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lol no
He will go to a big market
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...r-Al-Jefferson
The San Antonio Spurs are the frontrunners to acquire Al Jefferson, according to a report.
Jefferson will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason and the Utah Jazz are unlikely to re-sign them.
“Those teams are practically incestuous, they are on such good terms internally,” one NBA source said.
Dennis Lindsey, current GM of the Jazz, is formerly of the Spurs' front office.
lol no
He will go to a big market
"Presumably they’d also ask for Tiago Splitter, because somebody would need to back up Kanter, and because Splitter is having an improved season in the year his contract expires – meaning Utah would not be taking on any long-term financial obligation."
While Big Al is definitely the better individual player than Splitter, I'm not sure I want to give up Tiago, who's playing very good basketball right now and nice fits nicely in the Spurs system.
But then again, the Spurs aren't winning the championship as currently constructed, so it might be worth the gamble. Jefferson is the best low post big in the NBA not named Duncan or Gasol.
Oh, and Jefferson is about the worst defensive big in the NBA. One of the main reasons the Spurs interior defense has vastly improved this season is because of Splitter's mobility and activity. Duncan and Jefferson would get annihilated in pick-n-roll situations.
Splitter>>>AJ, AJ is putting up better numbers however his defense is horrendous.
jefferson is a solid player. deserves to get paid, but his defense is a liability..
You are stupid.
Splitter is scoring 11PPG and 6 RPG on 60% shooting in just 23 mpg, Splitter is no scrub.
Aj is putting up 17 & 10 on 47% shooting in 33 mpg.
AJ practically gives up as many points as he scores on defense. There is a reason SA has the 4th ranked defense, it's the pairing of Splitter-Duncan. Last year they were ranked I think at 15.
Agreed.
Perhaps Splitter is a better fit for the Spurs, but certainly not superior to Al Jefferson.
And how much longer is Timmy intending to play? if he ends up retiring in the next year or two for some reason, AJ would be a nice replacement to continue trying to be compe ive while Parker and Ginobili are still productive.
AJ also has to create basically all the offense for himself and a lot for his team.
Splitter can just sit around and do clean up work off of whatever Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, and others don't accomplish.
Jackson,Blair and Joseph for Al Jefferson... throw in Bonner's ass too!
http://www.hoopsworld.com/nba-pm-tra...azz-and-spurs/
I don't think you have watched him play. While he may get assisted a lot, it's really because of his superior PnR play. He doesn't just get off rebounds/garbage points, they go to him quite frequently in PnR situations and he delivers. He's also improved (even if it is strange looking) at iso-low post plays.
I don't think you have watched him play. While he may get assisted a lot, it's really because of his superior PnR play. He doesn't just get off rebounds/garbage points, they go to him quite frequently in PnR situations and he delivers. He's also improved (even if it is strange looking) at iso-low post plays.
Not to mention he is a much better passer than Al as well. I would wager that Tiago's %'s in the low block are better than Al's along with at the rim. Al is a much more smooth, polished player on the low block but where he has Tiago beat is his ability to face up from 15 feet and shoot in addition to handling the ball and driving.
I hope they'll take Blair for Jefferson!
if we can pull this off without losing tiago, do it by all means necessary. If we could somehow convince Al to be the anchor of the second unit, that'd be fantastic
Only the Lakers can get that type of value
I'd still take a chance.
With the way Splitter is improving, s to the no.
I would absolutely say Splitter > Al without thinking twice. Post scoring is nice, but Splitter's entire package is far more attractive than Jefferson's one trick pony act.
Al's defense speaks for itself.
Splitter may not be
>>>AJ
But for the Spurs, he's definitely
>AJ
defense and rebounding...does AL do any of that?
even though splitters defense and reb can easily be replace by the emergence of baynes how quickly he fits into the system
IMHO, Big Al is actually a decent one on one defender in the post, and not bad help defender from the weakside, it's his PnR defense that truly horrendous, while that play is exactly the main playbook of todays NBA. Playing in the late 80's-early 90's, i think he will be more than okay defensively. And his rebounding, while not otherworldly, is stil BETTER than Splitter ever was up to this point.
He's a very good post player & bigman, actually well worth his 14 mil salary, it's just he's a bad fit for a team like Spurs of today.
phenomenal pickup if the spurs can get big al. i love his game, and he'll BEAST in the black and silver
al is overrated and the spurs should've learned a lesson from the other jefferson that they acquired a few years ago, which was a pure blunder. dude might look good for certain teams but im not fully convinced he will be the right one for spurs tbh, and his salary would be a burden to them spurs who're financially tightened.
As a Duncan replacement, i think he will actually thrive as a Spur. Too bad (and great for us Spurs fans), TD's signed to 2015.
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