Big Moves

You can never have enough depth, right?

The Vipers brought back Garrett Temple today.

So... here are the players you are now trying to squeeze into three spots:

Mustafa Shakur, Garrett Temple, Jerel McNeal, Antonio Anderson, Richard Roby and Terrel Harris.

It's incredible to think, that no matter who's at the PG, SG and SF positions, the Vipers are in good shape. Finding them all minutes could be tricky, but at the same time, it also forces them all to take their games to a higher level to earn playing time. They can't all play 30-to-40 minutes (unless there's mad wicked overtime).

Still, the acquisition of Temple is the right one. He's a good person, very coachable. He'll put his head down and hustle... do whatever is asked of him. And he has plenty of talent too. The man made some starts for the Spurs down the stretch last year. I don't really understand why the Spurs waived him this year. You can say he wasn't playing as well, but he only got a few minutes in three games off the bench, so that's not really fair. The Spurs are carrying the league-minimum of 13 players right now (max is 15). I guess they don't see a reason to carry more since they can only have 12 active on any given night. They could have assigned Temple to the Toros, but maybe they thought he didn't need anymore seasoning. Still, it would have been a smart way to hold onto a valuable player and get him ready in case the aging Spurs have any injuries. Oh well, just like with Luis Scola, the Spurs' loss is the Rockets' gain... or in this case... the Vipers' gain.

Stanley Robinson is a pretty intriguing acquisition too. The Vipers certainly needed some help in the size department. Patrick Sullivan was in a lot of foul trouble and didn't even play seven minutes on Sunday. Patrick Patterson is solid, but you never know when the Rockets will recall him. Mickell Gladness is a good piece to have. Mouhammad Faye barely plays. Robinson immediately bolsters the power forward position.

Over all, the Vipers have become incredibly deep at every position. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out as far as rotations and lineups go.