TP: James Anderson Is Tearing It Up!

[Solid D]

[DPG21920]

JA is a baller on both ends. Reggie Williams getouttaherewitdatstuff

[baseline bum]

RC is supposedly in love with his game, and hence the Hill trade. I can't wait to see how James comes out this season.

[DPG21920]

You saw how he played last season, right? I mean, I am a little surprised at how little people on this board talk about how good he was playing before he got injured. He surprised a lot of people with his defense (we know he can score) and showed he has deceptive athleticism and is a solid shot blocker for his position.

[Muser]

Anderson coming back and playing well is basically an addition to last year's team, which we all seem to forget was pretty good in the regular season. Avoid bad matchups in the playoffs this year and the Spurs could go far.

Yeah let's just hope we don't come across a team who can dominate our big man rotation, like most of the league.

[Obstructed_View]

Yep. I think it's a shame that Pop never bothered to get him back into the lineup after his injury. Think how nice it would have been to have Ja ready to go when RJ the bed toward the end of the season.

[Obstructed_View]

He was out of shape and overwieght that is why he played SF last year, plus we had no one else. He is smaller now about 210 and at 6-5 6-6 that is not a good size for SF esp when your not a great athlete

Wrong and wrong and wrong. Sorry, but you've clearly not watched the guy play.

[DPG21920]

Before he got hurt, I don't think his numbers will jump off the page at you, but he was giving quality minutes. His 3PT shooting was pretty damn good and like I said, he played some solid defense. It was a small sample and he struggled when he was back, but he looked gassed and out of shape from the injury.

He was having a positive impact when healthy.

[ChumpDumper]

Wrong and wrong and wrong. Sorry, but you've clearly not watched the guy play.

No , who is this guy talking about?

[Mel_13]

You saw how he played last season, right? I mean, I am a little surprised at how little people on this board talk about how good he was playing before he got injured. He surprised a lot of people with his defense (we know he can score) and showed he has deceptive athleticism and is a solid shot blocker for his position.

Probably because it was the first six games of the season. Last game was on Nov 10th. Lots of folks hadn't started watching the NBA that early on.

[Brazil]

Yeah let's just hope we don't come across a team who can dominate our big man rotation, like most of the league.

don't be pessimistic we will better, I mean last year Tiago played 3 mn a game now he is ready for 6 mn !

[Bill_Brasky]

James is surprisingly athletic. I remember in that game where Dice got the game winning tip against the Lakers he guarded Kobe for a stretch and seemed very capable, though out of shape at the time(which was understandable coming off the injury).

Excited and optimistic about a healthy breakout season from this dude.

[timvp]

A rare ducks sighting.

[Buddy Holly]

A rare ducks sighting.

[SenorSpur]

James is surprisingly athletic. I remember in that game where Dice got the game winning tip against the Lakers he guarded Kobe for a stretch and seemed very capable, though out of shape at the time(which was understandable coming off the injury).

Excited and optimistic about a healthy breakout season from this dude.

Coming in, I simply thought of Anderson as a shooter. However, his athleticism and defense was surprising to me too. He had a few blocks, and seemed to move his feet well for a guy that really didn't know what he was doing. He was working himself into a good groove there for a minute, before he got injured.

[smrattler]

This new core would still lack a superstar, so you are right being sceptical. But it would be nice to see some young blood tearin' it up ...

I would say a franchise player and a superstar or two more. I see a bunch of role players right now. Could be a great set of role players one day but that's about it probably.

[Blackjack]

Full MLE

One of my better trolls.

[spursince#99]

James Anderson is the next Brandon Roy without the injury issues. We go as he go. MARK MY WORDS

[The_Worlds_finest]

Finally - someone gets it! Too much negativity around here. What many haters fail to understand is that the Spurs have a strategy that they haven't quite perfected, but this is the year that it comes to fruition!

Stay with me on this -
-the Spurs will spread the floor with 3 point shooters and allow TP or Manu to drive and dish to the open shooter when a defender challenges them.
-Spurs will have near 80% 3 pt shooters this year, so offensive rebounding shouldn't be a factor and size underneath really won't matter either.

With a shortened season jump shots, 3 pointers and transition D will = championship! One more thing - the shortened season will also help the Big 3 because there will be less games!

Dude I like the optimistic thinking, but the team who shoots a high percentage shot is going to win 4 out of 7 games. But im on board. GO SPURS GO

[Russ]

James Anderson is the next Brandon Roy without the injury issues.

Yep, no injury issues with Andy.

[5in10]

James Anderson is the next Brandon Roy without the injury issues. We go as he go. MARK MY WORDS

I see him more as a Joe Johnson type...I dont see him as the playmaking/passing skills that roy had.

[Splits]

and is a solid shot blocker for his position.

Ummm, he played 26 games averaging 11 min/game last season and blocked 6 shots. I don't know what a solid 2/3 shot blocker puts up, but it is more than that.

[objective]

Coming in, I simply thought of Anderson as a shooter. However, his athleticism and defense was surprising to me too. He had a few blocks, and seemed to move his feet well for a guy that really didn't know what he was doing. He was working himself into a good groove there for a minute, before he got injured.

I remember loving those blocks.

Jefferson would get regular season blocks as well, but it seems to my memory his blocks were mostly off the ball.

But I believe Anderson's were all or mostly from on the ball situations. Lots of guys can get off the ball blocks when the shooter is unsuspecting, they're usually very emphatic and elicit oohs and aws.

But give me a guy on the wing who stays with his man and can still block his shot. That's how Bowen would get his rare blocks, on his man. Dirk in the playoffs, Billups in game 7 2005, sign me up for that.

[sasffl]

Starting SG, manu goes to bench

[ace3g]

Parker calls Anderson ‘surprise of camp’

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...prise-of-camp/

Spurs notebook: Healthy Anderson anxious to show his stuff

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...how-his-stuff/