Kyle Anderson Full Game Highlight VS Memphis Grizzlies (13Points, 7Assists, 4 Steals)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjF3c9eTNJI

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I love Anderson's development. He does carry the ball occasionally, which his general speed does not hide very well. His vision is improving and he is feeding the bigs easy shots every chance he gets.

In before the haters

Not against Mem but

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Kyle Magic Johnson Anderson making his teammates better.

his assists to Lamarcus specifically are outstanding. they've got great chemistry.

Really think this guy will be a starter in the league. I'm not sure he'll ever be able to defend legit fours, but against most teams, it'll be a no-brainer. I hope he develops and isn't shoe-horned into the sixth-man role because people think that the Spurs need a new Manu.

Nice game. Hopefully we have more like this from him next season. He's been making pretty passes in a few games already with more opportunities to make plays with the ball. IMO it's a good sign he's capable of these kind of games without the big 3 or Kawhi bc we'll need him more next season.

He really is a 6'9 PG, more Magic Johnson than Diaw in this game since he likes to pass in transition (Simms the ideal partner for him for that reason) and off the dribble, not like Diaw who passes out of the post.

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Nice game. Hopefully we have more like this from him next season. He's been making pretty passes in a few games already with more opportunities to make plays with the ball. IMO it's a good sign he's capable of these kind of games without the big 3 or Kawhi bc we'll need him more next season.

He really is a 6'9 PG, more Magic Johnson than Diaw in this game since he likes to pass in transition (Simms the ideal partner for him for that reason) and off the dribble, not like Diaw who passes out of the post.

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I do believe many are misforecasting him as a 4. He loves the perimeter. loves creating. loves distributing, and honestly I think he may grow to be more than just "net positive" on defense.

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Really think this guy will be a starter in the league. I'm not sure he'll ever be able to defend legit fours, but against most teams, it'll be a no-brainer. I hope he develops and isn't shoe-horned into the sixth-man role because people think that the Spurs need a new Manu.

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The player he reminds me of somewhat in the modern game is Batum, except Batum is a better 3 pt shooter, but about the same size and both passers. Tatum doesn't rely on superior athleticism either. He's just a confident ballhandler with court vision who has legit size and length like Kyle. Considering that Kyle could start in the league eventually, like Batum too as a SG.

He might even be better passing eventually bc he's creating throwing lobs off the dribble. Remember the lobs to Boban and Danny of all ppl? I mean this guy is practically a rookie Pop has shelved on occasion. I think as he develops he will become a more confident passer, hopefully shooter too.

this guy is unique

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I do believe many are misforecasting him as a 4. He loves the perimeter. loves creating. loves distributing, and honestly I think he may grow to be more than just "net positive" on defense.

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Pop has apparently wanted him to learn several positions. I am guessing part of it is so that he can play him at different spots with his best players. For example, although he's ideally a wing, bc of Kawhi or Danny, he can get away with Kyle as a 4. It should be interesting to see him next season,which way he goes.

the point forward of the Spurs

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Nice game. Hopefully we have more like this from him next season. He's been making pretty passes in a few games already with more opportunities to make plays with the ball. IMO it's a good sign he's capable of these kind of games without the big 3 or Kawhi bc we'll need him more next season.

He really is a 6'9 PG, more Magic Johnson than Diaw in this game since he likes to pass in transition (Simms the ideal partner for him for that reason) and off the dribble, not like Diaw who passes out of the post.

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completely agree! right on the money

Kyleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee rules!

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The player he reminds me of somewhat in the modern game is Batum, except Batum is a better 3 pt shooter, but about the same size and both passers. Tatum doesn't rely on superior athleticism either. He's just a confident ballhandler with court vision who has legit size and length like Kyle. Considering that Kyle could start in the league eventually, like Batum too as a SG.

He might even be better passing eventually bc he's creating throwing lobs off the dribble. Remember the lobs to Boban and Danny of all ppl? I mean this guy is practically a rookie Pop has shelved on occasion. I think as he develops he will become a more confident passer, hopefully shooter too.

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I think he's bigger than Batum but with a lot less athleticism. Batum isn't much of a passer.

Anderson is clearly pass first player. Glad to see him play point for a majority of this game.

Amazing what happens when he plays his actual position.

I like Kyle and all... nice pass and block, but most of those "highlights" were due to Memphis being shit.

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I like Kyle and all... nice pass and block, but most of those "highlights" were due to Memphis being shit.

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He had a few pretty ones to Simms against Okc too.

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He had a good game, tbh... I still wouldn't give him one playoff minute after the 1st round, based on his body of work throughout this season...

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He had a good game, tbh... I still wouldn't give him one playoff minute after the 1st round, based on his body of work throughout this season...

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Yeah, don't trust him in intense games yet, but I could see him getting some solid time in vs the Jazz

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He had a good game, tbh... I still wouldn't give him one playoff minute after the 1st round, based on his body of work throughout this season...

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It's not that tough to play agains a bunch of scrubs. He was also great in the summer league, but I still don't trust him for the playoffs.

How are you ever going to trust KA in the post season if you don't play him :lol like it or not, he's going to get minutes April/May/June

He has been a shit bag vs all the good teams he's played. That's where you earn trust. Not the playoffs. :lol

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He has been a shit bag vs all the good teams he's played. That's where you earn trust. Not the playoffs. :lol

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Of course you earn trust in the playoffs LOL that's where you usually breakout as a player.

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Of course you earn trust in the playoffs LOL that's where you usually breakout as a player.

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I don't think you understand. If he can't even play well vs good teams in the RS, what makes you think he can do it in the playoffs where it's 10X more intense?

Pop sure as fuck doesn't care about Fathead to bet a playoff game on him.

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I don't think you understand. If he can't even play well vs good teams in the RS, what makes you think he can do it in the playoffs where it's 10X more intense?

Pop sure as fuck doesn't care about Fathead to bet a playoff game on him.

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He'll get the minutes tho

KA is trash.

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He'll get the minutes tho

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Not after the first round. 2-4 minutes tops not counting blow out minutes and only because we don't have a legit backup 3. More of a pick your poison type of thing. Certainly not because he earned it.

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Not after the first round. 2-4 minutes tops not counting blow out minutes and only because we don't have a legit backup 3. More of a pick your poison type of thing. Certainly not because he earned it.

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That's the thing with pop though. Since the dude spent time in Austin last year, works hard in practice, doesn't have attitude, and is ready when his name is called, that's what pop considers "earning your spot" not whether or not you lay eggs against elite teams. So by that standard I'm sure he's going to get minutes. I mean, just look at bonner for crying it loud.

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That's the thing with pop though. Since the dude spent time in Austin last year, works hard in practice, doesn't have attitude, and is ready when his name is called, that's what pop considers "earning your spot" not whether or not you lay eggs against elite teams. So by that standard I'm sure he's going to get minutes. I mean, just look at bonner for crying it loud.

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Are you taking about Cory Joseph? :lmao

Sorry brah. Your explanation isn't right. :td

You people follow the Spurs right? :lol

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Are you taking about Cory Joseph? :lmao

Sorry brah. Your explanation isn't right. :td

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Tha fuck it isn't

Take the L

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Tha fuck it isn't

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That's exactly him. I can even pull some articles where CoJo asks to go back to the Dleague. :lmao

Only thing I remember of CoJo was a garbage dunk on Ibaka in the playoffs. That's it mayne. :lmao

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That's exactly him. I can even pull some articles where CoJo asks to go back to the Dleague. :lmao

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Uhh. You do know they Kyle play for the Austin Spurs right? :lmao

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Uhh. You do know they Kyle play for the Austin Spurs right? :lmao

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Dleague? :lmao

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That's the thing with pop though. Since the dude spent time in Austin last year, works hard in practice, doesn't have attitude, and is ready when his name is called, that's what pop considers "earning your spot" not whether or not you lay eggs against elite teams. So by that standard I'm sure he's going to get minutes. I mean, just look at bonner for crying it loud.

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What are you so confused about?

I don't think you get the joke. You made an explanation of how Kyle earned his spot.

I joked that you were talking about CoJo, because he did all those things and he never got playing time on the playoffs you stupid fuck. :lmao

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I don't think you get the joke. You made an explanation of how Kyle earned his spot.

I joked that you were talking about CoJo, because he did all those things and he never got playing time on the playoffs you stupid fuck. :lmao

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That's because Kyle is not the 3rd string PG you fucking faggot.

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That's because Kyle is not the 3rd string PG you fucking faggot.

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Kyle does a worse job as backup than Cojo as a 3rd stringer faggot. :lmao

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He had a good game, tbh... I still wouldn't give him one playoff minute after the 1st round, based on his body of work throughout this season...

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Kyle wants to play in the postseason and he worked really hard for that opportunity. With all the development opportunities he's gotten recently, unlike you I am inclined to think he's earned it. What he does with his time once he's there is probably going to be under close scrutiny, and in a short leash but Pop said prior to the game he was evaluating players for the postseason and Kyle went out and looked like the Spurs 2nd best player after LMA and played 36 minutes. POP said: He's a good player and has been doing that all season. (In my mind that's an explanation for newcomers to the team that the decision to play Kyle is not solely based on that game. He has shown up every time we are shorthanded).

This is when I cue the 12-1 streak we went into when playing without Manu, Tim and a few games Kawhi. Last season that would have been a loosing skid like the one we had in December but it wasn't bc he showed up like he did in this case. POP has grown to trust him.

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How are you ever going to trust KA in the post season if you don't play him :lol like it or not, he's going to get minutes April/May/June

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Lol no, he won't get more than a handful of minutes at best in June unless there's injury or blowout

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Kyle does a worse job as backup than Cojo as a 3rd stringer faggot. :lmao

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Kyle is Kawhi's immediate backup. Try again.

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Originally Posted by SAGirl

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Kyle wants to play in the postseason and he worked really hard for that opportunity. With all the development opportunities he's gotten recently, unlike you I am inclined to think he's earned it. What he does with his time once he's there is probably going to be under close scrutiny, and in a short leash but Pop said prior to the game he was evaluating players for the postseason and Kyle went out and looked like the Spurs 2nd best player after LMA and played 36 minutes. POP said: He's a good player and has been doing that all season. (In my mind that's an explanation for newcomers to the team that the decision to play Kyle is not solely based on that game. He has shown up every time we are shorthanded).

This is when I cue the 12-1 streak we went into when playing without Manu, Tim and a few games Kawhi. Last season that would have been a loosing skid like the one we had in December but it wasn't bc he showed up like he did in this case. POP has grown to trust him.

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Who's minutes will kyle be taking?

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Lol no, he won't get more than a handful of minutes at best in June unless there's injury or blowout

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Maybe. There's no telling with Pop though.

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Kyle is Kawhi's immediate backup. Try again.

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Because we don't have another SF yous stupid fuck. :lmao

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Because we don't have another SF yous stupid fuck. :lmao

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Who else gets the minutes then?

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Who else gets the minutes then?

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Green usually you dumbass. He slides over and Manu plays SG.

Kyle played ZERO minutes in last years playoffs. KA was the only backup SF and never played. We just played other SGs out of position last year.

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Green usually you dumbass. He slides over and Manu plays SG.

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We'll see. I'm all for KA to play only if it's a plus for us. If not, I couldn't care less. As long as we win.

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We'll see. I'm all for KA to play only if it's a plus for us. If not, I couldn't care less. As long as we win.

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Who else gets the minutes then?

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I think the last Charlotte box score is going to be a pretty decent indicator of the playoff rotation.

Just add the 7 minutes that Kyle got to Boris minutes and we're set

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Who's minutes will kyle be taking?

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Hes backing up Kawhi. That was his role and has been since Simmons lost Pop's trust. He given minutes to get Martin acclimtted, the same way others have given minutes or been rested to get Miller acclimated, but Martin didn't show to be a better player than him and Miller is not going yo backup Kawhi. Easy peasy.

People wanting this guy to play past 2nd round will get really disappointed whether he will play or not

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Hes backing up Kawhi. That was his role and has been since Simmons lost Pop's trust. He given minutes to get Martin acclimtted, the same way others have given minutes or been rested to get Miller acclimated, but Martin didn't show to be a better player than him and Miller is not going yo backup Kawhi. Easy peasy.

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Lol Martin and Miller are like TMac. Simmons will get similar minutes to Kyle.

Pop used a 9 man rotation vs the Clips in game 7 last year. No reason to see him change that.

Tim, Kawhi, Tony, Aldridge, Manu, Boris, Patty, Danny, and West. That's about it in playoff crunch time.

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http://www.expressnews.com/sports/sp...#photo-9717775
Kyle wants to play in the postseason and he worked really hard for that opportunity. With all the development opportunities he's gotten recently, unlike you I am inclined to think he's earned it. What he does with his time once he's there is probably going to be under close scrutiny, and in a short leash but Pop said prior to the game he was evaluating players for the postseason and Kyle went out and looked like the Spurs 2nd best player after LMA and played 36 minutes. POP said: He's a good player and has been doing that all season. (In my mind that's an explanation for newcomers to the team that the decision to play Kyle is not solely based on that game. He has shown up every time we are shorthanded).

This is when I cue the 12-1 streak we went into when playing without Manu, Tim and a few games Kawhi. Last season that would have been a loosing skid like the one we had in December but it wasn't bc he showed up like he did in this case. POP has grown to trust him.

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I'm not the coach so you don't have anything to worry about. Not hating, just my opinion...

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I'm not the coach so you don't have anything to worry about. Not hating, just my opinion...

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I think if they value him for the future they have to give him a chance. These guys are ppl and bust their assets for the coach. Win him games he could have lost without key players. You have to reward that effort, now if he goes out there and he can't handle the pressure that is another matter.

That is the part that is entirely opinion. You think he's not ready. Me, I think he's a competitor and will bust his was at the role you give him and will not disappoint. But the opportunity, he's earned that TBH.

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Lol Martin and Miller are like TMac. Simmons will get similar minutes to Kyle.

Pop used a 9 man rotation vs the Clips in game 7 last year. No reason to see him change that.

Tim, Kawhi, Tony, Aldridge, Manu, Boris, Patty, Danny, and West. That's about it in playoff crunch time.

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he won't play crunch time, but he will play.

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he won't play crunch time, but he will play.

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Put a number on minutes per game in the 2nd round vs OKC.

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I think if they value him for the future they have to give him a chance.

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No they don't. They have every right to do what it takes to win right now.

If they value him for the future, they'll pay him.

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Put a number on minutes per game in the 2nd round vs OKC.

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I will not, but his playing time against OKC was not a fluke and we managed to hang for most of that game but the the 3rd Q, severely understaffed at all positions as we were. If anything, he looked better than Danny, Martin, Patty, even Diaw, while he was facing the toughest matchup save those who were rape by Russie. The only one who looked better was Simms ans he got going with easy dunks off Kyle's passes and the bulk if his scoring was in garbage time.

Simmons showed he can play against that bench. I think he may have even earned himself playing time against that matchup in the bench if it wasn't bc he been so unreliable. That game was not a waste of time according to Pop either.

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I will not

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Why not?

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Why not?

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bc its pointless.

He has to play well in the first round and continue to earn his coach's trust. I am arguing he's earned a chance to do that.

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bc its pointless.

He has to play well in the first round and continue to earn his coach's trust. I am arguing he's earned a chance to do that.

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Well I think he plays in the first round because Utah blows.

Does he already have enough trust to play meaningful minutes in later rounds or not

Nice......

Kyle lack confident, this past week he actually gave up on open layups for a riskier alley oop passes, that's bad...

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He had a good game, tbh... I still wouldn't give him one playoff minute after the 1st round, based on his body of work throughout this season...

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My hopes for him are only slightly less than SAGirl and i completely agree.

holy chit. just saw his video and hes got an LBJ receding hairline. He needs to go bold.

People need to cool it with the talk of Anderson not getting minutes past the second round. That's NOT how Pop does it. He shortens his rotations if he has to. He doesn't start off playing fewer guys. Sure, he'll play Green and especially Leonard more minutes against OKC. But that's balanced out with OKC going small. Anderson will start off the series having the opportunity to earn minutes. He'd have that same opportunity in the next two series. People forget that Beli was pretty much dropped from the rotation in Game Seven versus Dallas in 2014 (he only played four minutes before garbage time). Pop was asked after the game if Marco was out of the rotation going forward, and Pop said that every series was a new chance to get minutes. Beli played 27 minutes against Portland in Game One of that series, 24 of which were before garbage time.

The idea that Anderson could play poorly enough to not earn further playing time is reasonable. The idea that Pop is going to cut him out preemptively because of a lack of trust really isn't. Someone will need to take the 12 or so minutes currently up for grabs, and Pop's shown little inclination to give those to Martin or Miller over Kyle.

I was at the Memphis game sitting down low. Anderson was very disruptive with deflections and kept making plays that caught everyone's attention. Very impressed with his development up to this point. I didn't think he'd be nearly this effective until next season at the earliest. Glad I was wrong.

He may get some minutes in 1st round mayyyybe 2nd round in playoffs.. but if we see GSW I doubt he will see much. I feel like anyone with just any lick of athleticism can blow right by him and collapse our defense for a layup or kickout... I think hes too much of a risk. Its too bad too really.. I like his passing a lot and wish we could play him more as a point guard maybe have mills play the 2 for defense; it would be cool to see him play his college position a little more. But as far as playoffs go I feel hes just too much of a defensive liability.

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People need to cool it with the talk of Anderson not getting minutes past the second round. That's NOT how Pop does it. He shortens his rotations if he has to. He doesn't start off playing fewer guys. Sure, he'll play Green and especially Leonard more minutes against OKC. But that's balanced out with OKC going small. Anderson will start off the series having the opportunity to earn minutes. He'd have that same opportunity in the next two series. People forget that Beli was pretty much dropped from the rotation in Game Seven versus Dallas in 2014 (he only played four minutes before garbage time). Pop was asked after the game if Marco was out of the rotation going forward, and Pop said that every series was a new chance to get minutes. Beli played 27 minutes against Portland in Game One of that series, 24 of which were before garbage time.

The idea that Anderson could play poorly enough to not earn further playing time is reasonable. The idea that Pop is going to cut him out preemptively because of a lack of trust really isn't. Someone will need to take the 12 or so minutes currently up for grabs, and Pop's shown little inclination to give those to Martin or Miller over Kyle.

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I did mention that in another thread... he'll likely get some burn in the 1st round and go from there. But what I'm saying above is that due to what he's shown throughout the season, I'll be surprised if he gets minutes past the 1st round. He's inconsistent, his attention to detail is just not there all the time, he's not aggressive enough sometimes, teams can and likely will target him (for a number of reasons: speed, likes to gamble, etc), and I envision our later-round opponents to be OKC/Clippers/Dubs/Cavs... teams that I don't think he can be used to exploit mismatches. Add that he doesn't have earned respect from the refs yet, and I just think it's difficult. I could be wrong. It doesn't mean he can't be better next season though.

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I did mention that in another thread... he'll likely get some burn in the 1st round and go from there. But what I'm saying above is that due to what he's shown throughout the season, I'll be surprised if he gets minutes past the 1st round. He's inconsistent, his attention to detail is just not there all the time, he's not aggressive enough sometimes, teams can and likely will target him (for a number of reasons: speed, likes to gamble, etc), and I envision our later-round opponents to be OKC/Clippers/Dubs/Cavs... teams that I don't think he can be used to exploit mismatches. Add that he doesn't have earned respect from the refs yet, and I just think it's difficult. I could be wrong. It doesn't mean he can't be better next season though.

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I don't see a better option on the roster. As of right now, if the Spurs have any minutes left after Kawhi, Green and Manu, they should go to Anderson unless the other team is playing two PGs. And if the other team goes small, Anderson is the best to take the minutes behind Diaw. I know folks like Brazil want to keep pumping Martin up for shiggles, but he really hasn't been good enough to leap over Anderson for time. I actually like Andre Miller quite a bit, but he's not as versatile.

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I don't see a better option on the roster. As of right now, if the Spurs have any minutes left after Kawhi, Green and Manu, they should go to Anderson unless the other team is playing two PGs. And if the other team goes small, Anderson is the best to take the minutes behind Diaw. I know folks like Brazil want to keep pumping Martin up for shiggles, but he really hasn't been good enough to leap over Anderson for time. I actually like Andre Miller quite a bit, but he's not as versatile.

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The Spurs are all rested enough. Boris should be able to take up all the minutes behind Kawhi

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I don't see a better option on the roster. As of right now, if the Spurs have any minutes left after Kawhi, Green and Manu, they should go to Anderson unless the other team is playing two PGs. And if the other team goes small, Anderson is the best to take the minutes behind Diaw. I know folks like Brazil want to keep pumping Martin up for shiggles, but he really hasn't been good enough to leap over Anderson for time. I actually like Andre Miller quite a bit, but he's not as versatile.

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Martin has actually been the worst player in the team. I suppose some ppl hoped he could displace Anderson but he hasn't. I don't think he's been playing better than even Ray Mac did. Has the worst metrics in the team (worse than both Ray Mac and Butler) and is the only player with a net negative, yikes.

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The Spurs are all rested enough. Boris should be able to take up all the minutes behind Kawhi

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Boris not playing the three has nothing to do with his level of rest.

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Martin has actually been the worst player in the team. I suppose some ppl hoped he could displace Anderson but he hasn't. I don't think he's been playing better than even Ray Mac did. Has the worst metrics in the team (worse than both Ray Mac and Butler) and is the only player with a net negative, yikes.

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i never had an attachment to end of bench guy like i did to Butler, i honestly think he got a raw deal seen the production of the players that supposedly made him expendable (Martin/Bonner)..

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The Spurs are all rested enough. Boris should be able to take up all the minutes behind Kawhi

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It's unlikely you will survive the entire playoffs with just 3 wings, one of them being 39. We have a lot of options at other positions, but none at the wing better than Anderson (after the 3) and there will be times you need him to get a breather for your best wings to have the energy to finish a game.

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i never had an attachment to end of bench guy like i did to Butler, i honestly think he got a raw deal seen the production of the players that supposedly made him expendable (Martin/Bonner)..

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I think there were games we won this season that if you took Butler out of them and put Martin there in those same games we would have lost.

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Martin has actually been the worst player in the team. I suppose some ppl hoped he could displace Anderson but he hasn't. I don't think he's been playing better than even Ray Mac did. Has the worst metrics in the team (worse than both Ray Mac and Butler) and is the only player with a net negative, yikes.

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Your homerism towards slow motion Kyle never cease to amaze me

Martin played 10 games, he had terrible last 3 games still a bit soon to call him a bust... talking about drawing conclusions on small sample... smh

Kyle played 100 games, 70 this year and his metrics are quite terrible tbh... better than Martin during his 10 games with the Spurs... big deal. If Spurs have to rely on KA significant minutes during POs we are pretty much fucked

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Your homerism towards slow motion Kyle never cease to amaze me

Martin played 10 games, he had terrible last 3 games still a bit soon to call him a bust... talking about drawing conclusions on small sample... smh

Kyle played 100 games, 70 this year and his metrics are quite terrible tbh... better than Martin during his 10 games with the Spurs... big deal. If Spurs have to rely on KA significant minutes during POs we are pretty much fucked

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Boris not playing the three has nothing to do with his level of rest.

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I'm fine with him playing hybrid 3-4 with some 1 sprinkled in over playing Kyle

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Originally Posted by SAGirl

It's unlikely you will survive the entire playoffs with just 3 wings, one of them being 39. We have a lot of options at other positions, but none at the wing better than Anderson (after the 3) and there will be times you need him to get a breather for your best wings to have the energy to finish a game.

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So just how many minutes do you propose kyle get against OKC?

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Originally Posted by Blake

I'm fine with him playing hybrid 3-4 with some 1 sprinkled in over playing Kyle

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With probably Danny in the wing and West at the 4

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Originally Posted by Blake

I'm fine with him playing hybrid 3-4 with some 1 sprinkled in over playing Kyle

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You can be fine with it all you want, but the Spurs haven't played Diaw at the three outside of extreme garbage time in years. That's especially true against the teams the Spurs are scheduled to play in the post-season. None of them have threes Boris can guard, and having him post up as a three isn't great for the offense, especially given his current shooting inconsistency.

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Originally Posted by Brazil

Your homerism towards slow motion Kyle never cease to amaze me

Martin played 10 games, he had terrible last 3 games

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Those three games comprise about 50 percent of his total Spurs minutes. I also think it's too soon to call him a bust, but yeah, he's not getting minutes over Anderson based on his play so far. People need to admit that instead of pretending that the Spurs have a legit option worth keeping Anderson from at least getting a chance to play himself out of the playoff rotation.

Kyle just needs to learn how to shoot. If he can do that...sky is the limit for him.

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Originally Posted by Darkwaters

I was at the Memphis game sitting down low. Anderson was very disruptive with deflections and kept making plays that caught everyone's attention. Very impressed with his development up to this point. I didn't think he'd be nearly this effective until next season at the earliest. Glad I was wrong.

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:tu Glad he put on a show in this game and that it was still a fun game to watch. Thanks for sharing your experience seeing him live!

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Originally Posted by cariocaz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjF3c9eTNJI

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Good. Trade him while his stock is high, tbh.

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Originally Posted by Spurtacular

Good. Trade him while his stock is high, tbh.

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:lol

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Originally Posted by Spurtacular

Good. Trade him while his stock is high, tbh.

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too bad jimmer never knew the feeling :lmao

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Originally Posted by coachmac87

Kyle just needs to learn how to shoot. If he can do that...sky is the limit for him.

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HE at least has stopped passing up open corner 3s.. He made one in OKC and was 1 of 2 in this game. As long as he continues that way that may be enough for his role this season.