July 6, 200520 yr http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2101335 Horry, a 2005 Finals hero, ready to stay in San Antonio Associated Press "Big Shot Bob" is staying put. The San Antonio Express-News reported on its Web site Wednesday that Robert Horry will remain with the San Antonio Spurs after agreeing to a three-year deal with the team. Houston television station KRIV also reported the agreement. Financial details were not disclosed. Horry has won six NBA titles, including the 2005 championship while making key shots down the stretch for the Spurs in a seven-game series against the Detroit Pistons. With his sixth title, the lanky forward joined the elite club occupied by Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Free agents can't sign with a team until the terms of the league's collective bargaining agreement are settled later this month, but that appears to now be a formality for Horry and the Spurs. "As soon as he is allowed to sign the contract, he is going to sign it," Robert Barr, who represented the 13-year veteran in negotiations, told the Express-News on Tuesday. The paper reported there is a clause in the third year of the deal that would allow the Spurs to buy out the final year. Horry's reputation for making clutch shots was on full display in Game 5 in Detroit. Horry scored the Spurs' final five games, calmly draining a 3-pointer with five seconds left in overtime to put San Antonio up 3-2 in the series. Horry came off the bench to score 15 points in Game 7, including a key 3-pointer with 8:22 left in the fourth quarter to exetend the Spurs' lead to five. The Pistons never got closer than three points the rest of the way. Horry spent 6½ seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and helped them win three consecutive NBA championships. But they elected to let him go after he struggled in the 2002-2003 season. He signed with the Spurs. Barr said while Horry considered signing with the Dallas Mavericks, "Robert's love for the Spurs organization, head coach Greg Popovich and the city of San Antonio was too much for him to walk away from."
July 6, 200520 yr Good for him, I still remember how good of a 2nd option he was with the Rockets in those Hakeem years.
July 6, 200520 yr All they have to do is resign Devin Brown. Scola looks like a lock to sign with the team. Man, that team looks good.
July 7, 200520 yr There's a new rumor floatin around that would have the Spurs sending Rasho Nesterovic to the Blazers for Shareef Abdur Rahim. That would be highway robbery. And the best team in the league would be even better. Staring 5=Duncan, Nazr, Bowen, Manu, Parker. Bench=Barry, Beno, Rahim, Horry, Scola, Brown, Massenburg or Rahimi? I'm assuming they'll be able to resign Devin Brown. Hopefully, the Blazers aren't that stupid.
July 7, 200520 yr Might as well stay in San Antonio, just won another championship and pending free agency I'd say the Spurs are favored to repeat.
July 12, 200520 yr If that shot in game 5 in 2003 had gone in, I'm sure Horry would have 7 rings by now.
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