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Memphis seems like the only likely candidate out of that bunch.
With Oberto's price at $2.5 mil per season, Radoslav on the books for $30 mil over the next four seasons and Scola in the wings it is apparent that this will be Mohammed's last season (or half-season, for that matter) with the Spurs. With an expiring contract and at a relatively low salary in the final year of his contract Mohammed should be an attractive player on the trade block. So what can they hope to get for him?
A few potential suitors...
Atlanta Hawks
They are in dire need of quality bigs. Collier or Pachulia as a starting center? Yikes.
Memphis Grizzlies
Things have apparently soured with Lorenzen Wright, whose contract also ends after the 2005-06 season. After him they have Jake Tsakalidis.
Golden State Warriors
They always seem to be looking to deal.
Portland Trailblazers
They've endured declining production out of Ratliff and after him there's Pryzbilia.
New York Knicks
Zeke is at the helm.
Boston Celtics
Ainge might be amenable to an upgrade over LaFrentz.
Memphis seems like the only likely candidate out of that bunch.
No Mohammed, no le last year. No way I move this guy to let a rookie replace him.
^^^^ Stop with the common sense bum.
You'll get the "But the Spurs are cheap" bull soon though.
It's not that much of bull , unless they can move Rasho I doubt they will pay for another big.
For some reason, I don't see Scola coming over to SA at all.
I'd move Rasho before I moved Nazr.
Obviously the Spurs would too. They tried to move Rasho for Tariq Abdul-Wahid this summer. If that's not desperation to move someone, I don't know what is.
My guess is that Rasho will play decent this season and they'll find a way to package him with another player and move him.
the combination of Narz Rasho gets us into the Finals this year...so FO everyone that is overracting to preseason BS
its preseason everyone get a ing grip
the Spurs and Miami gave everyone a great show on monday night but preseason is exactly what it says...a good chance to see what fridge players can do
No one is saying that they should trade one of them based on preseason performances.
They are basing it on the fact they can't afford to pay both Rasho and Nazr and one of them won't get much playing time with Oberto here.
I don't think Oberto has proven anything yet. It's only been one game -- a preseason game. And why is everybody jumping to the conclusion that Oberto will get heavy mintues? Is Scola a lock for next summer? What about his inflated buy-out?
Nazr, Rasho and Oberto will be here this year, next year whom ever matches up with defending WCF or Finals will stay all others will fall by trades or FA. Its only NBA not rocket science. After all the Spurs only reload for finals not for the Lakers like in years past.
Far from a lock. I doubt he'll ever be a Spur.Is Scola a lock for next summer? What about his inflated buy-out?
I gotta agree Scola may have missed his window. Spurs now reload for championship, that means finals not western conference foe
Again, the Spurs already have three guys under contract long-term at the 5: Radoslav, TD and Oberto. They are not going to add a long-term commitment to Mohammed on top of that.
Spurs fans seem to forget that TD sees about 15 to 18 minutes a night at the 5.
You're right, this isn't "rocket science", though apparently you would like to make it so.
They are trying to move Rasho so that we could pick up Nazr....thats why moving Rasho is more important...Nazr is a much better center than Rasho is, and Oberto is too. I dont see the Spurs actually keeping an overpriced benchwarmer over more productive center's.
They couldn't get the rotting corpse of Tariq Abdul-Wahad's career for Radoslav. Granted, some of the difficulty in trying to move him this summer was the speculation that he would be an amnesty victim. The only way that Radoslav is going to be moved is if he gets the PT and shows a marked improvement in his play in the paint.
I'm not holding my breath.
Rasho will be a good fit for a team that is need of a center due to an injury or due to free agency. Someone like Seattle who is losing are their free agents next season. Look for someone like Brent Barry or Beno to be packaged.
We need a vbookie -
Who goes first - Rasho or Nazr?
This is ludicrous. The Spurs are not going to get rid of Nazr this year.....
Nazr's unfettered trade value ends at the trade deadline. Sure, the Spurs could end up with some value back in a sign and trade next summer, but that's not a sure thing.
They're stuck with Radoslav and Oberto is certainly capable of starting long-term in SA. The clock will be running down to get something for Mohammed by the trade deadline. Otherwise the Spurs could end up letting him walk next summer. No matter how much Spurs fans want to spin it, losing talent for nothing is not a good idea.
What makes you think they wouldn't?No matter how much Spurs fans want to spin it, losing talent for nothing is not a good idea.
Wishful thinking?
Spurs fans or the front office?
Since they are the only ones who can actually trade him, the FO.
Just as Manu, while in Europe, figured into the personell decisions of the Spurs, Mahinimi, unless he's proving to be much less than expected, is figuring into the relatively near term decisions of the Spurs regarding big men. I'd be surprised, with or without Spurs trading Rasho, that they'd be willing to s out for a relatively long term and relatively expensive contract for Nazr.
Nazr's simply not that exceptional or irreplaceable. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go in a S&T next summer or just go without compensation.
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