Does RC get a pat on the back for picking GHill?

[honestfool84]

mrs purs hasn't been banned yet so don't count on it.

haha.
i guess im not the only person who can't stand his/her annoying posts.

[JWest596]

The Lakers were heavily interested in Hill and were considering doing a trade to move up in the draft to get him.

A remember that there was a lot of talk about picking Hill on the Laker fan sites.

[lefty]

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Beno had a couple of good games too. Hey, he even played in Rookie-sop re all star game and look how that went down...


I'm just saying...let's not get ahead of ourselves

Hill looks wayyyyyyyy better than Beno.

Beno is nowehere near Hill when it comes to athleticism, agressiveness and defense

[BOHOLANO#21]

I wouldn't call it a fascination, but rather a belief that he has a decent all-around game and could develop into an nba player. He is already being named by some scouts as a candidate for an early D-league call up. We'll see.

Finding late first round and second round draft picks is a lot like playing poker, or playing the stock market-- even the best, most focused, and most informed players are not going to win every time. But the difference between good talent evaluation and not-so-good talent evaluation will be much easier to see when we step back and look at performance over a certain period of time. Many Spur fans may be tired of hearing about what amazing picks Tony and Manu were, but let's not forget that there are teams out there that have never struck gold with a late first round or second round pick, while the Spurs have found two all-stars. Manu is, in my opinion, the single best second round player in the NBA. That is a pretty incredible accomplishment. Think of all the scouts, GMs, presidents, coaches, assistant coaches, advisors, players, ex-players, and owners that exist in the NBA, and consider how hard they've worked to find players in the draft, and from this very large and very talented pool of decision-making people over the past decade, the Spurs managed to emerge with the single best second round pick.... that is no small accomplishment. And now it appears that George Hill will be yet another winner. I have no problem with fans disagreeing over single and specific moves.... but when people come on to spurstalk and say things like Pop doesn't know what he's doing or RC is totally clueless I think it just shows a complete disregard and total lack of understanding for the monumental success that they've both been instrumental in engineering for a decade, a success all the more magnificent because it has been accomplished in a small market/small revenue environment with an owner who can't possibly hope to outspend his rivals in NY, LA, Chicago, or Dallas.

well, too bad hairston is playing in a position were our team is loaded with talents...i'm still amazed how many posters here are fascinated with hairston...

[Tully365]

well, too bad hairston is playing in a position were our team is loaded with talents...i'm still amazed how many posters here are fascinated with hairston...

Again, I'm not fascinated with him. I simply think that he might be a decent back-up swing player in the future. Bowen is 37 and Finley is 35. There will be room for a young swing player in the next year or two, and most likely the Spurs will make a play for a big star like Bosh in 2010, meaning they will be looking for bargains elsewhere. I'm actually much more interested in Gist than Hairston, just to let you know...

[K-State Spur]

The spurs should have taken Arthur and made a trade to get Hill at a later pick.

Arthur, 6 min, 0-4 (and a couple of those were bunnies), 0 pts - it's his 4th goose egg of the year, now shooting 38% from the floor on the season.

[Tully365]

What's this fascination with Hairston that some posters have?

I wouldn't call it a fascination, but rather a belief that he has a decent all-around game and could develop into an nba player. He is already being named by some scouts as a candidate for an early D-league call up. We'll see.

Hairston's numbers from last night in Austin's season opener:

17 pts
12 rebounds
5 assists
2 steals
1 block

[Fabbs]

Hill was Pop's pick. He scouted him in the predraft camps. He scouted him when the Spurs brought in groups of point guards to work out. And he obviously made the final call to draft him.

RC's job was to do the background check to see if he would fit in with the team concept.

LJ bottom line fantastic, any other tidbits about Pops involvment to go along with this?
Great news. I'll admit i thought Popped was just gonna continue to let the sink ship and then scurry off Coatail style.

[BOHOLANO#21]

Hairston's numbers from last night in Austin's season opener:

17 pts
12 rebounds
5 assists
2 steals
1 block

who cares about hairston? our pg,sg,sf spot already much set. it's amazing some posters have too much love for hairston.

[honestfool84]

Hairston's numbers from last night in Austin's season opener:

17 pts
12 rebounds
5 assists
2 steals
1 block

i've heard the DLeague sucks.
or so i've heard.

[phxspurfan]

Hill looks wayyyyyyyy better than Beno.

Beno is nowehere near Hill when it comes to athleticism, agressiveness and defense

Agreed. I have no idea how Beno got the label as an athletic player. Just b/c he's 6'3" doesn't mean he's at all athletic. I think he has decent court vision and is a good shooter (made better by the fact that he's left-handed so this fools most defensive players' instincts). But he;s slow and probably below average in NBA PG quickness.

[SenorSpur]

who cares about hairston? our pg,sg,sf spot already much set. it's amazing some posters have too much love for hairston.

It's not like Hairston is Marcus Williams of last year. Hairston was easily one of the Spurs better individual defenders in both summer league and in preseason. More importantly, his all around game and at ude really fit in well with this team. So let's not criticize the guy like he's trash.

While he needs to develop a more consistent outside shot, he still could be a viable SF option for this team going forward. After all, only Bowen and Finley are the truest forms of SF types on the roster and they aren't getting any younger.

[SenorSpur]

I admit, I was one of the more vocal supporters for the Spurs drafting of Batum, had he been available. I also admit to being somewhat initially disappointed in the selection of Hill simply because I hadn't heard anything about him. That said, he's looking more and more like one of the better rookies of his class. A surprisingly solid draft pick and the potential for being a key contributor to this team for many seasons to come.

To the question at hand, yes Pop and RC should both be roundly commended for scouting and drafting Hill at #26. Especially when it appeared, at the time, that they had reached for him at that pick.

[Obstructed_View]

who cares about hairston? our pg,sg,sf spot already much set. it's amazing some posters have too much love for hairston.

Really. Who exactly is the rotation at small forward?

[honestfool84]

Really. Who exactly is the rotation at small forward?

i wouldn't say set necessarily, but i think we have it covered, especially if we play small ball with duncan.

[K-State Spur]

Really. Who exactly is the rotation at small forward?

finley, manu, mason, bowen, and udoka are pretty much interchangeable at SG & SF.

what does the spurs' SF do that the spurs' SG doesn't do? or vice-versa?

[Tully365]

i've heard the DLeague sucks.
or so i've heard.

Tell that to Kelenna Azubuike.

[Tully365]

who cares about hairston? our pg,sg,sf spot already much set. it's amazing some posters have too much love for hairston.

The Spurs care about Hairston-- that's why they drafted him.
His numbers tonight for the Toros: 33 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

There's this thing that occasionally occurs in the nba... it's called an injury... ever heard of it? Bowen and Udoka are human, and therefore vulnerable to it. That's why the Spurs will continue to keep a close eye on Hairston.

[Ice009]

2 awesome games for Hairston in the D-League.

I'd get rid of Hearn or Tolliver to get him back on the team.

I don't want another team grabbing him early.

Hairston was probably my second pick after Farmer, Watkins 3rd and Tolliver 4th.

Tolliver really hasn't done much at all. btw Didn't Hairston dunk on Ming in the preseason or was Yao just in the vicinity?

Question : If we cut Hearn and sign Hairston then send him back the the D-League is that counted as another stint? I thought I remember reading something about a limit to the amount of times you can assign a player to the D-League in one season. Is that correct? Is there a limit?