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They have to sign someone with Tiago out. They can't do anything with a frontline of Duncan-Bonner-Blair. They need to be on the phone now to pick up any bigs on a 10 day just for filler.
With injuries to Tiago and Manu, is there any chance the Spurs bring in another player and who could they sign?
They have to sign someone with Tiago out. They can't do anything with a frontline of Duncan-Bonner-Blair. They need to be on the phone now to pick up any bigs on a 10 day just for filler.
Malcolm Thomas is the most likely candidate. They could get Ajinca on short notice if they consider they really need a center, but I'm not sure that would help anyway.
They will have to sign someone. No way they can move forward with only 3.
I wouldn't expect much but someone to spot minutes for the other guys to rest and for 6 fouls.
Przybilla baby, he can ball!
Keep an eye on the Toros/D-Fenders game that start in a little less than 3 hours. If Malcolm Thomas or one of the Toros' bigs doesn't play in that game, there is a good chance Spurs have called him up.
Give a 10 day to Leo Lyons of the Austin Toros. He is having another good season down there. 6-9 240. PF. 16.5 pts 8.5 reb 51.4 fg% 79.8 FT% 33% from 3pt
Give the kid a chance Who knows he might be another Gary Neal-Danny Green find.
My money is on Malcolm Thomas for a ten-day contract. But maybe Lyons or a placeholder vet like Etan Thomas or Melvin Ely.
Time to dust off that Tony for Dwight thread
Whoever they sign I don't see Pop trusting them enough to play them a couple minutes to rest the others. He'd rather run Duncan, Bonner, and Blair into the ground before doing that.
I'll do it monday.
They'll sign somebody but I'll be surprised if the addition is relevant.
Yep, Malcolm Thomas is scheduled to play in LA in a few hours. Once they had the diagnosis on Tiago I wonder if the Spurs dispatched someone to fetch him.
How much do you think Etan Thomas or Melvin Ely has to give at this point?
Of course, you have to throw out a call to the white whale, Przybilla. And maybe even call Fesenko (although, hes got a bit of a bidding war going and might not be as cheap as we'd like).
Kinda strange that no team has even looked at Thomas this year.
I opened the Toros website and the first thing I saw was a headline saying "Thomas signs 10 Day Contract with the Hornets" and I immediately thought, "no way, the Hornets poached Thomas away from us?!"
Then I remembered that Malcolm Thomas doesn't play for the Toros anymore, but for the D-Fenders. It was Lance Thomas that got the call apparently. From the Hornets at least.
Or shudder Mikki Moore.
If the Spurs sign Moore, I'm done.
(IMO)Spurs won't fully commit guaranteed money to any bottom of the barrel free agent right now (Ely, Etan Thomas, Gadzuric, Fesenko,ect) because they don't want to use up the part of the MLE they have available until the trade-deadline/buy out market is over with. (*Unless there's a quality free agent out there like a Kenyon Martin, but that ship has sailed.)
With that being said, Spurs will likely sign a D-League player (like Thomas) to a 10 day contract and repeat that process until Splitter gets back.
Given the situation, I doubt this D-League 10 day signing will get quality run. So expect Leonard's minutes to increase, along with small ball.
He will need to give us about 15 mins a game. Duncan will go for 33 if he does.
antoine walker anyone? he can spread the floor to half court and play no lick of defense and rebound
Great post. In limited minutes, I actually think Leonard will play well at the 4.
Wasn't Greg Ostertag tearing it up in the D-League recently?
I was kind of thinking Eric Dawson.
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