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I'd like to just start with him proving to be a viable NBA player.
As much as I don't like Vassell, there is no question that he is a viable player in this league. Carter has proven even less than Malaki Branham at this point (and that's okay)
to replace Vassell ? 3 to 4 years min
I'd like to just start with him proving to be a viable NBA player.
As much as I don't like Vassell, there is no question that he is a viable player in this league. Carter has proven even less than Malaki Branham at this point (and that's okay)
At least Malaki could score the basket in the summer league
Not sure he is ready to be a starter on the defensive side of the ball yet. He might be good but like all rookies he will need to get bigger and stronger to be able to handle the really good perimeter players in the league. But I would say as soon as I was confident in him not getting picked on by the other team defensively I would have him in over Devin. We need someone who knows their role is to shoot open 3's and backdoor cut to the rim and that is how they score 70% of their points. Devin thinks he is some offensive focal point, which would be much better suited for the bench.
I would be far more worried about a #1 option, especially a ball-handler type, looking bad on offense in SL than a projected role player like CB.
Role players are more elevated by their teammates, while #1 ball-handlers can do a lot on their own.
Not sure he should start on day one, but his player profile is something we've been missing since Nephew left town.
His athleticism and defensive effort is an absolute breath of fresh air on this team. As much as I wanted Sorber, this kid could be the starting SF for the next decade.
one of the main reasons i was gung ho over john collins was the need for somebody who can play alongside victor that can provide some weakside rim protection. not that collins is some elite shotblocker but he can provide some of that. its one of the things sochan just doesnt do. anytime wemby flies over to contest a shot, we've had a tough time giving up offensive rebounds and easy putbacks. and we needed that from a non-center. very encouraging to see that type of activity from bryant yesterday, could be a huge gamechanger to have a roaming defensive playmaker on the wing. right now sochan/castle profile as very good man defenders but no so much in the off ball playmaking
Carter Bryant has quite a similar physical profile to Aaron Gordon and PJ Washington. Similar height, standing reach, weight. Still think Bryant is more a 3/4 where as Gordon is a straight 4 and PJ is a 4/3. My point being Carter should be able to play 4 some next to Wemby.
not sure why that’s even a question at this point. He was clearly drafted to be our 4
I'm seeing a 4 much more than a 3 so far
So you guys see something like fox/harper/castle/bryant/wemby as a real possibility?
Bryant is going to spend the year in Austin. He has a lot of work to do, and he won't get it by riding the bench in SA.
I found that to be quite laughable. he will never play the 4 except when mitch goes full re 4 years from now.
You really can't help yourself, you simply must have the worst takes in every topic.
Glad you got something out of it
Stop arguing about nothing. Carter is a natural SF but in today’s game of lots of small ball, sure he can play some PF. He can guard the 1-4 positions as they say. Perhaps most importantly, we have another SGA stopper beyond just Sochan.
In his current form Carter would foul out covering SGA in under a minute.
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this is one of the biggest cliche' in the nba.. almost no player can guard 1-4 and no player can guard 1-5. Most players can't stay in front of the fast pgs and those who can can't be asked to match the belly shots most pf and centers can do. I do agree he could be a perfect sga stopper though and that this would be very valuable, but down the line, today he'd foul out before 5 mins are played.
I think he's a bad fit against quick guards who can also shoot, they'll either blow by him or get enough separation to take an open shot, Sochan and Castle are better suited to take those guys while Carter Bryant can take on bigger, stronger guys. In time he'll be fine there, the only concern I have with him is how real his shot is, he made 37% as a freshman but it wasn't a large sample (105 3s) and hadn't been effective before that, if that lone season was an outlier then it's going to be much more difficult for him to fit the current Spurs roster (Castle, Sochan, Harper, Fox, etc).
My biggest concern for bryant is hoping he has that fire in him and cut throat gene. Looks pretty confident and carefree out there right now, which could be both good and bad. Still way too early to tell but so far im more optimistic than not. I think this game against flagg will tell us a lot.
Who doesn’t? Flops all over the place every ing play. Most rigged finals I’ve seen since Wade back in 06. Tbh I miss the days when you could just foul the outta player like that. It’s part of the reason why I respected Manu so much even though he was a flopper. Dude got hammered and just went about his day.
Spurtalks favorite whipping boy Sochan. Checks the stats.
I did and they didn’t back your claim.
Stop the cap bruh,
Jeremy Sochan does NOT have great stats and erbody here knows this. He's a decent defender, average rebounder (about 8 per game) but he is certainly NOT a 3-D player yet shooting about 30% behind the arc after 3 years.
Reports are that he has improved his shot. Let's hope so. At this point, it's questionable if he'll be better than Carter (after his 1st 3 years) defensively.
If you're just starting to develop a decent shot after 3 years, it's doubtful you'll develop one at all. I know there are others that have, but they are probably the exception.
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