2012 Free Agent: Derrick Brown

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a quick look at the rosters of the other Western teams shows where the field of activity for Brown will be. almost every team in the West has a compareable tweener, usually he's the first big of the bench.
(Jamison, Beasley, Morris, Robinson, Odom, Faried, Kirilenko, M. Williams, D.Williams, Patterson, Arthur etc.)
for all those guys the Spurs didn't really have an option on defense. (outside Leonard, who the Spurs need for other roles). if Brown does well in the role of a defender for those tweener forwards, he will get 20 minutes in at least half of the games.
btw. someone compared him to another Xavier player: James Posey. hm, that's interesting. Brown is even slightly bigger than Posey. Posey played mostly SF, but usually did pretty good defending the perimeter PFs as well.

Jamison and Odom are no longer tweeners and Robinson, Faried, Patterson and Arthur never were. That leaves Beasley, Morris, Kirilenko and the Williamses'. With the exception of Beasley, they all range from ancillary scorers to bordering on non scorers, though.

I think they've got higher hopes for Brown than that. In a best case scenario, I think they envision him eventually (the perfect storm is required for him to break into the rotation this season) becoming the primary backup SF and defending the likes of James, Durant, Anthony, Gay, Granger, etc.

That's why I said last week that him improving his three-point shooting is likely the difference between becoming a rotation player or remaining a fringe player.

[racm]

If anyone can improve shooting it would be Chip. Good thing the Celtics don't have him.

And knowing Pop he'd start Brown on the corner 3.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Jamison and Odom are no longer tweeners and Robinson, Faried, Patterson and Arthur never were. That leaves Beasley, Morris, Kirilenko and the Williamses'. With the exception of Beasley, they all range from ancillary scorers to bordering on non scorers, though.

I think they've got higher hopes for Brown than that. In a best case scenario, I think they envision him eventually (the perfect storm is required for him to break into the rotation this season) becoming the primary backup SF and defending the likes of James, Durant, Anthony, Gay, Granger, etc.

That's why I said last week that him improving his three-point shooting is likely the difference between becoming a rotation player or remaining a fringe player.

Jack might take exception to that.

I think his primary role may be backup 4. He's 6'8.5" 235, with great springs and length. If they can get him into the weight room to add maybe 10-15 lbs, he'd be a David West sized PF.

[Ice009]

Jack might take exception to that.

I think his primary role may be backup 4. He's 6'8.5" 235, with great springs and length. If they can get him into the weight room to add maybe 10-15 lbs, he'd be a David West sized PF.

Just watched an interview video that another member posted in this thread http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202958 and Sjax said that he doesn't work out at all in the off season. He said that he hasn't even picked up a ball except for that workout video that he shot with TJ Ford.

I don't know if he was messing around, joking, or what, but that doesn't sound too good to me if he wasn't.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Just watched an interview video that another member posted in this thread http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202958 and Sjax said that he doesn't work out at all in the off season. He said that he hasn't even picked up a ball except for that workout video that he shot with TJ Ford.

I don't know if he was messing around, joking, or what, but that doesn't sound too good to me if he wasn't.

He was messing. Spurs players always come into camp in shape. Jack is one of the hardest workers on the team.

[Ross Parrot]

He was messing. Spurs players always come into camp in shape. Jack is one of the hardest workers on the team.

Doesn't Tim just lay around during the off-season? I read that in an interview somewhere. He just does...nothing...

[Fireball]

Doesn't Tim just lay around during the off-season? I read that in an interview somewhere. He just does...nothing...

Maybe 2-3 weeks of doing nothing after the playoff exit, but I am sure Timmy begins with getting himself back in shape earlier than most NBA players do. His work ethic cannot be questioned ...