Looking back on it, the Spurs just never appeared to be too interested. There was no report that they called Wallace right away … or at all. The only connection was a visit to “Orlando and San Antonio” that the media kept reporting. However, Orlando denied there was ever a visit planned.
I’d say the scenario is:
The Spurs weren’t very interested.
The Spurs weren’t willing to match the salary the Celtics were offering.
The Celtics told Rasheed their offer was expiring this weekend.
Add in Buford seemingly being confident about filling the bigman hole and I gotta think the Spurs aren’t shocked by this move. But I guess we’ll see--------------timvp