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Leonard will not be enough. This kid can ball and has handles. Judging from the interview as well he seems like he has a good attitude and is well spoken. Unlike other draftees, ahem Ricky Ledo, who speak like they're high.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGoldStandard
I'm surprised Kawhi was only able to do it 3 times considering he weigh's about 220.Quote:
Originally Posted by SanDiegoSpursFan
Neal is a pretty damn good scorer against average defense/defenders. Problem arises when you put somebody on him who can actually defend or is athletically superior. Same problems this kid will have when he gets going.Quote:
Originally Posted by TimmyDuncan21
Measurements mean so much in the NBA but apparently not as much to the Spurs as we've seen over the years.
I think everyone is expecting Pop to play this kid if he's drafted..
Calling bullshit.
You know what the basketball greats say, "You can never have enough backup point guards." Oh wait...
LMFAO at anyone who believes the Spurs promised someone then let it get out to the media. Is this your first draft? I guess those posters are the epitome of gnsf.
^And the virgin of the year award goes to...
Hell, if anybody should be excited about this rumour it should be Green. Have not heard much about him till now and at least this rumour gets his name out there and maybe a team in the 1st bites...
very weird, it seems like he forces himself to fade away every shot...Quote:
Originally Posted by Juggity
IMO the Spurs are going to draft a SG. I think it will be Snell or Ledo and the Spurs might move to draft them. If there are not there they will draft Jean Charles. Spurs need a SG that can create his own shot and take defenders off the dribble. Ledo espeically will instantly be able to provide that for the Spurs.
All I recall was Joseph and 1 against Bird Man in the game 3 route. What did he do that was so ineffective to get him benched? I missed that part tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by tesseractive
Yeah, but he has a ridiculous arm length, which makes BP exponentially harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by 007nites
Which is why it is most likely this rumor is completely bogus (or smokescreen at most). Green just finished his senior year, he's in the draft one way or another - no reason for any team to promise him anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by exstatic
Maybe the Spurs like him & will take him, but almost certainly BS that they have a promise out to him.
The thing that jumps out to me is his court speed...he can fly with the ball in his hands
from the clip remind me a little cj watson, i understand he is nice overall scorer, but does he can run the point? what his assists and assists/TO numbers?
Dunno anything about this guy, but as a general observation, expect every team to be more and more interested in distance shooters. Small ball is here to stay, just ask Haslem and Splitter (b/c, you know, they didn't get much PT). Frankly I think the Spurs' greatest need is a good backup PG--Parker got gassed from all the minutes and that slowed us down more than anything. Doubt if we'll get a good solution at #28 in the draft, tho.
There's 3 possible solutions: (1) try to develop CoJo and/or Nando to be legit playoff-quality rotation players, (2) sign a free agent to play over the guys we're developing, (3) draft yet another prospect and start the development process over. Unless the FO has concluded that CoJo/Nando will never be able to get it done, the third option sounds like the worst one.Quote:
Originally Posted by ManuTastic
George Hill replacement. I can see the spurs going this way. The Spurs need another player who can handle the ball and take it to the basket. They need to stop using Manu as a pg and scale back his minutes overall and this pick will solve that.
If true (I'm skeptical that there's a promise, but wouldn't be surprised if they do in fact take him, as he'd not only fill a need, but he sounds like Spurs material), I like it, for a myriad of reasons . . .
- Neal is probably gone, because I doubt they want to tie up $2-3M in him, but also, as we know, he can't play PG and playing him next to Ginobili forces Ginobili to spend too much time at SF.
- They'll need to replace his scoring off the bench; specifically, they need their backup PG to be a scorer and in theory, Green is an ideal fit next to Ginobili, as he can get his own shot, yet is also a good enough shooter to function as a spot up threat.
- Despite his lack of strength, he's long enough that, in tandem with Joseph, they should be able to get away with either defending SG's (Hill used to do it, Ellis has done it for years, Bradley currently does, etc.), when Ginobili inevitably get's his minimum 2 injuries . . . and this is getting way ahead obviously, but if he and Joseph establish themselves as rotation players, they could eventually work in tandem as the backup guards behind Parker/Green, when Ginobili retires in probably 2 years.
- Backup SF may look like a bigger hole on paper, but they at least have three quality wing players. Besides, if they like Casspi better than Bullock, Snell, etc. (neither of whom are true SF's, nor are the other candidates projected to be in that range), then it makes no sense to pick one of them.
- Some will inevitably quibble with not taking a player they can stash and eating up cap space, but all this would do is probably pave the way for them to either release De Colo to return to Europe or to trade him and he's slightly more expensive than the 28th pick will be.
Kazemi is a 6'7 power forward? Tf.