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The Rich Get Richer: Former Piston forward Antonio McDyess has agreed to join the San Antonio Spurs. Word is he'll sign a three-year deal with two years fully guaranteed and a third non-guaranteed year. McDyess coming off the market also changes the path of Brandon Bass. Rumor has it that New Orleans and Orlando are the strongest suitors for Bass, however sources close to Brandon's camp say with McDyess leaving Detroit, the Pistons - who have a little bit of change left under the salary cap after deals with Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva - will pursue Bass.
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So much for Big Baby Davis. And, boy, the Spurs are really loading up for one last hurrah. They better hope Ginobili stays healthy - although they can probably rest him most of the reg. season and still get home court for at least the first round.
 
Guess we don't have to worry about San Antonio's size up front anymore, replacing Oberto and Thomas with McDyess and Blair. Spurs are still old and need to stay healthy, but if they do, they're still a contender.
 
At this point I would have signed McDyess just to keep other teams from getting him.
 
hasoos said:
At this point I would have signed McDyess just to keep other teams from getting him.
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For about the 23895th time. McDyess will NOT come to Portland. Some of you guys are so clueless.
 
We countered with Pendergraph. No need to panic. Portland is young and improving for God's sake
 
I thought McDyess would have made a terrific addition to Portland. In the short term anyway. The list of options grows thinner.....
 
RickyRubio said:
For about the 23895th time. McDyess will NOT come to Portland. Some of you guys are so clueless.
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Well, he won't now that he's going to San Antonio.

McDyess's agent said that Portland had displayed zero interest in McDyess. Not that McDyess had no interest in Portland.

Ed O.
 
RickyRubio said:
For about the 23895th time. McDyess will NOT come to Portland. Some of you guys are so clueless.
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Really? We are clueless aye? I say you are clueless. Guys walk to whoever pays them the cash all the time. Turkoglu left to Toronto for cash. He was never serious about winning, or he would have never left Orlando in the first place. Sure McDyess is chasing a ring. But a lot of these older players are just trying to cash a check while they can, and if they can get it on a contender, great. If not, they play ball for another year and collect a paycheck with a team who can't.
 
The Spurs.

Another team able to successfully "upgrade their roster" during the offseason.
 
ucatchtrout said:
The Spurs.

Another team able to successfully "upgrade their roster" during the offseason.
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And that is my whole problem with how the Blazers are being run right now. The Spurs negotiate from a position of strength because they have a marquee franchise with a record of winning champoinships. Portland is being ran the same way but we don't have the position of strength to negotiate with. That method of building a team cannot work unless you are an already established contender. Portland is not there yet, so that is why they are failing.
 
Mediocre Man said:
We countered with Pendergraph. No need to panic. Portland is young and improving for God's sake
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Let's see...attack the post not the poster...got it:


This is the kind of post that someone who is trying to be an ass would make.
 
BLAZER PROPHET said:
Why would he not?
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Weather durring the season

SA is a little ahead of us right now in his eyes

No state income tax in Texas

WAY cheaper to live in Texas

Maybe thinks he wouldn't fit in on such a young roster


These are all just guesses
 
Ed O said:
Well, he won't now that he's going to San Antonio.

McDyess's agent said that Portland had displayed zero interest in McDyess. Not that McDyess had no interest in Portland.

Ed O.
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We had this disagreement in another thread as well.

McDyess was only going to go to a championship contender, and I think we all know we're not quite there yet. We never had a shot at getting him.
 
ucatchtrout said:
The Spurs.

Another team able to successfully "upgrade their roster" during the offseason.
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They have to upgrade because the majority of their players are past their prime.

I would say Oklahoma City upgraded their roster this season by simply keeping their core together. Sure they have a ton of cap room they could have made a splash with, but they upgraded without signing any FA's.
 
Tince said:
We had this disagreement in another thread as well.

McDyess was only going to go to a championship contender, and I think we all know we're not quite there yet. We never had a shot at getting him.
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I think the problem is that some people do think we are a contender. That's where a lot of the bickering comes from.
 
Mediocre Man said:
I think the problem is that some people do think we are a contender. That's where a lot of the bickering comes from.
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That's a very good point. I guess I don't think we have a realistic shot of winning a championship this year (with or without a top notch FA), but I understand people being frustrated who think we're one FA away.
 
Tince said:
That's a very good point. I guess I don't think we have a realistic shot of winning a championship this year (with or without a top notch FA), but I understand people being frustrated who think we're one FA away.
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I have a different viewpoint.

I don't think we are contenders at all, but I also think that by not upgrading the roster we will fall further behind for the following years.

We are certainly not 1 FA away from contending either

P{art of my frusteration is that I feel, I know many differ with me on this, that had we obtained Carter or Jefferson last year for RLEC and a pick or Outlaw we would be in better shape right now because in my eyes we would only be needing to fill 2 spots instead of 3.

I think without the chance that we could have landed a lesser player in Hedo we might have been able to do a little more in the draft because we wouldn't have been working it for cap space. Maybe gone up to get Lawson or Holiday, and then use our full MLE on Bass.

It could certainly work out better for us that we didn't do that, but up to now I don't think it has.
 
The Spurs are compiling aging players for one last push. We are not operating on the same timeline as San Antonio. McDyess is not the player he once was, and certainly won't be in 2 years time.
 
I understand that beef, but when I see us being a championship caliber team (2-3 years from now), I see guys like Carter being washed up. A players prime is totally a guess though, so I could be wrong.
 
Tince said:
I understand that beef, but when I see us being a championship caliber team (2-3 years from now), I see guys like Carter being washed up. A players prime is totally a guess though, so I could be wrong.
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And gone off of our roster. Carter would be off of our roster in 2 years. In the mean time I htink he would have helped us gain some more playoff experience, and Batum probably would have learned quite a bit of offense from him. Just my thoughts.
 
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