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i speak hebrew and the translation is pretty good
Fake Greek....would that make him a..freek?And a bigto the fake Greek for not giving once again the source where he get the info.
i speak hebrew and the translation is pretty good
But he plays at PF?
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/James-Gist-597/
gist is a PF. notice this draftexpress profile. usually if a player can play more than two positions, it will list it. gist is listed as PF in every category. again i don't know why everyone thinks he will play SF. if a player has played PF for four years in college and then PF again in europe, then he is most likely a PF. also, this isn't like george hill because the differences between a SG and a PG in the spurs system is much smaller compared to a perimeter SF and an inside PF.
The odds of finding one player to replace Bruce Bowen are very long. If the Spurs want to be able to play great defense after he's gone, they're going to need to develop multiple players to take on the better scorers in this league. Hill and Hairston are a great start for that, and Gist is the third piece of the puzzle as a long 3 or a smallball 4. None of these guys are going to be starters, but they will be able to contribute with the tougher matchups in the league.
yeah..he did that to me too...posted it on the site and didn't give credit...And a big
The only ones who could replace Bowen on D is Battier and Diamantidis.
I think that Corey Brewer has a shot to replace Bowen, but he is still pretty raw and just had a knee surgery.
Battier can't defend four positions like Bowen could. I don't know much about Diamantidis apart from his size, and he's not tall enough to guard guys like Durant or Lebron, let alone Dirk. The Spurs have Hairston to defend the guys Battier and Diamantidis would cover. Gist could be brought in to help with the taller guys.
Had to throw in a Greek guy, didn't you? Guy's never played in the league and all of a sudden he's the 3rd best perimeter defender in the NBA? Ron Artest, Caron Butler, Ronnie Brewer, Tayshaun Prince, James Posey...all guys the Spurs could get that would be better defenders than this guy...wouldn't mind throwing Raja Bell in there too. I could say many more players, but I'm only saying guys the Spurs could logically sign.
Diamantidis has a 7 feet wingspan. Also in the national team he guards Dirk and LeBron every single time. You are right, you don't know much about him.
The only defender in NBA on perimeter that is as good as Diamantidis is Battier. The others in your list? Please do not make me laugh.
Diamantidis hasn't played anyone in the NBA...and when he did play NBA players, in the Olympics, he was completely owned. Artest, Brewer, Prince, Butler, and Posey would ALL be better players than Diamantidis in the NBA. Besides...all of those guys can score also...Diamantidis...he doesn't even score as much as Bruce.
I thought our power forwards were dainty jump shooters.
Also, I love how when KBP gets into it his Borat accent quickly drops. KBP has more of a chance of being Andy Kaufman than this European poster he claims to be.
You said better players. I am talking about defense. Brewer is not as good player as Diamantidis I hope that was a joke. Posey? No I think Diamantidis is a better player than him but I guess you can debate if you want.
Artest, Butler, Prince? Yes they are better players than Diamantidis. But better defenders? Certainly not. And do not compare Bowen to Diamantidis on offense. They are comparable in defense but Diamantidis is far better than him in offense. Do not get me wrong Diamantidis is not that good in offense but he like 10 times better in offense than Bowen.
That's because he doesn't play against NBA talent. Bowen would score 20 points a game in Europe.
, even Bonner could become a franchise player overseas!!
Even MVP!!
Sad..
Tell that to Gregg Popovich and Michael Finley.
Bowen would average 3-5 points MAXIMUM in Euroleague and that is being very generous to him. In fact probably he would be luck to even score 10 points once all year in a game.
When he played in Italian league he was so great that after the year his team was relegated out of the league and went bankrupt. One of the worst performances of any team in history of the league. And Italian league is really a mediocre league these eras. At one time it was very great but certainly not now or when Bonner played there., even Bonner could become a franchise player overseas!!
Even MVP!!
Sad..
You are insane if you think Bonner could be an MVP in Euroleague. Absolutely you are insane.
Uhhh.....I guess you didn't watch all those games were our offense just stopped when Hill was running the point. Watch when Tony plays he can shoot from the outside but he can also dribble the ball all the way to the rim and dribble his way out of traffic. This ability allows him to then throw the ball in the corner as the defense colapses on him to find the wide open man to hit the open three. Hill does not have the skills to do that he dribbles the ball to the three point line and then passes the ball...ie..SG..no PG
As far as Gist the guy is athletic and can put point on the board his game today he played 25 minutes and scored 22pts and was 3-5 at the three point line. I don't think to many people have seen him play in Italy so I will wait to see him play this summer but I think he will be somebody we can use.
The bold is all I really read and is pretty much true, the euro league is garbage.
You're a ing idiot.. Deal with it.
Artest, Butler, and Prince are better defenders..yes...did you really just say you thought I could argue that Posey was better, but then Prince isn't better? Dude..Prince is a much better perimeter defender than Posey. Tayshaun Prince is arguably in the Top 3 perimeter defenders in the league. And he's a logical possibility for the Spurs next year. Artest is right up there in the top 5, and if we're talking only about defense, like you say, Brewer is just as good, yes.
Bowen did score 20 points a night in Europe.
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