AbeVigodaLive wrote:JasonIsDaMan wrote:AbeVigodaLive wrote:I know they dumped him a couple of times. But the Spurs did have Stephen Jackson on the roster. And, some consider him a knucklehead.
Way too gloss over the facts.
They had him at low money at the beginning of his career, when he didn't have to pray that he didn't use his gun, because if he did use it, he would have died homeless and broke. (Principal reason I can't stand magazines like Sports Illustrated. A bunch of lit majors trying to dress up answers like "....Because I hadn't gotten a lot of guaranteed money yet.")
Then he signed for big money and acted like he was destined to.
Then he was brought back because EVEN THE THREAT of Stephen Jackson was still better than watching Richard Jefferson BEHAVE.....and was mysteriously waived two days before the playoffs started that year.
I'd rather not, but I guess I could do this all day.
What was mysterious about the Spurs waiving Jackson?
Surprising... yes. But it was pretty obvious that Jackson was upset with his rapidly diminishing role as the Spurs grew more and more disappointed with his rapidly diminishing on-court play. They cut him because they had better options and because he was the type of "knucklehead" to cause distractions when things don't go his way.
I should have put quotes around mysteriously because I meant it in jest. It was clear that he was there because they DESPERATELY wanted Jefferson gone (they even sent their 1st to GS), and not because of some desire to have him as a part of the team, and waiving him before he could Pop off (no pun intended) made perfect sense.
