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Dude was excellent on both ends tonight. If he can shoot with that confidence against someone other than the Clippers, we could have found another gem. Anderson was solid, too.
I don't know about you guys, but I was pretty impressed with Neal's performance tonight. The guy can shoot for sure, but he seems to have some dribbles, too. Spurs need to keep finding minutes for this guy.
Dude was excellent on both ends tonight. If he can shoot with that confidence against someone other than the Clippers, we could have found another gem. Anderson was solid, too.
I agree he needs the minutes and he has been playing much better than I thought he would. His confidence and defense was really good. Let's see how he is playing in 10 games and then i'll give my opinion.
He's an excellent shooter there's no doubt. His stroke is damn good. He also had 6 rebs and a couple of assists. He made an impact very quick and had 10 pts in 9 minutes at one stage
He certainly looked better than he did in the pre-season. Need more games to see for sure, but it would certainly help if he became a regular contributer with dead-eye shooting.
I was a bit skeptical about him before - fearing he'd be just another summer league wonder only. However so far, he's seemed to calm himself down, demonstrates a real instensity on the defensive end - and has displayed that sweet stroke of his. I'm curious to see who Pop finds minutes for him, too.
hes playing alot better than i expected and i was expecting quite a bit like i had said a while back the guys looks like he is somewhat of a leader. very sure of himself and his capabilities
Like people have said in the game blog, he's like the 08-09 Roger Mason Jr only better. I have to admit I felt like Neal wasn't going to be impressive at all, but he's completely proved me wrong. Still it's a little early to say that he will get better from here or stay consistent but he's taking steps in the right direction.
When is this forum going to take me a little more seriously when I tell it that they have a player on their hands
I called it with Hill during his first summer league games.
I called it with Neal.
I claimed that Elson was the limit of Ian's game.
Blair was too obvious, and he can't be given up on at any point, because he's still the beast in there somewhere.
Yes. James Anderson too. They will be keys this year.
He reminds me right now, alot of Jaren Jackson. Can shoot outside, maybe hit that pull up short jumper, busts his butt on D.
If Pop wanted to rest Manu, I wouldn't have any qualms at all at putting Anderson or Neal at the starting SG. They both can spread the floor, they both bust ass on the perimeter on defense.
That all said. 3 games is very very early and IIRC Bogans started out well last year as well.
I hope Neal does well though, his stroke and skill set seems to be valuable.
I agree, ericb but I don't see the parallels between our two rookies and Bogans. Bogans is older, smaller, a very overrated shooter, and lacking the athleticism to truly be a lockdown defender. None of those constraints on Neal or Anderson.
We'll all be anxiously awaiting your decision.
16 pts in 20 minutes is damn good. Put that with his 6 ebs and good D....thats bad ass.
But thats tonight. Let us get a bigger sample size before throwing too much hype his way.
I can see why they gave him a guaranteed contract
he was great tonight.
Neal has a picture perfect shooting stroke. I also like that he's aggressive with his trigger.
That said, it's early. We saw Roger Mason, Jr. come out of the gates on fire with the Spurs. But after defenses got a scouting report on him and took him out of his comfort zones, it went downhill fast.
Neal's challenge of making it in the NBA as a short and not-too-athletic shooting guard will be tough. His shooting stroke gives him a fighting chance, though.
We might have gotten ourselves a cold blooded gun slinger we've been missing. For a stretch there it looked like he was running the show, acting the best player on the team. Shooting that of the dribble three in defenders face, kind of gave the impression. Even the shots he missed looked like they were going in. Guess chip england wasnt kidding when he said he's one of the best shooters they've ever had.
I think he can play the 6th man role that Manu has been playing for us for years. Amazing how he shot 60 percent from the field and 50 percent on three-pointers.
However, I still think that he's still an unknown commodity for almost all teams. They haven't seen him play and it's quite interesting how he's gonna adjust once special defensive plays will be run against him in the future.
Difference between Mason and Neal...Neal doesn't care about the score, or the fans, or the opponent. The shot comes out clean every time. There's effortless stroke there that is natural to him, and it's quick.
He's got it. The two Jacksons and Kerr were the only players who had quite the same coldness to their shots that the Spurs have had in the modern era....I think Neal is better.
He doesnt look like mason at all, he can dribble much better, pump fake and take the good looking floater, plus he's much stronger mentally than mason. Who never did get over his epic playoff fail couple of years ago.
He's fundamentally sound....So he just need to continue learning the offense, hustles on defense and SHOOT when he's open...but like some mentioned earlier...let's see how he does against someone other than the clippers.
Props to James Anderson...Keep learning.Keep getting better.
Neal even got a little respect from the Clipper defenders. Did you see that fake and then drive to the basket tear drop. That was very nice.
RMJ never had any semblance of a driving game. Neal showed us a little floater and good ball handling. He's far far far more impressive than RMJ was, even when RMJ was hitting all of his seemingly off balance miracle 3s.
RMJ seemed like he had to be moving/off balance for his 3 point % to be high. He wasn't really a spot up shooter.
Neal is a much more fundamentally sound spot up shooter (and therefore already fits in better with the spurs as a role player) and we saw at least once instance where he has some ability to create a 3 point shot for himself, along with some slashing abilities. He's so much more well rounded than RMJ, and he gives a **** about defense. Did you see Neal kicking himself in the head on a missed rotation last game even though the hornets had a 24 second shot clock violation? I didn't see that level of defensive dedication with RMJ.
So yes I agree with the person who says that Neal looks nothing like RMJ.
So going by the last few posts he's already better than Kerr, "the two Jacksons" and RMJ.
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