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I know we can only sign & send 3 players to the D league but how long can we send them there for? would love to sign a David lighty or greg smith and stash them in Austin till Duncan and Manu call it quits.
Spurs scouts to look at Simmons, Smith
http://www.projectspurs.com/2011-art...ons-smith.html
A pair of undrafted players will be working out for the San Antonio Spurs soon.
USC's Marcus Simmons will be in San Antonio for a mini-camp and Fresno State's Greg Smith is in Miami today for the start of a four-day mini-camp, which a Spurs representative will be attending.
Simmons is a 6-6 guard known primarily for his defense. He averaged 5.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in his senior season with the Trojans. He was also named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, beating out UCLA's Malcolm Lee and Washington's Justin Holiday. Being the defensive standout on one of the best defensive teams in the country, that included recently-drafted 76ers center Nikola Vucevic, is saying something.
Smith is a 6-9 center, and a name many expected would be called on draft night. While he is undersized among most centers, his 7-2 wingspan allows him to play against taller centers and forwards.
Smith averaged 11.7 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game last season. Aside from his wingspan, Smith is very athletic and mobile for a center. He has big hands, measuring one foot wide that allow him to snatch entry passes with ease. He is still very raw, but taking a chance on him and spending some time developing his post game could benefit a team.
Simmons and Smith are just a few of the many players that the Spurs will be taking a good look at. After finding a gem in Gary Neal, I doubt the Spurs will leave any stone unturned.
I know we can only sign & send 3 players to the D league but how long can we send them there for? would love to sign a David lighty or greg smith and stash them in Austin till Duncan and Manu call it quits.
Two seasons.
Xavier's Jamel Mclean will be at the camp:
http://twitter.com/#!/Melx22/status/85827061243064320
Headed to Texas.. For Spurs Free Agent Mini Camp..
Not every team. Dallas didnt. Thet had their picks traded, so were Pacers, Hornets. Some teams had too high picks for him, like Heat, Bulls, Bobcats.
Mad because he didn't get picked at 59.
why we inviting more undersized players with long wingspans? to keep their holding rights? and dleague
This guy sounds as mental as Scotty Hopson.Jackson was quite vocal on Twitter about not getting selected in the draft. He ranted throughout the draft and when it was apparent he was not going to hear his name called, he said he will make every team who passed on him pay.
His agent is B.J. Armstrong. I wonder if he's all like
Me like.........I think this is the guy who can make our team and could be a good player for us.
Greg Smith pre draft workout vid:
Looks like Matt Howard worked out for Spurs :
SamAmicoFSO Sam Amico
Lighty will also work out for Suns with Markieff Morris, Matt Howard, Sean Williams and others Weds. Howard worked out for Spurs too.
A camp involves scrimmages, which means organizations have to invite enough players to play all positions even if they only have need at one position. Additionally, because there are thousands of good basketball players that can't all be adequately scouted prior to the draft and finding a player that suits a team's needs gives that team more options for building their roster and saving money, it doesn't hurt to sift through the left-overs for a potential miracle.
We made a note in our recent west coast workout report about just how big Greg Smith's hands are. Upon further review at the combine, his hands areWe made a note in our recent west coast workout report about just how big Greg Smith's hands are. Upon further review at the combine, his hands are one-foot wide, easily the top mark we've seen since the combine began measuring hands. This quantifies the way Smith (6-8 without shoes, 7-2 ½ wingspan, 252 pounds) can routinely snatch the ball out of mid-air and palm it away from his body.
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one-foot wide, easily the top mark we've seen since the combine began measuring hands. This quantifies the way Smith (6-8 without shoes, 7-2 ½ wingspan, 252 pounds) can routinely snatch the ball out of mid-air and palm it away from his body.
We pick up a young PF who has alot of potential and so that gives us three to four guys to develop in D league.
1. Ryan Richards
2. Da'Sean Butler
3. Cory Joseph
4. Greg Smith
Yes I see Green over Butler this year.
Last edited by BackHome; 06-29-2011 at 01:31 PM.
^^ in order to have all 4 in d-league and still retain control of them, we'd have to have Butler and Smith on the Spurs roster to send them down (getting paid at least NBA minimum).... while our draft picks of Richards and Joseph would have to remain off our roster and get paid roughly 30-40K to play in the d-league (since we can only send 2 players off our roster)
Smith looks interesting. Anyone have a sense of what his biggest knock was, and why he went undrafted in a weak draft?
You can only send three players down to the D-League at any given time. Additionally, only 1st and 2nd year players can go to the D-League. Danny Green and Da'Sean Butler are considered 2nd year players now, so this is it for them.
Excuse me, Danny Green is a 3rd year player. So he cannot go the D-League anymore.
http://www.nbadraft.net/2011-nba-draft-3rd-round
Interesting article talking about the scraps left behind in the draft. The 2011 NBA "3rd Round".
I'm beginning to think that RC has a hand fetish. Out of curiosity how long have they been measuring hands at the combine?
I liked Smith's interview, maybe he can contribute a couple of years down the road but he'll really need to hit that KT jumper in his sleep if he wants to stick on this team. In fact, if he learns to do those little things like back-breaking picks and crazy eyes he could be a nice player.
One thing's for sure Spurs are looking for a 4/5 and will add one by hook or by crook.
There is a difference between beeing sent down with an NBA-contract (Green) and just playing because nobody in the real league wants you anymore (Walker)...
Darkwaters better should have said: "only 1st and 2nd year players can be sent to the D-League"
Dallas drafted Jordan Hamilton and then traded his rights...so yes, they did pass on Jackson. The Pacers drafted two players and then traded them away, passing on Jackson.
If I am not mistaken, every single team drafted this season. So everyone had the opportunity to draft Jackson. They drafted for themselves or sold the rights to other teams in both rounds, all the while Jackson remained on the board.
So yes, all 30 teams passed on him. , the Lakers passed on him 4 times in the 2nd round alone. They drafted 2-3 absolute nobodies and never heard ofs instead of Jackson.
So let him and moan. Nobody wanted him. He can go to the DLeague or Europe for all the NBA seems to care.
You can only send 2 players down at a time.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/fan_faq.html
A player assignment is when an NBA player in his first or second season is sent to his team’s NBA D-League affiliate in order to acquire additional playing time. Each NBA team may assign no more than two NBA players at one time to play with its affiliated NBA D-League team
I'm pretty sure I read single team affiliates can send down three.
I haven't heard that.... but who knows.... I've been wrong before
Big_Yemdog Yemi Ogunoye
Up in the Spurs weight facility bit im doin the @DSDStrength workout! Yeeeaa doe
http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/yemi_ogunoye/
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