You think he can beat out Anderson for RJ's backup gig?
You're missing a player on the active roster-You only have 11 players.
C Duncan - McDyess
PF Splitter - Blair - Bonner
SF Jefferson - Hairston
SG Manu - Anderson
PG Parker- Hill - Temple
Will be the 12 man active roster IMO
IR/Toros: Neal/Gee/ F.A young Big
i agree with u, and thats every spurs fan nightmare to see that 4spot against elite teams. only for pop to act perplexed& pissed after we lose.
Maybe not all that great, but at least he's willing to shoot it. In D League he averaged over 21 pts per game and over 39% on 3s in the regular season.
Hairston is strictly a slasher. He's shot .167 % on 3s over two seasons. Bowen was able to stick as a defensive specialist because he was not only so good at defense, but he could occasionally stick the 3. I don't think Hairston is anywhere near Bowen as a defensive player--so what's left?
(asking in curiosity)
active or not lets look at whos signed already
Duncan
Ginobili
Parker
Hill
Splitter
Blair
McDyess
Jefferson
Bonner
Neal
*Anderson (theres no way in we dnt sign him trust me)
ok thats 11 players (if i 4got one sorry) why is everyone acting like we cant sign
Temple/Gee/Hairston <----all 3 of them and have room for a shotblocker inside now my next ques is are we already over the lux tax?? if so are we able to obtain all these players realistically??? (part of mle and lle??)
Wow.. I must say that I am surprised. Not in a disappointed way but not in a happy way. I think that Neal has some ways to go before becoming a contributor. But with our depth at the 1 and 2, the only thing that's required of him would probably be to just shoot until he drops. In that sense its not terrible. Hopefully, like Bonner, hes not asked to do more than shoot.
Neal from what I saw needs to make on:
-ball handling, when pressured he appears to get nervous, he also did not look for the drive at all. This could possibly be a difference in athleticism from Europe to the NBA. Perhaps hes just not comfortable with driving the ball yet.
-defense, he plays hard on D, but doesnt have the speed and agility to keep up with some of the NBA caliber players. he also likes to gamble but does not possess great anticipation..
-playmaking, theres a chance hes gonna be asked to play the point. I believe he plays some point in europe. Neal himself said that hes not a point but is willing to work on it.. that just tells me that hes not too confident about the position and is just saying what teams what to hear.
So isn't the regular season roster 13. So that makes one of the 4: temple , gee , neel or Hariston plaers we can rotate in and out of the Toros and spurs depending on injuries.
With the ff as a regualr 10:
Duncan
Ginobili
Parker
Hill
Splitter
Blair
McDyess
Jefferson
Bonner
Anderson
I think we are done , as far a line-up . now depending on which 3 of the 4 players play well . will make the final 13 playoff roster. personally i think Gee or Hariston will be droped to the Toros, their roles are redudant
No, you always have 12 active players and up to 3 inactive players.
Minimum roster requirements according to the league is 13.
Let's hope Neal isn't Marcus Haislip 2.0 experiment gone wrong only it being a 3 year instead of 1 year mistake. Anderson is definitely strong enough to play SF so I can see him getting minutes there. I don't know what this means for Hairston/Gee. I think Temple is safe.
Surprising move, but can't really believe it's all guaranteed. Looks more like a Haislip type of thing, a long shot but worth trying on the cheap.
Doesn't bode well for Hairston and Gee, though. How about Hill? He's not a PG and likely would be looking at more minutes at the 2. Now there's a logjam there. Could he find himself on the trading block?
Eh. Haven't read all the way through, but coupled with the Anderson draft pick (and the failed pursuit of James Jones) just seems that the Spurs are trying to address their poor three point shooting on the cheap. Since they're stymied by cap considerations.
I still wouldn't be surprised to see the rest of the MLE used to bring in a vet shooter/average defender.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but one big difference is Haislip couldn't ever cut it in the NBA, whereas Neal had to go to Europe based on the red flags brought up by his rape trial. All to say that it isn't a clear comparison.
As for Hill finding himself on the block... it could only be as a sweetener to a bigger trade considering he doesn't make much money. By the same token, the FO would have to really want to unload somebody badly to get rid of a guy who plays several times beyond what he's paid.
You want to explain this rape thing?
Just google it. Long story short, he was acquitted.
You goddamn son of a .
You're right about Hill, however, if there's a deal on the table for a player who would currently bring more on a position of bigger need, say Batum ( I know it's a long shot ), then I think Hill could easily find himself out of Pop's fav player mantra.
For once I'm not that shocked. Spurs are known to scout intensively euro ball and it'd have been hard not to be interested in him (major exposition). Hopefully he'll get to master the system and will be an asset in years to come.
The 2 is now crowded as ever. I think the one that should be concerned is Hairston. I think this means Hill moves over to the 1 as his main position. This is how I see the roster.
PG-Parker/Hill/Temple
SG-Ginobili/Anderson/Neal
SF-Jefferson/Gee/Hairston?
PF-Duncan/Blair/Bonner
C-Splitter/McDyess/Cheap project big
I can easily see Gee giving Hairston a very hard push for his spot. I can see Hairston getting cut and leaving that spot open for a D-leaguer or just leave it open, period.
Hairston and Neal have very different skill sets so i don't really see this signing as something that pushes Hairston down/out of the roster. I'll be surprised if the Spurs keep both Gee and Hairston. And considering the time they've put in to developing Malik, i can't imagine the Spurs favoring Gee.
I agree completely but, as you say: it's a long-shot. Odds are somebody would feel the pinch of a trade before Hill would -- especially given the uncertainty about Parker's return next season.
An NBA team with an exclusive D-League team relationship can send down three players.
Far too many doomsayers getting around here. Relax people. We are working with a constrained budget and I'm fairly confident that that Spurs know what they are doing. It's not like they've plucked him out of nowhere. He's been with the team for a few weeks now and the Spurs will know him fairly well.
One thing the Spurs would want to avoid, is to spend half the season figuring out their rotation. If you remember last year the Spurs played a lot better when Finley left and guys like Bogans and Hill knew they were going to get minutes and when. Players play a lot better when they know their going to play and with who. If Blair knows he is coming of the bench late in the 1st with Manu on the court, he probably will know what to do
he'll get Bogan's or Mason's situational minutes:
TP/Hill
Manu/Neal
RJ/Anderson
that's what i'm guessing the Spurs are going for. i guess Anderson will play the three.
i don't think it's a bad signing. i was expecting someone like Butler as a back-up SF rather than another sg, but Neal might be a better player than Butler.
at this point the Spurs have a pretty undersized backcourt. that could be a problem. that and there's still no one there that can call his defense a strong point (other than Manu maybe).
Yup between a shooter (Neal) and a defender (Gee or Hariston) I say a spcialist shooter has a better shot in getting situational minutes ( max 5 min a game).
With RJ , Manu and Hill all avg around 25 min a game. plus Anderson maybe 20 min, there's just not much minutes left for anyone else
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