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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Spurs have signed 34-year old Center Joel Anthony for the rest of the season.

Spurs fans know him as well as anyone outside of Miami, so we are glad to strengthen the Post-Duncan backcourt with a defensive-oriented guy like Anthony. He’ll be great for us in blowouts and losses, allowing Pop to sit some of the higher rotation guys.

By all accounts, Anthony is a well-loved teammate, and a big body to throw around for fouls and charges. I anticipate he will be used in this way primarily, even though he has been mopping up boards in limited time (14.