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I'd trade him playing next year for him making a difference this postseason.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailyd...-060521/dalsas
San Antonio's Robert Horry has played in more Game 7s than any other active player.
Seven, fittingly.
Chances are, though, that Monday's Game 7 against the Mavericks won't be Horry's last.
Big Shot Rob told me the other day that he plans to play at least one more season, which would be his 15th in the NBA.
I told Horry that I had to ask only because he has made a habit throughout this series of lamenting his advancing age. The 35-year-old, who turns 36 in August, is actually under contract to the Spurs for the next two seasons at a little less than $7 million.
After playing just nine minutes in Game 4, small-balled off the floor by the Mavs' up-tempo game, Horry said: "I feel like a damn dinosaur. I'm extinct now. Back in the day, it was me playing small ball, jetting around people. Now, the roles are reversed. They're getting around me. You just have to deal with it the best you can. It happens. It's part of getting old."
-- Marc Stein in San Antonio
I'd trade him playing next year for him making a difference this postseason.
Dear Robert:
It's OK to shoot. Really.
Signed,
San Antonio
It would be nice if the Spurs could slip Tim Thomas into that spot that Horry now holds.
I have a feeling we are going to see a couple of three's from big shot tonight..
I am cool with Big Shot still playing- as long as it is for us!
I'm perfectly fine with him sitting on the bench. It's better than him playing for the opposition... I still have nightmares...I am cool with Big Shot still playing- as long as it is for us!
I thought he already retired.
I really do like it when you and jessica post..
@Tlong.
Horry has got to show up tonight. Spurs need him in a big way. With small ball, I had expected him to come up huge this series, not just with big shots...but with offensive rebounding, playing smart basketball, etc. Spurs need his hustle and veteran play tonight if they want any chance to counteract the Mavs. I expect the Mavs to come out blazing after losing 2 opportunities to close out the Spurs. I also think Jason Terry and Dirk will have huge games and that Harris will bounce back from a bad Game 6, with Terry back to control PG duties. Come on Horry...one last time!
I'm hoping he decides to hang it up. There is very little left in that tank and the Spurs could use the cap room.
Horry retiring would only affect the luxury tax. Spurs will have no cap room for the immediate future.
By the end of next year come playoff time:
Barry - 36
Bowen -35
Finley - 33
Horry - 36
Oberto - 32
Nesterovic - 31
Only one of those guys is a starter...and you act like Rasho getting older is going to make him lose something...
There's nothing wrong with having old guys on your bench...that just can't be all that you have...
Look at the 02-03 team:
Kerr - 37
Ferry - 36
Drob - 37
Kevin Willis - 40
Smitty - 33
Bruce - 31
That group is much older...and it saved our ass and helped win the le...
the problem with this current team is that we have absolutely no youth, size or athleticism at the 2 and 3...it's not that our old guys suck, perse...it's that we have no no versatility and youth anywhere on the team at those positions...the most athletic positions in the NBA.
One young guy can totally change our bench...
And old bigmen are not that big of a deal, actually they are probably better than young ones as backups, as long as you aren't relying on them too heavily...
It's a catch 22...the old guys, they know how to keep themselves sharp and give you consistency off the bench, the young ones you never know what the you are going to get...it could be great, it could be awful...that's why it's best to have a mixture of both.
The only true crucial age problem we have on this team is Bowen...he's a huge part of this team and he is getting up there in years.
Personally I wouldn't care too much if Robert Horry retired, he’s ok but that would sure free some money up to bring in other players. Plus, my wife thinks he hansom and I have the listen to that every game.
Only one guy is a starter but in small ball four of them make up our seven/eight man core and small ball isn't going away. NVE is another of are small ball contignet to replace but Spurs could probably pick up something from the museum to fill that spot. Dallas will continue to exploit the Spurs vulnerabilities in it. Suns obviously will exploit the Spurs vulnerbility in it, as will others. Pop is getting buy on string and airplane glue so far.
You want to count on a year older group of guys like this, a touch slower next year. You want to hope that all these senior citizens are healthy enough to go come playoff time, We need minimum one, preferably two younger, more athletic swing players. And we need a young, more mobile big.
Last edited by picnroll; 05-22-2006 at 03:48 PM.
game 6 he shot
he realized he was needed
Given that Rob has a guaranteed contract for next year- I would expect him to play. The year after that has a buy-out.
RoHo is one of the biggest ballers the NBA has ever seen. will be sad to see him go.
As far as I'm concerned, Horry is more than welcome to hang around for another couple of years in the Steve Kerr Memorial bench assassin role.
I agree...that's the problem in this series...but that most certainly is a problem that will be adressed in the offseason...since the ages you listed were for next season...I was just making a point that those ages, in and of themselves are not the problem...it's the lack of a long young SF more thing anything else...add that to our team and that bench looks just fine, aged or not.
Um...seeing as how just about every le we won has been done carrying a lot of age on the bench...I feel quite secure with having vets on the bench...as long as it's got some youth to go with it...again, it's not the age that bothers me, it's the lack of youth and size at the 3.You want to count on a year older group of guys like this, a touch slower next year. You want to hope that all these senior citizens are healthy enough to go come playoff time, We need minimum one, preferably two younger, more athletic swing players. And we need a young, more mobile big.
It's not what is on the bench that is the problem, it's what isn't on it.
And I agree with your assessments of the needs on the frontline...only I see that need being filled by one player instead of two, a long SF, who would be a PF in this series, and we still wouldn't really have to play small ball as it is now known in the NBA...but Javtokas coming over can easily fill the second need you mentioned.
its all about the money now horrywho wouldnt with 7mill left on contract playin in texas is income tax free.
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