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The Spurs can afford to play their centers little time as possible. See Tiago Splitter. He would have a long career with us. Any other team is different.
Why are you guys so pissed at losing him? Upset with Manu and thinking that if Manu would have taken less, we could have kept Boban. Or signing him over others.
You do realize that he isn't going to last more than a couple of years. It would take that time for him to get everything down. Then by the time he knew the Spurs system in and out, he wouldn't be able to play anymore because of his knees and feet. The guy has to have some form of gigantism and it's not going to be a long career for him. He is only going to thrive in very limited minutes and more than likely would have only ever been used in garbage time.
The Spurs can afford to play their centers little time as possible. See Tiago Splitter. He would have a long career with us. Any other team is different.
Dude is in great shape and was healthy last year.
OP is just speculating.
Manu cost us Boban.
People just expressing their opinions and that's always a good thing. Always two sides to a coin. Manu tres!!! Can't wait for next season.
I'm not saying that he is out of shape. I'm saying that his body won't hold up. Dude could barely move when he was more that 6 feet from the basket. Opposing players would just blow past him.
I like the guy. I think he's a great novelty act but he isn't going to cut it long term. I would rather pay Manu this one year and get it over with and have the money freed up next season. Signing Boban to a multiyear deal would hurt us more.
Tiago could actually move though. He helped when it was needed. Boban was mostly a garbage time player. Big difference.
He was impressive with the Spurs his rookie season. All time high on his production stats all year. How did Tiago do his first season?
Splitter was a garbage time player when he got here as well. Pop was stupid for not playing Boban earlier in the OKC series just like he was when he benched Tiago in 2011 against Memphis tbh
I advocated Pop Play Boban in game 4. Not an elimination game for 's sake.
LMAO we were also beating people by a high margin. So when he went in, he just played against other scrubs. Again, not the same.
Hey, I agree. Splitter was a different case in my opinion. I think that he deserved to play more when he got here.
He got a fat contract even when Pop tried to hide him. The league says otherwise.
The league also paid players like Manute Bol and Gheorghe Muresan. It's not like he's a sure thing just because "the league says otherwise". How many #1 picks ended up being scrubs?
Manu didn't cost the Spurs Boban. Just stop. Would have been very difficult to match his deal even with the Manu deal off the books - think there was a $1 million difference in year 1 between the Boban match and Manu hold.
And I'll take Dedmon at his salary over Boban. At least he can play defense, which Boban was a total liability at.
Manu did cost the Spurs Boban though. Woj said it.
We didn't need him though. Who cares if it costs us Boban?
Exactly. We needed someone that can move and keep up with opposing players.
Boban cost $5.6 million to match, and Manu's hold was $4.4 million. If Spurs were willing not to bring over Bertans and LJC AND replace them with minimum salary guys, then you might have a point. But it was Boban+two min guys, or Manu+LJC+Bertans
We did need him against OKC though
Look, this will never end. Manu fans will discredit Boban how many times it takes to convince everyone that overpaying Manu was the right choice.
I'm just saying, Boban wasn't a scrub and you have no proof that his body will fail on him when he's in incredible shape.
At the end of the day, there's no denying that Manu did indeed cost the Spurs Boban.
It's not even the fact that I am a Manu fan or not. I didn't want Boban long term. I think he has a great personality and very fan friendly but I don't see him lasting. Just because of the way he moved while he is in incredible shape.We did need him against OKC though
Look, this will never end. Manu fans will discredit Boban how many times it takes to convince everyone that overpaying Manu was the right choice.
I'm just saying, Boban wasn't a scrub and you have no proof that his body will fail on him when he's in incredible shape.
At the end of the day, there's no denying that Manu did indeed cost the Spurs Boban.
I think only time will. I doubt that I am wrong but if I am, I don't see it costing us a championship.
We'll see
I think the frustration at seeing Boban go is that he seemed to have a lot of potential and we never really got to see where he could have taken this team if given more minutes. I think there's a certain amount of fear he's gonna go somewhere else and dominate.
The Sixers did is what Woj said.
The Spurs passed on Boban before s ing out backpay for Manu. And what I read, the $9.5 M on the back end of the three year contract is allegedly the reason. That's just stupid and lacks forethought. They could trade him by then. It'd be a value by then, anyhow.
Thanks for the clarification and the right balance of equations.
One other way to look at it is that Pau cost us Boban.
Spurs play with championship level efficiency at both ends of the court. Boban was problematic in defending the pick and roll. Against weak 2nd stringers, his presence on the court was devastating. So given that Boban is playing in the Eastern conference, he's going to cause a lot of chaos!
Which begs the question, is All-Star Boban worth half as much as aging all-star Pau?
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