Rockets offer Barry 2 year contract

ToyCen428 · Feb 25, 2008

I heard Barry wanted to make a decision sometime tonight, has he mentioned anything?

hooroo · Feb 25, 2008

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/.../MYSA022508.spursmailbag.en.WEB.2ab03b98.html

We here at the Mailbag don’t claim to know what Brent Barry is thinking. We haven’t tapped his phone. We aren’t in his head.

We don’t know for sure where he is going to wind up when his services go up for bid on Tuesday morning.

What we have here is a hunch. A gut feeling.

And that gut feeling tells us Barry’s new team will look a lot like his old team. Our hunch is Barry, essentially rendered a free agent during last week’s wheelings and dealings that brought Kurt Thomas to San Antonio, will re-sign with the Spurs, even if he has to wait nearly 30 more days to do it.

Our guess is he will essentially be a former Spurs swingman for less than a week. But it’s only a guess, not worth more than the virtual paper it’s printed on.

We’ll admit, from a pure playing-time perspective, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Some of the other teams on his list of suitors – Houston, Dallas, Phoenix and Boston – could probably use him more.

With the rise of Ime Udoka in the rotation, the Spurs are having enough trouble making room for all the wing players they’ve got.

In the Spurs’ most recent victory, a 98-89 trumping of New Orleans on Saturday, Michael Finley – an erstwhile starter – managed to get on the floor for just 10 minutes, 45 seconds.

How many minutes can coach Gregg Popovich carve for Barry, who is still at least 10 days away from being able to play again after his second stint on the injured list?

The Rockets, Mavericks and Suns could find use for him as soon as he’s healthy enough. The Celtics would probably even offer him significant minutes at point guard.

So if Barry returns to the Spurs, it won’t be for playing time.

It will be for family – both his actual flesh and blood, and the fraternal bond of the Spurs locker room.

Barry and his wife, Erin, have been active in the San Antonio community since he arrived in 2004. His kids, as much a fixture in the Spurs’ locker room as their father, are entrenched in school here.

That will probably figure into Barry’s decision somehow.

(Something that won’t: His starring turn in a series of local H-E-B commercials, though it did give rise to one of our favorite e-mails of the week. From Tom, in San Antonio: “Come back Brent. You’re the mango tree.”)

Then there is the prospect of returning to the team with which he’s won a pair of NBA titles. He’s familiar with the Spurs’ offense, he’s familiar with his teammates. There would be no learning curve.

When he’s ready to play, he can just play. That has to factor in, too.

Still, until Barry puts pen to new contract, anything is possible.

Our gut feeling is that Barry will follow his heart, if not his head. But that’s only a hunch.
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Clutch · Feb 25, 2008

It's always seemed like a wink-wink arrangement for him to go back to San Antonio, but I may be wrong. I just see him selling H.E.B. Beef and ice cream in San Antonio and seems like a cush gig for him.

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krosfyah · Feb 25, 2008

Dang it Clutch, I though you were gonna give us some scoop ...not a scoop of ice cream that Dirty Bowen stole.

Those commercials are 10x as entertaining as watching the Spurs play.

rocketsmetalspd · Feb 25, 2008

I hope those commercials are Brent's last; swang song for being a Spur. Now it is time to become a Rocket and get a nice shoe deal or someting else.

Old Man Rock · Feb 25, 2008

Clutch said:

It's always seemed like a wink-wink arrangement for him to go back to San Antonio, but I may be wrong. I just see him selling H.E.B. Beef and ice cream in San Antonio and seems like a cush gig for him.
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He looks like his having alot of fun. But I wonder why his brother would say SA is going to miss Brent's scoring unless he thought there was at least a chance that he might not go back. I think he is considering Houston among others and is seriously weighing his options.

Panda · Feb 25, 2008

pippendagimp said:

Battier will always guard Peja when we play the Hornets. He'll also stick to Josh Howard when we play the Mavs, meaning someone will have to guard Stackhouse. Carmelo for the Thuggets, leaving JR Smith to be guarded. Etc, etc. I'm just saying when Tmac is on the bench or injured it would be nice to have a big guard on the roster.

I'm not worried about Jones' age or playoff experience. I see him in the mold of Chucky Brown for us.
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I'm still worries about Jones' experience a little, but he comes cheap so no complaint. It seems we have needs filled either way it turns out, Barry for shooting and Jones for defense. Too bad we can't pick them up all at once.

Smacktle · Feb 25, 2008

This smells just like the Jerry Stackhouse deal to me.

istream · Feb 25, 2008

with jones signing, does that mean we dont have a roster sport for barry or anyone else anymore? I thought we only had one extra spot that we wanted to use on barry

Doctor Robert · Feb 25, 2008

HEB vs Chinese shoe contract?

Cmon... no contest.

abc2007 · Feb 25, 2008

In fact, Barry is not Pop's favorite player. I doubt whether Barry wants to play for Pop again.

bratna8 · Feb 25, 2008

Come on!!! Someone has to know something by now. Let's go insiders

Carl Herrera · Feb 25, 2008

Clutch said:

It's always seemed like a wink-wink arrangement for him to go back to San Antonio, but I may be wrong. I just see him selling H.E.B. Beef and ice cream in San Antonio and seems like a cush gig for him.
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We can't all get Chinese shoe deals.

Fullcourt · Feb 25, 2008

Those commercials were actually pretty funny! a lot better than Clemens, Pettite, and Carr.

SWTsig · Feb 25, 2008

who in god's name would actually choose to live in san antonio???

lalala902102001 · Feb 25, 2008

Anything new on this? Jon Barry said on ESPN yesterday that Brent's going to make a decision tonight.

dedong22 · Feb 25, 2008

lalala902102001 said:

Anything new on this? Jon Barry said on ESPN yesterday that Brent's going to make a decision tonight.
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make decision tonight, make it public tomorrow morning... but who knows if those sources are true or not

wreck · Feb 25, 2008

dedong22 said:

make decision tonight, make it public tomorrow morning... but who knows if those sources are true or not
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its his bro, he has to know when.

francisfan4l1f3 · Feb 25, 2008

So whats everyones gut feeling on where he goes?

Zacatecas · Feb 25, 2008

SWTsig said:

who in god's name would actually choose to live in san antonio???
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That's not very fair. San Antonio is a nice city. They are 1 hour away from Austin, and apparently all of those Silicon Valley people are choosing Austin and San Antonio as their homes.

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