haha bulls with -51 wins
Bonner is now a bench player..meaning he'll be playing more often against other bench players, instead of starters like last year..???..So other teams are going to be so kind as to clear their bench just to give Bonner favorable matchups? Sweet! Will they do that in the playoffs too?
I don't want Jackson anywhere near this team..he doesn't fit at all after the RJ trade..we have enough all-star caliber players..
Fair enough. I don't think we see much Bonner at all the way this roster is shaping up though, except in garbage time when we are blowing someone out by 20 or more points!
San Antonio is 3 hours away,and there pretty good this year?
win a cahmpionship or tank?
I think the Spurs are pretty much done now. They addressed the two biggest needs by replacing Bonner and Finley with McDyess and Jefferson in the starting lineup. They also added some youth with Blair and Haislip and possibly Gist, McClinton and Hairston.
Great balance to the roster right now. It's possible they pick up a 3rd pg that rides the bench unless blowout situations or some such.
Great trade!I have been thinking about this one for awhile; here goes:
Trade Bonner,Williams,and Finly's contract(they all are expiring) to portland for Pryzbilla and Fernandez. The deal is actualy good for both teams due to it allowing for us to fortify our 2 spot for the future and adding another big to the frey! Portland benefits this year during free agency and next year when they have to resign their stars roy/alldridge! They would be able to cut finly and williams for 2million worth of savings this year while bonner would fall off the books next year...just in time for them! What do you guys think?
Portland may do it too, to get more cap space, the currency of the league.
I'd pull the trigger on that one.
Boris Diaw would not be bad pick up for those players: I also think he'd give LA some match up problems of their own, a la Suns-Lakers Playoffs a few years ago.
I would be loathe to give up Mason for him though.
If the Spurs got Battier, only giving up Mason, Finley, Bonner, etc, the Spurs would DESTORY the Lakers.
No one, and I mean NO ONE, guards Bryant better in the league today.
I'd do that trade in a second: Battier and Scola, or just Battier exclusively.
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/features/rumors
I don't know who originally started the rumor that the spurs are involved in a Sign and trade, and this is basically me trying to connect the dots, but Mark Stein is reporting that there is a mystery 4th team involved in the Marion to Mavericks deal. Could it be the Spurs picking up someone like Anthony Parker. This could be just a bunch of crap, but we did pick up Ron Mercer years ago for nothing. Below is what Stein is saying:
TRADES: Four teams now in Marion deal?
Shawn Marion | Raptors
ESPN.com's Marc Stein reported late Wednesday afternoon that the Dallas Mavericks and Toronto Raptors had successfully enlisted the Memphis Grizzlies to help facilitate a trade of F Shawn Marion from Toronto to Dallas, but Stein later tweeted that a fourth mystery team could become involved before all was said and done.
Memphis still has cap room, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Spurs were trying to weasel their way into that deal to try and unload Finley and/or Bonner in a salary dump move.
You could be right. It sounds like there is a 4th team involved. Lets just hope out of 27 teams we are the team involved.
Can't believe there is talk of Buckets. I'm the biggest Jackson fan I know, and I don't want him on this team. No room at all.
With McDyess jumping aboard, Bonner goes from liability to asset just like that.
He is now a big guy who can come off the bench, knows the system, stretches the floor and plays passable defense against mobile, perimeter type big men. For 10-15MPG off of the bench, particularly on a team with an older frontcourt you would like to keep fresh, Bonner is a valuable piece, particularly in the regular season, and with rotations shortening for the playoffs, you don't have to worry about him disappearing. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I would like the Spurs to keep him.
Finley, meh. Get rid of him if you can, bring Bowen back. At worst, Pop can not play Finley over Jefferson and with Manu and Mason at the 2, there isn't many minutes there. I think he is alright as end of bench insurance and as a shooter in situational moments.
The additions of Jefferson and McDyess really give this team ridiculous depth. The only thing I see the team needing is a veteran PG that can get the ball up the court, and be decent defensively.
How does Bonner have a higher Salary than Finley?
Bruce BowenWhat's missing
Um, Bonner and Fin proved they didn't have it this year in the playoffs. , Bonner spent half the time in the fetal position...
I was thinking Finley and Bonner would be shipped, but given that the salary cap is likely to plummet next year by about the combined size of their contracts, that suggests to me the FO are more likely to keep them and let them expire. Also, if you dump those two you're suddenly short on proven long bombers - we hear that Haislip and Gist can bomb it, but they are yet to prove it in an NBA game.
Nah, I reckon we're done, and I'm fine with that.
I have been thinking about this one for awhile; here goes:
Trade Bonner,Williams,and Finly's contract(they all are expiring) to portland for Pryzbilla and Fernandez. The deal is actualy good for both teams due to it allowing for us to fortify our 2 spot for the future and adding another big to the frey! Portland benefits this year during free agency and next year when they have to resign their stars roy/alldridge! They would be able to cut finly and williams for 2million worth of savings this year while bonner would fall off the books next year...just in time for them! What do you guys think?
Ugh, Pritchard will never trade with SA. The Lakers and Mavs would trade with us before Portland.
actually, at that point, you're getting into the whole "only one ball to go around" issue.
as good as sjax is, with the roster in hand, you'd really like to have a defensive minded player who can just hit open jumpers/make the extra pass, i.e. raja bell if he hadn't lost a step.
Whats missing? A good big next to Duncan.
Championships in 99 03 DRob, 05 Man from Nazr. 07 we got by with Fabs and the opponent being coached by Mike Brown.
Will Jefferson be the missing athletic 3 we've wanted and needed since SJax? We shall see.....
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns
The 4th team is Orlando. Looks like they're s/t Hedo to Toronto while getting back a tade exception. Stack to Memphis, Wright/George to Toronto, and Humpries to Dallas.
ETA: Ric Bucher has the same deal reported but adds that Greg Buckner will also be going to Dallas.
Last edited by loveforthegame; 07-08-2009 at 11:40 PM.
How is Camby fitting in amongst TD/Dice/Blair/Mahinmi/Haislip? No to Camby, and there's no reason the Clips would send him here now given that they unloaded Randolph. I liked Camby as a last ditch trade possibility if we got nothing with the MLE, but he's irrelevent now.Agreed. Get Camby!
Which, ironically, is what Spurs fans have been clamoring for two years, no matter who we've gotten or not gotten (ie Blair, Dice, etc).
Again, get Camby!!!
Decent point and yeah, that worries me a little. However, I'm hoping Pop learns the lesson of last year and plays his youngsters.
I think you stole exstatic's idea - he posted the same thing yesterday. I also think it's highly unlikely as there's not enough in it for Portland. Why would they give Fernandez away? Guy is going to be a great player. And we don't really need Joel now that we have Dice.I have been thinking about this one for awhile; here goes:
Trade Bonner,Williams,and Finly's contract(they all are expiring) to portland for Pryzbilla and Fernandez. The deal is actualy good for both teams due to it allowing for us to fortify our 2 spot for the future and adding another big to the frey! Portland benefits this year during free agency and next year when they have to resign their stars roy/alldridge! They would be able to cut finly and williams for 2million worth of savings this year while bonner would fall off the books next year...just in time for them! What do you guys think?
Battier would be an awesome fit here, and the trade works for Bonner and Finley. Throw in a pick and get it done!
(Unlikely though since Houston have never done a thing to help us out - they owe us a favour for Scola though...)
Great post.
See emboldened bit of MI21's post. I don't envision them playing a role in the playoffs.
This guy for FTW. Spot on.
, I thought the offseason was over but PhilaChamberlain has me lusting for Battier now...
Battier is the perimeter defender we're lacking. Imagine that swing rotation - Mason, Manu, RJ, Battier. They would chainsaw through starting and second units.
Why would Houston give away Battier? He's the ultimate glue guy and their team is far too talented to look to rebuild.
3 out of the 5 players you mentioned are unproven in the NBA. That's how Camby fits.
If everything goes according to the "Spurstalk Plan" and Mahinmi is actually a French basketball god, Blair is the steal of the draft, and Haislip is something more than a former NBA washout, then the Spurs have the problem of too many talented big men. If, however, one or two of those young, unproven players demonstrate that they aren't ready....then the Spurs have Camby.
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