KT to Spurs

[mjb21aztd]

Alright now lets try and get eaither Artest or Mike Miller to match the spurs getting Kurt Thomas

 

[TJ]

Marginal upgrade at best. Nothing to lose sleep over

 

[BeeBeard]

Marginal upgrade at best. Nothing to lose sleep over

Agreed. But wait, Kurt Thomas is such a good post defen...oh wait, no. He's really, really not.

 

[buttsR4rebounding]

Now I can quit having that nightmare where the Spurs roll Barry out onto the floor in a wheelchair and he hits a 3 to bury the Suns.

The Spurs decided that Udoka's play has been too good to lose minutes when Barry comes back. He shoots the 3 at about the same % as Barry and plays defense that Barry only dreams about. Elson just couldn't grasp the Spurs defensive rotations. They are hoping that Thomas is a little smarter.

 

[tobiazz]

I wonder what the next move is gonna be.

Denver.......youre on deck !!! Houston, be ready.

Supposedly, DEN is working on Artest and HOU is working on Mike Miller.

 

[dodie53]

Spurs acquire Thomas from Sonics for Barry, Elson

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...nYcB?slug=jy-thomas022008&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

 

[da_suns_fan]

So how smart is the Seattle GM?

He gets three first round picks for paying Kurt Thomas' average salary for one season.

 

[devilalum]

So how smart is the Seattle GM?

He gets three first round picks for paying Kurt Thomas' average salary for one season.

And KT contributed a lot to their team in the locker room and on the court as well. Basically he even earned his salary.

 

[tobiazz]

So how smart is the Seattle GM?

He gets three first round picks for paying Kurt Thomas' average salary for one season.

Paying for *half* of one season, but the contract is higher than average. $5M or so should be average; that is the mid-level exception.

EDIT: KT's contract was $8M this year IIRC

 

[BeeBeard]

And KT contributed a lot to their team in the locker room and on the court as well. Basically he even earned his salary.

Their GM isn't even done yet. Last I heard, he was still trying to find a new team for Delonte West.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

And a new home for the whole team! Aint no stoppin him!

 

[devilalum]

And a new home for the whole team! Aint no stoppin him!

Yeah, they're gonna need those picks. How many free agents you think are gonna want to go to OK City?

 

[DevonCardsFan]

Hahaha, I said ASS, I meant Add,

 

[Nash2Amare]

He played Amare pretty well last week when they played.

Pass the crack.


33/10 against is playing "pretty well" ?? Ok.

 

[mojorizen7]

At least I like the idea of SA getting KT better than them getting Artest.

This sucks but it could be worse.

 

[az1965]

KT definitely improves them. Good pick up. Berry is pretty much done.

 

[AceP]

This sounds like a fair deal for me. Doesn't really improve the Spurs.

Isn't Brent Barry an important bench player for them? Their best 3 shooters with 43%. They might be thin at SG/SF now, have to rely on Udoka who is only 32% from 3p. I don't think losing Barry is very light for them.

Elson is a servicable 7-footer, was doing fine in their system. KT is a better talent with more experience. That's a nice upgrade. But by all means KT is only 6-9 and 235lbs, how much better he can be, defending Shaq or Bynum?

 

[cly2tw]

Sonics manager just needed to say to Pop, "hey, we'll waive KT if nobody wants to trade for him, fellas". What do you think they'd react? The move is simply one to prevent the best TD defender from joining a competitor after the waiver, most likely with Suns or Mavs. It's just like when we wanted Ely they traded for him and shelfed him for the rest of the season.

 

[yeahone]

So how smart is the Seattle GM?

He gets three first round picks for paying Kurt Thomas' average salary for one season.

their Gm used to work for the spurs

 

[SunsTzu]

their Gm used to work for the spurs

Sam Presti. He is the one credited for their international scouting of guys like Manu and Parker.

 

[dodie53]

'bug eyed look' and 'evil intentions look' on the same team.
wow.

 

[Bufalay]

Aren't the Sonics just going to cut Barry and let the Spurs resign him?

 

[some_user86]

This sounds like a fair deal for me. Doesn't really improve the Spurs.

Isn't Brent Barry an important bench player for them? Their best 3 shooters with 43%. They might be thin at SG/SF now, have to rely on Udoka who is only 32% from 3p. I don't think losing Barry is very light for them.

Elson is a servicable 7-footer, was doing fine in their system. KT is a better talent with more experience. That's a nice upgrade. But by all means KT is only 6-9 and 235lbs, how much better he can be, defending Shaq or Bynum?

Elson had been Pop's dog house for at least a month. It was pretty evident for anyone watching them that the guy had a very low BB IQ. He kept missing defensive rotations. KT is a big step up from that, considering he has a pretty good BB IQ.

 

[some_user86]

The Spurs front office is all about team chemistry, the Artest rumblings were nothing more than a smokescreen for this deal. This isn't Gasol, Shaq, or Kidd but it's moves like this that have helped the Spurs get over the top in recent years.

This looks likely as the Spurs FO has declared that they never considered trading for Artest.

Link: http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/...ies/MYSA022108.01C.buckharvey.en.38c573b.html

 

[AceP]

Elson had been Pop's dog house for at least a month. It was pretty evident for anyone watching them that the guy had a very low BB IQ. He kept missing defensive rotations. KT is a big step up from that, considering he has a pretty good BB IQ.

Never mind of that. I still don't think KT can do very much against Bynum and Shaq. Maybe they would put Duncan on Bynum, let KT deal with Gasol?

They paid the price by losing Barry and his 43% 3p. If the Sonics really waive Barry, we should pick him up ASAP!

Barry can't sign back to Spurs within 30 days after waiver, league rule is, any player signed after March.1 is not going to be in playoff roster of 12.