<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Spurs arrived Thursday evening with 13 players, one more, apparently, than with which they intended to depart San Antonio. The Spurs nearly traded Brent Barry on Thursday afternoon in a multi-team deal that would have netted New Orleans guard J.R. Smith, two NBA sources said. The deal was close enough to completion ? one opposing team executive said he had heard it was done ? that Spurs officials initially told Barry he might not need to board the team's charter flight here. The deal unraveled near the league's 2 p.m. trade deadline, which was an hour before the Spurs were scheduled to depart. After Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told Barry the trade was dead, Barry accompanied the team here.</div> Source
j.r. smith to championship team? under greg poppavich?? damn i can't imagine this even though j.r. wont even get playing time in SA
Who better to straighten him up than Gregg Poppovich? Plus, he would've gained a lot of experience. Oh well, it's his loss.
Well you guys were loaded at point guard with Tony Parker, Beno Udrih, and Nick Van Exel anyway, so it makes sense. Too bad the 5 minutes over the deadline killed the trade.
