Comments on: Offseason Breakdown: Drew Gooden and the Frontcourt

By: 48 Minutes of Hell » Blog Archive » Offseason Breakdown: The Cap

48 Minutes of Hell » Blog Archive » Offseason Breakdown: The Cap — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:42:41 +0000

[...] are a lot of things I want to talk about in the Offseason Breakdown series. And, judging from the comment thread under the first installment, you have a lot on your mind too. Here’s what’s ahead: my thoughts about what direction [...]

By: Timothy Varner

Timothy Varner — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:00:38 +0000

Clark,

Welcome. I assume that you’re relatively new here. Good to have you.

Re: Splitter, you’ll be interested to read this.

http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2009/04/23/tiago-splitter-news/

By: Clark

Clark — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:45:37 +0000

One small correction, Tiago would have to agree to his 1st round rookie scale salary which would be similar to Ian’s. That is a big reason why he didn’t come over this year because he got a bunch more Euros. Financially, our only hope to get him is that he sees 2010 (when he has an out in his contract) as his last chance for a while to get to the NBA and takes a pay cut to do it.

By: ChillFAN

ChillFAN — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:59:24 +0000

Correction: the Spurs shouldN’T expect a different result.

By: ChillFAN

ChillFAN — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:58:06 +0000

Jaceman, thanks for your words on Jermaine O’Neal. This thread is so long, that what I am about to say I’ll probably repeat in the future: it doesn’t matter what bigs we have around Duncan, if there is no obvious rotation come playoff time, the Spurs should expect a different result next year.

By: Timothy Varner

Timothy Varner — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:27:22 +0000

drjeff,

Mahinmi is a question mark. Splitter is a hope. Hill has upside, but not that high. The Spurs will need those three players and much more as they move forward.

By: drjeff

drjeff — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:13:44 +0000

Please, please….don’t give George Hill away.

Hill, Mahinmi and Splitter in 2010 could make us great again.

By: Condor

Condor — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:34:25 +0000

Travis Outlaw is a guy at Portland I’d love to see in Spurs uniform. I just want to get a guy with a lot of fire and energy. ‘Sheed would be a great addition. Okur seems to be sleepwalking most of the time, even though he is a good player. I always thought that Kirilenko might fit very well with the Spurs.

By: Timothy Varner

Timothy Varner — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:50:04 +0000

Maybe. I thought they were both free agents. Neither has a future in Portland. And the Blazers need to free up roster spots. I’d bet they would come cheap. I’m not sure they would help the Spurs, though.

By: Jaceman

Jaceman — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:37:54 +0000

Chillfan,

If you want to talk about out of gas, Jermaine O’Neal has less in his tank than ‘Sheed does. It would be amazing if we could land someone like Mehmet Okur, but I don’t think that’ll happen. There aren’t really a good number of bigs out there right now available for grabs. I agree that we need to get Timmy help, I think that ‘Sheed would be best available.

I’m actually not opposed to trading either/both Mason and/or Bonner if we can get someone of value, like say Marvin Williams or something. I honestly can’t think of anyone that teams would be willing to give up that you could get value for. I don’t know why I’d trade for Frye as right now he’s pretty redundant with Ian Mahinmi.

We could still see if either Camby or Kaman are available perhaps?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:10:51 +0000

Great Read. I agree on most of your points.

On an semi-unrelated note, the Portland Tribune said that either Sergio Rodriguez or Channing Frye will probably be available via trade this off-season. They both seem to fit the mold of Spurs players, Rodriguez more so as a back-up point. But Frye also could be a good young body next to Duncan.

Is there a way we could package some guys to get either?

By: Condor

Condor — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:53:07 +0000

Talking about bigs, I just cannot get over giving Scola away for nothing. Buford used to be a great GM before he got that Executive of the Year Award. I am not sure he is still able to do what is needed to bring the Spurs back into the hunt.

By: ChillFAN

ChillFAN — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:45:19 +0000

Great comments, sorry to add disjointed thoughts, but here goes:
Planning around Gooden for the next years is not the route we should take.
Brents entire contribution was a good pass here or there and some funny commercials.
Malik Rose, McDyss, odom???
No, No, and H no.
Sheed was someone that may have worked in 08, now he’s out of gas.
Bonner would be okay off the bench.
We have so many needs, but wing will probably have to wait a year, so need #1: help Duncan.
Again Sheed MIGHT help, but probably won’t.
What about the heats o’neal?

By: Jaceman

Jaceman — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:41:57 +0000

Considering the Spurs don’t really have a pick (I believe it was one traded to OKC for Kurt Thomas), I think Buford definitely has to think outside of the box. One player I’ve been pushing for since the regular season would be Argentine combo forward Walter Hermann. Spurs have to look closely for those Roger Mason-esque players, in the sense, that they’re solid and good, just that they get buried in the rotation and lose out on playing time.

By: 48 Minutes of Hell » Blog Archive » Postscript: James Gist

48 Minutes of Hell » Blog Archive » Postscript: James Gist — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:22:34 +0000

[...] this morning’s (much longer) post about Drew Gooden and the Spurs frontcourt, I mention James Gist in passing as a long shot combo forward. Why would I use that term? And is he [...]