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Cleared to begin on-court drills this week, the 6-foot-6 swingman from Oklahoma State will get back in game shape by playing for the Spurs’ NBA Development League team, the Austin Toros, perhaps as soon as this weekend.
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as long as it gets him in shape it's all good
F that. He should't get in shape by playing in the d-league. It seems if he does that, even if the Toros try to play Spurs style its just going to slow him down in relation to where he needs to be in the Spurs rotation.
Bring him back to practice for a while until he can go full contact, then ease him back into to the rotation on game day, gradually increasing his minutes while at the same time building back up that team chemistry with him in the mix.
Either way I really cant wait for this kid to be back in action. He really was playing very well. Better than I expected so soon.
i'm also against the d-league for anderson considering this was how he started out the season anyhow... injured before the season, got well, established a role for himself in the rotation and he started to see more and more minutes up until this last injury.
he's better on the spurs bench in a suit, playing during practice with the spurs, and eventually suiting up in a jersey and seeing more and more minutes.
You can't post that here. Express News doesn't allow it anymore. You can only post a paragraph and a link.
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A good guess is that Anderson will get more minutes while up in Austin, than he would of with the Spurs, which is what I'm sure is what Pop wants. A couple of weeks with the Toros and Anderson should hopefully resemble the player he was to start the season.
You're such a rebel.
And people don't seem to realize what a rehab assignment is.
i was waiting for someone to say that.
haha
So he should play garbage minutes in the NBA and slow his development OR play 30 minutes a night and get back into shape quick.
Yeah I can see how the latter is crazy.
No rookie not named Neal will be the difference in a championship year. JA is here for the future, not to play a role on this team.
nothing good has come from playing with the toros... nothing.
Pretending that Anderson is a marginal NBA player like Malik Hairston and is being treated as such in this assignment is folly.
Getting in game shape is a great idea, playing game style minutes in the D league is great. Once he's in shape (game shape) he will come back and learn the Spurs system once again. If he doesn't get in shape he will sit on the pine waiting on blowout games. It's nearly All Star weekend not the beginning of the season
I miss seeing JA on the floor. It's good that he's getting a chance to take the rust off in Austin instead of being benched in San Antonio or even being rushed back into the rotation.
The proof will be in the pudding, but it's not time for dessert quite yet.
If Anderson spends a week or two in Austin, gets plenty of reps up and down the court, stays healthy, and is recalled to join the rotation once he is ready, I consider that one of the benefits to owning a farm team like the Toros.
Now, if Anderson gets shipped to Austin and ends up spending the rest of the season there, then I definitely would consider that a mistake. He showed enough potential early in the season that an injury, even as lengthy as this, should not shelve him for the remainder. Fortunately, even Pop seems to be talking like he expects Anderson to be back.
The problem that could be foreseen, I guess, is that Anderson now feels like he's up for second audition. He came in and proved as a rookie that he could hang, but if he comes back with the Toros and can't get back into that rhythm, the latter of those two scenarios suddenly becomes much more likely.
Why do you profess to know what Anderson feels?
Really, the only way Anderson doesn't get his job back is if Owens plays better than Anderson ever did -- not likely at all.
I'm Miss Cleo.
Good to know he's fully healed and almost ready to go...
I'm a big fan of the Toros assignment. Go to Austin, play a few games, get your wind back, get back in the jive of 5 on 5 basketball and then step it back up to the big level.
This wasn't a piddly, "oh I tweaked my ankle, I'm out 2 games" kind of injury. The guy has missed two months. Hes going to be pretty rusty. Let him shake that stuff off where wins and losses don't mean as much.
Hope Anderson makes a quick return and can get back in shape here in Austin, with Bonner more or less day to day, we need guys like this that can spread the floor.
it really sucks for these fragile players - their value is diminished greatly simply due to unreliability.
I wouldn't call Anderson a fragile player yet. Sure, hes had two unfortunate injuries so far in his pro career. But he doesn't have a history in college. He could well turn out to be completely fine in this regard.
Well, more like being invited over to meet the parents...
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