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Horry ponders Spurs
TWO-YEAR OFFER: The popular Laker says he'll decide this
week whether to join San Antonio.
07/22/2003
By BRODERICK TURNER
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
Robert Horry was offered a two-year deal by the San Antonio
Spurs on Monday. He will decide this week if he'll accept
it.
Horry said the first season is for $5 million and the Spurs
have the option on the second. Horry had been seeking a
long-term deal in the three-year range.
"I'll probably take that," Horry said over the phone.
Horry, a 6-foot-10 forward, has been one of the more popular
Lakers and one of their best clutch performers. But after
the Lakers were knocked out of the playoffs by the Spurs and
Horry had the worst postseason of his career, LA didn't
pick up his $5.3 million contract for next season.
Horry's representative, Robert Bahr, said he told Lakers
general manager Mitch Kupchak on Monday that the Spurs were
interested in signing Horry.
"We haven't closed the door on Robert," Kupchak said over
the phone. "We need help in the frontcourt. We'd like to
figure it out sooner vs. later. He could help them. He could
help us."
Horry admitted he still has interest in the Lakers but isn't
sure if the team he spent 6 1/2 seasons with and won three
NBA championships feels the same.
"I figured if they really wanted to do something, they would
have done something," Horry said. "If I've got to move on,
I got to go."
Horry said the Spurs have a very good team and are just a
three-hour drive from his Houston home, 45 minutes by plane.
He said he likes how Tim Duncan, the NBA's back-to-back MVP,
plays and how the other players play around Duncan.
"They win," Horry said. "They keep it really simple."
Horry said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich called him Monday and
talked about Horry's defense.
"I talked to Pop, and he said they looked at film and that
they liked the way I defended Tim," Horry said. "I was
thinking, 'That's why Tim changed up his game on me in the
playoffs and went off like that.' "
Horry is regarded as one of the best clutch shooters in NBA
postseason history. He'll go down in Lakers lore for his
last-second three-pointer against the Sacramento Kings in
Game 4 of the 2002 Western Conference finals that gave Los
Angeles the win and a 2-2 series tie.
But Horry struggled in the 2003 playoffs. He made just 31.9
percent of his shots and .053 percent of his three-pointers.
He missed all 18 three-point attempts against the Spurs in
the Western Conference semifinals. He almost changed the
Lakers' fortunes in Game 5, but his last-second
three-pointer went deep into the rim and rattled out.
Now he may join those same Spurs.
"Me and my wife (Keva) are going to go to dinner and
decide," Horry said. "She'll probably like San Antonio
because it's close to Houston."
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Treat him well if he signs.
5 million? I still want him on the team, but he is a little pricier than I expected. Regardless, if it's for one year, I definitely want him on the team.
Horry would fit in nice on this team. He is a better team guy then people give him credit for. He would really round out that bench. Horry, Willis, Kerr, Malik, Manu, maybe Pike? Nice!
Good deal. This is essentially a one year deal with the Spurs holding the option to bring him back if he works out. I thought he could go around $6-7 mil on an inflated one year deal.
Sounds like this will be done shortly.
Well, we just got the black version of Danny Ferry for $4 million more.
Terrific.
heheheBut Horry struggled in the 2003 playoffs. He made just 31.9
percent of his shots and .053 percent of his three-pointers.
He missed all 18 three-point attempts against the Spurs in
the Western Conference semifinals. He almost changed the
Lakers' fortunes in Game 5, but his last-second
three-pointer went deep into the rim and rattled out.
can we deduct the down payment we gave him for joining the Spurs before that series?...
Go grab a cup of coffee.
If Ferry played strong post defense and had a reputation for hitting some of the biggest shots in NBA history, yes. Horry will be worth it come the postseason.
Horry is/was clutch and plays better post defense than Ferry. Getting him on our team is sort of like addition by subtraction, because he always hurt us in the past.
But $5 million is a lot for a guy who absolutely sucked last playoffs.
I would've thrown that money at Speedy.
Horry also played heavy minutes last season. In SA he'll be the 4th big, not a starter thanks to someone's big toe.
Horry != Ferry
So why pay a guy $5 million to be our backup's backup?
Question.
No, you pay $5 mil to add a player with Horry's experience and keep him from returning back to LA for nothing. Why not add a player like Horry to your team? Don't you want to win?
I already mentioned the addition by subtraction part.
Does LA even want Horry back?
If he's gonna miss everything like he did last playoffs, they can keep his @ss.
I could see $5 million being put towards more pressing needs, like um, a backup point guard rather than a backup backup big man.
I think if we get Horry, Rose is gone.
Its a one to two year inflated deal, who cares how much we pay him, it really doesn't hurt us cap wise.
I honestly dont' think speedy wants to back up tony, tahts the reason he's leaving, not money reasons.
You don't pay a guy like Horry $5 million to play 10 minutes a night like Ferry.
Rose must be moved if we're gonna overpay for Horry.
We need to sign a backup PG for krissakes. Parker's not the superstar everyone thinks he is, as evidenced by the Finals. You don't want Anthony Goldwire trying to bail his @ss out in a big spot.
It sounds like Horry and his agent are telling the Lakers..."I'm going now, I've got my suitcase in my hand and I'm turning the doorknob and I'm... (looking back to see if anyone is going to stop them)
Let's hope he's stopped. That is, unless we plan on paying him $5 million to take Rose's spot in the rotation and Mr. Sprewell is coming aboard.
I agree with Solid D; this whole thing seems fishy- if Horry wanted to come then come right out and say it. His at ude in this whole process leaves a little to be desired IMO. Robert Horry is a better guy to have than Danny Ferry, no questions asked but is no superstar that we should be be catering to.
I think the Spurs would be dumb to dump Rose for a guy that clearly can't handle more than 25 minutes a night...if indeed that's what they're thinking. Then again, if they're keeping Rose and signing Horry, then paying Robert the 5 mil/year is beyond foolish.
This whole scenario has yet to play out I think.
if you want horry, you offer more than the midlevel to keep him away from teams like dallas and such. is it a bit much...sure...but it's time to fill out the roster. i'm sure backup point is a high priority man. and if they get pike that's awesome.
i too would have like to keep speedy and feel that speedy would mean more to this team then horry, BUT apparently speedy wants to move on. so Thanks speedy. good luck.
malik should not be traded. if they can get a superstar, i'll change my mind.
Paying Horry $5 million is not "foolish." Robert is looking for a multi-year deal, but the Spurs only want to commit to him for one (which would help leave cap space available next summer to re-sign Manu). In order to grab Big Shot Rob for a year, we have to overpay. Besides, the Spurs are sitting on $12 million or so of cap space right now. Take the Horry offer out, and we still have $7 million, which should be enough to add a solid back-up PG and probably Pike as well.
ghenghis you know d@mn well Horry is not worth $5 million to play 10 minutes a night.
We need a backup PG.
Make a play for Odom if we're gonna throw around money.
C'mon.
Weren't we paying Danny Ferry $4.5 Mill this last season to play the Danny Ferry role?
I can remember all the fuss about what he was actually making.
Ghost, I know damn well that we're not going to get a player of Horry's caliber to sign for only one-year unless we overpay. We're in a position to overpay him and still fill out our other roster needs so why not go ahead and add a guy who could very well win a playoff series for us?
The Spurs obviously aren't interested in Odom. That's old news.
Ghost, the point is it doen'st matter what we pay him because ti doesn't hurt our cap situation!!! We have more than enough to go sign a backup point guard as well.
It's a short term inflated deal.
I don't understand why you complain about this.
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