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All aboard the GIST train!
I'm watching a re-run of Game 3. I beginning to notice how quick Gist is with his defensive rotations. He also has quick hands. He has excellent court awareness.
If he is capable of knocking down a consistant jumper, the Spurs may have found another 2nd round gem.
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You do not start for a Gary Williams team three years, without playing great man for man defense.
I haven't been able to watch the games, so I'm still wondering: can he defend the SF position?
He looks really good. Hopefully, he will be this season's Carl Landry. It's nice that there are positive thoughts about Gist to balance out the hysteria around Hill. The guy came out with his shooting elbow wrapped...obviously, he's got some kind of nagging temporary injury to it. The good news about yesterday was the large rebounding advantage against a Knicks team that featured a starting line-up of NBA players. The backcourt of Robinson (last year's summer league MVP) and Collins was held to poor offensive games and Mahinmi, Gist, and Hill dominated the boards.
If Gist can make the complete transition from PF to SF (similar to what Battier did), he could see time backing up Bowen & Udoka. Or he could be a Shawn Marion-type hybrid forward. Either way, he's looking pretty good for a 57th pick.
I'm on that , holding on!!!
I'm pulling for this guy to continue to improve in the Summer League and for him to make the roster next season. He seems like a really good player
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Not a perfect match, but I think he's as close to the "Derrick McKey type" player Pop once waxed wishfully after as the Spurs will ever be able to pick up.
We can only hope that Gist gets a shot at the rotation to warrant such a comparison. Hopefully, he continues his current progression path to earn a spot at the end of the rotation. Also hope that Pop likes him enough to not automatically banish him to an one year apprencticeship in the D-League.
Good point. So far, the one thing he seems to have on McKey is that he appears to have a more consistent motor than McKey ever had. Dude plays hard all the time. When he's on the floor, he makes his presence felt.
If he can find ways to score he'll do very well. If he can rebound and play excellent position difference, then that's still more then we could hope for.
I don't see him competing for minutes with Bowen and Udoka. I see Gist competing with Bonner, ideally taking Horry's minutes. Hopefully, Gist continues to play well so that we don't resign Horry. As I've said, there's no reason to bring Horry back. If Gist fails by January, then we bring Horry back (though if that's the case then we're in some trouble.)
Hopefully Gist can be the defender we put on Dirk, West, and Odom. Gist could be the "long 3" we've always needed for specific situations, though really he's the small 4. Same difference.
He could put on some weight, but not so much that it takes away from his quickness, which is what we need.
I'm enjoying watching this guy as much as any of the other rooks.
Im definetly on the Gist bandwagon. It would be such a boost to find a guy who can contribute this year that was drafted in the 2nd round. And also develop in coming years aswell.
I went to the first two summer league games in Vegas. Gist looked great. Very live body, active rebounder and shot blocker. Basically, he's an energy / hustle player off the bench who can provide defense and rebounding. The Spurs haven't had one of those since before Malik Rose signed his contract extension. I really, really liked what I saw out of Gist. He doesn't even need a consistent jumper to help this team, even though IIRC he even knocked down a three against the Hornets. Everything in the summer league needs to be taken with a huge grain of salt, but nothing would make me happier than having a Leon Powe / Carl Landry type of guy on this team. To me, that's what Gist can be, although he could potentially be a better defender and shot blocker than either one of those guys.
One note about Hill.... people are freaking about his shooting (and I didn't see the NY game), but I think the problem is that he's not used to penetrating and finding big defenders waiting for him in the paint. He seems to beat his man off the dribble or off a pick, but he's having problems completing plays once he gets to the basket. He's not really comfortable dropping the ball off and he's definitely not comfortable finishing over the bigger players. When he does get closer to the rim, his body control has been poor and the defense forces him to put up a difficult shot at a bad angle. He's also been over-penetrating a bunch and getting stuck in traffic. He also keeps falling down when he tries to split a double team. I didn't see him miss a lot of wide open jumpers or mid-range shots, although his free throw shooting has been pretty spotty. In short, I think he needs more time to adjust to the bigger/faster defenders on the back line. Not sure he will ever be a true point guard, but he doesn't have to be that to help this team.
On the plus side, he did a great job on OJ Mayo. If he can give them consistent defense and doesn't just completely crap himself on the offensive end, then he is an improvement over Jacque Vaughan.
And one more thing.... based on what I saw (very limited sample size), there is no way in Malik Hairston makes this team.
Hill is not looking for his shot. bottom line.
His shot is looking for him...
I don't think he's anything like Derrick McKey. McKey was more of a finesse/perimeter player with a high basketball IQ who could do a little bit of everything, including d-ing up his man. Gist is more of an animal on the boards who goes after any and every loose ball, and then tries to rip the rim off if he gets close to it. People are trying to characterize Gist as a perimeter player, but he's going to play around the basket. There's no doubt in my mind.
i thinkif this gist guy can play like everyone is saying he is, then that will be huge for this team....the spurs have no one that gets put back dunks, and plays that hustle game...looks like a great pick.
James Gist!
My senses tell me his first name is James.
He is black
Including defending both forward spots and shooting the ball from outside.
Gist seems to be able to step out and defend on the floor a little. If he's more aggressive inside than McKey then that's a plus. The point is that Gist is as close to fitting the profile that Pop said the team was seeking a couple years back. I'm not sure that desire has waned any since then.Gist is more of an animal on the boards who goes after any and every loose ball, and then tries to rip the rim off if he gets close to it. People are trying to characterize Gist as a perimeter player, but he's going to play around the basket. There's no doubt in my mind.
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