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Ive been thinking the exact same thing! He has spur written all over him. I think he could play some PG too
Colby Jones out of Xavier just feels like a Spur to me. 6’6 combo guard who can play both on and off ball. Does a little bit of everything and he’s an improved outside shooter. Not a great athlete, but very high IQ player. Just turned 21 last month so he’s older and we don’t really need him with Devin, Malaki, and Blake needing so many minutes already, but his game is just very Spursy. He’s currently projected late 1st — early 2nd.
Ive been thinking the exact same thing! He has spur written all over him. I think he could play some PG too
I think Sidy Cissoko has lead guard potential. He or Prosper would be my top choice w/ 33.
Why are "a Spur player" always associated with not a great athlete but has a high IQ. Desiring only these type of players and this type of thinking needs to stop.
Right, because that's never worked 5 times for us winning a championship in the past. You are FIXATED on JUST athleticism as a selection criteria.
rascal lives in a bizarro universe where Stromile Swift won five championships and not Tim Duncan.
Isn’t there more than one way to build a team, though? I get that “The Beautiful Game” relied a lot more on elite passing and shooting skill than athleticism, and that’s what people usually mean by being “Spursy,” but by 2016-17 with Kawhi as the superstar, that wasn’t true anymore. They relied upon his athleticism to create.
Kawhi didn't rely on his athleticism.
He's exactly the type of guy they should be targeting IMO. Switchable 1-4 defensively with a high basketball IQ and motor. Since nobody really knows exactly what Wemby is going to be, I think it's difficult to try to cram a square positional fit into a round hole. Surrounding him with versatile defenders who can also make the right play on offense seems like a smart move. The knocks on Cissoko are his shooting, he's foul prone / over aggressive, and he's not a great one on one creator. I don't think his springer is that broken. The release looks okay, he's just inconsistent with his feet and his motion into the shot. Both of those are more easily fixable. And hopefully they can coach the foul prone stuff out of him. He's very young, though and you start to wonder how many of these long term prospects they have bandwidth for.
Kawhi's no step vert was 28"
theres more than vertical leaps when it comes to athleticism. parker was a great athlete. wasnt vertically explosive.
Kawhi wasn't nearly as quick as Parker, so we're back to the vertical plane vs. the horizontal. He didn't rely on athleticism. He was smart, fundamentally sound, and with those arms could get his shot off over almost everyone in the league. His hands also allowed him better ball control than most players while on the move.
strength/length/coordination/flexibility are all part of athleticism imo
Boris Diaw had a better vert than everyone. Don't remember him ever using it in a game.
You can't teach longer arms or bigger hands. They're a physical measurement, and what you have is what you have. Athletic skills can be taught or improved.
If the standard for a great NBA athlete is a LeBron or a Russell Westbrook or a Giannis, then I’ll concede the point and state that there are more NBA stars with great skill and OK athleticism than there are the converse.
Parker was quick.
i dont think "can be taught or improved" is a necessary characteristic of what cons utes athleticism
nobody really denies that shaq was a great athlete, at least in his earlier nba career. but if you took his leaping ability, quickness, etc, and put it on a guy who was 6'6 190, nobody would have said he was a great athlete. his physical measurements were a factor in what made him a great athlete. thats not to say every big 7 footer is automatically considered a great athlete. they arent. but its definitely part of the equation
Shaq was actually very athletic. It wasn’t just his size that allowed him to dominate. Manute Bol was taller, and was by no means a great athlete. Measurements don’t make you athletic.
Shaq was extremely skilled for his immense size. That combination was deadly. Having that same skillset at 6'6" 240 lbs isn't nearly as valuable.
Hopefully Wemby will be similar. His skillset on a 6'7" forward would be good, on a 7'4" big it's insane.
It was Shaq's size and strenght. He was tough to cover down low.
He also had amazing agility and balance which made his size and strength much more dangerous.
Mark Eaton was huge and strong, but he was nowhere near what Shaq was as a player.
yahoo!Sports: 2023 NBA Mock Draft 9.0: Latest projections after NCAA withdrawal deadline and first-round risers
Krysten Peek, June 5, 2023
33. San Antonio Spurs: G Julian Strawther
Ht./Wt.: 6-7, 205 pounds | Class: Junior | Gonzaga
45. San Antonio Spurs: G Ricky Council IV
Ht./Wt.: 6-6, 205 pounds | Class: Junior | Arkansas
Spurs should be able to get a fortuitous first round slip at 33. It will be interesting to watch what goes down.
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