I know I'm in the minority, but I really like both moves. I think Kaman is a smart, skilled player who will fit in well with us. And Blakey? If I can ever get past the fact he was a F'L*ker, he'll be a solid addition to our bench. What does this team need most? A distributor who can play a little defense. Also, Blakey can shoot the three, which keeps teams honest on defense. Both are smart players and good passers, which is what Stotts' system requires. These are not the best individual players, but they fit our system well and neither breaks the bank.
I don't think you're in the minority. I think there are only a few people who have been very vocal about being unhappy with these moves.
The Spurs made marketable players out of Patty Mills and Boris Diaw, for fucks sake. Maybe it's not about the big splash but the smart moves. At least it's not Luke Babbitt or Nolan Smith or Ronnie Price or Sasha Pavolic or Jared Jeffries or Eric Maynor. Get players that fit your system, and imho, these two do. Are they the most sexiest of picks? No, but neither was Lopez.
All arguments have merged into a haze by this point. I'm pretty sure you mean a mid-2000s discussion over the merits of Tom Brady where I doubtless said he was good but not all-time great and you, because he was white and "underdoggish," I'm sure claimed he was the greatest ever and then got lucky when Brady absolutely took off after that. I still think Brady was good but not great back then, but stepped up to a much higher level in the latter half of that decade. Now I'd put him in the top-five of all-time. tl;dr Adam Morrison.
Kaman is okay provided he is healthy, plus it is better than signing him for 8 million like people suggested we do last summer. I hate Steve Blake period, you just made 4.2 million for 2 years worth of work, wear a fucking suit. Plus we should be allowing our bench to be the change of pace, let Barton, McCollum, Leonard and Robinson run they are clearly sloppy and perform poorly in Stotts half court system but I bet they would do well in an up tempo attacking style.
Why does adding Blake stop them from doing that? Won't they have a better chance of beating out Steve as opposed to someone you may like a little better? Maybe Blake was added for insurance just in case Will and CJ can't cut it. It seems like the valid salary is 2.1 that we should be talking about, not the total if he sticks around 2 years. We did not pay much to get him.
Blake has always been a slow half court guard, Mo would be a better fit for this attacking style upbeat attack. Instead we are going to see people like Barton get buried on the bench because Stotts will run a slow half court offense with Kaman in the post and try and do essentially the same thing as the starters which Barton does not fit because he is not a good 3 point shooter.
You mean the one man attack. You don't know that Barton will get buried on the bench. My point was that maybe the move was made to allow for CJ and Barton to play together. Maybe Blake will be content to be there "just in case", where another FA would not be happy sitting.... I guess we will see how it plays out.....
Yeah... Mo wasn't, and Blake was burdened by Nate's style. At least Blake knows the fundamentals of passing a basketball.
