A fairer ranking of Spurs offseason moves (than ESPN's BS) by Mavs' reporter

[Rummpd]

http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/09...65&feedID=3577

1. San Antonio: The Fountain of Youth

By reputation, the Spurs are old. Tim Duncan limps a little bit and Manu Ginobili is going bald and … wait a minute. … they just signed Brazilian star Tiago Splitter to a three-year, $10.9-million deal? And Splitter has all that international experience but is just 25?

Never mind.

The Spurs acquired his rights at the end of the 2007 Draft. They didn’t panic, they didn’t demand. They just nursed the situation. And now the time – because some of the Spurs actually are aging, as humans do – is right.

Splitter is a post-up weapon, he’s a worker, he’s a great pick-and-roll fit on both ends. … He’s not LeBron or Wade or Bosh … and again, none of the pickups in the West this summer are. But Tiago Splitter represents how it works in the deeply compe ive West, where elbowing and paddling matter so much.

{Others getting praise are: 6) NO 5) Utah 4) OK 3) Mavs 2) Lakers}



By the ways, prayers have to go out to Tim Thomas who at least has temporarily retired to stay home with a sick wife. . . . http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/09...37&feedID=3577)

[WildcardManu]

Good read.

[Halberto]

Fairer or more appealing?

[DrSteffo]

More appealing and too positive of course. I would give the Spurs' off season a solid B. The addition of Splitter is very good indeed. Solid draft pick in Anderson too. Only negative is that we still have just one true SF and haven't improved our perimeter D.

[cutewizard]

guys

i give the spurs an A (conditional)

splitter is the best center outside the nba

anderson can score

garrett temple is a unique find as playmaker

a healthy blend of young and old

we can play, we shall play, and we can win it!