We're still largely a work in progress, but...

[ElNono]

I thought this was a good, early test, both for Pop and the team to asses what they have, depth-wise.

Some thoughts:

McCallum: he looks like he can play. He drove and finished strongly a couple times. His mid-range also looked good. He looked engaged whenever his number was called. He's still lost rotation-wise, etc, which is expected this early in the season, with few minutes under his belt and on a new team.

Anderson: I thought he was overall ok, but he made terrible decisions on both ends. Either rushing his shot or incorrectly helping on D and leaving his man open. He's a guy that has had more run with the team, so I thought more was expected from him.

Butler: He never stops hustling but he hasn't differentiated himself from Kyle yet, which is what could buy him more minutes. He finally got a 3 pointer to fall, hopefully that gets his confidence going.

Simmons: On a night where everything looked like a jumper, he was one of the few that was able to penetrate and create for others. This Spurs team need more of this. I though his defense was good. IMO, he had a positive night overall.

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On a side note, we should be pretty happy that Manu decided to come back. This team looks about twice as smart with it's decisions when he's out there. Hopefully his injury doesn't keep him out long. I also thought Boris should've closed the game instead of Anderson. Bobo is just the other natural playmaker we have out there, and also has a very positive effect on our offense.

[HarlemHeat37]

Ya ya, we know Manu is great:lol

[ElNono]

Ya ya, we know Manu is great:lol

:lol

tbh, good times to be able to write something about the new guys in a real game. Spurs have been on a fairly short rotation so far. I expect that to change sooner rather than later.

[TrainOfThought5]

Elnono is always Baggin on Slomo.

Anderson played a great game (for a second year backup, pressed to start) he had numerous blocks, steals, tough on the boards, AND he was knocking down the 3 balls tonight. he made a couple defensive errors in 31 minutes but who didnt? He had an ill timed post up fadeaway in the 4th, but those mistakes were few and far between.

Anderson is a net positive and i gotta feeling hes going to grow to become something really special after the TD and gino leave the team. Hes got game. Just needs more minutes to develop.

[RD2191]

Thanks for the thoughts, OP.

[james evans]

That game was all on popovich. Every time we'd get a big lead, he's put in a bullshit lineup. We could have won that game by at least 40 last night.

[ElNono]

Elnono is always Baggin on Slomo.

Anderson played a great game (for a second year backup, pressed to start) he had numerous blocks, steals, tough on the boards, AND he was knocking down the 3 balls tonight. he made a couple defensive errors in 31 minutes but who didnt? He had an ill timed post up fadeaway in the 4th, but those mistakes were few and far between.

Anderson is a net positive and i gotta feeling hes going to grow to become something really special after the TD and gino leave the team. Hes got game. Just needs more minutes to develop.

Fair enough. Maybe I'm just incorrectly expecting more from him. I actually stopped commenting on him pretty much since the season started to take a 2nd look. This was his first game where he had more minutes, that's why I wrote about him.

[Silver&Black]

Bobo is just the other natural playmaker we have out there, and also has a very positive effect on our offense.

:bobo Our X-Factor

Still need Green to find his shot. When he does it's game over NBA.

[EVAY]

I thought this was a good, early test, both for Pop and the team to asses what they have, depth-wise.

Some thoughts:

McCallum: he looks like he can play. He drove and finished strongly a couple times. His mid-range also looked good. He looked engaged whenever his number was called. He's still lost rotation-wise, etc, which is expected this early in the season, with few minutes under his belt and on a new team.

Anderson: I thought he was overall ok, but he made terrible decisions on both ends. Either rushing his shot or incorrectly helping on D and leaving his man open. He's a guy that has had more run with the team, so I thought more was expected from him.

Butler: He never stops hustling but he hasn't differentiated himself from Kyle yet, which is what could buy him more minutes. He finally got a 3 pointer to fall, hopefully that gets his confidence going.

Simmons: On a night where everything looked like a jumper, he was one of the few that was able to penetrate and create for others. This Spurs team need more of this. I though his defense was good. IMO, he had a positive night overall.

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On a side note, we should be pretty happy that Manu decided to come back. This team looks about twice as smart with it's decisions when he's out there. Hopefully his injury doesn't keep him out long. I also thought Boris should've closed the game instead of Anderson. Bobo is just the other natural playmaker we have out there, and also has a very positive effect on our offense.

Totally agree that McCallum looks terrific for his youth and experience. I believe that he will become what everybody hoped Cojo would be. Really really like this kid, and hope that he gets to play more to learn the rotations and defensive sets better.


This was Anderson's best game ever, imo, but I remain unconvinced that he will ever be what the FO seems to want him to be. Maybe his problem is similar to Danny's, i.e., difficulty maintaining focus. Hope that I am not expecting too much, but I continue to be a bit underwhelmed with the kid.


I think Butler is further along than Anderson right now in learning where to be, when to be there, and what to do while he is there, and he has a lot less time with our system than KA does. I think he was a really good addition.

I take your points on Simmons. I really haven't seen enough of him to form an opinion yet.


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Your side note is well observed regarding Manu, to the point of belaboring the obvious. I don't mind you saying it because it is true. It is just so clearly true, though, that mentioning it just seems to invite player-haters to find something to bitch about. For a while I thought that Boris should be playing more, but he had such a terrible night that I think he was right to stay on the bench at the end. He, more than Parker during the game, seemed terribly distracted. Post game comments from Parker indicated that he thought he was done for the night when he came out when we were up by 16, and didn't expect to go back in. It was utterly clear that his mind was nonfunctioning when he went back in, and Pop was right to take him out. Although you are right that Boris is normally a good ball handler and playmaker who we can usually count on, I don't think it was true lat night. Really, it was Timmy that settled the crew long enough for us to get the win.


Thank you for the observations, though, and than you for avoiding left-handed compliments.

[ElNono]

This was Anderson's best game ever, imo, but I remain unconvinced that he will ever be what the FO seems to want him to be. Maybe his problem is similar to Danny's, i.e., difficulty maintaining focus. Hope that I am not expecting too much, but I continue to be a bit underwhelmed with the kid.

Maybe I just want him to be something else. His speed is never going to get better, so I expect a much, much smarter player. Perhaps his inexperience doesn't allow him to be that right now, or perhaps he doesn't have it in him. It's true that's too early to answer that, so I can see how my comment might sound unfair.

[SnakeBoy]

I think Butler is further along than Anderson right now in learning where to be, when to be there, and what to do while he is there, and he has a lot less time with our system than KA does. I think he was a really good addition.


Butler is a 13 year NBA vet of course he's picking up the system faster. He has less to learn. He's also past his prime so what you're seeing is as good as it gets.

Anderson is coming along nicely. He makes some mistakes which is expected but overall he has been playing good D. That's all he needs to focus on for now. Pop has the luxury of being able to develop his game slowly.

[HarlemHeat37]

I thought Anderson played really well, but I just skimmed through the game, to be fair..didn't really take it seriously, though, it was evident that most of the Spurs, including Pop, couldn't give a shit about this game:lol..

[ChumpDumper]

That game was all on popovich. Every time we'd get a big lead, he's put in a bullshit lineup. We could have won that game by at least 40 last night.If ever there was a game to experiment with lineups, it was this one.

[dabom]

I didn't even watch the game. Dleague.

[ChumpDumper]

I didn't even watch the game.We knew that already.

[benefactor]

I thought Anderson played really well, but I just skimmed through the game, to be fair..didn't really take it seriously, though, it was evident that most of the Spurs, including Pop, couldn't give a shit about this game:lol..
:cry but gutless worms tho :cry

[littlecoyotecoin]

If ever there was a game to experiment with lineups, it was this one.

[JeffDuncan]

I thought Anderson played really well, ...

You are correct.

10 points, including 2 of 2 from 3pt range, 4 of 9 shooting overall, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, only 1 turnover, and 1 foul.

Slomo did fine.

[itzsoweezee]

Anderson played great. I'm not sure where the Butler love comes from on this site. I'd rather see Kyle take back his rotation spot from Rasul than more of what Butler brings to the game.

[JeffDuncan]

... I'm not sure where the Butler love comes from on this site. ...

Probably from Butler being better than expected, after he was a last-minute pickup, and considering his age. And I would say, yes, better than expected, except for the 3 pt shooting.

[EVAY]

Probably from Butler being better than expected, after he was a last-minute pickup, and considering his age. And I would say, yes, better than expected, except for the 3 pt shooting.

You hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head, I think.

This whole thing between KA and Butler may be little more than a reaction to expectations. I had very little expectations of Butler precisely because of his age...I just expected him to be a place-holder, mostly. On the other hand, KA has been so hyped for the last couple of years I may be expecting more of him than the FO is. I have never hesitated to say that watching him always makes me nervous, and I have trouble seeing him getting to the point of being a consistent rotation contributor; having said that, I was also impressed with his play last night given what I have seen in the past, and if he can continue to improve I will be thrilled.

[SupremeGuy]

Yeah, I agree with most of the other people in this thread. I thought KA did a good job. I like that he passes to people when they're in rhythm. It's a small thing but it really shows his potential as a ball handler.

[lilbthebasedgod]

You are correct.

10 points, including 2 of 2 from 3pt range, 4 of 9 shooting overall, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, only 1 turnover, and 1 foul.

Slomo did fine.
Eh, he was 2/7 from 2-pt range. I don't want him shooting a bunch of threes so in his range he did really bad tbh.

[dweaver99027]

Expecting more out of Anderson in his second year than we expected from Cory in his second year does not make sense. Both were drafted very late in the 1st round as projects having barely turned 20. The need for Kyle to perform is greater than that of Cory in his second year because he is counted to provide meaningful bench minutes and be a part of the regular season rotation. Cory had no such expectations thrust on him. We should not hold our team's roster composition against Kyle.

Overall , he had a very good game. If he can hit his wide open threes at a 40% clip, then along with his disruption effect on defense and ability to be a secondary or tertiary ball handler, he'll give us a lot of quality minutes in the regular season.

Those who believe a second year player not yet 22 years old, drafted at no 30 can provide 15 mins of backup duty in the NBA Finals without hiccups are in denial of the truth.

[Brian Windhorst]

PSA: Kyle Anderson is the same age or younger than 24 players taken in this summer's draft.

[spurtech09]

McCallum reminds me of Corey Joesph

[sasaint]

You are correct.

10 points, including 2 of 2 from 3pt range, 4 of 9 shooting overall, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, only 1 turnover, and 1 foul.

Slomo did fine.

How can any Spurs fan not celebrate that stat line from Kyle? And he rated "good" on the eyeball test, too. The block came on a first quarter play that was pretty frenzied. He blocked the shot and then hustled to flip it to a teammate before it went out of bounds. Very nice play.

[Russ]

McCallum reminds me of Corey Joesph

I think he reminds the Spurs of Corey Joseph, too (except twice a month).

[sasaint]

That game was all on popovich. Every time we'd get a big lead, he's put in a bullshit lineup. We could have won that game by at least 40 last night.

I suspect a 40-point win is a lot less meaningful to Pop than it is to you. A lot of guys saw action in a lot of different combinations, and we won. Everybody wins that way, not just a few stat-padders. For player and team development there is no substitute for playing time.

[BD24]

Thanks for the short writeup, I am interested to see Ray and Boban get some more regular minutes. Was a bit dissapointed Boban didn't get a bit more time last night.

But yea, Ray looked good.

[apalisoc_9]

Sublte manu cock suck..nothing to see here..I bet the op has made 10k threads subtly.trying to prop up.manu

[EVAY]

McCallum reminds me of Corey Joesph

me, too. Only better potential, I think. The kid is really exciting, imo.

[SAGirl]

I thought this was a good, early test, both for Pop and the team to asses what they have, depth-wise.

Some thoughts:

McCallum: he looks like he can play. He drove and finished strongly a couple times. His mid-range also looked good. He looked engaged whenever his number was called. He's still lost rotation-wise, etc, which is expected this early in the season, with few minutes under his belt and on a new team.

Anderson: I thought he was overall ok, but he made terrible decisions on both ends. Either rushing his shot or incorrectly helping on D and leaving his man open. He's a guy that has had more run with the team, so I thought more was expected from him.

Butler: He never stops hustling but he hasn't differentiated himself from Kyle yet, which is what could buy him more minutes. He finally got a 3 pointer to fall, hopefully that gets his confidence going.

Simmons: On a night where everything looked like a jumper, he was one of the few that was able to penetrate and create for others. This Spurs team need more of this. I though his defense was good. IMO, he had a positive night overall.

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On a side note, we should be pretty happy that Manu decided to come back. This team looks about twice as smart with it's decisions when he's out there. Hopefully his injury doesn't keep him out long. I also thought Boris should've closed the game instead of Anderson. Bobo is just the other natural playmaker we have out there, and also has a very positive effect on our offense.
Boris had a very bad game, he was passive Boris here, the size of 76ers bigs gave him trouble and he wasn't shooting from the outside in this game. Despite what everyone says at this point, he should not be defending on the perimeter as a 3, so if you are suggesting bench Anderson for Boris, in my view that is a bad call.

Disagree on Anderson. His helping in the paint was mostly to good results, since our bigs rotations were not necessarily on time and our guards quite a few times allowed dribble penetration. Most of the time he also recovered in time to contest a 3 without fouling. I do believe if Pop didn't like what he was doing on D, he would have been benched early like other games. Anderson also made a number of defensive plays, between steals and blocks. His length was giving trouble to anyone he guarded. He also rebounded like you would expect from a SF, didn't turn the ball over carelessly and mostly made smart plays. On top of that his 3s were falling in this game. He had a positive impact in whatever lineup he played so I think we will disagree on that.

I liked Ray in this game too, and I have liked him since preseason. He's another guy that like Anderson, on another team would be playing more minutes. He has always been dedicated on defense, has a very quick trigger on his shot and is athletic. He is similar to Patty in that he's at his best looking for his own shot, but he can keep his dribble alive. He had a very good game.

Butler's strength is precisely that he's a vet. He knows his game, stays within himself and doesn't make many mistakes. Obviously, unlike the other young guys, he has no upside. In games like this, where everyone has to do more and contribute to replace somewhat the contributions of other guys, he won't look particularly good because he is what he is, and nothing more. The younger guys luckily for us have more upside, and while prone to mistakes due to inexperience or what not, they are able to add other things that Butler does not. His lack of a shot currently is something to keep an eye on. He is continuing to let it fly with confidence. He has kept his effort on the defensive end and otherwise looks like a very solid pickup.

Danny Green has looked for many games like crap. He's not confident in his shot, is hesitating to shoot, making bad decisions with the ball. In general, he looked more lost than all of the above guys, which is not good for a vet like him. Luckily, he's still dedicated on D, and you hope whatever is making him think too much b4 letting it fly is going to be over soon.

Lamarcus had some open shots in good spots he missed. I think he deferred too much, which ended in other guys making plays that he should have taken for himself. It seems clear Pop is letting him play for now and not putting too much pressure on him.

Patty had a rough game in this one. His shot wasn't falling and he had several sequences where he made bad decisions or forced stuff. Its obvious Manu enhances his game.

Simmons was very good for few minutes. He played decent on D and made plays to be impactful in short minutes. If he could shoot the 3, I would like to see him more than Butler TBH, but with Manu, the second unit doesn't need penetrators but shooting. Circumstances have pushed Simms to the D'league, but it will help him to continue to work on his 3 pt shot and his dribbling skills under pressure. I am very encouraged by him though. Loved him in this game and I think in due time, him and Anderson could be a nice tandem for the bench with Patty or even Ray.

[SAGirl]

Elnono is always Baggin on Slomo.
Some guys are always hating on Slowmo, and like him, I look forward to proving them wrong.
:bobo

[ElNono]

Boris had a very bad game, he was passive Boris here, the size of 76ers bigs gave him trouble and he wasn't shooting from the outside in this game. Despite what everyone says at this point, he should not be defending on the perimeter as a 3, so if you are suggesting bench Anderson for Boris, in my view that is a bad call.

Disagree on Anderson. His helping in the paint was mostly to good results, since our bigs rotations were not necessarily on time and our guards quite a few times allowed dribble penetration. Most of the time he also recovered in time to contest a 3 without fouling. I do believe if Pop didn't like what he was doing on D, he would have been benched early like other games. Anderson also made a number of defensive plays, between steals and blocks. His length was giving trouble to anyone he guarded. He also rebounded like you would expect from a SF, didn't turn the ball over carelessly and mostly made smart plays. On top of that his 3s were falling in this game. He had a positive impact in whatever lineup he played so I think we will disagree on that.

I liked Ray in this game too, and I have liked him since preseason. He's another guy that like Anderson, on another team would be playing more minutes. He has always been dedicated on defense, has a very quick trigger on his shot and is athletic. He is similar to Patty in that he's at his best looking for his own shot, but he can keep his dribble alive. He had a very good game.

Butler's strength is precisely that he's a vet. He knows his game, stays within himself and doesn't make many mistakes. Obviously, unlike the other young guys, he has no upside. In games like this, where everyone has to do more and contribute to replace somewhat the contributions of other guys, he won't look particularly good because he is what he is, and nothing more. The younger guys luckily for us have more upside, and while prone to mistakes due to inexperience or what not, they are able to add other things that Butler does not. His lack of a shot currently is something to keep an eye on. He is continuing to let it fly with confidence. He has kept his effort on the defensive end and otherwise looks like a very solid pickup.

Danny Green has looked for many games like crap. He's not confident in his shot, is hesitating to shoot, making bad decisions with the ball. In general, he looked more lost than all of the above guys, which is not good for a vet like him. Luckily, he's still dedicated on D, and you hope whatever is making him think too much b4 letting it fly is going to be over soon.

Lamarcus had some open shots in good spots he missed. I think he deferred too much, which ended in other guys making plays that he should have taken for himself. It seems clear Pop is letting him play for now and not putting too much pressure on him.

Patty had a rough game in this one. His shot wasn't falling and he had several sequences where he made bad decisions or forced stuff. Its obvious Manu enhances his game.

Simmons was very good for few minutes. He played decent on D and made plays to be impactful in short minutes. If he could shoot the 3, I would like to see him more than Butler TBH, but with Manu, the second unit doesn't need penetrators but shooting. Circumstances have pushed Simms to the D'league, but it will help him to continue to work on his 3 pt shot and his dribbling skills under pressure. I am very encouraged by him though. Loved him in this game and I think in due time, him and Anderson could be a nice tandem for the bench with Patty or even Ray.

Good writeup, even if we don't agree in some points, tbh... just wanted to point out that what I mentioned about Boris replacing Anderson was strictly in crunchtime, when we had all sorts of problems generating offense. :toast

[SnakeBoy]

Fair enough. Maybe I'm just incorrectly expecting more from him. I actually stopped commenting on him pretty much since the season started to take a 2nd look. This was his first game where he had more minutes, that's why I wrote about him.

Yeah but what you wrote was the opposite of what actually happened.

[ElNono]

Yeah but what you wrote was the opposite of what actually happened.

I wrote that overall I thought he did ok. He just made very specifics mistakes on both ends that I thought were flat out bad decisions. I stated I'm looking for Anderson the smart player, so that was disappointing to an extent... like I said, maybe I'm asking too much of a youngster and that's a fair criticism.

They're specific cases. I think I still have the game recorded, I can give you quarter and time if you wanna look.

[TD 21]

Expecting more out of Anderson in his second year than we expected from Cory in his second year does not make sense. Both were drafted very late in the 1st round as projects having barely turned 20. The need for Kyle to perform is greater than that of Cory in his second year because he is counted to provide meaningful bench minutes and be a part of the regular season rotation. Cory had no such expectations thrust on him. We should not hold our team's roster composition against Kyle.

Overall , he had a very good game. If he can hit his wide open threes at a 40% clip, then along with his disruption effect on defense and ability to be a secondary or tertiary ball handler, he'll give us a lot of quality minutes in the regular season.

Those who believe a second year player not yet 22 years old, drafted at no 30 can provide 15 mins of backup duty in the NBA Finals without hiccups are in denial of the truth.

Well said . . . too bad you're way off base. Anderson played two years of college ball to Joseph's one and not that the latter was thought to be low IQ by any means, but his IQ certainly wasn't trumpeted in the way the former's has been.

It's rare that I agree with ElNono, but unlike the majority of this overly sensitive board, I don't take our myriad disagreements personally and am willing to admit that I agree with his take on Anderson and McCallum.

In certain match-ups (like the Mavs, for example, who have four PG's in their rotation), McCallum should be in the rotation ahead of Anderson/Butler.

[SAGirl]

Well said . . . too bad you're way off base. Anderson played two years of college ball to Joseph's one and not that the latter was thought to be low IQ by any means, but his IQ certainly wasn't trumpeted in the way the former's has been.

It's rare that I agree with ElNono, but unlike the majority of this overly sensitive board, I don't take our myriad disagreements personally and am willing to admit that I agree with his take on Anderson and McCallum.

In certain match-ups (like the Mavs, for example, who have four PG's in their rotation), McCallum should be in the rotation ahead of Anderson/Butler.

I would not mind to see more Ray. Frankly there are times when Danny is hesitating to shoot way too much and making all these off the dribble plays, and that is not Danny's game. Ray on the other hand, is better than Danny off the dribble and can shoot from the midrange. His passing is not special, but neither is Danny's. In lineups against Portland where both Lillard and McCollum are quick combo guards on the small size, I would not mind Ray taking some minutes as a SG, if Danny is having a rough game.

We'll see. I tend to think that Pop has been strict with the rotation to give the guys time to get a rhythm going and chemistry with each other, before he introduces other players.

[freetiago]

Anderson's defense was horrible tbh. It was so bad at missing rotations that Porker started screaming at him for it after he left a 3 point shooter open.

[Chinook]

Maybe I just want him to be something else. His speed is never going to get better, so I expect a much, much smarter player. Perhaps his inexperience doesn't allow him to be that right now, or perhaps he doesn't have it in him. It's true that's too early to answer that, so I can see how my comment might sound unfair.

He IS a smart player. A very smart one. That doesn't have to mean that he can't have mental lapses. And his positives are more than just his intelligence. His length and skill level is well above average, and he constantly used both last night, especially defensively. You're not going to teach a guy to be 6-9, or even to have Anderson's anticipation. You CAN teach a guy to slow down (:lol) and pay more attention to detail.

[Mnky]

PSA: Kyle Anderson is the same age or younger than 24 players taken in this summer's draft.

:toast

[Russo21]

Tim Duncan blocked five shots in the team’s 92-83 win over the Philadelphia 76ers to become the franchise’s all-time leader in blocked shots. LaMarcus Aldridge cracked a couple jokes about Duncan: “I told him: ‘I only saw two.’ So I think he got some home cooking tonight because I only saw two blocks. I think the other three I had, and they gave it to him. So watch that film for sure.”

I like the way LMA is fitting in with the Spurs straight faced but wise cracking attitude also. He is fitting in very well both on and off the court by the looks of it.

[Fireball]

Spurs are a work in progress, but its good to see that other teams who are not the Warriors are as well. Spurs boast a good record and the wins in Boston and New York seem to have more quality than expected earlier. In general the East does not look like full of pushovers like last seasons.

Regarding LMA, he sure seems to have more fun ... I guess the win in Portland was a booster in that regard. He rebounds like crazy, so his contribution is there. I just do not know why he does no occupy the left block more. Just shove Timmy away for gods sake :lol

[TrainOfThought5]

Yeah but what you wrote was the opposite of what actually happened.

:lol

[ElNono]

He IS a smart player. A very smart one. That doesn't have to mean that he can't have mental lapses. And his positives are more than just his intelligence. His length and skill level is well above average, and he constantly used both last night, especially defensively. You're not going to teach a guy to be 6-9, or even to have Anderson's anticipation. You CAN teach a guy to slow down (:lol) and pay more attention to detail.

I suppose I expected him to be further along, I guess... it's allright, it's still early in the season. I'll go back to not commenting on him until around the ASB and see where he's at. Some people took it as bashing on the guy, and he's a Spur, I want him to do great, tbh

[look_at_g_shred]

Kyle isn't going to be consistent if his rotation and minutes are not either. He's a good player. We've seen flashes of what he can do, so the expectations are always going to be there when he checks in. It is all about confidence for Kyle right now. I bet its difficult not knowing when your going to play or how long you might play.

[SAGirl]

SI just do not know why he does no occupy the left block more. Just shove Timmy away for gods sake :lol
:toast:lol

[SAGirl]

Kyle isn't going to be consistent if his rotation and minutes are not either. He's a good player. We've seen flashes of what he can do, so the expectations are always going to be there when he checks in. It is all about confidence for Kyle right now. I bet its difficult not knowing when your going to play or how long you might play.
It is difficult for any player to have a rhythm or chemistry if they are not playing. It is even more difficult if it is sufficiently early in the player's development stage that they are still "finding out what they can do at this level". It's not like he's a vet or a finished product. He is still in a developing stage and those kind of players are like Pop say going to be good one minute and bad the next. They have to play through mistakes, learn from it and adjust.

In interviews he stated as much, both that he has not played with the starting crew even in practices, so he doesn't have much chemistry with the starting lineup or their sets, but also that he's rusty in general.

Considering that, you can't expect more at this point.

[tholdren]

Anderson's defense was horrible tbh. It was so bad at missing rotations that Porker started screaming at him for it after he left a 3 point shooter open.
plays like your sig is why i will stop watching the nba in a couple of years.
I'm too old to tolerate this garbage