Aron Baynes, Nando De Colo Both Assigned To Austin Toros

[Strategic]

This thread is about Baynes and De Colo but all I see is chatter about Baynes. Nando does have some meaniful PT this year. Is everyone happy that he appears to have fallen down in the rotation?

[freetiago]

LOL at you comparing a point guard to a center
obviously he cant do that
but he has actual skills related to the position he does play such as rebounding and rim protection
neither of which the 2 turds in front of him can do
and Baynes would be playing 5 to 10 minutes at max vs the other teams bench players not their best starters
i wouldnt want Diaw/Blair lineup defending a Lee/Cury pick and roll either

Josephs first year stats
9 mpg
.314/.200/.647% for 2 pts and 1 assist a game
screams nba player doesnt it
or should i dig up bnsf god Timvp quotes doubting whether he could play in the nba to prove it

and there is 0 non garbage time evidence that Baynes cant rebound
in the one game he was an actual fixture in the rotation he had 9 rebounds in 18 minutes which is elite
and for all the Baynes haters
explain why you favor Blair and Bonner over him
this should be a good laugh

[EricB]

Fuzzylumpkins with the well reasoned argument . Met as usual with Spurstalk monkeys flinging poo.

[ChumpDumper]

LOL at you comparing a point guard to a center

It was your argument.

Not my fault it sucked.

[ChumpDumper]

Josephs first year stats
9 mpg
.314/.200/.647% for 2 pts and 1 assist a game
screams nba player doesnt it

Um, yeah. That's why he wasn't considered for the rotation last season.

I guess you'll ignore that as well.

[RD2191]

I like Baynes because he isn't a pussy.

[freetiago]

so his marvelous first year play is why he was considered for the rotation this year
over experienced nba players mills and neal
not even attempting to address the rest of the post..

[ChumpDumper]

so his marvelous first year play is why he was considered for the rotation this year

No. That was the entire point. You're an idiot.

The rest is just babbling and straw men.

[chapnis]

Dammit, Pop is holding Baynes back, if he gave him the minutes he deserved he would be an all-star.

[Sean Cagney]

Baynes needs real NBA time. Im tired of Diaw, Bonner, Blair bs.

Diaw is alright, I am sick of the last two and have been for years (Most of us are). Why are they still on our team damnit lol.

[Brunodf]

Dammit, Pop is holding Baynes back, if he gave him the minutes he deserved he would be an all-star.

Can't be worse than Bonner/Blair tbh

[TheGoldStandard]

Baynes will get his shot next season, Pop is a creature of habit, he'll continue to go with what he has and what he knows.

[jimbo]

Any of the "Banes doesn't know the system" guys want to show where he's out of place, etc on a screenshot or something. (like where he is, could draw an arrow to where he should be and what he did instead) Or a video clip. Ask for the specific game and I'll get it to you.

The system answer has always sounded bunk to me, but I just want to see some evidence before I accept it.

[spurraider21]

Baynes doesn't have to be "good" right now. We could give him Blair's limited minutes because Blair simply isn't able to rebound or defend at an NBA level.
Maybe Baynes can't either, but it's worth a shot. What's there to lose?

While I'm not pushing for Baynes to get rotation minutes, is there really anything Blair does particularly better than Baynes?

[chapnis]

While I'm not pushing for Baynes to get rotation minutes, is there really anything Blair does particularly better than Baynes?

eat

[Sean Cagney]

Can't be worse than Bonner/Blair tbh

LOL GOOD LORD those guys sucks. I wish they both would be gone.

[TheyCallMePro]

I was super excited when the Spurs signed Baynes. I watched every game Australia played in the Olympics because of Patty Mills---and Baynes was an absolute beast on the boards and dunking all over the place. I couldn't believe he wasn't on an NBA roster. When the Spurs signed him I was ecstatic. But so far, he really hasn't shown much. He looks uncomfortable on the court running the offense. He just needs time, but he's so physically imposing, that his potential is just amazing. One day he's going to be throwing down dunks and stuffing the out of people like he was with the Australian National team. But right now...he really does need some time in the D-league running and learning the spurs offense.

[Pop]

I was super excited when the Spurs signed Baynes. I watched every game Australia played in the Olympics because of Patty Mills---and Baynes was an absolute beast on the boards and dunking all over the place. I couldn't believe he wasn't on an NBA roster. When the Spurs signed him I was ecstatic. But so far, he really hasn't shown much. He looks uncomfortable on the court running the offense. He just needs time, but he's so physically imposing, that his potential is just amazing. One day he's going to be throwing down dunks and stuffing the out of people like he was with the Australian National team. But right now...he really does need some time in the D-league running and learning the spurs offense.

Like it has been said multiple times, the scrub league is not that great to learn the system, it's good for conditioning more than anything.

[ChumpDumper]

Any of the "Banes doesn't know the system" guys want to show where he's out of place, etc on a screenshot or something. (like where he is, could draw an arrow to where he should be and what he did instead) Or a video clip. Ask for the specific game and I'll get it to you.

The system answer has always sounded bunk to me, but I just want to see some evidence before I accept it.

The first step in pimping a player is spelling his name correctly.

[ChumpDumper]

Like it has been said multiple times, the scrub league is not that great to learn the system, it's good for conditioning more than anything.

Different positions, etc., but Cory Joseph would probably disagree.

[Darkwaters]

I have virtually no expectations for Baynes this season. His role is to come in, get comfortable, acclimate and learn the system. If he gets scattered minutes with the big club from time to time all the better.

Next season though, after half a year with the team and a full training camp, my expectations of him are going to be considerable. I'm very hopeful that he'll round out the regular bigman rotation of Duncan/Splitter/Diaw/Baynes.

[Nero5]

Baynes cannot be used in every game, but he clearly has value in an area that SA are chronically weak...offensive boards.

[TJastal]

Different positions, etc., but Cory Joseph would probably disagree.

Different positions being the key words of your hilarious non-sequitur.

Baynes even remarked about his urgent send down being nothing more than a conditioning run. Obviously it paid dividends; the increased stamina has allowed him to sit for longer periods of time while still maintaining correct posture.

[TJastal]

The first step in pimping a player is spelling his name correctly.

Nowhere in his post did he pimp anything; simply asking for proof of what is being flouted as facts. As far as pimping goes

perhaps you're having flashbacks to the time you were concieved in a back alley of that dank strip mall your momma lived next to?

[dbestpro]

The argument to let Baynes play is not about how good Baynes is right now but rather how bad Blair and Bonner are and in particular on defense.

Baynes can just stand like the statue of liberty and provides better defense than those two combined. Bonner just does not have the skill and Blair either can't physically do it or he refuses to play as hard as he needs to on a consistent basis.