Ford Reports: Richard Jefferson Traded To Spurs
"The trade is Richard Jefferson to the Spurs for Bruce Bowen, Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas ... more coming in just a second. Deal is agreed to in principle with a trade call coming later today"
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Great deal for the Spurs.
Now they’ll have a terrific starting five, they need to get a good bench and they will be contenders again in the West if healthy.
Great trade for SanAn
If they get another big or two… they’ll topple the Fakers in the playoffs.
"It will be fun watching the Lakers get those balloons down one at a time." - Bill Russell
by silvershamrocker on Jun 23, 2009 1:38 PM EDT reply actions
Spurs fan here..just browsing
But they are 100% capable of doing just that with RJ, the big question and it really womped both the spurs and the celtics last year, is health.
How much better are the spurs with a Healthy Tim Duncan & Manu Ginobli? How much better are the celts with a healthy KG & Leon Powe?
RJ is a great pick up for San Antonio but it’s all still contingent on Ginoblis ankles and Duncans Knees.
" Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. "
WTF?
They just gave Jefferson away like that? He is a decent player! Great move for them… If they can go get a decent 5 like Camby they have an insane lineup!
Could we get Charile Bell?
If MIL is, as has been discussed in the forum, cutting salary to be able to resign Sessions and/or Villanueva, maybe we could swoop in and grab Charlie Bell.
Tony Allen + Gabe Pruitt for Charlie Bell saves MIL about $1M if they decline Pruitt’s option. I’d send cash to cover T.Allen’s deal if need be to get the deal done.
Bell is more consistent contributor right now than Tony Allen or Pruitt will ever be, IMO.
by Gainesville Celtic on Jun 23, 2009 1:38 PM EDT reply actions
An interesting idea, GC
If Milwaukee manages to resign CV and Sessions, they’re still looking at being slightly over the cap, so they might be looking to make additional cost-saving deals.
Gadzuric and Bell could help out our bench, I think.
Good Trade for the Bucks
Jefferson is overrated and overpaid. Of course, the “wink wink” deal is that Bowen and Oberto will be waived, will wait the mandatory 30 days and then return to the Spurs. I’m not sure if Thomas will also be waived.
The waiting period in the off-season is just 20 days...
So SA could re-sign them even more quickly.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
I like Jefferson, but I agree someone will be waived and back in a Spurs uniform. That said, I think Skiles might have some use for Bowen.
by Thruthelookingglass on Jun 23, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Why would MIL waive Oberto?
they should try and dump Gadz or Elson, Oberto is MUCH better than either one.
by Gainesville Celtic on Jun 23, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions
Though i wouldn't mind the C's making an offer for Elson or Orberto
by Gainesville Celtic on Jun 23, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions
Oberto's deal is only partially guaranteed...
… as is Bowen’s. If they’re interested in saving money this season — and they are — they won’t pick up any non-guaranteed money that they don’t have to.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
Oberto....
has to also be seen by MIL as Villanueva insurance and/or bargaining chip in Charlie V negotiations right? I mean there’s no guarantee they can resign him. And I’d rather have Oberto/Bogut than break the bank on CharlieV
by Gainesville Celtic on Jun 23, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Oberto any better than Gadz?
How many backup centers do the Bucks need? I don’t think Oberto has much to do with the Charlie V situation, from my perspective, other than that cutting Oberto and Bowen frees up some money to sign at least on of Sessions and Villanueva.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
Plus, of course...
They have Kurt Thomas now. Oberto, to me, is completely extraneous.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
Agreed
I believe only 50% of both players are guaranteed. That’s $2mil of Bowen’s $4mil. And $1.9mil of Oberto’s $3.8mil.
Both players will be waived. Easy savings for a club who are clearly going after savings.
The Bucks choose San Antonio’s offer of expiring contracts because of these two partially guaranteed deals.
Who do the Spurs have for big men now? Duncan…and…Matt Bonner? Assuming Oberto comes back, they still need at least one more big. It’s going to be interesting to see where the big men go this summer.
Sheed
I read somewhere that Rasheed Wallace may be headed to the Spurs.
if Sheed goes there, hope Danny lands Mcdyess. those 2 are the premier big men in free agency this year for contenders.
if Sheed goes to SA and we get Mcdyess
it’s a win-win situation! We get the guy we need, and the other quality big does not go to the cavs, but to the lakers main opponent out west, awesome
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how is this trade “very good” for the bucks? I can see it being called decent, but not very good.It’s a bit like the gasol trade
They save a load of money and get rid of an overpaid player. That money can be used on either or both Ramon Sessions and Charlie Villanueva, two players who are far more important to the Bucks future than Jefferson is.
Keeping RJ and losing those two would be a terrible day for the Bucks franchise.
great trade for SA by the way.
it’ll be a shame if they knock off LA before we get to do it in the Finals next year. prove to Kobe he didn’t really lead the team to a real title since they didn’t beat the best team to get it.
yeah, I know, very “homer” of me to say that.
remeber Yi?
so the Bucks traded a former lottery pick for a 1 year rental on RJ?
who’s running that team?
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
well, this is the lottery pick Yi who couldn’t earn a starting spot on the NETS. He may yet have some potential, but really doesn’t have much going for him at the moment.
by scurvmeister on Jun 23, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Herb Kohl is Running It
I guess he got tired of writing big payroll checks for a small market team that can’t escape the lottery.
He'd rather write checks to his in-laws,
most of whom are now in their front office.
"People don't understand, if you can't live the rest of your life off one year in the NBA, you can't live off 21." -- Keon Clark
If this really happens
Wow….. I would like to get a piece of that deal if we could give up T.Allen, Pruitt, Scal, or anybody to get a decent player we need.
shhh… that’s our little secret, nobody else is supposed to know about him.
Bring back Bruce, and free James Gist!
Pounding the Rock - where RJ happens.
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