Awesome video on its way!

[timvp]

Hairston said the right things. He has to shoot better from the outside and become a primary defender to stick in the NBA.

[yavozerb]

Hill-Hairston-Gist-Blair-Mahinimi
or
Hill-mcclinton-Hairston-Gist-Blair

Both of these linups look pretty damn nice for a summer league roster..

[Kori Ellis]

Who is that first guy who makes a layup in the video? Looks like Morris Almond to me ... but the video is a little blurry.

Looks like him.. similar cheekbones but I'm not sure.

[yavozerb]

Looks like him.. similar cheekbones but I'm not sure.

Quite looking at his ass Kori...

[Spursfan092120]

Blair looked good...would like to see more of Lasme.

[DBMethos]

Mahinmi sounds like a real cool guy. I hope he does well.

Edit: RC makes it sound like the Spurs aren't done yet...

[timvp]

Man, Coach Newman has a me a little scared. Last time he coached summer league he did a poor job. Now he just dropped the gem of "Jefferson can be a double-double guy every night".

Um, what?

[Bruno]

Haislip is our Dirk stopper.

[anjlbitz]

Buford mentioning Gist with Hill/Mahinmi/Hairston makes it seem like he's a shoo-in. Unless something crazy happens at Summer League

[yavozerb]

Haislip is our Dirk stopper.

Dirk,Odom,Lewis stoppers...He's long enough and athletic enough, will see if he has the foot speed and the will power to be a defensive stopper

[kbrury]

This is my first time hearing Ian for a few minutes, and the discussion from a while back, to me his voice sounds a lot more french then Jamaican.

[spursdotcom]

I promise I got the video up as fast as I possibly could. All 7 of them are over here - http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130904

[Sense]

This is my first time hearing Ian for a few minutes, and the discussion from a while back, to me his voice sounds a lot more french then Jamaican.

??????

[kbrury]

??????

There was a discussion from a couple weeks back and some people said he sounded more Jamaican then french.

[timvp]

Haislip is our Dirk stopper.

That's what it sounds like. The Spurs apparently wanted him as the "mobile four". Seeing how that was Bonner's role last year, Bonner's status on the team just took another hit.

But yeah, after Orlando beat the Cavs last year almost entirely due to the Cavs not having a mobile four, adding some insurance in Haislip makes a lot of sense.

[timvp]

This is my first time hearing Ian for a few minutes, and the discussion from a while back, to me his voice sounds a lot more french then Jamaican.

Yeah he sounds 100% French to me.

[objective]

Man, Coach Newman has a me a little scared. Last time he coached summer league he did a poor job. Now he just dropped the gem of "Jefferson can be a double-double guy every night".

Um, what?

well, he does have 5 double doubles over the past 3 seasons. So that makes sense.

[Bruno]

That's what it sounds like. The Spurs apparently wanted him as the "mobile four". Seeing how that was Bonner's role last year, Bonner's status on the team just took another hit.

Gist also take a hit. He could have been the guy to put against these mobile 4.
The only way he makes the team is as a SF.

It will be interesting to see at what spot he will play with the SL. With the addition of Lasme, the SL team has enough bigs to play Gist at SF if Spurs want it.

[bigdog]

I listened to all of the interviews except Newman. I like what I hear from all of the players, and it looks like Ian is ready to get back to work and make an impact on this team. George is just looking to play well, and hopefully he develops as a PG, and Malik wants to shoot better and be a better defender, and apparently Blair just wants to do whatever it takes to get better and help the team. Positive things from all of the players.

RC made it seem like they're still exploring options to make the team better. With Haislip, it looks like Bonner's job security might be a little shaky. I wouldn't be surprised to see another trade.

[timvp]

Gist also take a hit. He could have been the guy to put against these mobile 4.
The only way he makes the team is as a SF.

It will be interesting to see at what spot he will play with the SL. With the addition of Lasme, the SL team have enough bigs to play Gist at SF if Spurs want it.

I think Gist's best chance of making the team is if the Spurs want a bigman to feature on the Toros. There's no other candidate to be the featured big like the Spurs used Mahinmi in his rookie year.

The D-League is much more useful when developing a big rather than a small, IMO.

[timvp]

Other random observation:

-Blair doesn't wear any type of knee brace or protection even in practice. That has to be a good sign, especially considering how overly protective the training staff is.

-Coach Newman basically said that this is Hill's time to prove he can play point guard. Reading between the lines, I'd say if Hill plays well, he'll have the backup point guard job. If not, the Spurs will look for a point guard via free agency or trade.

-RC said that Pop gave him a "laundry list" of things that the teams needs to address. I wonder what Pop still wants. I'm guessing another perimeter defender but I'm not sure what else. Perhaps he wants RC to dump a few players.

-Mahinmi sounds excited. Hopefully he's ready to show he has NBA talent.

Summer league will be extremely interesting

[Buddy Holly]

Perhaps he wants RC to dump a few players.:

Who do you think specifically? Bonner? Finley? Mason?

[wildbill2u]

Damn. I got to seee the Ian interview and then the video link has a general error and wn't play anything else.

[timvp]

Who do you think specifically? Bonner? Finley? Mason?

If anyone, probably Bonner.

[Spurs Brazil]

On second thought, that is probably Alonzo Gee. But I'm not 100%.

It looks like Almond. In the end of the video we can see Gee with a black jersey #35

The player with the silver jersey that looks like Almond doesn't have a number or name. Maybe they just brought Almond for one practice