Barry Was Waived

Blame Rasho · Post #61 » by **Blame Rasho** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:59 pm

Pop is awesome...

johnnyjohnnyjohnny · Post #62 » by **johnnyjohnnyjohnny** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:41 am

He's back!!! WOOHOO!!

Comparing a trade of a rotation player and a 1st round pick for Kurt Thomas to virtually NOTHING for Pau Gasol? Are you serious?

Ballings7 · Post #63 » by **Ballings7** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:30 am

Very nice to have Brent back, only makes the depth better

Arles · Post #64 » by **Arles** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:02 am

http://ktar.com/sports/?nid=21&sid=748308

From the sound of it, San Antonio wanted Brent Barry so bad that they were willing to break the rules to get him back in a San Antonio uniform.

Barry chose to sign with the San Antonio Spurs over the Suns, as well as interested parties Boston, Dallas and Houston on Tuesday, ending a week long debate as to where the 36-year-old guard would play.

However, the Spurs might have violated an NBA policy in order to bring back the 3-point sharpshooter after acknowledging their interest in returning Barry to their roster.

NBA rules mandate that they wait until March 21 to do so.

"We've expressed our interest to Brent about wanting to bring him back," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told the Express-News after their Wednesday practice session.

The Express News also cited Tony Parker as a violator of the NBA rule.

Asked if he had reached out to Barry, Parker responded emphatically. "Of course," Parker said, "of course, of course. I have no idea (what he is going to do), but I hope he'll be back."

if the Express news is correct, Barry will be ineligible for the postseason roster.

CoachPop · Post #65 » by **CoachPop** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:29 am

That's some stupid reporting right there. What's against the rules is having a deal in place, not letting the guy know you're interested!

Btw, that link doesn't take you to the article you posted, so who knows what kind of garbage it is.

pro2020 · Post #66 » by **pro2020** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:31 am

basically we traded Elson for Kurt, I love it.

Ballings7 · Post #67 » by **Ballings7** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:42 am

Yeah, when I read that I was kind of thinking that was wrong, but wasn't sure enough of the rule.

co_laper · Post #68 » by **co_laper** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:55 am

i am so glad no one took me up on my bet.

Ballings7 · Post #69 » by **Ballings7** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:12 am

haha, yeah

Stella Artois · Post #70 » by **Stella Artois** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:55 am

Seriously guys, I read on the CNN site an article that Barry was still choosing between Suns and Spurs (obviously he has chosen for the Spurs), but there were some readers comments that Barry won't be allowed to play in the post seasons since he will only be allowed to sign after March 1 (I think) and players signed after March 1 are not allowed to participate in the play offs.

Is there any truth in this ??

Ballings7 · Post #71 » by **Ballings7** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:34 am

No, they have to be waived by March 1st to be playoff eligible. Barry has to wait 30 days to sign with us, because it's the team he was traded from.

If a team trades a player and the player is subsequently waived by the assignee team, the assignor team will not be permitted to sign the player to a new contract (or claim him off of waivers) until at least 30 days have passed following the date the trade was made (or 20 days for trades that occur during the off-season).

http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-collecti ... ment.shtml

That's part of it, anyway.

Stella Artois · Post #72 » by **Stella Artois** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:56 am

^OK, thx for the clarification

Magz50 · Post #73 » by **Magz50** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:11 pm

Sweet, so Barry can use the 30 days to heal up that calf of his then be ready for some finals 3 point barrages.

Welcome back Bones!

DBMethos · Post #74 » by **DBMethos** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:16 pm

SWEEEEEET!!!! Our 3-point shooting just hasn't been the same without him, and he's such a great guy & teammate. Welcome home!

LyMinh · Post #75 » by **LyMinh** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:39 pm

pro2020 wrote:basically we traded Elson for Kurt, I love it.

Well, Elson plus a first round pick, but not too bad.

The whole deal was planned from the beginning. I coached Brent Barry to pretend to be interested in other teams and string them along, so we wouldn't have a dumb Stackhouse situation on our hands. Spurs > Mavs yet again.

Magz50 · Post #76 » by **Magz50** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:55 pm

It makes it even sweeter that he was messing with the Suns emotions. hahaha nice one Brent. Man Suns fans must HATE the Spurs even more now.

DBMethos · Post #77 » by **DBMethos** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:20 pm

^ You're right. From the Suns board:

Arles wrote:enigmatics is right. This shouldn't be a surprise - this was setup over a month ago (as soon as Barry got hurt). Both Pop and Parker clearly violated rules by contacting Barry before the 30-day rule, but Stern won't enforce it. He "must" enforce the bench-leaving rule, but he doesn't have to enforce the rules for things like officials gambling (gave 5-10 a free pass this summer) and tampering with the 30-day rule.

Man, PHX fans just don't quit, do they?

LyMinh · Post #78 » by **LyMinh** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:48 pm

Of course not. David Stern is a huge Spurs fan.

pro2020 · Post #79 » by **pro2020** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:35 pm

I remember when the fans here in San Antonio always thought there was a conspiracy by David Stern to keep a small market team like the Spurs out of the Finals (before that '99 year), man, how things have changed, now it's PHX turn to believe in conspiracy theories.. :lol:

mudyez · Post #80 » by **mudyez** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:10 pm

lol...it wasnt ment serious that the barry appreciation thread can be locked now....its not like we cant appreciate players that are actually playing for the spurs!