Damion james

**Kindergarten Cop** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by SpursTillTheEnd

i have a short memory homie i can barley even remember 2009 and i didnt even watch summer league i dont pay for that

If you don't watch it (and can't remember the past), then why make the statement that "Hill shined" and make comparisons to players in this year's Summer League?

**SpursTillTheEnd** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by Kindergarten Cop

If you don't watch it (and can't remember the past), then why make the statement that "Hill shined" and make comparisons to players in this year's Summer League?

Originally Posted by SpursTillTheEnd

idk i didn't watch any game but i watched highlights and hill was ballin

Originally Posted by SpursTillTheEnd

this is what i was talking about hill was ballin look to me like he did very good

**RuffnReadyOzStyle** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by SpursTillTheEnd

i have a short memory homie i can barley even remember 2009 and i didnt even watch summer league i dont pay for that

Why mention it then?

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**024** · 07-06-2010

i think hill literally made 3 shots out of like 30.

**Kindergarten Cop** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by 024

i think hill literally made 3 shots out of like 30.

Actually it was 2/25.

**Obstructed_View** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by Kindergarten Cop

Hill rebounded well, but that was about it. He looked very uncomfortable out there and I remember many people using your argument of being at the top of the nation in scoring only to be ridiculed with the opposition stating that he did so playing at a small school against inferior talent (and then to further use his poor play in the Summer League to back up their arguments). Honestly though, shooting 2-25 against Summer League players is much worse than "he didn't shoot well". He was HORRIBLE. Don't get me wrong though, because I am glad that he overcame that horrendous showing and display that the Spurs' FO knew what they were doing when they drafted the player from IUPUI. He is now one of my favorite players in the league.

You're probably going to need to go back and look at the game logs. Hill was able to get to the rim and wasn't able to score. People were freaking out because they said he needed to develop a finishing move against shot blockers, when all he really needed to learn how to do was draw a foul instead of avoiding contact.

Those of us that said he was a good scorer and it didn't matter if the ball wasn't going in the hole so long as he was learning his new position and showing confidence were right, so I'm not sure how much ridicule there could be.

**ChumpDumper** · 07-06-2010

A suggestion: don't start threads.

**SpursTillTheEnd** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by ChumpDumper

A suggestion: don't start threads.

my suggestion to u : stop sucking , what kinda makes a screen name chump dumper ing probably pming eric b right now in private

**ChumpDumper** · 07-06-2010

Why are you posting about sucking ?

Do you think about that a lot?

**Interrohater** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by SpursTillTheEnd

my suggestion to u : stop sucking , what kinda makes a screen name chump dumper ing probably pming eric b right now in private

Well that's inappropriate...

**cd98** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by Nathan Explosion

This is what you all are talking about.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...-of-tim-duncan

I was at that Utah summer league game and had a front row seat. Duncan looked like he'd be a great player but he was in foul trouble, which explains why he didn't score as many as Tag. But everyone could see Duncan with a few games under his belt would be a beast.

**Kindergarten Cop** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

You're probably going to need to go back and look at the game logs. Hill was able to get to the rim and wasn't able to score. People were freaking out because they said he needed to develop a finishing move against shot blockers, when all he really needed to learn how to do was draw a foul instead of avoiding contact.

Those of us that said he was a good scorer and it didn't matter if the ball wasn't going in the hole so long as he was learning his new position and showing confidence were right, so I'm not sure how much ridicule there could be.

Honestly it's not that big of a deal and I'm glad that it turned out that the doubters (however many there were) appear to be wrong since George Hill has turned out to be the better player (compared to Chalmers and CDR). Being a good scorer in college doesn't always translate to being a good scorer in the NBA (in fact, there are many occasions where it doesn't). I remember pages and pages in various threads here on SpursTalk about how Hill was the wrong choice based on his Summer League play - but there were posters on the opposition saying to be patient and that saw the good qualities in the young guard.

Regardless, are we in agreement with debunking the premise of the thread in that good Summer League play doesn't necessarily mean that the player will be successful in the NBA (especially when you are basing your opinion off of the first few minutes of that players very first Summer League game)?

**rjv** · 07-06-2010

Originally Posted by SpursTillTheEnd

oh i hope anderson does something when we see him in a spurs uniform cuz damion james is ballin right now with the nets, he is playing great d, he has a good shot, and hes grabbing rebounds.... some of yall are gonna say its just summer league so it dont mean nothing but hill shined in summer league and look at him now, when will we see anderson play a game?

hill was so terrible in summer league we had pop already having to talk to him about getting his confidence back.

parker was the one who had a solid summer league.

anderson may very well not play in the summer league as buford has indicated the #1 priority is getting his hamstring right.