36 year old Theo Ratliff has been signed to the Spurs per news4's Don Harris. While this isn't the most flashy signing, he's another 6'10" veteran that we can throw out at Gasol and Bynum, further strengthening our front court, which saw itself dwindling after the trade of Kurt Thomas and Fabricio Oberto.
Over his career he's averaged 2.5 blocks per game. Even last season in only 12 minutes of play he still managed to average a block per game. He won't see big minutes, but for the 10-15 minutes we throw him out there it's good to know he's going to be swatting shots, smoking fools, and lighting up chumps.
He came cheap. Low risk, moderate reward. I'll take him knowing that we already have Duncan, McDyess, Blair, Haislip(?), Mahinmi(?), and Bonertime likely to be played ahead of him.
2 comments:
I guess there arent a whole lot of Funboys who think much of Theo Ratliff...
that's exactly what i was thinking the past few days..errr week!
i like this signing! i mean, for the money, and the minutes he'll play it's good to have a sure thing. we have a nice balance of the older, more experienced bigs in duncan, mcdyess, and ratliff. and then we have the young guns in blair, mahinmi, and bonner.
young guys don't always pan out. so it's good to have a few guys you know you can rely on - especially in the playoffs.
and this guy probably takes jacque vaughn's seat at the end of the bench. instead of a 3rd string point guard, we have a proven shot blocker to protect the rim when duncan's on the bench (which we've been missing).
and even with old man Ratliff - the spurs average age as it stands: 28. Not too shabby.
Post a Comment