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The Spurs have agreed to trade Theo Ratliff to Charlotte, source tells Yahoo! Sports.

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Lol doesn't look like we got anything back. I'll try and figure out what we got, even if it was just a couple of basketballs.

Farewell Theo.

Update: we're getting back a future second rounder.

So we did make a trade but now we have two open spots I think. With all that is spurs this yr I cant say I'm shocked. Very crazy year!!!!!

This is our "big" move? Why am I not surprised.

Update: PROTECTED 2nd round pick.

WTF????

2016 top 50 protected pick. So if the Bobcats are somehow in the top 10 teams in 2016, you guys get yourself a steal!

That the best they could do. Brilliant.

Really Ratliff isn't worth much. He's just gonna sit on the bench with the Bobcats too.

Our problems are solved. We trade away Ratliff for a shot at the future..haha. I understand the trade it was about saving some money but once again spurs go flat in the front. I am sure Bufford was burning up the phone lines but no one was gonna take RJ's or Dice's contract.

The team wasn't going to add more payroll. Now I would like to see Mason get some more playing time. The guy has high confidence and can shoot the lights out when he is on. Yes the guy came up empty on us in the playoffs but he at least has an upside.

Sorry...its top 58 protected. That means the only way the Spurs get the pick is if the Bobcats are in the Finals.

Pop did LB a favor though...Theo was decent tonight and we really needed him more than the Spurs.

Pop is a class act. You guys have a heckuva coach.

I don't think the disappointment came from trading Ratliff for garbage. It's more because we didn't do any trades that improve our talent level or fix a weakness.

amcoolio wrote:Pop did LB a favor though...

Appropriate seeing how LB gave Pop a championship in 2005 with his decision to stick Tay on Duncan for about 6-8 minutes straight to close the 3rd quarter. Our lead somehow disappeared.

Please kick our butts tonite as we need more lottery balls.

Utterly ridiculous and pointless trade here. It's like the Spurs decided that they aren't good enough to make a real playoff push but decided to leave the majority of the roster intact. San Antonio seems destined for mediocrity.

the southern dandy wrote:San Antonio seems destined for mediocrity.

Hard to admit, but very true. This team is done. No point even pushing for a playoff spot anymore.

Utterly ridiculous and pointless trade here.

It saves over a million dollars for a player who had played only 182 minutes all season, and 182 not very good minutes at that. There's the point.

Bobcats get a Veteran for the Lockerroom, Spurs save money. Pointless and/or moronic was the Clippers dealing Marcus Camby for Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw.

Sham wrote:

Utterly ridiculous and pointless trade here.

It saves over a million dollars for a player who had played only 182 minutes all season, and 182 not very good minutes at that. There's the point.

The real point is he should have been playing. And if we met the lakers we will need him, especially since Gasol and Bynum have been exposed.

If you put two players their same height on them at the same time their play falls waaay off. And Kobe looks like his knees are killing him.

I don't think Ratliff should be playing, but I do feel that he could be useful come playoff time. Atleast with a veteran like ratliff, you know he can give up 6 GOOD fouls and be an insurance policy if someone gets hurt. Now rather than Ratliff, we have Mahinmi to be our 5th bigman. He hasn't shown enough to become a decent insurance policy. I doubt that even if he knows what 6 good fouls are. Young bigs are prone to stupid fouls.

As fans, we don't give a **** about salary and saving money. All we know is, there's no way the Spurs get better by doing this trade. We're not overloaded with talent, so we're upset that a Spurs team with barely enough talent just made a trade that probably doesn't make us worse, but certainly won't make us better.

I agree we should have kept Ratliff. Seems like we have only gotten worse this season. Fin gone, Ratliff gone, Haislip gone.

From super deep to bare bones.