Kurt Thomas to Spurs

[nbrans]

The San Antonio Spurs have reached agreement with the SuperSonics that will bring them center Kurt Thomas in exchange for guard Brent Barry, center Francisco Elson and a 2009 first-round draft pick, league sources said Wednesday

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

 

[king07]

There goes the Artest trade to spurs.

 

[nbrans]

This means the Sonics got THREE FIRST ROUND PICKS just for taking on Thomas' deal from Phoenix for half a season and hten trading him onto San Antonio. Goodness gracious. Let's clear some freaking cap room.

 

[venom_7]

poor Brent Barry. But wow, we couldn't have gotten that for Ron?

 

[Dime Dropper]

poor Brent Barry. But wow, we couldn't have gotten that for Ron?

You would think so.

Don't think Ron will be dealt now.

Solid move for both teams, Spurs get what they need and Seattle gets yet another good rebuilding package.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

This means the Sonics got THREE FIRST ROUND PICKS just for taking on Thomas' deal from Phoenix for half a season and hten trading him onto San Antonio. Goodness gracious. Let's clear some freaking cap room.

what a coup for the sonics. turned nothing into something literally.

nbrans don't speak of those things. capspace isn't important.. we still need the vets to mentor the young ones.

 

[Futuristic]

The Spurs are old, and so are the Suns. I think the Lakers can take the West if they get everybody healthy.

 

[Bricklayer]

This means the Sonics got THREE FIRST ROUND PICKS just for taking on Thomas' deal from Phoenix for half a season and hten trading him onto San Antonio. Goodness gracious. Let's clear some freaking cap room.

truly a coup -- for all that they are a lauhgingstock now and goign to move cities, that team is abssolutely loaded with futrue caprooom and draft picks. If they were staying ion Seattle, the one day future power region out West could have been the Northwest battle between Portland/Seattle rather the Texas Triangle.

 

[Futuristic]

If they move to Anaheim, they would be an instant attraction to free agents.

 

[Bricklayer]

If they move to Anaheim, they would be an instant attraction to free agents.

Oklahoma City. Deal is already pretty much sealed as soon as they disentangle themselves from the Seattle courts.

 

[Arby's Roast Beef]

The Spurs continual sacking of young talent in the form of draft picks and their penchance for going for the older, proven guys at the twilight of their careers may prove to be their demise long-term. That's nothing against Thomas, as he's having a very nice season and is ever so prominent this year in playing tough post/perimeter defense while crashing the boards well, and while he's a definite upgrade IMO over Francisco Elson and one-dimensional hustler Frabricio Oberto, he's already 35ish and already on his decline. The Spurs note that Robert Horry is only getting older, but they should be swaying towards productive young bigs rather than battle-tested vets--they've had enough of them.

 

[SpursIndonesia]

Tim Duncan is not getting any younger, win now, worry later -though with Tiago Splitter & Ian Mahinmi waiting in the wing, i must say the Spurs have their bigman position covered regarding young talents -swingmen spot is pretty dire though.