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wow they're shopping dyess? i didn't see that coming at all.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns
Spurs look to trade McDyess, eye Thomas
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
16 minutes ago
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The San Antonio Spurs are trying to unload Antonio McDyess(notes) and the remaining $7.5 million owed him after this season to possibly clear a way to make a trade for Chicago Bulls forward Tyrus Thomas(notes), league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
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The Spurs have been searching for expiring deals to move McDyess, who will make $4.9 million next season and is guaranteed about $2.6 million in 2011-12. Trading McDyess would free minutes and give them greater flexibility to re-sign Thomas this summer if they want. Thomas would give the Spurs a younger, more athletic complement to Tim Duncan(notes), and could be part of a future frontline with former first-round pick Tiago Splitter(notes) and rookie DeJuan Blair(notes).
The Spurs are shopping Roger Mason(notes), who is in the final season of his contract, with the help of Mason’s agent. In addition to Mason, they have a number of other expiring contracts – Michael Finley(notes), Matt Bonner(notes), Ian Mahinmi(notes) among them – to possibly offer the Bulls.
The Denver Nuggets could be a match for McDyess, who played six seasons there. Nevertheless, it’s less likely the Spurs would want to do that deal with another Western Conference contender. The Bulls have been shopping Thomas, and are trying to get expiring contracts and a good first-round pick for him.
New York still has interest in a deal for Thomas that would include Al Harrington(notes), but doesn’t have a 2010 first-round pick to give them. And one of the Knicks future first-round picks could be on its way to Houston in the deal they’re discussing for Tracy McGrady(notes) and his expiring contract.
The Spurs are 30-21 and are tied for fifth place in the Western Conference. They traded for Richard Jefferson(notes), who they also have tried to trade, and signed McDyess last summer to increase their payroll to about $80 million in hopes of chasing their fifth championship.
wow they're shopping dyess? i didn't see that coming at all.
Poor Dice. Didn't he say that he was planning on retirement had the Spurs not signed him as a free agent? Now they're trying to ship his ass on out...
Dice has just proven to be too tall for Pop to stand by and do nothing.
I had posited Jefferson for expiring contracts but that would seem unlikely. According to this update, it's Dice for expiring contracts.
I think this is a bad move...Dice was just gearing up for a 2nd half run and was looking pretty good.
I know we haven't heard about a Spurs deal, but I think their looking seriously at making a big trade.. They just aren't letting anyone know of their intentions until now maybe..
The article implies 2 separate trades.. It seems their doing their best to make a trade, I like it..
Man, that would really give a lot of playing time to TT and Blair. I guess it would help TT learn the system faster, but it shows that the FO must have a lot of confidence in Blair. Just when we were all starting to like dyess.
Trying to trade Dice tells me they're more serious about Haslem..
With that being said, having Thomas-Splitter-Blair in our frontcourt next season would be really sexy..Splitter has the size, Blair has the "it factor" and Thomas has the athleticism..
I don't know, McDyess is just now starting to look solid; if we were to trade him for Tyrus, who's to say it wouldn't take him just as long (or longer) to start fitting in?
I hate to lose McDyess just for his personality too, he seems like a great guy and I was hoping he could get his ring with us (maybe a moot point now, although I hope not). Maybe he does what he did with Denver last year and refuses to play for Chicago, then they cut him and he comes back here.
Mr Second Half is finally living up to his name, too . .
Are we tanking in 2010????? I dont get it. We rolled the dice this summer by reaching into holts pocket and now since this gamble has failed, are they tanking?
With Pop reluctance with the youth movement, I can't see him believing on a Blair/T. Thomas frontcourt to help Tim. If Dice and Bonner are traded, it may be interested to get Haslem and T. Thomas.
If it was up to me, I would love having both Haslem and Tyrus over Dice and Bonner right now..I highly doubt that happens though..it's looking more like the Spurs are going hard after Haslem though..
If Pop has nothing but young guns to play ...
I rathe the spurs trade mason to memphis for sam young while the spurs trade for thomas and maybe miami will bite on bonner and finley or mihinmi for haslem
Maybe junking McDyess isn't for Tyrus, it's just a ploy to free up more minutes at PF for Bonner and Finley
I hate the idea of losing Dice.
I doubt McDyess ends up getting moved, but if he does, I hope it's to a contender..he deserves to play for a ring..I wouldn't mind seeing him on Denver..
Yeah, it looks like they are working to get front court help. After Tim and Blair, the Spurs only have Bonner and that's not encouraging whatsoever.
This season is just ing chaos.
stupid to trade Dyess as he's playing much better
I don't like that at all.
If Spurs trade McDyess for an expiring contract, they are basically giving up this year.
In 2010-2011, MdDyess could be useless with Duncan, Thomas, Blair and Splitter but Spurs will really need Dice this year. And while in 2010-2011, Spurs will have some good young players, Duncan and Ginobili will be one year older than this year.
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