Less crazy idea: Marcus Haislip

[Rastapopoulos]

Marcus Haislip was a star in Spain. He even had one of those fancy animated cartoon figures (like Navarro, Rubio and our own Claver) they gave to a select few on the ACB website last year. His leaving Unicaja to come back to the US was probably the main reason they went after Freeland. But now...

Not only did Haislip take a massive pay cut to come back to the NBA—he could be making far more than the veteran minimum in Europe—but he really hasn’t enjoyed much playing time to justify his sacrifice. He’s seen a grand total of four minutes in the entire season thus far.

I wonder if the Spurs would let him go so we can have him? This would not be unprecedented - the Spurs tend to be pretty fair in dealing with players who aren't enjoying themselves on their roster - and maybe they'd prefer Juwan Howard. Because, it's not like they need Haislip:

The fact that San Antonio may be the deepest team in the NBA at his position (Antonio McDyess, DeJuan Blair and Matt Bonner are all outstanding options, besides Tim Duncan) obviously doesn’t help matters much. On a different team that values his scoring, athleticism and shot-creating ability more, Haislip would probably be in much better shape

Is Haislip even worth talking about? You decide.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Sure why not. Warm bodies who aren't stiffs are always a good idea.