Comments on: Summer League Notes: SA vs. Den

By: dingo

dingo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:32:50 +0000

Yep, signed.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/090716_blair.html

Hopefully he’ll play tonight

By: StreetBalla

StreetBalla — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:31:15 +0000

Can’t wait for the season to start…If the Lakers lose Odom, then I like our chances!!

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:35:34 +0000

DeJuan Blair just signed with the Spurs…

http://www.twitter.com/DeJuan45

By: manufan

manufan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:34:33 +0000

NOW they just need Manu to sign extension and I am buying season ticket tomorow. And I can’t go to all games , only monday, tuesday, wednesday. But I will buy it just to see Manu playing for years to come.

By: Bentley

Bentley — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:14:26 +0000

Well thats good to hear that Mahinmi is moving better, hopefully McClinton can get his game going and I really love what Malik Hairston can bring to the team, The Spurs have the right amount of youth and experience, to make some serious noise this year

And if your right Navin, then the day just keeps getting better

By: Philippe

Philippe — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:12:44 +0000

Just to stir things up a bit…
There was another player at last year’s summer league that also got called for 10 fouls on occasion. He was active on defense and at the time fans of his shrugged it off by saying that it wouldn’t translate to the regular season.
Greg Oden ring a bell? I don’t think you can write off 10 fouls as a non-issue when there are plenty of players that play active, stout defense and aren’t whistled for as many fouls.
The Oden experience suggests that being called for that many fouls in summer league can translate to the regular season.

By: Navin

Navin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:46:13 +0000

Blair signed for 3 yrs 2.7mil……

By: BlaseE

BlaseE — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:31:44 +0000

I don’t think the Spurs will lock down all 15 rosters spots to full contracts. I think there is one spot left for Gist, McClinton, Williams or BAE and one spot for the Toros. I expect McClinton and Williams to be on the Toros and to rotate having our 15th roster spot on 10-day contracts. Gist should be back in Europe unless the Spurs want a more hands on approach with him and put him on the Toros.

By: FunkTron

FunkTron — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:42:52 +0000

@Rye

Very nice breakdown!

By: FunkTron

FunkTron — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:37:10 +0000

Not that I know what the brass is thinking – but it seems a not-so-silly leap in logic to assume the Spurs thought DeJuan showed everything they wanted to see and there’s no reason to play him before he’s locked up and ready to give 100% to the team for multiple years.

By: agutierrez

agutierrez — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:42:05 +0000

ESPN is reporting that Blair signed his contract.

By: therealkman

therealkman — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:04:41 +0000

Even though the kid is quite and soft spoken, he plays tough. Ian did not back down last night when facing the bigs of Denver. Also, I don’t understand why Kobe Carl is not on someone’s roster. The kid has game. If we needed back court help I would’nt mind seeing him in a Spurs uni.

Keep up the good work.

By: Phoebus

Phoebus — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:57:03 +0000

If we’re going off topic, Odom leaving LA is looking likelier and, I think, a huge boon to the Spurs’ chances of beating LA. That he’s (IMO) one of the few Lakers who really benefits from the Triangle, and that Artest won’t (ball hog), AND that Odom is probably the hardest matchup for the Spurs to answer (I guess it doesn’t really need saying that Duncan can smother Gasol).

Uh oh. maybe Mark Cuban can help us a LOT.

By: Futureman

Futureman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:24:30 +0000

Hi guys,

I know this is off topic but I noticed a short but interesting article in the NY times regarding the nba’s new collective bargaining agreement (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/sports/basketball/15stern.html?_r=2)

Specifically, I wanted to draw peoples attention to the paragraph about Peter Holt heading up the labor relations committee. Do you have any specific insights on this appointment? Do you think this – and the future collective bargaining agreement will have a large affect on the spurs organization and the 2011 free agency market?

By: BigJ

BigJ — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:42:52 +0000

Great read. Thank you for the insight.

I had two comments earlier today which have since been simmered. The first was a brief curiosity I had regarding Blair not playing last night. I wondered if the Spurs were installing a schedule to limit his game time as related to his knees? Seemed absurd to me, but had a minute chance of plausibility. Secondly, I read about RJ calling off his wedding and was appalled. Obviously I don’t know the details nor really care that much, but given the context of my being a father with several daughters, I couldn’t help put myself in the situation and wondered how I would react? Then I read the following http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Richard-Jefferson-gets-cold-feet-leaves-bride-a;_ylt=ApRgmwQKq7wNABHbP.4RVE28vLYF?urn=nba,176702
and was quite relieved. At least he passed along that ‘Black Amex” to those who showed up.

Allright, the crap aside, was great to see the junior bunch pull one out last night.

Regards to all.