Summer League Game Blog: Spurs vs. Nuggets - 7/14/09 9PM CT

[Spurs16212]

Mahimni 16 Boards in 28 minutes...... 5 of them offensive..... wow......

Blair is making a mistake..... He needs to play his game and the pay will take care of itself.... He didn't get paid at Pitt so he shouldn't worry about it here..... If players take the same intensity that they took into college you would be surprised what you come out with....

McClinton is not himself.... His stats shooting wise is similar to G. Hill's last year..... Not entirely sold on waiving him just yet.... Maybe a year in Europe would do him some good.

I like the numbers Lasme is putting up as well as Beck.... Not sold on Gist.... However I am curious to see what we can get with a Bonner and Finley package before making a decision on someone.

Overall, Blair will get his contract..... If Mahimni can stay healthy, he will be a factor..... Hopefully the front office can make a solid decision on the 13th-15th men on the bench in the event they are needed.

[duncan228]

Spurs' Antonio Anderson scores 14 against Nuggets
By Joe Alexander

Antonio Anderson scored 14 points in his first summer league appearance for the Spurs in Tuesday night's 78-76 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Anderson was 6 of 11 from the field and 1 of 3 on 3-pointers.

In case you haven't heard much about Anderson, the 6-foot-6 guard was part of a 2009 senior class at Memphis that won 137 games in its four seasons. Anderson averaged 10.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior and the Tigers won the Conference USA le.

For the second straight game, George Hill had more made field goals than he had in the entirety of last year's summer league. Hill was 4 of 8 from the field in the first half and finished with 16 points.

Malik Hairston had 17 points and Ian Mahinmi had 12 points and 16 rebounds.

[coyotes_geek]

Joe Alexander didn't watch the game.

[loveforthegame]

Joe Alexander didn't watch the game.

It was Beck.

I would like to know what happened to Anderson though.

[siraulo23]

Spurs' Antonio Anderson scores 14 against Nuggets
By Joe Alexander

Antonio Anderson scored 14 points in his first summer league appearance for the Spurs in Tuesday night's 78-76 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Anderson was 6 of 11 from the field and 1 of 3 on 3-pointers.

In case you haven't heard much about Anderson, the 6-foot-6 guard was part of a 2009 senior class at Memphis that won 137 games in its four seasons. Anderson averaged 10.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior and the Tigers won the Conference USA le.

For the second straight game, George Hill had more made field goals than he had in the entirety of last year's summer league. Hill was 4 of 8 from the field in the first half and finished with 16 points.

Malik Hairston had 17 points and Ian Mahinmi had 12 points and 16 rebounds.

what? i thought it was romel beck who scored 14 points? anderson who?

[coyotes_geek]

Didn't he get Anderson confused with Beck??

It's fixed now, but for a while the boxscore at NBA.com was showing Anderson with 14 and Beck with a DNP. Looks like Joe wrote his piece from looking at the bad boxscore.

[FireDavidStern]

what? i thought it was romel beck who scored 14 points? anderson who?

Up until a while after the game, Beck was listed as a DNP and Anderson had his stats on the box score on NBA.com. Which really shows how much effort they put into this product they wanted me to pay $15 for.

[Spurs16212]

Ian has a triple double if you count his fouls... hahaha

Good Point.....

Fouls is not something you want double figures though.... He has to work on that..... I think he had 7 or 8 in the first game.

He is showing tendencies of being very foul prone which is concerning. This is just summer league. I would hate to see when he faces the top talent of the NBA..... He may foul out in five minutes......

[kbrury]

Good Point.....

Fouls is not something you want double figures though.... He has to work on that..... I think he had 7 or 8 in the first game.

He is showing tendencies of being very foul prone which is concerning. This is just summer league. I would hate to see when he faces the top talent of the NBA..... He may foul out in five minutes......

Realistically he probably had 4 or 5 fouls in this game, the refs were calling tickytack fouls especially on Mahinmi, his last so called foul had nothing to do with him but I guess the refs wanted to reach a quota or something.

[anjlbitz]

Report from the Cox Pavillion - Spurs vs. Nuggets

Finally got to sit behind the Spurs bench!!! Spurs fans were well represented tonight. I sat again with quite a few of them, all wearing Spurs merchandise. Peter Holt should be happy. Also a guy wearing a Spurs shirt won the dance off by default. Most fans in the arena were Spurs fans so we all cheered for him. lol

I thought the referees at the Spurs-Hornets game were bad, I didn't think it could get any worse. But the referees tonight proved me wrong. I understand they're also trying to get a job in the NBA, well it appears like they are failing miserably. Just putrid refereeing tonight. There was no flow to the game for either team because of the constant stoppages.

George Hill had a subpar game tonight. I had some Beno flashbacks when he kept turning the ball over while the Nuggets pressured him in the backcourt. Of course it didn't help that his teammates weren't helping at all while he was getting pressured.

Ian Mahinmi had such a great game. He was constantly moving his feet, hustling etc. I wish the guards would feed him the ball more so we can see more of his post moves. Most of the fouls called on him were totally bogus. But he does need to learn how to time his block attempts. During the 2nd half, it seemed like he was losing his concentration. The coaching staff and GHill kept yelling at him to tell him where to go. But overall, can't deny that he has talent and he'll only get better. I forsee a monster game from him on Thursday.

James Gist continues to get rim blocked and rejected on his dunk attempts over and over this SL. I don't know what's up with him but I would love to see "The Gist" from last SL. If he continues this play, he might go back to Europe for another year.

Jack McClinton continues to disappoint. I still have high hopes for him though. Also seems like he hurt his hand or something. I saw it wrapped during the game and while on the bench. Might be a reason why he's playing that way.

Malik Hairston had another great game. I still think he needs to improve his shooting a bit more but he's lighting up this game. Also he was hustling his butt off so props to him!

I guess everyone is on Rommel Beck's bandwagon again, but I'm not latching on anytime soon. He still can't dribble and caused costly turnovers because of it. And how could I forget that idiotic foul on Coby Karl. I think he will get a training camp invite because of his shooting but he'll get cut because he can't do much else.

Spurs fans kept calling for DeJuan Blair to play and was shot down. I came to the gym expecting to see him play especially since he was warming up with the team. I hope whatever is holding him up will get fixed soon.

Some pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/anjlbitz/SLSpursNuggets

[Bruno]

In 07 and 08, Spurs second round picks (Williams and Hairston) were quite bad during SL. As a result, Spurs didn't offer them a single guaranteed $. They both came into the training camp with an one-year fully non-guaranteed contract and were waived at the end of the camp.

I guess that McClinton will need to show significantly more things in the 3 remaining SL games if he wants to get some guaranteed money from Spurs. If he doesn't play better, Spurs talk should be "we encourage you going in Europe to improve your game. If you don't want it, we will only offer you a fully non-guaranteed contract with a good chance of being waived at the end of the camp.".

[mystargtr34]

I love Ian's reaction to the triple double question .

[barbacoataco]

Is it right that if McClinton goes to Europe, the Spurs retain his rights in the NBA?

[mystargtr34]

I think there is maybe a little over reaction to Mclinton's game. I havent watched the game, but he must of been pretty bad in only 10 minutes for people to be writing him off even after it. I know the opinions are coupled with the first game he had, but its still way too early.

I said this about him before, i dont think SL is suited for his style of game. Hes a shooter more than anything. He will make his living of all-stars like Manu, TP and Duncan getting him open looks - i dont think he can find those looks in the SL.

Having said that, he still should be showing a little more given the compe ion, but im still confident in his ability to make the team. Im pretty much scrapping this second game since he only played 10 minutes, most at the PG (judging by reading the thread) - you cant expect a shooter to find a rythm in spot minutes. And ill also look at the positives and say he got 4 assists in only 10 minutes.

[mystargtr34]

Still too early to write him off.

[Buddy Holly]

Spurs' Antonio Anderson scores 14 against Nuggets
By Joe Alexander

Antonio Anderson scored 14 points in his first summer league appearance for the Spurs in Tuesday night's 78-76 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Anderson was 6 of 11 from the field and 1 of 3 on 3-pointers.

In case you haven't heard much about Anderson, the 6-foot-6 guard was part of a 2009 senior class at Memphis that won 137 games in its four seasons. Anderson averaged 10.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior and the Tigers won the Conference USA le.

For the second straight game, George Hill had more made field goals than he had in the entirety of last year's summer league. Hill was 4 of 8 from the field in the first half and finished with 16 points.

Malik Hairston had 17 points and Ian Mahinmi had 12 points and 16 rebounds.

Wow, that's just straight up terrible.

[duncan228]

Wow, that's just straight up terrible.

It's unreal. I figured they'd catch it and update but it's been two hours and it's still there.

There are two comments about it.

[Obstructed_View]

That's terrible with a capital TURRR.

[MI21]

Surprised to read that Hill struggled with a press.

I remember him having no problems against Lindsey Hunter when he applied one man full court pressure on George last season so you would assume he would have no problems against a zone full court press.

[Buddy Holly]

Surprised to read that Hill struggled with a press.

I remember him having no problems against Lindsey Hunter when he applied one man full court pressure on George last season so you would assume he would have no problems against a zone full court press.

It honestly had more to do with his teammates doing nothing to help him. Instead of trying to get open, they just stood where they were with their arms open waiting for a pass with a man on them.

[mountainballer]

SL 2008:

Malik Hairston continues to disappoint.

SL 2009:

Malik Hairston had another great game.

Jack McClinton continues to disappoint.

SL 2010 prediction:

Jack McClinton had another great game.

despite Malik's poor showings in the 2008 SL (he improved significantly at the end of the SL), it was recognizable that there is something, that could be turned into NBA quality.
IMO the same with McClinton.

[timvp]

Nice takes, anjlbitz. Cool pics

They showed a throng of Spurs fans behind the Spurs bench a few times.

[DBMethos]

I think there is maybe a little over reaction to Mclinton's game. I havent watched the game, but he must of been pretty bad in only 10 minutes for people to be writing him off even after it. I know the opinions are coupled with the first game he had, but its still way too early.

I said this about him before, i dont think SL is suited for his style of game. Hes a shooter more than anything. He will make his living of all-stars like Manu, TP and Duncan getting him open looks - i dont think he can find those looks in the SL.

Having said that, he still should be showing a little more given the compe ion, but im still confident in his ability to make the team. Im pretty much scrapping this second game since he only played 10 minutes, most at the PG (judging by reading the thread) - you cant expect a shooter to find a rythm in spot minutes. And ill also look at the positives and say he got 4 assists in only 10 minutes.

Agreed, I don't think SL is a good showcase for his abilities. That said, I'd still like to see them run some plays for him off screens, curls, etc.

[Obstructed_View]

Perhaps it's selective memory for me, but I don't recall Malik Hairston "disappointing" during summer league last year. He was a non-factor much of the time, and he didn't put up numbers, but he had enough bright spots to convince me that he could be an NBA player. When Jack McClinton dunks on Yao Ming or stuffs Tayshaun Prince in the low post, my opinion of him might start to change.

If McClinton can't contribute to a summer league team against summer league talent, then he's not going to be an NBA player.

[duncan228]

Spurs' Antonio Anderson scores 14 against Nuggets

They finally corrected it.

Summer game 2: Spurs 78, Nuggets 76
By Joe Alexander

Updated July 16 at 4:08 p.m.: The statistics originally published for Antonio Anderson actually belonged to Romel Beck.

Romel Beck scored 14 points for the Spurs in Tuesday night's 78-76 summer league victory over the Denver Nuggets. Beck was 6 of 11 from the field and 1 of 3 on 3-pointers.

For the second straight game, George Hill had more made field goals than he had in the entirety of last year's summer league. Hill was 4 of 8 from the field in the first half and finished with 16 points.

Malik Hairston had 17 points and Ian Mahinmi had 12 points and 16 rebounds.