now. That Pistons roster looks in dissarray to me.

We can offer more money than the Pistons, and a much better chance at winning a ring (the Pistons' roster looks decidely average to me). We're also the perfect environment for a guy like Dice.

I strongly feel that he will be our other starting bigman next year.

As discussed earlier in the thread, we can offer Dice more than the Pistons can - they can only go to about 4mil, while we can go the full MLE. I reiterate (already said it a few times), offer him the same deal Sheed got - full MLE for two years and cross your fingers.

I think people will be very pleasantly surprised when Dice thrives in our system while Sheed shows everyone just how much he has declined... although I'm willing to accept that Sheed might be rejuvinated early in the season by his move to Boston, we'll see the truth of it in January and beyond.

I was all over this one from the start, in fact going back to the start of the off-season... and if you want to give me for pointing that out, try aiming some at just about everyone else around here because we all like to remind people when we get it right.

Now all I need is Bass to Orlando and Varejao to stay with the Cavs and I'll have picked where all the premier FA big men landed too! I should bet on this stuff.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Don't worry guys. I called for help.



Dyess, if we're curt with you it's because time is a factor. We think fast, we talk fast, and we need you to act fast if you want to keep Spurstalk from going into a meltdown. So pretty please, with sugar on top, sign with the in' Spurs.

Awesome. I love The Wolf.

So, what time did word first officially hit the airwaves? I had 2:38pm SA time.

[poeticism707]

This thread was only alive for 26 hours.

But that was a loooooong 26 hours

Indeed!

[Obstructed_View]

???

I've been worried much of the afternoon that they were going to use their MLE to try to sign Dice since they got their injury exception from the league in record time. As you know, they love stealing players from the Spurs.