George Hill: 37 points, 8 assists, 9 boards, 2 steals vs blazers

[TJastal]

Threw in a game tying 3 near the end of regulation and got to the line 12 times, just like the old Hill used to do. Yes it was a double overtime game, but still... WOW! Not bad numbers for a guy who everyone claims is "not a point guard".

[ElNono]

wait, didn't we trade Paul George for Kawhi?

[TJastal]

Hill and West P&R was pretty much unstoppable. Hill even ran it with Granger for a bucket or 2. I remember when all the Hill haters said Hill couldn't run the P&R. What do you say now bitches?

:lol

[Robz4000]

Tbh I miss Hill, but the Spurs wouldn't be contenders without Leonard. For the record, I was against the Hill-for-Leonard trade at the time.

[Bruno]

Hill is averaging 3.4apg in 31.4mpg. That's awful for a point guard and his lack of playmaking ability is the main reason why Indiana is a below average offensive team.

[Robz4000]

Hill is averaging 3.4apg in 31.4mpg. That's awful for a point guard and his lack of playmaking ability is the main reason why Indiana is a below average offensive team.

Lets be real here, Hill isn't a PG and never will be. He's an elite 6th man and unless he's being utilized in that way he'll never reach his potential. For what Indy is using him for he's doing a pretty good job.

[TJastal]

Hill is averaging 3.4apg in 31.4mpg. That's awful for a point guard and his lack of playmaking ability is the main reason why Indiana is a below average offensive team.

Well I think Hill took his first steps to correcting this problem last night after helping Indiana outscore the highest scoring team in the league with Hill assisting 8 guys, mainly on the P&R, all with with their "superstar" Paul George shooting an abysmal 5-23.

[Bruno]

Well I think Hill took his first steps to correcting this problem last night after helping Indiana outscore the highest scoring team in the league with Hill assisting 8 guys, mainly on the P&R, all with with their "superstar" Paul George shooting an abysmal 5-23.

Sure, one game means the world compared to the 450 games he played before...

[TJastal]

Sure, one game means the world compared to the 450 games he played before...

Everyone learns at their own pace. I wouldn't call Hill's development fast by any means, but point guards do take awhile to get the necessary skills. He's only going to get better and better the longer he plays. Remember when folks used to complain how he couldn't run the P&R?

[TJastal]

Lets be real here, Hill isn't a PG and never will be. He's an elite 6th man and unless he's being utilized in that way he'll never reach his potential. For what Indy is using him for he's doing a pretty good job.

:lol

Haters gonna keep hatin'. Keep bringing dem takes, haters.

[look_at_g_shred]

Let's post these numbers side by side his next game.....not hating by the way.

[Leetonidas]

Hill had a nice game but that doesn't make him a PG all of a sudden. He never was and never will be,

[Leetonidas]

:lol

Haters gonna keep hatin'. Keep bringing dem takes, haters.

lol did George send those dick pics to you or what? Get his cock out of your mouth dude, nothing of what Rob said was being a "hater." I didn't realize pointing out a player's limitations and suggesting he would excel off the bench but is doing a good job nonetheless was considered "hating." :lmao
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[elemento]

He had a heck of a game, but it doesn't represent how he has been playing the whole season.

I saw way more simple Pick and Pop plays than P&Rs. West's mid-range was pretty much unstoppable last night.

Quite honestly, I will never regret trading Hill for Kawhi Leonard.

[exstatic]

Hill and West P&R was pretty much unstoppable. Hill even ran it with Granger for a bucket or 2. I remember when all the Hill haters said Hill couldn't run the P&R. What do you say now bitches?

:lol
He learned? He's been gone for almost 3 years.

[Spursfanfromafar]

George Hill, for all his limitations, was a terrific developing player. THe price to pay to get a better talent like Leonard. Always held that the trade wasn't as lopsided as made out to be. There was no other way to get the Pacers to give up Leonard and the Spurs haven't been hurt with the loss of Hill necessarily. He has been a great addition to the Pacers, of course. It is no wonder that Pop just loved him so much (and so did Manu, on the record).

[Spur-Addict]

Hill is an undersized SG playing PG. His attempts to play natural PG are very mechanical, and the Pacers suffer when he tries to fit into this role. If this wasn't evident before, it was even more glaring last year in the Heat series. He's far more effective when he just plays towards his strengths. Lance Stephenson is a better distributor than Hill tbh. And it was intelligent allowing Lance to slide into this role more prominently. A few eye popping games isn't going to change the fact that he is what he is. it would be better for the team if he continues to play selectively aggressive offensively, that's who he is. Hill is a good defender when he's not up against taller, stocky, stoutly built players. He just doesn't have the body strength to truly disrupt them.

[Two10Whitey]

Kawhi is better in the playoffs.

[DapDaGenius]

Hill and West P&R was pretty much unstoppable. Hill even ran it with Granger for a bucket or 2. I remember when all the Hill haters said Hill couldn't run the P&R. What do you say now bitches?

:lol

You do know it's possible for someone to learn how to effectively do something, right?

I swear, you people on here talk shit to each other like it's impossible for these players to change.

Anyways, I've always liked George Hill, so I'm glad he had an amazing game.

[SupremeGuy]

Hill isn't a PG, but shit, the way TP plays, he isn't either. Tony is much more shoot first than Hill but at least Hill can drain a 3, spread the floor, and play solid defense.

[apalisoc_9]

Hill isn't a PG, but shit, the way TP plays, he isn't either. Tony is much more shoot first than Hill but at least Hill can drain a 3, spread the floor, and play solid defense.

Dumbest post ever...

[SupremeGuy]

Dumbest post ever...lol Are you a blind tony homer? Are you going to tell his FIBA awards mean shit too?

[apalisoc_9]

lol Are you a blind tony homer? Are you going to tell his FIBA awards mean shit too?

:lmao

[SupremeGuy]

:lmao:toast

[TJastal]

George Hill, for all his limitations, was a terrific developing player. THe price to pay to get a better talent like Leonard. Always held that the trade wasn't as lopsided as made out to be. There was no other way to get the Pacers to give up Leonard and the Spurs haven't been hurt with the loss of Hill necessarily. He has been a great addition to the Pacers, of course. It is no wonder that Pop just loved him so much (and so did Manu, on the record).

For the record, pacers gave up pick #15, not necessarily Leonard. They are already stacked at SF, whereas the spurs have seemingly been trying to find a good one for years. I'm not bitching about that trade, hell who would? Spurs got a position of need and so did the pacers. I just think its funny people on here still bleat like a bunch of sheep that Hill can't play the position of point guard when its clear they all have their own definition of what a point guard is, as evidenced by the last few posters. I love elementos simpflication too, as if Hill just fed West all night and didn't pour in 37 points himself. Like I said before, haters gonna keep hatin'.

[Dverde]

George Hill was good while he was here. Someone was going to overpay him, glad it wasn't the Spurs. Much rather have Leonard going forward.

[Budkin]

Kawhi all day

[DeadlyDynasty]

Kinda surprised that Vichy Bruno didn't lock and delete this thread as well as ban the OP.

[superbigtime]

GH will never be better than Parker. But I sure would taking him over any of our other "point guards."

[TJastal]

Kinda surprised that Vichy Bruno didn't lock and delete this thread as well as ban the OP.

Still butthurt over that game years ago where Hill made Kobe his personal bitch on a leash, huh?

[DeadlyDynasty]

Still butthurt over that game years ago where Hill made Kobe his personal bitch on a leash, huh?
1. Don't remember that at all (regular season games, meh)
2. I was actually defending you, but now i see the error of my ways

[timtonymanu]

Great performance by Hill. I still rather have Kawhi though.

[TJastal]

1. Don't remember that at all (regular season games, meh)
2. I was actually defending you, but now i see the error of my ways

Allow me refresh your memory then.

Nq6yAI4nTzo

Kobe gets taken to school by a rook, never gets old. :lol

[DeadlyDynasty]

I only remember the playoffs from that season...good times:smokin

[313]

Still butthurt over that game years ago where Hill made Kobe his personal bitch on a leash, huh?reading comprehension skills not even once

[lefty]

Hill isn't a PG, but shit, the way TP plays, he isn't either. Tony is much more shoot first than Hill but at least Hill can drain a 3, spread the floor, and play solid defense.
This TBH

[weeks]

Yeah tp never drains big threes or anything

[resistanze]

TJastal is mentally retarded. Just an observation.

[Bruno]

Kinda surprised that Vichy Bruno didn't lock and delete this thread as well as ban the OP.

:cry :cry :cry

[DeadlyDynasty]

sup homie?

[Bruno]

great, and you?

[DeadlyDynasty]

just peachy

[Harry Callahan]

Hill also held Lillard down last night - he only got 40.

I like Hill as a player. I like Leonard better in the long run.

Hill probably would have left SA in 2012 for a new team if the Spurs had not traded him in 2011 for the Leonard pick due to pending Free Agency.

The Spurs were happy with the deal as were the Pacers.

[Obstructed_View]

Good for Georgie. Happy for him. If the Spurs paid him that kind of money to be ninth in PER, Spurstalk would hate him.

[tholdren]

Threw in a game tying 3 near the end of regulation and got to the line 12 times, just like the old Hill used to do. Yes it was a double overtime game, but still... WOW! Not bad numbers for a guy who everyone claims is "not a point guard".
get his dick out yo mouf

[DMC]

Everyone learns at their own pace. I wouldn't call Hill's development fast by any means, but point guards do take awhile to get the necessary skills. He's only going to get better and better the longer he plays. Remember when folks used to complain how he couldn't run the P&R?

Jesus fucking Christ how many years does it take? Hill will never be a good PG. He's too stiff, doesn't have the moves nor the court vision. He plays good defense because of his length and because that's where he's focused his efforts. It's probably the only reason he's in the NBA.

[admiralsnackbar]

Patty just had 32pts, 7rb, 4ast, 2st. Guess we'll go undefeated for the rest of the season now that he's turned the corner.









:lol

[TJastal]

Jesus fucking Christ how many years does it take? Hill will never be a good PG. He's too stiff, doesn't have the moves nor the court vision. He plays good defense because of his length and because that's where he's focused his efforts. It's probably the only reason he's in the NBA.

Haters gonna hate tbh. Hill's point guard skills are improving and you are obviously angry about it. :lol

[TJastal]

Patty just had 32pts, 7rb, 4ast, 2st. Guess we'll go undefeated for the rest of the season now that he's turned the corner.






:lol

And James Anderson got his own thread when he went off for 36 points like 2 months ago and all his fanbois had to drop by and give him a shout out. Did you get all butthurt about that, too?

[TJastal]

get his dick out yo mouf

You may want to Learn how to write proper English. Also proper punctuation.

[313]

Hill also held Lillard down last night - he only got 40. Paul George was guarding Lillard. Would have been worse had Hill guarded him.

[TJastal]

Paul George was guarding Lillard. Would have been worse had Hill guarded him.

actually Hill guarded Lillard for most of the game, it was only until the 4th when Vogel sent PG on to him. To be fair, they were running Hill through loads of screens, most of them by Lopez who is 300 pounds with Hibbert as the hedger. Hill usually still recovered enough to get a hand in the face but Lillard was just red hot and continued that way even after George was assigned to him.

One of the refs also gave Lillard a free 4pt play where there was no contact at all, or at most slight contact near the elbow while Lillard was gathering himself to go up with the shot. On the next possession Hill gets whacked on the arm by Matthews at the release point (and drills the shot) and refs sit there stupidly pretending nothing happened. So you can actually subtract a point from Lillard's total and give it to Hill.

[SpurSpurSpurs]

actually Hill guarded Lillard for most of the game, it was only until the 4th when Vogel sent PG on to him. To be fair, they were running Hill through loads of screens, most of them by Lopez who is 300 pounds with Hibbert as the hedger. Hill usually still recovered enough to get a hand in the face but Lillard was just red hot and continued that way even after George was assigned to him.

One of the refs also gave Lillard a free 4pt play where there was no contact at all, or at most slight contact near the elbow while Lillard was gathering himself to go up with the shot. On the next possession Hill gets whacked on the arm by Matthews at the release point (and drills the shot) and refs sit there stupidly pretending nothing happened. So you can actually subtract a point from Lillard's total and give it to Hill.

Why not change your team to "George Hill". Just saying... :toast

[admiralsnackbar]

And James Anderson got his own thread when he went off for 36 points like 2 months ago and all his fanbois had to drop by and give him a shout out. Did you get all butthurt about that, too?

You need to learn the difference between butthurt and amusement. And between statistical means and anomalies.

[Chomag]

Yes But my money is on that Kawai is gonna walk anyway. As for Hill, he is a decent stop gap point guard but he isn't one to run a team for 48 min. He is a natural 2 and will always favor that I think.

[TJastal]

Yes But my money is on that Kawai is gonna walk anyway. As for Hill, he is a decent stop gap point guard but he isn't one to run a team for 48 min. He is a natural 2 and will always favor that I think.

Stop gap lol. I don't think Indiana feels he is merely a "stop-gap". He's the bonafide starter and has been for the past 3 years, and his skills are steadily improving. This game far from being an "anomaly" as some claim just shows that he has what it takes to succeed. That the ball was in his hands 80% of the time when the game was on the line against one of the hottest teams in the league proves he is coming into his own. And to me, that screams point guard.

[Kidd K]

I only remember the playoffs from that season...good times:smokin

So do I. . .the Lakers got swept by the Mavs in the 2nd round that year in basically 4 blowout games.

[DeadlyDynasty]

So do I. . .the Lakers got swept by the Mavs in the 2nd round that year in basically 4 blowout games.
Lakers got swept by the Mavs in George Hill's rookie year?:lol

[Chinook]

Yes But my money is on that Kawai is gonna walk anyway. As for Hill, he is a decent stop gap point guard but he isn't one to run a team for 48 min. He is a natural 2 and will always favor that I think.

Leonard isn't going to walk. That's silly. Players don't walk in RFA. People need to stop perpetuating this idea. The only way he's not with the Spurs in 2015 is if the team lets him go, provided he's not dead or in prison or something like that.

[Ice009]

Leonard isn't going to walk. That's silly. Players don't walk in RFA. People need to stop perpetuating this idea. The only way he's not with the Spurs in 2015 is if the team lets him go, provided he's not dead or in prison or something like that.

Exactly. Nicolas Batum is a perfect example to all these people that are saying that Kawhi will walk. Absolutely stupid takes. Batum tried to walk away from Portland because he didn't like his role there, and he he even told Portland that he didn't want to play there anymore and he asked them to let him go, but that made no difference whatsoever as Portland still matched. No way they were going to let a player like that walk away for nothing. At the very worst, they match and trade him later. If you're a RFA and the team still wants you, your chances of going to another team a very, very low.

[wildchild]

Exactly. Nicolas Batum is a perfect example to all these people that are saying that Kawhi will walk. Absolutely stupid takes. Batum tried to walk away from Portland because he didn't like his role there, and he he even told Portland that he didn't want to play there anymore and he asked them to let him go, but that made no difference whatsoever as Portland still matched. No way they were going to let a player like that walk away for nothing. At the very worst, they match and trade him later. If you're a RFA and the team still wants you, your chances of going to another team a very, very low.

The Spurs are more cautious with the contracts, money could be a factor in their decision about Leonard. The Spurs would match any offer to keep Leonard? If Leonard receives better offers than Batum, the Spurs are going to match expensive proposal? I don't think so.

[Ice009]

The Spurs are more cautious with the contracts, money could be a factor in their decision about Leonard. The Spurs would match any offer to keep Leonard? If Leonard receives better offers than Batum, the Spurs are going to match expensive proposal? I don't think so.

They won't let him walk for nothing. They only way they'd let him walk for nothing is if they had a superstar player lined up and needed the cap space to sign him outright.

[Chinook]

The Spurs are more cautious with the contracts, money could be a factor in their decision about Leonard. The Spurs would match any offer to keep Leonard? If Leonard receives better offers than Batum, the Spurs are going to match expensive proposal? I don't think so.

He's getting extended next off-season anyway, but yeah, they'll match a max offer for Leonard if they have to. It's really not that big for a player in his position, and the team seems to believe in him.

Regardless, that's being outbid, not being forced to let him walk. It wouldn't be Kawhi's choice.

[Chinook]

They won't let him walk for nothing. They only way they'd let him walk for nothing is if they had a superstar player lined up and needed the cap space to sign him outright.

They won't need the space, as he'll be in a similar situation as Splitter was last off-season. If he makes it to RFA status, Kawhi will only count for $4 Million in cap space until he inks a deal. The Spurs will have more than max money under that scenario.

[Kidd K]

Lakers got swept by the Mavs in George Hill's rookie year?:lol

The fuck? :lmao That game didn't happen in the '09 season.

The game George Hill owned Kobe (the game depicted in the gif) was in 2011, the year the Lakers got swept by the Mavs. But hey, you're only TWO YEARS off.

[Mel_13]

Where's the thread for tonight's game? The title would be:

George Hill: 0 points, 1 assist, 0 boards, 2 steals vs bucks

[exstatic]

The fuck? :lmao That game didn't happen in the '09 season.

The game George Hill owned Kobe (the game depicted in the gif) was in 2011, the year the Lakers got swept by the Mavs. But hey, you're only TWO YEARS off.
He's a troll. Don't confuse him with facts.

[Sean Cagney]

Where's the thread for tonight's game? The title would be:

George Hill: 0 points, 1 assist, 0 boards, 2 steals vs bucks

He is so inconsistent it's ridiculous. I luckily have him on my bench in fantasy, he had the big game when I started him but I won't dream of starting him unless he has 4 starts in a week to another guys 2, that or injuries and I have to.