Man ... what a weird pick. Why don't you trade down and take him?
WTF?
Y do we need a backup pg? Barry did pretty good handlin the duties and manu is pretty good at handlin the rock and vaughn, unfortunately, is still with the spurs and is more than capable of playn 3-5 min a game to give parker a breather rather than waste a 1st rd pick on this undersized SG. So sad that we would regard our youngest position as the one with the most need. Darius Washington wasnt that bad a pg; we could have brought him back to play 7-10 min a game, of course with any young player its gonna take time, but washington had alot of the qualities that they say this guy has
ugghhhhhhh
Brent Barry is not a backup point guard.
Back-up point at 26 is what I was thinking, but George Hill? I just don't understand how you could pass Chalmers for Hill.
Granted, I know little to nothing about Hill but... Everything from his size to the ?'s about him playing the 1 are pretty much identical to Chalmers.
So Chalmers plays at a big-time program, against the best compe ion. He wins a national championship, proving himself under the greatest of pressure. At KU none the less, from which our GM hails and....
They take George Hill of IUPUI.
Hopefully the kid works out, (damn well better) but this reeks of the Spurs trying out-smart themselves.
Hes not just a rough PG, hes a slasher, a defender, he has wing span, he can shoot.. last time I checked Chalmers did not have the arsenal or potential of Hill.
Man, Chalmers must have gone and taken a at center court, and then wiped his ass on one of the championship banners at his workout to get passed over for whoever in the George Hill is.
Seeing as Chalmers has played shooting guard and didn't play well at point guard the last couple years supposedly, that might have had a role.
big props
and the more I read about this guy the more I like the pick
No he wouldn't have.
i agree the guy is seeming like a better pick the more i find out about him
x2 as has been the case for what 5 years?Hopefully the kid works out, (damn well better) but this reeks of the Spurs trying out-smart themselves.
Yeah that front office might turn out a ring maybe one day hopefully.
I hope he works out like a miracle. I'm highly skeptical that a 6'1.25" shooting guard from a smalltime program can transform himself into a legit NBA point guard, but my fingers are crossed. His wingspan isn't working to give me pause either because that didn't help the similar sized Romain Sato in his career any.
But I also don't understand the gushing over him because he says the standard things. Wow, he called the Spurs a class organization. Holy crap, he wants to work hard. It's all a dream come true. 98% of draft picks say the same exact thing regardless.
I only know what I've read about Hill, and it seems he and Chalmers share alot of the same ?'s.
Chalmers isn't a pure point-guard, but he's more than capable of playing the 1 in the Spurs offense. , Tony isn't a pure point-guard.
Plus, Chalmers in our motion offense would excell playing off the ball like he did at KU.
I looked at Chalmers as being a young L.Hunter, with a better shot.
Look, If Hill clearly turns out to be better than Chalmers? Won't bother me one bit. It's just with all the similarities I heard, It's hard to believe that they didn't go with the guy who was tested under pressure at a big-time program.
I wonder if Spurs could have traded down 5 spots and still drafted George Hill and could have recieved an extra 2nd round pick .
CAN ANYONE SAY........... ALFREDRICK HUGHES
....... THOSE WHO FORGET THE PAST ARE DESTINED TO REPEAT IT........
GEEES I HOPE I'M WRONG ......................
they probably could have, i dont think anyone had any interest in this guy in the 1st round.
http://blogs.indystar.com/pacersinsi...lee_going.htmlThe IUPUI junior was basically unknown nationally when he initially put his name in the draft to get first-hand feedback from the NBA. He played so well at point guard in the Orlando predraft camp in late May that a buzz began circulating. An overlooked factor that helped the 6-2 Hill was his 6-9 wingspan, which means he's long enough to guard taller players.
It is Indiana Purdue. It's a joint venture.ESPN has it down as "Indiana Purdue"
That was probably my biggest problem with taking him at 26.
We probably could have taken Arthur and still got Hill in the 2nd by trading up or buying a pick.
I think most teams had Chalmers higher than Hill and he went at 34 IIRC.
I'm pretty sure they could have had him later.
Just went through a ton of IUPUI highlight videos.
First, I'd venture a guess to say that Hill isn't some b-ball god who was the entire focal point of the opposing defense and his teammates were mid major garbage who he pulled with him. In those vids there's 2 other guys Montgomery and Patterson who shoot lights out from 3 in every single game. Those guys were ridiculous. Montgomery was a senior. Should he get a look?
Anyways, one thing I was impressed by was Hill's ability to dunk. He gets up for alley-oops pretty damn well for a guy who's 6-1.25 in socks. Maybe he is a Monta Ellis clone. The game highlights mostly showed Hill either shooting from distance or in close, very little showed off his driving ability or any kind of ballhandling skills.
I'm concerned about his ballhandling mostly. He's a college 2 converting to the NBA point. Will he be able to bring the ball up under pressure? Beno sure couldn't. The knock on Chalmers is the same on Hill, an undersized college 2 trying to be a point guard. Just because the guy gets assists at the pre-draft camp doesn't mean he can be a point, Khalid Reeves is the first guy that comes to mind as an undersized 2 who went to the camp and convinced Miami he was able to become a point when he sure as couldn't.
If he ends up being like Monta Ellis, this pick will be awesome but something tells me that he'll end up in Pop's doghouse and then in the NBDL. I really hope I'm wrong and he contributes next year.
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