Spurs sign Oberto, Horry

[Kori Ellis]

SPURS SIGN FABRICIO OBERTO

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have signed Fabricio Oberto. Per club policy terms of the contract were not released.

Oberto - who is 6-10 and 245-pounds - has been a member of Argentina's national team since 1995. During the 2004 Olympics, he averaged 8.7 points and 4.0 rebounds in 22.7 minutes while shooting .604 (29-48) from the field. He missed the gold medal game after suffering a broken right hand late in Argentina's win over the United States in the semifinal game. He will be the sixth member of Argentina's 2004 Olympic Team to play in the NBA (joining Manu Ginobili, Andres Nocioni, Carlos Delfino, Ruben Wolkowisky and Pepe Sanchez).

Oberto, who turned 30 on March 21, has played professionally for the last 12 seasons. After playing five seasons in Argentina, for Atenas de Cordoba, he joined Olympiakos Pireus in Greece for the 1998-99 season. In August of 1999 he signed with Tau Ceramica in the Spanish League. For the last six seasons he has played in the Spanish League, spending his first three seasons with Tau before playing the last three seasons for Pamesa Valencia.

During the 2004-05 season, Oberto appeared in 30 regular season games for Pamesa Valencia, averaging 14.2 points and 7.3 rebounds in 28.5 minutes. He led the league in field goal percentage with a .654 mark (191-292). In ULEB Cup play he saw action in 16 games, averaging 12.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in 27.6 minutes, as Pamesa advanced to the ULEB semifinals.

[Kori Ellis]

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Spurs today announced that the team has re-signed free agent Robert Horry. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Horry played a key role in the Spurs 2004-05 le run. He hit the game-winning three-pointer with 5.8 seconds left in overtime of Game 5 of the Finals, giving the Spurs a 96-95 win and a 3-2 series advantage. He was the highest scorer off the Spurs bench in the Finals (10.6 points per game) and throughout the playoffs (9.3 points per game). During the 2004-05 regular season Horry averaged 6.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 18.6 minutes of action for the Spurs.

The Spurs 2005 NBA championship marked the sixth of Horry's career. He is the only active player to win four or more les and is one of only 12 players in league history who have won six or more championships.

Horry, who will turn 35 on August 25, has seen action in 931 regular season games in his career, ranking him 10th among active players. The 6-10 forward holds career averages of 7.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.13 steals in 26.0 minutes per contest. He has never missed the playoffs in his 13-year NBA career. Horry has seen action in 198 career postseason games, which is third all-time and the most of any active player. His career playoff averages of 9.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.29 steals are all higher than his career regular season averages. The Finals all-time leader in three-pointers made, with 53 threes in 33 Finals contests, has connected on 237 threes in his playoff career, placing him tops among active players.

The Alabama native entered the NBA as the 11th overall pick by the Houston Rockets in the 1992 NBA Draft after spending four years at the University of Alabama. He earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors in 1993 and won two les (1994, 1995) in four years with the Rockets. He was traded on August 19, 1996 to the Phoenix Suns, where he appeared in 32 games before being dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers on January 10, 1997. Horry won three les (2000, 2001, 2002) in seven seasons with the Lakers prior to signing with the Spurs as a free agent on July 24, 2003.

[spurschick]

[gus]

Yeah,

You'll know from now on a new meaning for though guy.

Hope that Oberto does well. He is a good kid like Manu.

Gus

[boutons]

OK, so we can stop the summer, and start training camp!!

[GoSpurs21]

OK, so we can stop the summer, and start training camp!!

Nope the Spurs still need to find a young tall athletic 3 to back up and learn from Bowen

[ace3g]

yeah the spurs still have 3 roster spots to fill

[kolko]

[Solid D]

KSAT said Fabri was so excited to be a Spur, he took the jersey home with him.

[spurschick]

He's such a cutie.

[Solid D]

I like his style. He's got a silver front tooth....make that a Spurs' Silver tooth.

[Manu20]

Welcome aboard Oberto.

[CaptainLate]

I like his style. He's got a silver front tooth....make that a Spurs' Silver tooth.

Are we sure Oberto's 6'10"? The guy holding the other side of the jersey better be about 6'7".

[beirmeistr]

Welcome to the Spurs, Fabricio.
It is great that the Spurs have another warrior.

[Summers]

Check out his website: www.fabrioberto.com The home page has been updated and looks good.

[spurschick]

Check out his website: www.fabrioberto.com The home page has been updated and looks good.

That was quick! I looked at it earlier and it was the same old one.

[Samr]

Well that was unexpected. COMPLETELY caught me off guard.

[beirmeistr]

he's proud to be a Spur, going by that link. But I couldn't get past that first screen.

[Gummi]

Nice to have those guys looked up. Now we can focus on Devin and Glenn or their replacements.

[Duff McCartney]

Are we sure Oberto's 6'10"? The guy holding the other side of the jersey better be about 6'7".

Isn't that RC? I heard RC is a pretty tall bloke.

[WalterBenitez]

He's such a cutie.

Yeap ... my sister says that SA could release Rasho now!!!

[SpursWoman]

Isn't that RC? I heard RC is a pretty tall bloke.

Yes, that's Buford...and he is very tall. Somewhere around 6'5 I think.

[midgetonadonkey]

He looks like Fabio.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I think Spurs fans need to call in and threaten to cancel their tickets unless Fabri gets a different number.

I don't know what the the Spurs are thinking giving the jersey of one of our prodigal sons (J.R. Reid - the guy played with DRob!) to some Argentinian scrub.

[dknights411]

I think Spurs fans need to call in and threaten to cancel their tickets unless Fabri gets a different number.

I don't know what the the Spurs are thinking giving the jersey of one of our prodigal sons (J.R. Reid - the guy played with DRob!) to some Argentinian scrub.

Calm down! He'll most likely pick another number before he comes here. In fact, I came across this pic the other day, so don't worry about numbers yet...