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Maybe some French Spurs fans can give us some insight.
-I don't know enough LJC to have too much of an opinion of him as a player. YouTube makes him look athletic but his body is really underdeveloped. I'm assuming he'd have to become a SF given his bone structure but I don't see much perimeter skills in his highlights. The form on his jumper is also pretty damn horrific. That said, he's still developing as a player and you can't teach that length and athleticism -- so I'm happy with the pick.
-I'm sure there will be a lot of Spurs fans who wish the Spurs would have drafted Domestic Player X. And I'm sure there will be a few more picks that will eventually pan out. Personally, I didn't love any player left on the board so I'm fine with the draft-and-stash route.
-The biggest news, IMO, is the fact that this points to the Spurs looking to utilize salary cap room. This saves some money under the cap and if you combine that with other potential salary cap maneuvers, suddenly the Spurs could have a ton of room to do thangs.
-Damn, the Spurs really do love French players. I wonder if their French connection helped with this under the table deal with LJC.
-Then again, he's from French Guiana -- which is in South America. A French South American ... how could the Spurs not draft him?
-It was obvious that LJC had received a promise due to his recent quotes. So I'm assuming that promise was from the Spurs. That points to S.A. really liking this kid -- and that gives me some hope that he's a player the Spurs really, really like. While it's always rumored the Spurs have "promised" certain players, it's rare that there is actually a real promise given.
-Expect another draft-and-stash in the second round. My guess is it'll be a domestic player who is willing to go overseas.
Maybe some French Spurs fans can give us some insight.
I know Bruno hates him
most likely come over work out with England to fix the jumper, play on the summer league team the whole 9 yards.
he is not he is playing for his country
Typical Spurs draft. Wait 3 hours for their pick to be called....realize I have no idea who that is and that we won't see him for another two years.
ouchI know Bruno hates him
Just looking at the highlights you can tell hes gonna get pushed around in the nba.
The pick wouldn't be so bad if I had any confidence in the Spurs being players this summer with all that cap space. Maybe they'll prove me wrong.
Will he take his career path from Manu? Insomuch meaning: playing for your NBA team comes 2nd or 3rd fiddle to playing for your national team. If Manu doesn't sell out his body, mind, and soul to Argentina, then perhaps he doesn't have a career high in turnovers in the Finals-clinching game and Timmy is wearing one on the thumb. Tough questions.
. If Bruno don't like it, that doesn't give me confidence. Hope we got something special cooking, I don't want to waste Duncan's last couple years.
yeah, usually bruno loves every overseas player i've never heard of, so this is a concerning development
I know Bruno hates him
I don't hate him. He is in fact a nice kid which really fit what Spurs are looking character wise from players. It's just I think he is nothing special even if he has the profile to end up as a good role player.
He is under contract until 2016 with ASVEL. His buyout shouldn't be an issue at all as always with French team. His coach is Pierre Vincent who coached Parker when he was young and who is also Women FNT coach.
As people know, Parker is a minority owner of ASVEL. That's a weird situation. I wonder if the NBA will look at that because it's kinda a gray area.
Don't think any of us know enough about him to make an accurate assessment of what kind of player he can be for us
People he's 19; your body type surely changed from 19 to 25 and you think his will not?
kind of reminds me of The Gist
I'm sure the Spurs have the best scouting report on the kid since Parker owns the ing team.
It's funny how everyone is all gaga over Bertans ( i like him by the way )and he was 19. He's a shooter but he is a rail thin .....priceless
Spurs love 6'9 guys
Spurs love french guys
Spurs love south american guys
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Spurs love Livio Jean Charles
I'm interested to see if we'll get any details of the promise.
I would be more su ious of the Parker connection but it's not like the Spurs had him hide. He played in front of every team in recent weeks/months so I'm assuming the Spurs just recently fell in love with him.
Hes already kinda goofy with his current weight. How is he gonna get more coordinatied putting on more weight?
Parker also played and practice with him for a couple of months during the lockout.
four frenchmen?
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