Toros at Iowa Energy on now

[ChumpDumper]

Hairston, Tolliver, Courtney Sims, etc.

http://www.nba.com/dleague/webcastDleague.html

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[DPG21920]

Could the Spurs not sign Tolliver to another 10 day?

[DPG21920]

By the way, you were right Chump, the pg play is not going to cut it.

[ChumpDumper]

Could the Spurs not sign Tolliver to another 10 day?They never signed him to a 10 day deal, so they could sign him to two.

Sims is scoring pretty easily over Charles Gaines, but he's giving up just as much on the other end and can't get a rebound.

Abukar's stroke looks better every game.

[DPG21920]

Ya, do not know why I wrote "another", I meant they could sign him to one.

[ChumpDumper]

By the way, you were right Chump, the pg play is not going to cut it.Squeaky is doing fine -- better than ever in fact. The backup situation is horrible though. No one has done better than Ezra Williams and he's not good playing out of his natural position. The Toros waived McKiver so maybe they have something in the works.

[DPG21920]

Squeaky is a good player, good energy. But when he is out, the offense does not have any really good handlers. They seem to get into their sets still decently, but you can apply pressure and bump them out of position.

[DPG21920]

Rebounding needs to pick up here late in the half for the Toros. Very fast paced game, and Iowa has some nice athletes. Both teams are running the floor well.

[ChumpDumper]

I think Jeffers is too quick for Marcus; Snyder should switch his assignment with Hairston.

Sims has not impressed. They're doing a good job defending Hairston.

[EricB]

The basketball Jesus sims is so overrated by the people here it's not even funny he's shown me squat in this game.

[ChumpDumper]

Hairston heating up with some midrange shots and fastbreaks.

[ChumpDumper]

Hairston scored 15 in the third quarter from everywhere. Marcus is making great decisions -- 50% from the floor, 8 assists and 1 turnover. Marcus passed to Abukar for a three to end the quarter with the Toros up by 10.

[Shastafarian]

CD, can you access the D-League All-Star game page? I tried going there but I'm getting a page error.

[ChumpDumper]

The ballot page? I can see that fine.

[Shastafarian]

The ballot page? I can see that fine.

Yeah. That's weird. When I go there it says I have voted in the past 24 hours. And I haven't voted at all...

[ChumpDumper]

Yeah. That's weird. When I go there it says I have voted in the past 24 hours. And I haven't voted at all...I guess you could clear your cache and cookies.

Toros hand the Energy their first home loss of the season. Fortunately the Energy have no consistent outside shooters.

http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/boxscore.jsp?gameId=2020800141

Sims failed the audition.

[Shastafarian]

So much for Andre Brown being a hopeful big man. Really disappointing.

[ChumpDumper]

Andre is still very good on the boards, but he's not quick on D and has gotten pretty soft in his offense as well.

[Bartleby]

Why did Malik pick up a technical?

[Shastafarian]

The rebounding numbers are pretty good, especially the O-rebounds.

[ChumpDumper]

Why did Malik pick up a technical?He had a dust up with Curtis Stinson under the basket.

[Austin_Toros]

Marcus is making great decisions -- 50% from the floor, 8 assists and 1 turnover. Marcus passed to Abukar for a three to end the quarter with the Toros up by 10.
WOOT WOOT!!


He had a dust up with Curtis Stinson under the basket.

that's because he is a 'tough Detroit kid.'

[yavozerb]

Hairston ended up with 27 pts on 11-18 shooting with 5 rebounds. Another good night!

[ChumpDumper]

22 of those points were in the second half.

[intlspurshk]

Maybe SPURS can try Malik in NBA games

[mattyc]

He certainly seems worth persisting with.

[NFGIII]

From what I've read here Hairston is really progressing well. That's good news for the Spurs. Some have thought it a good idea to bring him up. I'm not really sure about that and feel that it wont happen. I think he will benefit more from constant play in Austin rather than deep on the Spurs bench. I think he will be targeted for next season the same as Ian. IMHO

Chump - what's your take on this?

You being our resident D League/Toros expert and all.

[tomtom]

Anyone know how Gist is doing?

[ChumpDumper]

From what I've read here Hairston is really progressing well. That's good news for the Spurs. Some have thought it a good idea to bring him up. I'm not really sure about that and feel that it wont happen. I think he will benefit more from constant play in Austin rather than deep on the Spurs bench. I think he will be targeted for next season the same as Ian. IMHO

Chump - what's your take on this?I don't think there is any hurry to bring him up at this point. If he rises to the point of consistent domination at this level, he might get recalled.

[ChumpDumper]

Anyone know how Gist is doing?http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Italy&Team=2106&Page=3

Decent stats on a fairly crappy team in one of Europe's top national leagues. He's doing well for a rookie.

[NFGIII]

I don't think there is any hurry to bring him up at this point. If he rises to the point of consistent domination at this level, he might get recalled.


Thanks - I kinda thought the same. Hopefully he finishes out the Toros season strong and starts moving towards that level. Would be nice if he does.