Spreewell to Denver?

Yikes. I have no idea how close this is to happening, but ESPN.com is running a picture anyway of Latrelle Spreewell chatting it up with Marcus Camby and talking about them reuniting with the Nuggets.

Carmelo Anthony has already had his career damaged significantly by Kenyon Martin. Do they really want to bring in another head case and clubhouse cancer? It looks like Portland may be making a short trip to the Southeast. Egads.

That would be the worst move since, well, since the Nuggets acquired K-Mart. (Excluding, of course, any move the Knicks have made since Thomas got there. Anybody who could sign Jerome James to a five year contract and not figure out that the Allan Houston rule should be used on Allan Houston really is truly hopeless. I am just saying.)

In the mean time, the Spurs are waiting on Finley. It seems like they are still in the running, with Miami, Phoenix, Minnesota, and maybe a couple of others. He would be a welcome addition to the team, the right kind of player for the Spurs, who are in need of another wing. It is a nice fallback position that Devin Brown is a restricted free agent. His back injury cost him something in the neighborhood of $10 million this summer, I reckon, as he would have been in line for a 3-4 year deal if he finished the season playing the way he did until he got hurt. Hopefully, he returns healthy for a full year and just postponed his big payday. It is hard not to root for Brown, who went to high school and college here in SA and has been nothing but a stand-up guy throughout.

So it looks like the Spurs nucleus will be completely in tact. Assuming Finley goes to Miami, we will have points of Parker and Udrih, with both off-guards Manu and Brent Barry able to play the point to spell Parker against the bigger points in the league. Tony needs to improve his shot, and he needs to do it this summer. If he were as consistent from the outside as Avery Johnson became late into his Spurs career, the Spurs would be head and shoulders above the league. Bowen comes back, and plays the three with Devin and Brent behind him there. The bigs are Tim and Nazr and Horry and Rasho and Oberto. That is a lot of depth in the bigs. I know people are throwing Rasho under the bus, but if they can't trade him, he will be a key contributor.

All in all, especially with Tim and Manu completely taking the summer off after two straight years of summer ball with their national teams, I don't see why this team isn't better than last year. Tim played the whole play-offs on two sprained ankles. He comes back healthy, Manu comes back bouncing. One of the great things about getting Finley is that it would put somebody hungry for a title on the team. Not to mention the fact that in 15-18 minutes a game, he could really play without as much wear and tear.

Enough ranting about the Spurs. But what can Kiki possibly be thinking in Denver?