I think Rice's contract is for one year beyond Tim's, so getting him to agree to a sign and trade would not be a consideration. Really, the key factor would be getting Duncan to want to play here, although it seems like many players do. Plus, we all know how good Steve, Cat, and Cat's mom are at recruiting.
The day the Spurs go out of their way (S&T) to help the Rockets acquire Duncan is the day the Rockets traded Olajuwon for Sean Elliott... It never happened, therefore this trade never will... Damn, this offseason is long...
Um, last summer the Spurs were one year removed from the title. DRob was still playing at a very high level. If you this the same will be true two years from now, maybe you should take off your very heavily tinted Spurs colored glasses. Losing Derek Anderson may have very well cost you Tim Duncan. I know I would not want my team to consist of Danny Ferry, Steve Smith, Terry Porter, and David Robinson two years from now, we would need to play at the old folks home. No, last time the only real contender for Tim was the Orlando Magic, in 2003 it will be pretty much everyone not the Spurs. Oh, one more thing. The Spurs would not be doing this to help the Rockets. They would be doing it to get themselves Eddie Griffin, instead of nothing, when Timmy leaves.
You should take off your tinted glasses as well. I didn't realize that the Spurs were precluded from making any personnel moves over the next 2 seasons. Two years is a long time in the NBA. Before you see fit to lecture others, you should learn a little yourself. Porter is gone after this upcoming season and he and Ferry are going to the bench anyways. If Derek Anderson was going to keep Duncan in SA or losing him was going to be what pushed Duncan to leave, don't you think the Spurs would have just given DA the extra cash and had things wrapped up early in free agency? Lemme guess, you're now going to argue that the Spurs do not get input from Duncan on significant roster moves... For the next 2 seasons the Spurs have a playoff performer at the 2 instead of a regular season performer in DA. They've made some rather solid acquisitions this summer that will definitely keep them among the top 3 or 4 in the league. Of course, I missed the NBA's decision to ban the Spurs from making any personnel changes over the next 2 years. But I see you got the memo...or perhaps wrote it in your own mind.
You know.. I read this thread yesterday and hoped no one would respond... This proposed trade is just ridiculous... It looks like newbie Brakus isn't being too well received on just about every thread they started... The only comment that I'll make about potentially trading the Franchise is that you must be on crack..
No way would I do a trade like that if I were EITHER team! Why would the Spurs trade for Francis? If the reason Tim Duncan might be leaving in people's is because the Spurs are getting old, wouldn't it stand to reason that that would be the reason FRANCIS would bolt!? The Rockets are in the middle of rebuilding and retooling, with a player they have built their team around, you would have to overhaul the entire system for Duncan. On the other side the Spurs are title contenders. I know there are people who don't agree, but I think that not only are the Spurs title contenders, they could stake a claim at being the 2nd best team in the West, and are capable of dethroning the Lakers, with the right mindset. Why throw away a title run to rebuild? Especially when the Spurs are a David Robinson and Steve Smith retirement away from having a ton of capspace to build around Tim Duncan, a guy who showed that he is capable of taking a team to a title!? It makes no sense. But then again, this is brought to you by a guy who thinks that 31 is old, and trading Sprewell and giving Shandon Anderson the starting job in NY is ok.
MrSpur, Of course they are allowed to make personnel moves. I must have missed the memo where all of the great marquee players had their contracts shortened. I don't know of many impact players that will have expiring contracts in the next couple of years. Couple that with the fact that right now the Spurs have very little in the way of tradable commodities outside of Duncan and I do not see how they are going to surround him with young, talented players that will make him want to stay. Of course this is in no way a well reasoned response, I must only be looking through my rocket colored . Before you try to turn someone's statement around on them, perhaps you should learn what it means and then see if it remotely applies to what they are saying.
Hydra, take MrSpur with a block of salt. he's just fanatical about his spurs (and takes himself all too seriously and swears the spurs make no mistakes EVER, as well). (just pokin' fun at ya, MrSpur) although, with idiotic threads like this, i'm glad he's around to squash them. the spurs will NOT be trading tim duncan. rest assured. he MAY leave...and if he were to make up his mind on that (when the time comes), then yea, he might "request" a trade. but until then, no way, no how is he being moved. and it's a true waste of bandwidth to even speculate on this crap right now. tim will be in san antonio until his contract is up. after that, who knows. for now, don't even worry about it. we have our own team that should be better than the spurs in (at the longest) 2-3 years.
Point well taken verse. This guy just irritates me when he talks about all of the roster moves the Spurs will be making, and offers no suggestions on what they might be, when I have not seen any big free agents coming available and they have no one to trade besides Tim Duncan himself. With Tim there, they won't even be getting good draft picks because he can carry a team to the playoffs.
