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Paying your 5th wing a multi-million dollar per year contract quickly gets you into Knick territory, payroll wise. Finley is and was a better option who happens to be on the shelf now.
I for one do, and for all the apparent depth coming into the season at SG/SF = recent events show you can never have too much talent.
Also, on a night like last night at least Brown was the type who when healthy went in an gave it his all, was a good defender, and could sometimes score in bunches.
I recognize he is not breaking out yet in Utah - but give him time, Brown will be heard from again.
Paying your 5th wing a multi-million dollar per year contract quickly gets you into Knick territory, payroll wise. Finley is and was a better option who happens to be on the shelf now.
I miss Malik...
Devin got a bad break on health issue. But he lived the dream....
Pretty much we need another young swingman who can play spot minutes. Brown was due consistent minutes and he wasn't going to get those here. But were starting to see the problems of carrying 4 swingman, 3 of which on the wrongside of 30.
Injuries.
They are all in there decline, and what I wont to know is what we are going to do about wings over the next few years. Maybe Sanders becomes someone that we can rely on, thank god the front office was forced to pick someone up that at least has potential to fill the wing rotation sometime in the future as in 2 years its going to look pretty poor.
I was just thinking about Devin. Anyone know how he is doing?
Since that injury, i don't miss him.
Sorry...no.
damnt Ex.Paying your 5th wing a multi-million dollar per year contract quickly gets you into Knick territory, payroll wise. Finley is and was a better option who happens to be on the shelf now.
Using that common sense and all........
Yeah, the Spurs couldn't use him right now.
I've read some posts on a Utah Jazz forum which consists of 2 opinions
1) He sucks.
2) He sucks, but give him time, he'll adjust.
Obviously this is the time when we question our depth at the swing, but neither Barry's nor Finley's injuries are serious. We should be back up to full-strength soon, and we get to have a pretty good looks at Sanders. Devin Brown's struggles may be due to a lack of familiarity with the Jazz system, so it's certainly possible that he would be performing much better were he still a Spur. But to answer your question - Nope, don't miss him one bit.
I miss Devin personally, and hope he gets a good chance at Utah, but Devin's chronic back problems so young don't make him a very attractive keeper. ie, he may not be any less breakdown prone than somebody in their mid 30s.
Our back court, Tony, Manu, Bruce, Nick, was scoring just fine vs Wiz, 57% 3Gs (even better than the "hot" Wiz). It was the 17 pts and horrendous FG% from the front court that killed us, bringing team FG% down to a fatal 40%.
When Brent and Michael are back next week, esp if Michael can get his FG% from the teens back into his career range of low/mid 40s, Devin will be even less missed.
With Fin, Manu, and Barry hurtin, another swingman with injury questions is the last the Spurs need right now. Id rather have a healthy guy, like maybe a ...ah...Melvin Sanders!
I agree which is why I will continue to say that I wish the Spurs would have choosen Devin instead of Fin. So far Fin has had one good game and nothing since. Hopefully, Fin will prove me wrong, but todate he has been a bust.
"todate he has been a bust."
not totally, his points shot with a high FG%, esp Q4, pretty much beat the Nuggets, was certainly the kind of instant offense Pop dreamed about when signing Michael, but since then, he's shooting about FG% of about 20%.
Yeah, I miss him sitting on the bench doing nothing.
No.
Just because Barry and Finley are injured (a very low probability event) you don’t advocate to have 5th swingman who’s worth a multi-million contract. Does not make fiscal sense.
I don't miss him at all.
No, not really. I'm totally comfortable with the current lineup.Anyone else miss Devin Brown?
uh, hate to break it to you, bud, but if "busts" are determined in the first week of the season, then Devin's a bust, too.
Devin
2005-06
Statistics
PPG 3.8
RPG 2.70
APG 1.5
Mike
2005-06
Statistics
PPG 7.3
RPG 4.50
APG 1.5
So the Spurs should pass on depth when they have their best shot at winning more championships because it shaves a rounding error off the total payroll expenses, even with the team already having a substantial amount of that expense subsidized through the lux tax system?
Who are you people?
No, you're right. We should aspire to be the Knicks.
How the F is it 'being the Knicks'? A 1 year small (in NBA terms, no doubt) money contract so that you can actually carry 5 swingmen is not 'being the Knicks'.
When you pay $100 mil over 6 years for your 12th man, that's 'being the Knicks'.
Fair enough. But again, making sound financial decisions is one of the big reasons we are where we are. Let's face it - last year - and every year - you complain that Holt is cheap...not just cheap, but cheap enough to negatively affect the on-the-court product. We won the Championship "despite" his cheapness. So, I guess he wasn't too cheap after all. Get over it.
Get over what? It's not as though it was some secret that the Spurs' perimeter rotation was somewhat aged nor the depth lacking. For a relatively small expense for one season the Spurs could have a solid role player, like say a Devin Brown, Glenn Robinson or George Lynch as their 5th swing.
Just because in the past ownership hasn't F'ed up things doesn't mean they aren't starting to do so now.
Assembling this team is a huge up. We get it.
Even if the Spurs had Lebron, Garnett and AI, you would still find something to about.
None of you can bring yourselves to admit any problems with the team, organization or ownership. This forum is not responsible for the Spurs' PR. It is a discussion forum. It is not affiliated with the organization. If you want simple cheerleading, head on over to spurs.com.
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