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get ready to see Malik become the starting sg in Houston.
damn.. good luck to hairston. i was really high on him. maybe his work ethic just wasnt there..
get ready to see Malik become the starting sg in Houston.
My mindset right now is as follows: I don't think Pop is in full control of the situation, and because of this, doesn't really know all of what he is doing. So, until he proves to me that he does in fact know what he's doing, I am just gonna go down with this ship, ladies and gentlemen.
That was my reaction as well, why waive Malik for a guy who isn't going to sniff the court anyway. Makes absolutely no sense. Some of the Spurs FO moves this year have been puzzling to me.
IMO, the reason why Marcus has struggle to make it is that he doesn't fit a niche. So even if Marcus is more talented than some NBA players, it is harder to plug him into a team. If Pop figures hos to play him, I can definitely see him helping Spurs. Think at a Boris Diaw role (when Boris wasn't fat).
Oh, confound it, RC, are you afraid of success?
This just made my day. Brilliant.
IMO, Pop wanted to see 1st hand the improvement Williams has made this season. I highly doubt the Spurs FO wanted to waive Hairston, but did so for finaincial reasons and Pop refusing to wiave his illegitmate son, Jacque Vaughn. I think Hairston and Williams both have similar athletic ability, but possess different skill sets. Pop already knows what he has in Hairston, now he wants to see what Williams can bring to the table. I also think people on ST need to remember were talking about a end of a bench player in Williams.
Hairston is a rookie with upside. Williams has been in the Spurs system at least twice, has been in the development league for two seasons and has basically hit his peak. Pop took offense over defense. Shouldn't surprise anyone. He may be banking on the rest of the NBA to make the same foolish decisions and leave Hairston available for camp. I saw nothing in Williams when he was here that makes me think he can play NBA caliber defense, run the point or develop any kind of a consistent jumper. That makes it a head-scratcher for me. Hope I'm wrong.
For the "what's the big deal" people, I thought Hairston could have been a role player for the Spurs by this point, despite his weak jumper. Having given him burn over the course of the season might have come in handy now that Manu's gone and the Spurs are straining to find someone to defend the better scorers in the league.
Hairston = Spur-prototype player.
Williams = the Anti-Spur.
Oh well, maybe he'll be the new Jack (and fit right in this city).
(And, BTW, what is it that Ian M. knows about Pop?)
what a ing blow..
Hairston's 3 consecutive successful possessions guarding Lebron James is bigger than anything Williams will do during his entire career..
Pop is obviously looking for the next Michael Finley, instead of looking for the next Bruce Bowen..
hariston sucked
he could not shot
seriously.. much ado about nada.
i don't see how some of you are so worked up over.. this.
blowhards.
Wow, MW looks like a short, balemic Kevin Durant. What Pop sees in this guy that puts him over Hairston, I have no clue. He is 100% FG this season, I'll give him that.
he looked horrible out there
I wanted so bad for Hairston to be activated, he can challenge guys like Melo and Lebron. MW gets his ankles broken by Roy.
No . no way he can guard anything above a 2, guy weighs like 100 pounds. You think some1 woulda told him to bulk up a lil.
Hairston did a good job guarding Roy on the few possessions he got a chance to earlier in the season..he also did a great job guarding Lebron for 3 possessions, even blocking one of his shots..
Hairston has the swagger of an NBA player..he's already proven that his game is fearless, and he likes to get into the rough areas of a basketball game..
More evidence that Pop has given up on his defense philosophy
This is EXACTLY where Pop is made his error in judgment. Pop's stubborn resistance in playing young players on the fly is mind-boggling. Again, no one player, or collection of players could ever replace Ginobili. However, Pop could've and should've invested some minutes in a decent young player, like Hairston, during the season. At least, he would've been a bit further along. By now, he could be providing at least some minimal production in any area where they are now getting very little. Unfortunately, Hill, who was farther along than any young player, is getting the same freeze-out treatment.
It's fine to have an eye on the here and now. Yet a good GM keeps one eye on the future. If Pop and RC saw enough in Williams that it warranted them protecting his rights, waiving Hairston was the wrong thing to do. He should've waived Vaughn, put him in a suit and given him an immediate coaching position. That would've freed up a roster spot so that he could've signed Williams and retained Hairston, in the process. Thereby allowing him to protect the rights of both, get a look at both during the final days of the season, and thus preparing them for the summer.
Again, as old of team as the Spurs have, they are in no position to jettison promising young talent before it's proven whether or not they can really play.
Seriously guys.
well it's kind of unlikely that Hairston is picked up by another team AND signed at this point of the season..so it's possible that they just wanted to keep Williams after his triple-double out of fear that another team would pick him up, and then throw them both in the off-season..
I really don't know, I might just be reaching..
Exactly. If the Spur's blueprint for a successful wing player is Michael Finley (already a huge head scratcher) then we're not going to ever develop anyone.
This shouldn't be about who is better - Malik or Marcus. We need to be preparing for the future by stockpiling young prospects.
This season is ed. What's the point of hanging on to dead weight like Vaughn, for what, like 10 more games? We're giving up on Malik's entire future so JV can finish our downward spiraling season. That makes a lot of sense.
We should have been trying to find ways to bring as many of Pops, Malik, and Marcus to training camp next year so we can build the team back up.
Instead, the FO falls in love with the D-league flavor of the week. We never even try to develop anyone more than a few weeks and then get rid of them and bring in the next. This is the way to run a franchise?
Are the Spurs just cheap or completely indifferent to building up for the future? Pop seems like he's going through some George Bush level of denial, which is disheartening.
As an Arizona guy, I hope he makes me look good this time around, because his play last time made me want to bury my head in the sand.
I still maintain that Williams is one of the most skilled players to ever pass through the University of Arizona. His drive is amazing and all he wants to do is win. He had issues, as most underclassmen do, but his upside was very, very high. Hopefully he's had his head screwed on right and his hitch in his shot removed.
Playing Finley 30+ minutes and giving him the defensive assignment that used to belong to Bowen is nothing but a blueprint for disaster. Pop has shown a penchant for overvaluing some veterans when they were obviously past their prime (NVE, Damon, Mercer), but his ongoing man-crush on Finley is taking it to an even new level.
Couldn't agree more.
Try 4 more games.
Quite puzzling.
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