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Yeah, it really cool all the prospects that have been developed in Austin for the Spurs.
The Austin Toros should look more like the Spurs than ever
by Andrew A. McNeill
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The Austin Toros are thought of by many as the NBA D-League’s flagship program. They are consistently a top team in the D-League standings and enjoy one of the strongest relationships between parent program and affiliate.
And then this summer, they went and improved things some more.
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Yeah, it really cool all the prospects that have been developed in Austin for the Spurs.
I wonder could Marcus Cousin possibly be in the mix as "next-in-line" big for the Spurs?
Great read. Thanks for posting.
Cousin seems to be the most NBA ready of the bunch. I'm curious to see if he gets the Dwayne Jones force feeding treatment in an attempt to make him an actual post player. As it stands, the Toros don't look like they are going to be all that great unless they get Green sent down or pick up some players like Gee and/or Jerrells.
Tonight's game starts at 6 on Futurecast.
I like Cousins as a NBA prospect. Kinda reminds me a little bit of Blair, but bigger.
Well, taller anyway.
Maine has a pretty big frontline for a D-League team: Magnum Rolle, Tiny Gallon, Stephane Lasme. Should be quite a test for Cooze.
Thats a pretty impressive trio, aren't all 3 of these guys legit NBA prospects?
the guy i'm going to be watching is josh young from drake.
Lasme has already been in the league for a cup of coffee. The Pacers apparently wanted to keep Rolle but didn't have room. Gallon is some kind of fat bas who probably would have stayed in school at OU had he not been caught taking money from a "financial advisor."
He was waived a couple of days ago, but there's always a chance some other team picks him up. I have no idea who they plan on backing up Squeaky at the point. That could be a huge problem for them.
Players I will be interested to look at are Kevin Palmer and Dominique Archie. Spurs signed Palmer a couple of days just to have in Austina and they considered Archie as a top5 pick of the D-League draft. I've never seen this guys play but Spurs being high on them intrigues me.
And, yeah, Toros don't look that great this year: weak at the point, lack of size in the paint and not a lot of talent.
Toros Roster
2010-11 Roster
NUM PLAYER POS HT WT FROM
21 Dominique Archie F 6-7 205 South Carolina
4 Lewis Clinch G 6-3 195 Georgia Tech
41 Marcus Cousin C 6-11 255 Houston
23 Thomas Gardner G 6-5 210 Missouri
18 Marcus Hubbard F 6-9 235 Angelo State
10 Carldell Johnson G 5-10 185 Alabama-Birmingham
34 Michael Joiner F 6-7 245 Florida State
15 Kevin Palmer G, F 6-6 210 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
24 Lance Thomas F 6-8 225 Duke
0 Garrett Williamson F 6-5 200 St. Joseph's, PA
HEAD COACH Brad Jones
ASSISTANT COACHES Taylor Jenkins
Alex Lloyd
ATHLETIC TRAINER Daisuke Yamaguchi
I thought Cousin had a nice soft touch and some athleticism in his brief stay here. What do you see as his biggest need to develop?
Needs to develop something resembling footwork for his post game. He only has 4 rebounds so far but his working the boards is a big reason the Toros have 10 offensive rebounds.
This team might set a D-League record for least assists in a season.
Futurecast looks fantastic though once I changed the settings from "Best Available" to whatever the highest number was. Feed drops every 15 minutes or so.
Show of hands. Who thinks Cousin might be called up next Season after Dice retires?
Cooze might get called up before that.
17 pts on 7-11 shooting, 8 reb and 2 blk so far.
Palmer came alive after a crappy start. 15 pts in 14 min.
Toros win 103-97.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/201.../gameinfo.html
Cooze was the most consistent performer on offense. He got great position off the pick and roll or just moving through or around his man. Good hands catching passes and got his layups or little hooks off quickly without bringing the ball down or putting it on the floor.
Guards were very streaky but got Gardner, Palmer and Clinch all got hot at one point or another. That and all the second chance points put them over the top. Same team at the same time tomorrow.
Austin Toros double up in a weekend series with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers
by Andrew A. McNeill
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On paper, this weekend was a rematch of last season’s D-League Finals between the Austin Toros and Rio Grande Valley Vipers. In actuality, it was just two regular season games thanks to the fluid nature of the D-League from year-to-year.
Only three players and two assistant coaches remain for the Toros from last year’s team, but Austin looks to field a team just as compe ive. Though last season’s Toros carried the name recognition (for the D-League, at least) of Alonzo Gee, Curtis Jerrells and Dwayne Jones, this year’s team may carry a similar amount of talent.
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Would the Spurs be able to call up one of these guys and keep them on the roster or would they great the luxury tax in doing so?
You seem to be familiar with the d league rules.. can another team call up Cousin or does he belong to the spurs
Any team can sign him at this point. However, if the Spurs ink him to an NBA contract he'd be sole property of the Spurs and still able to go down to the D League. However, he'd also count against the team in things like salary cap and roster room.
Does anyone see this happening? Do the Spurs see value in Cooz?
I'd have to think with Dice playing out his final year, that the Spurs would be eyeing a future big, like this guy.
I agree. I sure was intrigued by Cousins, just by his Summer league showings.
We'll see. He was in foul trouble most of the past two games against Patrick Patterson, and Squeaky Johnson was waived with an injury so there is no pick and roll offense that fits Cousin's offense best. His numbers were down across the board accordingly. The Toros play against Antonio Daniels' team tomorrow, and they just picked up Joe Alexander and Rashard McCants as well.
Me too.
I'd love to see the Spurs invest in this guy's potential - assuming of course, his D-League performances warrant such an investment.
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