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Our 12 man rotation looks like this:
Parker / Hill
Mason / Ginobili / (*)
RJ / Finley
Duncan / Haislip /
McDyess / Bonner / Mahinmi
The guys fighting for that one position on the *regular* rotations would be:
Blair
Hairston
Williams
I gather if a big gets injured, Blair would take his place.
However, it's either Hairston or Williams for the regular position at SG or SF.
My hunch its Williams since he's got a better handle on the ball, can play PG and long enough to play SF. What's your take?
hairston
Blair will be our 3rd best big man, not our 6th. And Hairston brings more toughness/ athleticism/ physicality. Therefore Hairston> Williams.
I haven't seen anything from Williams for me to say that he's as good as Malik..Hairston will be ahead of Finley by mid-December, book it(barring injury)..
if Pop is satisfied with Hill's performance as a PG by the end of pre-season, there's no reason to have Williams on the team..
Blair, then Hairston. Why do people think Dice is a 5? He's 6'9.
Perhaps they're both fighting against one another for a spot in the rotation. However, it doesn't have to be that black and white. Pop is a creative guy with his rotations. If both have developed to a point where they've made the team, why can't one play SG and the other SF?
Mason/Manu/Hairston - SG
Jefferson/Finley/Williams - SF
Also, there's pretty much no chance that Blair isn't ahead of Bonner and Haislip, barring injury..
I've definitely been impressed with Hairston's improvement so far, but I haven't seem Williams play recently so it's kind of a toss up at this moment. I would like to have Hairston but who knows...
God, I hope you're right. That's how it should be. However, I've learned to never, EVER, trust the Pop/Finley Bromance.
Tough to call since we don't get to see Williams in summer league. They're close, but I'll give the edge to Hairston because I think he's the better shooter.
yeah with williams hurt its hard to say right now but malik from atleast two summer league games has improved some
dont get me wrong...and I really love Blair...but I'm not that sure, if he will get more playing time than Bonner which gives us spacing...at this point I think Bonner is ahead of Blair in the rotation
The Spurs will not keep Marcus. He's a trade asset, nothing else. If he doesn't come back in time to showcase him he's either going to sit in a suit behind the bench until he's traded or be waived altogether.
Haven't seen Williams since last yr, so really can't give him a fair assessment, but to be honest, I'd prefer Hairston cuz from what I remember he plays a lot better defense
its very interesting to me that everyone views williams as a PG/ball handling guard. I never seen him play so my opinions wouldn't carry any weight. but its very exciting to hear that hes a ball handling guard, that just tells me that hes got a lot more potential than i thought.
Bonner SHOULD be effective if he plays limited minutes. But i hope Blair is still ahead of Bonner
Not everyone, just the folks who haven't watched him play. Unless something has drastically changed, he's still a small three with a hinky release who can handle the ball pretty well for a forward. He also scored a lot of points in the D League, so he generated some interest from teams.
Williams played the point almost exclusively for most of the season in Austin. One can question whether he could do it in the NBA, but the Spurs had him play that for a reason -- just as they signed him for a reason. Just being a trade chip makes little sense.
Has he really improved that much, CD?
From one selfish fan's view, I want to see both of them make the 15 man roster.
When interviewed, Buford sounded most excited when talking about Williams. From the sound of it, Williams has a legit shot to stick and perhaps even contribute.
I've never been high on Williams but Buford sounded let he was sold
He hit a really good mix of scoring and distributing by the end of the season. He also was never switched off of opposing point guards no matter how quick they were, unless he was being used to try to cool off someone else who had gotten hot.
Again, I have no idea if he can do the same things in the NBA, but it seems the Spurs are keen to have him try. There doesn't seem to be much urgency on their part to secure another vet point guard, but one never can tell.
Haven't seen enough from Gist to put him above either of them right now, but there is still time.
Williams ended last season in the d-league with a 30/10/10 game. A week ago, Gist was the man, with entire threads dedicated to him-- now, after two mediocre summer league games, he's becoming an afterthought on spurstalk!
I'll agree with RC Buford-- having a 6'7" guy who can be the 3rd PG and play 3 positions is pretty nice, regardless of his popularity on extremely fickle internet forums.
If Williams is indeed capable of guarding PGs, it'll be interesting to see how he fares against some even stiffer PG compe ion.
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