Amusing as it is was to watch Isiah Thomas sign Jerome James to a contract more loaded than his waist line while teaming Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis with Larry Brown, and thankful as San Antonio is for the finest stretch of basketball in Nazr Mohammed’s career, these general managers have to stop. Because funny [...]
Elusive as he’s been on the court since March, it was in the San Antonio Spurs best interests to lock up Manu Ginobili before he was allowed to euro step his way through free agency, lest he escape the Spurs like so many would be defenders. The soon-to-be 33-year old Argentine guard signed a three [...]
Back on March 11, I suggested that Manu Ginobili’s recent strong play would have the effect of complicating his upcoming contract negotiations with the San Antonio Spurs. Quoting myself:
Throughout the Tim Duncan era the Spurs have operated on a certain stonecutters credo. Ironically, they now operate between a rock and a hard place. With a broken chisel. The rock? Richard Jefferson’s burdensome contract. The hard place? The NBA Salary Cap. In the short term, there will be those who are disappointed that the [...]
Leaving the All-Star weekend, perhaps no theme encapsulated the Spurs more perfectly nor enemy loomed so big-well, maybe the Laker’s frontline-as time. And not just time, as in the amount of time left in their stars’ careers, but timing. Timing is everything.
Jeff McDonald provides Spurs fans with a noteworthy piece of information. Up to this point most of us had been operating under the assumption that Marcus Haislip signed for the Bi-Annual Exception. This is not the case. He signed for the vet minimum. More specifically, $825, 497. Two things: 1) His contract is a good [...]
We’re all practiced and ready to pounce as soon as news hits the wire… It looks a little like this behind the scenes: Oh. And what are you doing to pass the time? Do tell.
Rikiddo, Pounding the Rock sage and friend to this site, has done a nice job breaking down the Marcus Haislip signing. Between him and Graydon, there is little else to say until we actually see Haislip on the court. But still, I’ve scrounged together a few scraps from under the table. Think of this as [...]
The Spurs pursuit, or near pursuit, of Rasheed Wallace was granted Golden Calf status by many team followers, such as myself. Wallace was a good fit, especially because of his ability to defend the block and space the floor. What we wanted in Rasheed Wallace the Spurs once had in Robert Horry. It’s what the [...]
I’m ambivalent. On the on hand, Artest is a better player than Trevor Ariza. The Lakers are an embarrassment of riches, and they just traded a ruby for a diamond. But I’m with those who think Artest is a bad fit in Los Angeles. And more importantly, the Spurs could benefit from Trevor Ariza’s departure [...]
48MoH reader mattmo28 exchanged tweets with Ric Bucher last night: mattmo28@RicBucher Whats the deal with the Spurs not pushing for Sheed? Who are we after? Who fits best?about 4 hours ago from web in reply to RicBucher @mattmo28 Have heard McDyess and Frye. There’s a chance Tiago Splitter could be coming over, which would solve [...]
Over at Pounding the Rock LatinD has written a couple can’t-miss posts in a series called The Wonder Years-a team history, chocked full of fun images and wonderful subheads. Point your browser in that direction to learn about an earlier version of Manu Ginobili, James Silas, or George Gervin’s Sunsesque philosophy. Elsewhere, Jeff McDonald asked [...]
The Spurs have announced their summer league roster. The team will be coached by Don Newman. Malik Hairston, G
I just checked my morning mail. This morning’s scuttlebutt surrounds this quote from the L.A. Times, which has a few of you all hot and bothered: San Antonio and Phoenix are interested in trying to sign Odom. Both teams are trying to clear salary-cap space to see if they can get a deal done with [...]
