Question is, do we have enough money to go after Barry and break the loyalty that he might have with the Spurs. Not to mention other teams that would be gunning for Barry. There is a chance Barry could do a Jerry Stackhouse and go back to the Spurs after 30 days.
30 days is a long time. Honestly the odds are that he holds out and returns to San Antonio, but they have a chance, and it's great to see they are taking it and going after him. There's plenty of incentive for him to sign here in Houston, too.
I don't think we can get this guy, but wouldn't it be nice if we could pick him up and glue Luther to the bench? It'd be like Jon Barry all over again. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it.
Isn't Jon a smarter player? Man I would love to have him here. How is his D? Do we need Tmac to come help give a pep talk again? "aw cmon baby, dey dun love you. dey traded you, you wit us now!"
He isn't a good on-ball defender, but he's a smart team defender, he can rebound some, and he has size. That's good enough, considering how good he is on offense.
Not only that but he is bball smart and can handle. Him and BJax would make a reversible backcourt with him being the tall point and BJax the short SG. By the way, we should be able to offer him more than San Antonio and stay under the cap. This could force SA to offer him part of the MLE if they want to go into lux tax territory. I think we've got a decent shot at him but if I were a betting man I would bet PHX really put a push on him by offering him major minutes since they are so short on rotation. And SA has the obvious advantage because he played there. Our advantage is offering him more dollars under the salary cap and the opportunity to backup Rafer. But to get him, I think Morey and Adelman are going to have to promise him minutes and then let BJax and Luther duke it out for who gets to back up the SG.
Lets take the fan-dom out of this and use some logic. If u were brent barry and u just got traded from the defending world champs. The team u went to waived u and u had to choose to sit out for 30 days and return to a certain contender in the spurs, another contender in the suns with a great pg and tons of open looks, or a team that's closer to being out of the playoffs than in. What would u do? Plus u won't be healed for another 2 or 3 weeks anyway. He'll sit out then resign back with the spurs in 30 and will be fully healed. Morey always talk about a situation like he did with lewis He shows up with a jersey and lewis is already in disneyworld. Get a clue and save ur gas money. Barry will either sign with spurs or suns.
