Brent Barry will be flying back to the Spurs. Well, not really cause he can’t fly anymore, and he never left San Antonio in the first place.

You read it here first: as soon as the Spurs - Sonics trade involving Kurt Thomas and Brent Barry was done, I said that Brent Barry will return to the Spurs, just like Stackhouse was supposed to return to the Mavs:

Gregg Popovich vehemently criticized the Gasol trade and would have probably opposed the initial deal between the Mavs and Nets that had Stackhouse returning to Dallas. But I suspect he wouldn’t be nearly as upset if the Spurs managed to do the same thing (only much more quietly) with Barry.

Well, guess what ? He did “chose” the Spurs after being waived by the Sonics. But not before “think ing about his choices”. Yeah, right. He even claimed he considered the Suns for a while, but in the end he decided to “return” to the Spurs.

So where’s the outrage ? Are the GMs that were criticizing the Mavs-Nets trade so easy to fool ? Isn’t the media able to connect the dots ? Sam Presti worked for the Spurs for the past 7 years before taking the job of GM with the Sonics. He’s been the assistant general manager since 2005, so one figures he worked pretty close with Spurs GM R.C. Bufford. It’s only logical that the 2 reached an agreement were the Spurs would take on Thomas’ salary and receive Brent Barry back and send a 1st round pick to the Sonics for their trouble. Where’s David Stern disallowing the trade ?

Well, I guess when it’s the Spurs, they are allowed to do stuff others aren’t. Not the first time David Stern seems to have a soft spot for the San Antonio team.

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