As the Spurs get ready to begin their march towards a fifth NBA Title, we say goodbye to those who have departed: Bruce Bowen, Fabricio Oberto, Kurt Thomas, Ime Udoka, Jacque Vaughn and Drew Gooden. We wish them the best of luck in the next chapter of their lives.
We also wholeheartedly welcome the changes made by the Spurs during the offseason.
“I just think it’s a different time in the organization’s growth,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “Sometimes, we’ve only needed pieces going into the summertime. We needed something different this summer.”
“We’re very excited, very curious to see what we’ve got,” point guard Tony Parker told the Express-News. “We’ve been playing with the same team for a lot of years. It’s nice to have new blood.”
The new blood Tony refers to? Richard Jefferson, Antonio McDyess, Theo Ratliff, DeJuan Blair, Marcus Haislip (forward), Curtis Jerrells, and Keith Bogans.
This gives the Spurs 17 players, but there can only be 15, which brings us to this week’s poll.
I've got Jerrells and Williams not making the cut.
Agreed. If we keep 15 (which I hope we do), I think Hairston makes it. And I hope he does. I think he can take some minutes from Finley at the 3 and be a very solid contributor for 10 minutes a night or so.