draft87
01-30-2010, 08:40 AM
This is a little shout out to a former Spur, Anthony Tolliver. I'm happy to see he's getting a chance to play for Golden State. This summer if you said to me, "Anthony Tolliver's done in the NBA" I'd believe you. I'm not saying he's a mega-talent and we should have kept him. I'm just appreciating a former Spur and wishing him luck in his career.
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You guys probably noticed the stint Anthony Tolliver had with Portland earlier this season and unfortunately, even with Portland's depleted frontline, AT got waived as they instead waited for the rookie/sophs to heal.
Tolliver never got it going last season, there wasn't much of a chance. I thought he had a chance to be another floor spreading big, even bigger than Bonner and maybe tougher on D and the boards but I wasn't surprised that he was waived.
I really thought all those injuries to the Blazers was Tolliver's chance but I was totally wrong. But I didn't noticed Golden State picked him up until last week. .... and I still haven't looked too much into it, he may have just joined them last week.
Anyway, I think this is the best situation for him. Don Nelson is notorious for mishandling bigs and Golden State's Front Office seems to not know how to acquire them as well. But I remember Tolliver shooting long distance and having decent athletic ability. That is exactly what Golden State goes for and Tolliver's size should be a keepable asset for them given the amount of injuries and poor play happening for the Warriors.
Tolliver's put up some stats and gotten decent minutes. Last night he even got a starting spot at power forward and posted 13 pts/ 6 rb in 27 minutes.
Best wishes to Anthony Tolliver. He may be on a hopeless team but the minutes are a blessing on his career.
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You guys probably noticed the stint Anthony Tolliver had with Portland earlier this season and unfortunately, even with Portland's depleted frontline, AT got waived as they instead waited for the rookie/sophs to heal.
Tolliver never got it going last season, there wasn't much of a chance. I thought he had a chance to be another floor spreading big, even bigger than Bonner and maybe tougher on D and the boards but I wasn't surprised that he was waived.
I really thought all those injuries to the Blazers was Tolliver's chance but I was totally wrong. But I didn't noticed Golden State picked him up until last week. .... and I still haven't looked too much into it, he may have just joined them last week.
Anyway, I think this is the best situation for him. Don Nelson is notorious for mishandling bigs and Golden State's Front Office seems to not know how to acquire them as well. But I remember Tolliver shooting long distance and having decent athletic ability. That is exactly what Golden State goes for and Tolliver's size should be a keepable asset for them given the amount of injuries and poor play happening for the Warriors.
Tolliver's put up some stats and gotten decent minutes. Last night he even got a starting spot at power forward and posted 13 pts/ 6 rb in 27 minutes.
Best wishes to Anthony Tolliver. He may be on a hopeless team but the minutes are a blessing on his career.