Buck Harvey: James Anderson’s agent requested a trade
This is not what you’d expect in the midst of an 11 game winning streak. According to Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News, James Anderson’s agent told the Spurs front office this month that he’d like his client to be traded.
This is not a great development. The Spurs have built a deep perimeter rotation this season, thanks in part to the injuries to Manu Ginobili and the development of Danny Green. Unfortunately for Anderson, that improvement from Green has meant he’s the odd man out. So much so, in fact, that the Spurs declined to exercise their team option on James Anderson’s rookie contract.
Traditionally, the Spurs will comply with player requests to be traded or released. If you don’t want to be with the Spurs, they don’t want you to stick around. It’s perhaps one reason why the Spurs usually have very good team chemistry. Yet the Spurs still have a responsibility to try and bring back a fair package in return for Anderson. If they don’t find one that suits their needs, they should hang on to Anderson for the rest of the season.
James Anderson has a future in the NBA, unfortunately for Spurs fans it’s looking less and less likely that future is in San Antonio.
H/T to Devin Kharpertian and SpursTalk.
LOL! According to the Urban Dictionary, everything is about sex, drugs, or drink!
Still talking basketball, so no that doesn’t work for me BABY how about James Anderson and his girlfriend which was the topic from jump!!!!!!
Don’t want to give up a frontcourt player to get a frontcourt player.
Don’t want to give up a frontcourt player to get a frontcourt player.
Spurs are also looking at one of their older draft picks, Viktor Sanikidze.
And George Hill (although he is injured right now)
Well, there are a lot of differences for Splitter. He was injured too, but he was well established overseas. For Anderson, he was in college, but never played at a pro level. That’s not to say that JA will someday be super solid, but Splitter is a known quantity.
Dragic was drafted for Phoenix though, just like Barbosa.
Indy is likely going to retain him.
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=76l8jfg
Boom problem solved. And there’s rumor of Ilyasova being shopped around.
I didn’t say, “who?” I said he wasn’t very good. He still isn’t. He’s an alright rebounder for a big, he’s not a good offensive player and he most certainly cannot block shots with the best of them. Are you kidding me? Kosta Koufos? He’s a barely adequate fifth big, so he might be a mild upgrade over Eric Dawson. But he’s not worth giving anything up for.
In yesterday’s chat by David Thorpe on ESPN, there was the following exchange:
I’m with Thorpe. He’s talented (too talented for us to be able to get in exchange for Blair and Anderson) but so much of a head case that I don’t know if I’d want him as a free agent for the veteran minimum. How Flip Saunders handled McGee, Dray Blatche, and Gilbert Arenas at the same time without losing his mind is beyond me…
Sorry, my paste didn’t show up for some reason. Once again with the actual quote:
Will (Washington D.C.)Any players of the top of your head that the spurs/popovitch WOULDN’T be able to do wonders with?David Thorpe (12:46 PM)JaVale would be a challenge.
Are you really the ghost of jh? Because if you were, I’d have thought that seeing “L. Amundson” would’ve prompted a long, enthusiastic endorsement.
Possibly. You have to remember, though, that Pop and RC have a lot more information on their players than we do. We don’t see James every day in practice, we don’t talk to him away from reporters, we don’t get reports from the trainers on his injuries and his rehab, etc. I’m as disappointed as anyone that this didn’t work out, but I doubt that it was done carelessly.
nothing fazes Neal, and he will shoot it. god bless him.
Agree. Stubborn at times may be Pop but careless…I don’t think so.
Agree. Stubborn at times may be Pop but careless…I don’t think so.
Agreed
anderson played all those minutes last night and didnt do sh*t… yeah hes a beast!! lmao.
And they’re the defensive juggernaut of the league? Slow has lots to do with that. DeColo isn’t known for his defense at all. He’s just a good passer but we all know Pop takes a good hard look at players with defensive upside first.
He’s a lanky small forward with good shooting ability but cannot box out anybody if they decide to put him on some NBA bigs being he’s 6’8″.
Not even for Anderson who clanked the rim all night long against the Blazers? Yes he can block shots and yes he’s better offensive player than Blair even.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZZJy3JFmE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOAICdaqVB8
In Pop we trust. Don’t think the old man can handle him?
Pop has had a pretty good record with so called headcases. I would give it a try. Sometimes a change of scenery and winning can change your attitude real quick.
Do you think they’d be shopping Splitter if he was injured at the beginning of this season again and missed half the season? Probably. Experience or no experience. I’m glad he wasn’t and proved himself just in time.
I don’t think it’s his attitude It’s probably more his future in regards to that foot and this request is just making a lot easier for the FO to part ways. If that foot doesn’t get hurt we would be looking at his impressive box score right now. That’s life.
I’ve seen careless from this man before….last season with Splitter. No if ands or butts Splitter had plenty of time to get the burn he needed last season when he was healthy sitting on the bench wondering why the hell did I come hear. And you’ll say they didn’t want to mess with the chemistry…Right! What good did that do at the end of the season? I don’t buy what your selling.
correction – why the hell did I come “here”. To early for me to type.
And who did we get?
The same thing he did with Splitter last season. “Don’t fix what ain’t broken” mentality just like last season with you know who. Sure don’t give him starter minutes but play the damn guy shit! It’s too late now.
Exactly. Maybe they practiced by text messaging.
Notice how Pop resorts to 10 day contracts that amount to nothing most of the time instead of pulling the trigger on a known commodity. Pop needs to shake it up. (By the way I realize Danny Green was a 10 day to start so that’s why I said most of the time.)
Lmao at Whataburgers. Nice.
Well, the ghost would endorse the deal (particularly if we’re under the assumption that we’re not going to get Anderson into the regular rotation any time soon, and Anderson is dead set on leaving). But the point was, would Indiana do the deal?
They’ve had practices this season. After Manu went down, it was basically an open tryout to fill the position. Anderson played poorly which opened the door for Green. I don’t understand why it’s Pop’s fault that Anderson didn’t play well when given the chance?
I agree with what you’re saying, but part of me thinks they won’t amnesty RJ next year. If I were the owner would I want to pay all that money for a player not to play on my team? Tough decision. Hopefully they can put together a trade, but that will have to be during the offseason.
YES PLEASE, Taj Gibson would also work if Chicago was willing to give him up.
Interesting, but why would the Bucks want RJ back?
No way.
Gibson’s not going anywhere.
Who you going to get better than Blair for $900,000?
bullshit article.
True, but you can get away with that more if they’re looking at him more as a 2 than a Point. Especially if he’s flanked on the wing by Kawhi. Manu’s extremely quick, but he’s always been more of an opportunistic defender as opposed to a good one.
What’s that based on? He seems geared for next year – or not at all.