Well if Batum doesn't want to get paid, the Spurs would love to have him.an angle which hasn't been mentioned yet:
nicolas88batum Nicolas Batum
Congrats to my bala @Patty_Mills and wish him all the best with the Spurs.
and he's got a player option for next season you say? and Batum will be in free agency?
well it's certainly nice to see that he likes the Spurs and likes Patty Mills...
Spurs have no chance whatsoever to land Batum after the RJ - Jax deal.an angle which hasn't been mentioned yet:
nicolas88batum Nicolas Batum
Congrats to my bala @Patty_Mills and wish him all the best with the Spurs.
and he's got a player option for next season you say? and Batum will be in free agency?
well it's certainly nice to see that he likes the Spurs and likes Patty Mills...
If he becomes a free agent in 2013, they do. They'll have a lot of cap space.
What little I saw out of Mills last year he seemed a lot like an Eddie House type player, now I'm sure thats been said so I'm obviously just repeating the other 158 comments.
High energy guy, loves to waive the towel, bit of a cheerleader.
Kind of reminds me of a combination of Malik Rose and Speedy Claxton.
What do I know though,
Good comparison. He does have the Eddie House energy minus the obnoxious at ude. He's a good player to have to get the players into the game. I believe it was Mills who started the "3 goggles" idea in Portland last year.
i know d doesn't make it into videos like this, but I would like to see what he has there. Also, that music is horrid.
I used to hate when he would do that hit the ground with a towel bull in Portland...maybe now I will be a fan.
now, diaw or turiaf?
Mills is a point guard.
Welcome back bro. Most of the Aussies have already covered what Mills brings but i think some are being too kind on his shooting abilty. I'd call it streaky at best especially out on the 3point line. Eddie House he is not.
His strengths are speed and scoring. He will creat points On transition. The clear advantage he does bring is that Brett Brown ran a lot of the offense through him when playing for the national team and they are pretty much the same as what is run for Parker on the Spurs.
There's no doubt in my mind that he's scoring PG at best but many fans of the NBL were complaining that he didn't pass enough. The only problem being he was the best scorer on the team and looking to create for his teammates would of detracted from his game.
What Mills needs to improve on is perimeter shooting, court awareness and his passing but with age and the spurs on his side, i think the only way is up in those departments. Tony Parker evolved as a PG for the Spurs maybe he can too. As a back-up offcourse.
NbaDraft.net called it best. He totally reminds me of Damon Stoudamire when Damon was in Portland...
bump
What are the terms?
Can't be a bump for signing...free agency doesn't even start until June 30th iirc.
Yeah, just looking back at everyone's thoughts when we originally signed him.
Yeah. Can't shoot the three, now who do we sign Diaw or Turiaf. Diaw=Ring. Good way back machine bump.
The comments on Diaw after this signing very coincidental that the two then lead the charge to a championship.
MI21 with that basketball knowledge, tbh. Right about det Patty.FWIW, I've seen Patty play earlier this year/late last year in my local Australian league. Now the Aussie league is by no means stellar, but it does have pretty good guard play. Mills was hyped up beyond belief being a returneing Aussie NBA player. He struggled with the pressure and did not play well. He put up points at crap %'s and that's about it. But he is much better than that.
His last season in Portland was pretty good. He is a good spark off the bench, a real hit or miss type, but he has legitimate NBA speed and shot when on. My scouting report would go something like this --
PROS
- Lightning fast
- Has good range on his shot extending out past 3pt line
- Solid ball handler
- Knows how to play off of the ball
- Tries hard on defense
- Good transition player
- Has a lot of energy and brings some spirit onto the floor
CONS
- Court vision isn't where it should be
- Poor decision maker
- Struggles running an offense
- Below par defender due to size, defensive knowledge
- Struggles to finish in paint due to size, leaping ability
- Poor off hand skills
Basically, what you are getting here is a guy who can score a bit from the perimeter, get out on transition, handle the ball as long as he doesn't get fancy and provide a spark. You will also get bad defense, some turnovers due to bad decisions and not a lot of scoring in the paint.
If he improves his court vision and awareness he could become a valuable 2nd string PG because he can get in the paint and collapse a defense, it's just he doesn't know what to do with the ball once he does. Defensively he will always struggle.
Overall, I like the signing and he is very good insurance at 3rd PG.
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That was a darn good take MI21. Props.
cons are still there
Some of those cons have become his pros:
"below par defender due to size"
Now, he's a pesky defender, due to his quickness, who has a knack for drawing charges.
"Court vision isn't where it should be and poor decision maker"
He's now capable of running the pick 'n' roll with our bigs. Pop's praised his decision making numerous times this season. Says that he's a "better basketball player" overall.
"struggles to finish in paint"
Patty's significantly improved his ability to get into the lane. He's worked on his TP floater, and isn't afraid to use his speed to get into the lane. Just watch any of Mills' highlight videos, and you'll see at least one floater from him.
A lot of his cons could be attributed to his poor conditioning.
Very very important him and Diaw are brought back.
Very good take indeed MI21
"You will also get bad defense, some turnovers due to bad decisions" => he has really improved in these areas and I'm sure he will also improve the coming year for points in the paint. And he showed that he was back up PG, not 3rd string. He had a breakout year on many aspects and at 25 I'm sure he will be better next year.
He definitely has to come back
Exactly, especially the first 2 points IMO. About the paint part I think he will improve the coming year and with Green improving as well in this area, it would give great weapons (assuming Mills comes back which I hope)
What a ing horrible take. You don't deserve to be bolded.
Just kidding, you ing nailed it Wilbon.
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