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That dude is big.....
Wow hes long.
I don't know. He's a four year player and is 22, I would hope Pop is confident enough to put him in the lineup.
I mean, that's the only way he's going to get better. It's not like he's a Freshman coming out or some foreign teen who needs time to polish and isn't ready.
I mean, Pop gave Tony the starting spot two or three games into the season his rookie year at 19 years old.
That dude is big.....
Wow hes long.
few mocks had him going early 2nd, so we definitely should be happy about getting this guy. made leaps last year, so i hope his work ethic stays the same and he stays hungry.
This is the player we needed against both New Orleans (though we won) and LA.
Before the draft:
http://mdturtle.blogspot.com/Gist welcomes any role he can claim and realizes that he won't be a double-double threat like he was over the past couple of years.
"Coming into the NBA, I don't plan on playing a lot," Gist said. "They have their guys who can do a lot of scoring, and I don't look at my role as that. I'm a defender; I look to defend the [small forward position]. Come in and guard the Tracy McGradys of the league, the Kobe Bryants."
I think we may have potentially found our Bowen replacement.
A taller, more athletic replacement at that.
I think he can be a very solid defender at the 3 spot, and possibly a guy that can guard a David West at the small ball 4 (if he can get a bit stronger). His offense will come with time, but we don't need to ask him to do much right away.
His offense will probably be very similar to Tyson Chandler, coming primarily from dunks and put backs.
This is one of the guys I wanted to take with the last pick. I'm happy with this one at least. He should be great for the Toros next season and vice versa. Hopefully they will have the right personnel mix so he can play a lot of SF.
A very slim chance of making the team, but that's what you expect from a late pick like this. A cup of coffee and he's gone.
Says the new GM, President and owner...
Plenty of open slots on the team.
Drafting three Americans is significant -- each pick seems pretty athletic too.
He does seem very athletic, his shot blocking is excellent and he can rebound a little. He has upside, perhaps more than Hairston, but has already been in college for a while.
Rebound a little? At 6'8ish, in his Junior and Senior years he was averaging 7 and 8 rebounds respectively as a starter getting starter minutes.
But he was playing mostly power forward positions. He was bound to rebound there, but to be an NBA player he'll need to learn perimeter skills, which he does not have.
As a comparison, Carlos Boozer at 6'9 and playing those same minutes averaged 7 and 9 his last two seasons in college.
Like Bowen or Chandler, really? It crucial for them as players to have good perimeter skills? No, not when your main focus and sole reason for playing is defensive.
Like I said, Gist will play in that Chandler vein of using his athletic ability to score. From fast break dunks to lobs, put backs, etc.
Though he has shown he can knock down the three ball.
Gist certainly has to be a McKey project. He could pay off big if he develops some more perimeter skills. Even as just a PF his athleticism could be the key to his staying in the league.
Last edited by ChumpDumper; 06-27-2008 at 09:48 AM. Reason: Not McKie
I like this pick. Looks like a good finisher. Spurs needed to add some players that could run with Parker. They need to get easy points off transition and if this guy can work his way into the rotation and get some minutes they have that type of player.
He has ALOT more better dunks than those two. He had one this year where he woofed it down hard on someone from UNC.
Right, but he started both of those breaks with a block on the other end. I think that was the point of the videos. Besides, I think both of those dunks would be in the top five of Spurs dunks all last season.
EDIT: That wasn't him blocking the shot in the second vid. Whoops.
This guy is the longest guy in the draft.
You can throw all the undersized stuff out the window... he could play the 4 comfortably in the league. He has a 8'11.5" standing reach which is ridiculous for a 6'8" guy... he has a reach on par with most NBA Power Forwards in the league... yet he has Small Forward Size which doesnt hinder his ability to move laterally and quickly.
this pick is very solid.. i see this guy frustrating David West, Lamar Odom among others in the western conference that give us match up problems...
May prove to be a JAMES WHITE! with basketball skills.
98% chance this guy never makes it but if the Spurs are going to take a flyer on someone, might as well be a guy who could make the transition to Long Three, is athletic and can block shots.
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