I liked what I saw, Dude is LOOONG and get ups and made the shooter alter their shot because of his length. Plus, got two boards, one offensive, in 2 minutes.
Did well in his 2:16; went for 2 weak side blks in the paint (didn't get the blks, but you can tell the kid knows when to help on defense), got a couple of boards, didn't look too lost out there. Glad his minutes on the court were with Kawhi.
I liked what I saw, Dude is LOOONG and get ups and made the shooter alter their shot because of his length. Plus, got two boards, one offensive, in 2 minutes.
He was only credited with one rebound, but the statistician logged that incorrectly. He had 1 offensive and 1 defensive board.
I like... I would like to see him when he's not playing against scrubs
He played better than Bonner has in all his years as a Spur.
Agreed.
I was hoping the Spurs would break it open sooner so he could get more than 2 minutes. Oh well.
Giving some of Matt's minutes to him is probably not fair to the team though
Eh, Matt's had some really special games for the Spurs over the years where he lights on fire and just blows up. Unfortunately, hes been on the team a long time and those nights don't come very often - actually, there have been none recently at all.
Maybe he'll get more playing time against Phoenix.
True. I'll say it again though if Thomas is still on the team come playoffs and he plays defense or something for just one game... , one quarter. Then it'll be more true than ever.
Turns out "we" didn't have to draft him.
I wonder if he practiced today, per his twitter, he had food poisoning thanks to Jack in the crack.
I hate jack in the crack. I have gotten food poisoning 2 of the 3 times I have gone to that terrible franchise. Sucks if he was too sick to practice.
Thankfully DeJuan Blair is fine after downing five Jumbacos.
lol rofl
First "Quote of the Year" candidate, kids.
If he had food poisoning then he most probably didn't practice which also probably means Pop won't play him until he has a better grasp of the system.
It's a shame he missed the one practice he really needed to make in order to make a favorable impression on the coaches.
Damn Jack in the Crack. Screw them. He should've followed Dejuan Blair to Whataburger, instead.
I hope Kawhi has already instructed him:
"don't smile, don't laugh, read and memorize the script for media sessions, just softly drop it in if you have to dunk, do not show any emotion for anything, stand at parade rest when being talked to by :::whisper::: ..Pop, And last but not least, DO NOT BECOME A FAN FAVORITE UNTIL YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN SOME REAL PLAYING TIME. You will be cut."
They were not only on the same team together, but they were also roommates in college, so my guess is Leonard is giving him lots of pointers.
Hopefully the Spurs can develop a large enough lead where Thomas can get some extended burn. I'm anxiously looking forward to seeing what this kid has and whether he's got the goods to stick. In just a few short possessions, it was clear that he was 100 times more active than Diogu was during his short stay.
I couldn't agree with you more.
Really? How cool is that to go from being college roommates to members of the same pro basketball team. Thats like a sitcom plot right there or something. Just make them roommates in San Antonio and give them a little kid that they're raising, or have Malcolm's elderly father (who spits venemous bouts of dry humor) live with them too, or something similar and you're good. Thats like 2-3 seasons at least.
Better late than never. No rookies got any kind of real indoctrination, with training camp being only two weeks. Malcolm got almost as much Spurs training camp as CoJo did.
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