I know we had him in Houston and he looked promising. I was sort of sad to see him go.
If you look at his TS% and EFG% they are both above average to very very good.
I know he was on some type of deal that increased in guarantee after Aug 5th did you guys hold onto him?
And, if you did, what do you guys think of his future potential?
Thanks,
DD
He was good for us as a stop-gap when Parker went down last season. He knew his role and played it close to perfection. The Spurs did keep him but I don't think he is going to get valuable minutes, only maybe as a insurance PG/SG when someone goes down.
pop likes him and hes played pretty well at worst spurs have hopefully found their backup pG
The spurs backup pg is g.hill.
He became Pop's new favorite player in Summer League...but then, of course, he sprained his ankle.
I see what you did there.
It was remarkable that Pop played him in the playoffs, considering he was a rookie and also came late to the team so that he didn't know the plays and defenses as well as some other players.
I only remember him playing in blowouts he never came during the middle of a close game
I think he'll be a solid role player, maybe around 6 ppg in limited minutes? I'm not really sure how much playing time he'll get though, I can see him knocking down that corner 3 though. He looked real good in the SL, his defense will help us quite a bit.
If healthy IMO, from day 1 of camp it should be established that Hill and parker are the starting backcourt and Temple and Manu are the backups. Garrett Temple has shown he can run the offense, he has shown a clear ability to hit the corner three and other offensive attributes. The best of all is his defensive tenacity that he has shown ALL the time.
Huge Garrett Temple fan.
This...I think speaks the loudest on his future with the team.
I with Eric on this one
Hill should get all the backup pg minutes and whatever minutes manu doesn't play at sg. Temple will not play.
That would be great if George Hill was a point guard, which he isn't.
I think you're mistaken. I think that George Hill will play spot minutes at point and Temple might get the majority of minutes as the backup point. It seems that the only reason Pop had Hill playing PG was out of necessity. If we indeed have found a true backup PG, then Hill will probably move back to his more natural position of SG.
I liked his energy last season. I'm looking very forward to seeing more of him this upcoming season.
Guys like Temple and Gee are the reason that Hairston bailed. Both of them have shown that they are not afraid of the big stage, Temple here, and Gee with the Wiz.
Temple showed up, and was told "you're going to play...oops, you're going to start, and don't worry, they're only critical stretch games for our playoff seeding". He ing delivered.
I think he'll stay with the Spurs for a long time
He's got potential and seemed like one of the better values available. Temple brings in a lot of energy, corner 3 point shooting, and looks more comfortable and confident than what you expect from a rookie much less an undrafted one like Temple. Also was a part of the most impressive run that the Spurs had in the regular season.
What about Anderson, Neal and Gee? If Temple gets in the rotation, even for spot minutes, it means Anderson and Neal are our 5th and 6th guards? Or do you have them as SF backups?
I believe we will have some combination of TP, GH, Manu and Anderson playing all of our guard minutes and backup SF minutes. TP, GH and Manu would be point guards depending who is playing with them and Manu and Anderson would play the 15 minutes behind RJ at SF. Neal and Temple would only play in blowouts or if injuries happen. This not because they are not good, I believe they very easily be in the rotation but it's just that we are stacked in PG, SG.
he doesn't choke or back down a la Beno, Bonner
and he's quicker and much more talented than previous backup PGs like Vaughn.
Really, really good for a 3rd string PG. Good to have in case of injury
this is possible but if Temple turns out to be a better PG than Hill or Manu then he could be backup PG or at least get spot minutes. Hill and Manu are not PGs to begin with. I don't care what the rotations will be as long as we win games and I think Pop will use the first half of the regular season to experiment a bit as usual. I hated GHs defense in the Suns series. No one seem to remember Nash absolutely destroyed him.
I like Temple and love his a ude and potential. A great find and he seems like he'll fit right in. Crowded situation, but I hope we see him play some...
Temple has played well with Spurs but the sample size isn't big enough to claim that is NBA material. He could very well be cut at the end of the preseason.
Spurs have their roster filled with unproven players (Jerrells, Temple, Neal, Anderson and Gee) on the perimeter. Let's hope at least one of these gambles will be a good one. If two pans out, it would be great. If they all suck, it will be a disaster for Spurs.
The sample size is really small. He is not going to get cut but if he did some forum member would jump off the ledge.
I very much doubt that they'll cut him but I agree his sample size has been too small to make such large assumptions. Nevertheless he handled himself very well given the playing time he had so it should be interesting to see how much time he'll actually and if he can play consistently enough at the point. The sure thing is he has excellent size and can probably guard 3 positions.
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