Spurs get Richard Jefferson!!!!

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Updated: June 23, 2009, 3:21 PM ET
Source: Bucks deal Jefferson to SpursComment Email Print Share By Chad Ford
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Chad Ford on the Bucks' trade of Richard Jefferson to the Spurs
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Spurs Deal For Jefferson
The Milwaukee Bucks agreed to trade Richard Jefferson to the San Antonio Spurs for Bruce Bowen, Kurt Thomas and Fabricio Oberto, a Bucks source told ESPN.com.


Durable Stars
In the past two seasons, only two players have averaged at least 20.0 PPG while playing in every game: Richard Jefferson (pictured) and Kobe Bryant.

Player Team PPG
Kobe Bryant Lakers 27.6
Richard Jefferson Bucks 21.1
Andre Iguodala 76ers 19.3
Andre Miller 76ers 16.7

The two teams have agreed to the deal in principle. A trade call to make the deal official will happen later Tuesday.

The move gives the Spurs a dynamic wing scorer to play alongside Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. The Spurs had promised to make their team better this summer and adding Jefferson for role players should give them a huge shot in the arm.

The Bucks' incentive to make the trade is largely financial. Bowen, Oberto and Thomas are all in the last year of their contracts. The deal will clear $15 million off the books for the Bucks in 2010-11 and give Milwaukee more flexibility for the 2009-10 season. The Bucks expect to save $6.35 million next season after releasing Bowen (only $2 million guaranteed) and Oberto (only $1.9 million guaranteed), a source told ESPN.com.

That may give the Bucks the wiggle room to sign one or both of their restricted free agents -- Charlie Villanueva or Ramon Sessions -- next year.

The move also opens up some playing time for the Bucks' lottery pick last year, Joe Alexander.
 
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Good trade for the Spurs and RJ is an insurance in case MANU can't play all the time which judging from his track record is a given.
Here's the problem, they are going to have to chase the Lakers next yr who now with this trade will have to sign Ariza and Odom at whatever cost to stay on top so now all Laker fans should thank the Spurs for now forcing the Lakers to to this. But this trade does not answer the biggest questions about the Spurs, their height. Pau Gasol and most recently Andrew Bynum have had a field day ganging up on Duncan and it will continue now that it looks like Matt Bonner will still be playing center for them.
So i guess we can now expect a move from Portland and a couple of other teams to catch up.
Lakers/Spurs in the West, Boston/Cleveland in the east next year.
 
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