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Blake can’t dribble but he is a compe or. A good foundation to work with his bbIq needs some work. Being fast won’t be enough…
Need a leader to step up
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Blake can’t dribble but he is a compe or. A good foundation to work with his bbIq needs some work. Being fast won’t be enough…
Barlow looks like a good project. He's very inexperienced and it shows but he has the right mindset and works hard. Isn't afraid to take a good shot, which is great for a system role player. Game will slow down for him.
Branham calmed down and played more of his game. Like others mentioned, the type of player who will benefit from a true system and real games.
Blake looks great. Loved the little things he did off ball and on defense. He really seems like a complete player as far as mindset goes. For his first game, showed a lot of promise and excitement. I believe his first step hurts him when attacking some bugs as he's top fast for them to move. Most bigs will move to contest but hes so fast they dont have time to move and he runs right into them. A pull up jumper or floater will do wonders for him. He gets past the first guy and bigs won't be able to make it to his release in time.
Primos handles looked great for his development stage. His problem is not knowing what to do after he beats his guy, which he does regularly. This could be with the system not being there and people being in random places but his decision making wasn't great. His shot looks good, good touch on the ball. He showed complacency, the same type I saw in g league games where he just stands around when he's not touching the ball. I hate that trait. When locked in, the kid has legit defensive potential. His iq on that side is great and responsive, he just doesn't seem locked in much on that side. He's bigger. Seems like a demar/kawhi role benefits him the most so far. Needs his touches to be engaged though. He's gotten better at it and he is young, but I really hate that trait.
Stewart lookd very immature. His reactions to bad plays were pointing the finger every time and he does silly fouls when he gets beat kind of like he's throwing a fit. He has talent, but definitely immature.
Hall looks interesting. A faster physically, but slower mentally, Kyle Anderson.
The other bigs for the spurs played really bad. Doesn't seem like the smartest bunch. Maybe it has to do with lack of coaching and practice time though.
Fun group to watch.
a lot to love though. the explosiveness from college definitely translated in his debut. to me he's a clear g-league candidate just so he can work to clean up a lot of his game while getting a ton of touches
Crazy how we're making sweeping proclamations about the career trajectories of 19-year olds based off one exhibition game
My point exactly. For potentially similar stellar performance from noticeably similar player type, but picked 20 spots later, bargain/budget because top 5 is premium. Like buying Great Value and barely noticing it compared to paying a premium for name brand. Spurs can potentially develop a steal here imo but the work is cut out for them.
We know the ask for trades into the top 5 because of talks with SAC for #4. It was a premium SA ultimately didn't part with. If 25 reminds you remotely of 5 youve got value on a budget. Not predicting anything crazy and Wes realistically has a lot of work to do. Time will tell obvs there's a reason the draft went in that order but Spurs may work that magic. Got tons of mins to do it with lol. And i liked what i saw from 14 today in a general sense.
Kid definitely has an Ivey projection, but with more of a defender mindset. It's cool they grew up together. You can see the similar offensive styles in them.
Since we're making sweeping proclamations based off one exhibition game: Blake Wesley was literally the best player on the court for the Spurs before he got injured (and then it became Primo). I don't see why he couldn't be the starting PG for the big club.
One of the better scouting analyses on YT pointed out that Wesley leaves his feet a long way off from the rim when driving into contests. He doesn't have lot of vertical explosion, so he can't go over the outstretched arms and he's still below the basket. Against single coverage, he can glide past the defender, but leaving his feet early leads him into swat city against help bigs.
So I imagine a combination of recognizing what coverage he's coming against and making better choices. Floaters, change of pace, pull-ups, not leaving his feet to give maybe a better chance of going vertical...
yeah the change of pace is more important, allows you to get into the body of a potential shotblocker. that also requires the will and ability to score through contact, something Lonnie always struggled with
We have zero idea what the coaching staff is directing him to do.
Summer League is all about experimenting and testing limits.
Not organized, winning basketball.
There are no leaders on the Spurs.
It's going to be a long season of losing to try to land a future leader in the draft.
Definitely a good analysis. Summer league and g league will give him plenty of opportunities to work on that attack.
Not sure why more adults don't understand this concept.
all the young guys showed something but had rough stretches
rough game from Primo but strong finish at the end
Read better and get your Primo panties out of a wad. I said Wesley is a better PG, not overall player....yet I'm not ready to make that statement. But I'll remind you Blake scored from multiple positions whereas Primo largely was from 3. So while you think you're shading me, I'm not so sure it's a wild statement. I bet you this, by Wesley's second year in the league like Primo is currently entering, you can take it to the bank he'll be a more advanced player.So you think Wesley is better than primo? Bro put down the pipe or have someone teach you basketball
And you know about basketball Atl. Your blind allegiance to Primo is a running joke on this board.
I was trying to see if Primo or 14 or 22 would be a leader
I ain’t seeing any of them yet
But they are young so
lol. Primo regularly beats his man and just doesn't know what to do afterwards? WTF are you watching?
jesus. you're definitely related to primo aren't you?
The best news (for our tanking) is that the only lead guard prospect looks a year away from being a year away. But he still looks like he could be a dude
He'll get even quicker once he figures out what they want him to do. He impressed me.
Yeah, he has the ability to skip his man, but this is Summer League so nobody is where they are supposed to be when he does and I'm betting the coaching staff told him to be more of a facilitator for this game so...
Sucks.
Duarte with a nice dish for IND
He'd be the only PG in history that knows how to beat his initial defender without hardly ever making it to the rim for a layup then. This board thirsts for Primo's potential as a PG and I'm dumbstruck at what they are seeing. I keep reading about his above average court vision and handles and I'm wondering WTF glasses you guys are watching the gane through. He forces passes. Often into double coverage. He routinely throws at least 1 or 2 away practically right to a defender. He often throws his man into coverage instead of away from it or throws a pass down into the post where his guy has nothing to do with it then force up a bad shot.
He is NOT a PG. He is a wing, that might occasionally be playable as a SG. His 3 pt shot returned for this game and with his height, he is a prototypical 3.
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