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Malcolm Thomas waived to make way for Kawhi replacement

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:44 pm
by Nolan
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/2014/01/23/source-spurs-consider-adding-jeffers/

SAN ANTONIO — The Spurs waived forward Malcolm Thomas on Thursday, paving the way for a more suitable replacement after a broken bone in the right hand of small forward Kawhi Leonard depleted their perimeter corps to dangerous levels.

Leonard was injured in the first half of Wednesday’s home loss to Oklahoma City. He will miss three to four weeks following an examination on Thursday, according to Express-News staff writer Mike Monroe.

Shooting guard Danny Green is expected to miss about two more weeks with a broken bone in his left hand. The injuries will deprive the Spurs of their top two wing defenders for a stretch of roughly 11 games: at Atlanta (Friday), at Miami (Sunday), at Houston (Tuesday), Chicago (Wednesday), Sacramento (Feb. 1), at New Orleans (Feb. 3), at Washington (Feb. 5), at Brooklyn (Feb. 6), at Charlotte (Feb. 8), at Detroit (Feb. 10) and at Boston (Feb. 12).


So Marc Stein's saying Othyus Jeffers is the guy we're looking at but I have to think Josh Howard (Toro's) and Corey Maggette will get some consideration as well.

Re: Malcolm Thomas waived to make way for Kawhi replacement

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 3:06 am
by iHeartKNicks
Malcolm Thomas please. Young bigs is more of a need at the moment.

Re: Malcolm Thomas waived to make way for Kawhi replacement

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:05 am
by imagump1313
Please not Maggette. He is a waste of space at this point. I would hope to find the most athletic wing available if possible since we struggle against athletic teams like OKC and Portland.

Re: Malcolm Thomas waived to make way for Kawhi replacement

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:15 pm
by co_laper
Read rumours of Othyrus Jeffers.

Personally, I don't think whoever we sign out of the D-league will help. They don't know the system well enough to earn playing time. Also, we miss Kawhi most when we're guarding Lebron James or Carmelo Anthony or any other tall high scoring SF in the league. I doubt any stud defender out of the D-league will be able to defend those guys better than us forcing Manu or Boris or Marco at SF.

Re: Malcolm Thomas waived to make way for Kawhi replacement

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:37 pm
by Nolan
And Utah picked Thomas up off waivers. Hopefully he gets some minutes there I really want to see what he can do.