Ely to Spurs, Williams to Charlotte

[eisfeld]

Spurs and Bobcats seem to have completed a deal today. The Spurs are sending Eric Williams, a future 2nd rounder and cash to the Bobcats for Melvin Ely.

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Not a bad trade, but I don't know why the Spurs would need another PF.

[Gundy]

This shitty trade isn't worth a new thread.

[ThaLiveKing]

lol, Eric Williams just went back to a shitty team, he should have stayed in Toronto. . dumbass

[eisfeld]

Then tell me in which of the "official" trade threads buried in the deeps of this forum this should have been posted

[Axel]

The Spurs are the best team in the league at finding unproductive big men. They've been looking for someone to go along side Tim Duncan seemingly forever since David Robinson retired. Congratulations to the Spurs for finding another talentless loser to add to the mix!

[eisfeld]

I doubt he has no talent. He's a decent shotblocker and can score off the bench. /irony on Well but his rebounding numbers and his free-throws are just bad. A good fit for the spurs who are struggleing from the line and on the boards. /irony off

Elson, Butler, Horry, Bonner, Duncan, Oberto and now Ely. 7 big men and counting...

[killer_cr0ss0ver]

yeah Ely for E. Williams. Big deal.
who gives a fuck bout that trade.

[Its_asdf]

lol, Eric Williams just went back to a shitty team, he should have stayed in Toronto. . dumbass

No, he shouldn't have. Eric Williams was a useless tweener that bricked everything from layups to 3 feet jumpers, played attrocious defence and caused trouble in the locker-room with his excessive whining about not wanting to play in Toronto.

Getting Rasho for Williams and Bonner is a very underrated move by Colangelo.

[Gundy]

Quick! Somebody make a thread! Jake Tsakalidis (sp?) was just traded from the Griz to the Rockets for Scott Padgett!

[Indy]

I hope nobody is serious that this didn't actually deserve its own thread.

Melvin Ely has been in trade rumors for a long time, and was a story when he was a free agent last year. He is a decent role player off the bench, good trade for San Antonio.

[Sauru]

never hurts to have extra big men come playoff time

[ThaLiveKing]

lol, Eric Williams just went back to a shitty team, he should have stayed in Toronto. . dumbass

No, he shouldn't have. Eric Williams was a useless tweener that bricked everything from layups to 3 feet jumpers, played attrocious defence and caused trouble in the locker-room with his excessive whining about not wanting to play in Toronto.

Getting Rasho for Williams and Bonner is a very underrated move by Colangelo.

I'm saying in HIS case, he should haven't done what he did. . .He went to a contender and they didn't want his ass, becareful what you ask for

[BigKaboom2]

That's the most boring trade I've ever heard of...Ely just wanted out of there. Eric Williams is good defender, for the record.

[dada]

Man, this is all the NBA has to offer right now related to trades. What ever happened to blockbusters? Give me something worthwhile other than Iverson...

[Anthony15]

Who gives a shit??

[bigh0rt]

The 15 or so replies in this thread imply that somebody does... for you geniuses who feel the need to post one or multiple times in the thread asking why its necessary, remember that the original post is one-hundred times more useful than your post count bumping spam bullshit.

[grusom]

On the right team, I think Ely could be a good player. Unfortunatly, the Spurs isn't exactly the right team for him, as Eisfeld pointed out. I see Ely as a Chris Wilcox type of player who would be a good center on a small ball team.

[Andrew]

Man, this is all the NBA has to offer right now related to trades. What ever happened to blockbusters? Give me something worthwhile other than Iverson...

Even blockbusters aren't that exciting these days as teams rarely get equal value and superstars are given up for a package of good but not great players, expiring contracts and draft picks.

Seems like this is the Spurs' annual trade involving an expendable player in an effort to make a small but possibly shrewd addition to their roster for the second half of the season and the coming playoff run. From the Bobcats point of view, I guess Melvin Ely wasn't in their long term plans and they wanted a veteran wing player whose $4 mil contract comes off the books at the end of the year.