SL Game Blog: Spurs vs. Blazers @ 9 CST

I don't know if this is too early for the game thread, so mods please delete if I've violated protocol.

I had a question: On the NBA game selection screen, tonight's game vs. the Blazers and tonight's Denver vs. D-league game are both in bold print; does this mean anything in particular? They are the only two games in all of the summer league schedule that are in bold print (http://summerleague.istreamplanet.co...er/default.asp). I'm hoping this doesn't mean they're blacked out for some reason. Does anyone know? Spursdotcom, any idea?

I've also been checking box scores of summer league games, and so far I've only been able to find a couple players who had the same (or greater) efficiency rating as George Hill (20). I think they were Anthony Morrow and Blake Griffin.

http://www.nba.com/summerleague2009/...er=george_hill

[EDIT] Anthony Randolph has a ridiculous efficiency rating of 30.

I don't know about the bold. The NBA charging to watch the summer league games is a total joke though. MSG in NY is broadcasting the Knicks game tonight. How lame is that for Knicks fans, I sure hope they aren't blacking out the Spurs game. That would be lame.

2009 Blazers Summer League Roster

Num Player Position Height Weight From

41 Uche Echefu F 6-9 225 Florida State
16 Joe Krabbenhoft F 6-7 220 Wisconsin
34 David Moss G-F 6-5 210 Indiana State
6 Deji Akindele C 6-11 240 Chicago
4 Jerryd Bayless G 6-3 200 Arizona
33 Dante Cunningham F 6-8 227 Villanova
42 Matt Freije F 6-10 240 Vanderbilt
1 Thomas Gardner G 6-5 225 Missouri
11 Pooh Jeter G 5-11 175 Portland
24 Bobby Jones F 6-7 215 Washington
8 Patrick Mills G 6-0 175 St. Mary's, Calif.
9 Dwayne Mitchell F 6-5 210 Louisiana-Lafayette
0 Drew Neitzel G 6-0 180 Oklahoma
21 David Padgett C 6-11 230 Louisville
31 Jeff Pendergraph F-C 6-10 240 Arizona State

Patty Mills is still out with the foot injury, but I hope we get to see a lot of Hill vs. Bayless. Are any of their bigs any good? Pendergraph is the only one I've heard of.

Cunningham has had a really good SL, but he didn't play the last game.

Another 2AM game-fest over here across the pond.

The same Bobby Jones who played a few games for us a couple seasons back?

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Originally Posted by bishopospurs

I don't know about the bold. The NBA charging to watch the summer league games is a total joke though. MSG in NY is broadcasting the Knicks game tonight. How lame is that for Knicks fans, I sure hope they aren't blacking out the Spurs game. That would be lame.

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The Spurs-Blazers game will be shown on NBA TV on Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. Central Time and Spurs-Thunder game will be shown on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Central.

I wonder if they will limit Blair's minutes so he can go hard tomorrow against thabeet.

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Originally Posted by SonOfAGun

I wonder if they will limit Blair's minutes so he can go hard tomorrow against thabeet.

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I actually feel sorry for Thabeet. He seems like a nice guy from the couple of interviews I've seen. Blair's going to crush him again.

They need to give more minutes to Gist and McClinton, even though they haven't proved themselves yet. Maybe throwing them deeper into the fire will get them to produce.

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Originally Posted by kbrury

They need to give more minutes to Gist and McClinton, even though they haven't proved themselves yet. Maybe throwing them deeper into the fire will get them to produce.

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Agreed. If nothing else I think the 5th and final game will be their opportunity to play big minutes...sink or swim.

Anyone have a free link to the live stream to tonites game? Thanx in advance :flag: :downspin:

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Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37

I don't really see anything that will come from Gist or McClinton though..I'd rather continue to let the main 4 get into a rhythm and build some chemistry..

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They don't have to take minutes away from them its just that I would rather see McClinton struggle then see Donnell Taylor struggle he is playing way too many minutes..

Unless you live in Vegas, you shouldn't be worried about a blackout.

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Originally Posted by Russ

The Spurs-Blazers game will be shown on NBA TV on Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. Central Time and Spurs-Thunder game will be shown on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Central.

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MSG in NY is basic cable

So does anyone know why those 2 games are bolded or did i miss something

Blazers look pretty good on paper. Not sure how they are 0-3.

Bayless and Jeter at point guard should be a handful for Hill.

Cunningham and Pendergraph should be a good match for Mahinmi and Blair.

B. Jones and Gardener won't be easy covers for Hairston.

Since these last two games are a back-to-back, I'm guessing we'll see Blair sit out one of the games. There's a chance that this is the last real game and that all the summer league stars sit out tomorrow to let the scrubs get some action.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Unless you live in Vegas, you shouldn't be worried about a blackout.

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Thanks. I was just worried because on rare occasions last season (twice I think), the NBA would blackout League Pass games in my area (College Station) for some bizarre reason; they were airing it on a channel that wasn't even available here. I even went to Buffalo Wild's since they have practically every sports channel, and they couldn't get it.

The only thing McClinton hasn't done is shoot the ball well. He has distributed it nicely in his truncated appearances. He has played good defense. His real value to the Spurs will be to sit out at the 3 point line and bury the open bomb. Unfortunately, he is not getting any looks like that. You see no one in summer league drawing a double team and kicking it out or driving and dishing. He has had to try and create his own shots and to his credit has not forced it. He has taken very few shots so far. I feel certain he will get an invite to camp.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Blazers look pretty good on paper. Not sure how they are 0-3.

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Summer League never makes much sense when it comes to scores and standings. Even fouls often have little significance considering the whistle-Rambo's they have officiating out there. That record is simply a testament to what summer league is not: a competition.

Praying for a working link this game, haha!

I hope George Hill has sat down with McClinton and shown him some box scores from his summer league '08, and told him not to get discouraged and to continue playing his game.... the Spurs are pretty good at identifying talent, and that alone should give him some confidence.

Anyone hosting the game on JustinTV?

No luck finding a stream of the game. Anyone find it?

by the way I found a torrent site where you can download all the Spurs summer league games in high quality, I have all 3 games. PM if you want the link

I would look at doing other things, don't look on the net.

Begging for link thread

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Originally Posted by kbrury

Cunningham has had a really good SL, but he didn't play the last game.

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Summer League Shootaround: Bayless, Cunningham will play tonight
by Joe Freeman, The Oregonian

The news from the Trail Blazers' morning shootaround was encouraging regarding the team's two injured starters.

Point guard Jerryd Bayless and forward Dante Cunningham went through all portions of the shootaround and are expected to resume their starting roles tonight when the Blazers play the San Antonio Spurs in a summer league matchup at Cox Pavilion.

Bayless encountered right calf spasms in the closing seconds of Friday night's loss to the Denver Nuggets after he finished an alley-oop dunk. But he showed no ill-effects today -- in fact, Bayless put in overtime this morning at the Thomas and Mack Center, where the team worked out, as he stayed with assistant coach Kaleb Canales for some extra shooting long after the team had left for their hotel.

Cunningham, meanwhile, returned to action today after missing last night's game because of a left groin injury. The 6-foot-8 rookie, who injured his groin in the opener Monday, did not report any lingering discomfort to Blazers trainers and will start at power forward tonight.

Jeter earns first start

Pooh Jeter, the University of Portland graduate who is trying to land a roster spot with the Blazers, will start for the first time this week tonight against the Spurs.

Coach Joe Prunty said he's inserting Jeter into the start shooting guard position to provide the Blazers just that -- shooting. Through the first three summer league games, shooting has been a glaring problem for Blazers' shooting guards.

Coach Joe Prunty said he's inserting Jeter into the start shooting guard position to provide the Blazers just that -- shooting. Through the first three summer league games, shooting has been a glaring problem for Blazers' shooting guards.

In the opener against the Toronto Raptors, Thomas Gardner started and missed all eight of his field goals, including all six of his three-point attempts. In the Blazers' second game against the Houston Rockets, David Moss replaced Gardner in the starting lineup and made just 1 of 9 field goals.

Moss improved last night against the Nuggets -- draining 5 of 9 shots to finish with 10 points -- but Jeter has proven more capable and more reliable through three games.

Jeter is averaging 13.3 points per game and is shooting 52 percent from the field (14 for 27). He's also registered 11 assists and three steals. Prunty has become increasingly more comfortable with Jeter as the week has progressed and Jeter's playing time has increased each game, from 15 to 21 to 31 minutes.

Prunty was clear that Bayless would continue to play point the majority of the time tonight, even though Jeter is a natural point guard. But Prunty needed a spark at shooting guard, so Jeter gets the nod.

Either Hairston or Beck should be able to abuse whatever small guard ends up covering them.

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Originally Posted by zepn

I would look at doing other things, don't look on the net.

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:toast

I hope Blair plays tonight, but then again, it sure would be nice to see him against Thabeet tomorrow.

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Praying for a working link this game, haha!

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POST FREE LINKS HERE!!!

:lmao

I think Blair will do just fine against Thabeet, however I am really anxious to see how Blair Beast does against Griffin. Griffin is the benchmark against whom all other post players are measured against. Rookie wise that's going to be epic.

My semi-educated guess is that Griffin outscores Blair but Dejuan destroys Griffin on the boards.

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POST FREE LINKS HERE!!!

:lmao

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I know dis ghost dude dats 23 nd works with tv called justin but there's been technical issues that are the nba's problem so the feed is really glitchy

now playing g3

good luck! i will have to turn the stream off if things slow down too much on my end.

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Originally Posted by koriwhat

now playing g3

good luck! i will have to turn the stream off if things slow down too much on my end.

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We are playing the Blazers, not OKC Thunder.

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Originally Posted by Chieflion

We are playing the Blazers, not OKC Thunder.

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yes i know this... but not for another 40 mins. this game will be changed once today's game starts.

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Spurs need to not worry about the game and start finding out some things. Gist and McClinton should get 30 plus minutes and see if they got the juice or not. We are not going to learn anymore about Hill, Hairston, Mahinmi, and Blair than we already know.

Hopefully we start to see some positives from Gist and McClinton.

get in the chat on stream!

:hungry:

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Originally Posted by koriwhat

get in the chat on stream!

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I would but I don't have a ustream account. :lol

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I would but I don't have a ustream account. :lol

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it's all good... not a big deal. :)

Anyone have video yet?

No video yet.

Still loading :(

Better not miss the tip . . ..

Still not up yet

No video?! I told you! I told you the sky was falling, but nobody listened! We're all gonna die!

I am actually looking forward to this game.

Isn't it 7:30? Not 7:00?

I got the NBA Summer league screen, but no game yet.


Try backing out and clicking on the link again if yous is still loading.

It's on. Nope, I just got sound no video.

Got audio . . .

Its on now...

I have sound.

Link:

http://pt-br.justin.tv/ghostdude23/old

I have audio no video

Video. Here we go.

Woo, audio. How come nba.com and spurs.com schedule has it on a half hour later?

:hungry:

great dunk by blair!

J/k what's going on with the feed???

Awesome, it's on.:smokin

Its onnnn

Blair starting.

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Link:

http://pt-br.justin.tv/ghostdude23/old

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thanks

Blair starting...

Blair is starting :D

Video up and running.

Starting line up:

Blair
Beck
Mahinmi
Hairston
Hill

Same starting lineup as last game.

Blair is starting

Hmm. Beck still starting.

Beck over McClinton makes no sense.

Woohoo Tip off!

Nice. We got Kamla.

Bayless already given up as PG?

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http://pt-br.justin.tv/ghostdude23/old

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Thanks, works Great!!:flag:

Malik J

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Nice. We got Kamla.

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?????????

Hairston with a jump shot

Blazers up 7-2

That guy looked under the basket . . .

Nice D by Mahinmi.

Nice steal by Ian on the interior pass. Beck with a reverse layup on the break.

Blazers on fire

These streams fucking suck. I should ask for my money back.

Are the going in slow motion for anyone else?

Ian misses the wide open short shot.

jeebus, lots of whistles early

Not off to a good start, yet.

That was a weak call on Mahinmi.

Fucking refs.

Wtf is this? Foul every 10 seconds on Spurs players? They arent even doing anything?