I still see the image of Baynes manhandling Howard in the first round. That was just ing beautiful. He has potential to be a real threat around the rim defensively. Also isn't afraid to throw it down your throat either!! Everytime he got playing time last season, I saw good out of him. Disregarding his first game.
sure would like to see where someone said this? or are you making it up?
I think baynes has a higher ceiling than splitter and would be a good role player for us. I haven't stated anywhere he is an all star. nor have I seen anyone else state this. but thanks for your awesome input. we will be sure to look for your incredible insight whenever needed in the future.
Depends on the price. Splitter has too many faults to be paid $10-12M/yr, which is what I expect he'll be offered. You have to look at it like this...Splitter at that price or Baynes + another piece at that cost. If I'm the Spurs FO, I'm rolling the dice and going with the latter.
Personally, I'm excited to see Baynes after a full training camp with the team. He's shown flashes of good post D, finishing ability and even a mid-range jumper. He may not be the direct Splitter replacement, but he's a nice insurance policy to that end.
i think that Baynes could start for us and we'd be a better team for it. In fact, I think that he should have been played in the playoffs.
He rebounds with a passion. Sets physical picks, which this team hasn't had in a long while. Can hit 15 to 2 foot jumpers consistently. Can shoot and effective hook shot with either hand. He has some actual athleticism and quick twitch muscle fibre. You cannot say any of toss things about ter, Meow, Boner or Blair.
all that said, I do hope that we add a big body in free agency. Ditch Blair, Bonner and Splitter.
Splitter is a complete and total knob gobbler. He is the weakest 7 footer in this league. Literally has no balls whatsoever.
The idea that Splitter is actually in the NBA is ludicrous.
That's a bit of a stretch.
Spurs made Splitter look like a good player, but he is complete sh*t and weak as .
Baynes should be the starting C.
A bad Baynes > Good Tiago
Baynes is great insurance in case some team decides to throw the house at Splitter... but Splitter is already ahead in the development curve, and can still develop more. The Spurs should really try to get his services again...
For all of his issues (rebounding, being a puss), Splitter averaged 10 points on 56% shooting this season. What makes anyone think Baynes can even come close to that?
Would like to see how Splitter at Center and Baynes at PF would play out.
????????? really??????? splitter can guard PG's????????
Baynes is the backup center, and has been the minute he got here since he's the only center other than Tim, Pop just didn't want to play him.
Also he has the same range as Tim so he can play mostly the same way which is great for the system tbh.
Tim 30min Baynes 18min
??? 30min Diaw 18min
The only question mark is the starting PF.
Splitter may not be the center you want, but he is absolutely an NBA 5. He could start at center for what? 20, 25 teams? This is a league where Chris Bosh can play the 5.
Unless Dwight Howard wants to come here for some unfathomable reason, the chance of us finding a better center is effectively zero. And Baynes might be a workable backup (tbd), but he's not likely to be an amazing revelation except possibly in certain, specific matchups.
Bosh playing the 5 is Miami's greatest weakness but they make up for it... Since Andersen go there they have been a whole lot better.
Tiago doesn't have the skillset of a center, he doesn't rebound well enough for the position that's why the pairing with Boris doesn't work.
Splitter is absolute trash. He can't score without manu or tony setting him up.
I guess the safe move would be to sign splitter to a decent contract do not overpay him.If he wants to get paid let him leave.... see if he has improved or how much baynes can improve, if not trade whichever one does not fit...
I really want to see Baynes playing in Summer League.
He had problems when he played in Slovenia at the beginning too, but after a couple of games he adjusted and barely fouled out of the game. But in the first couple of games he usually got 2 fouls in the 1st quarter.
You can't make predictions based on his this years' statistics, since he was often sent to the game just in order to foul or hack somebody. So those stats are practically irrelevant.
No, Pop will probably play Bonner 25+min per game.
Well, Baynes has had a fantastic career in college and a better one in Europe, playing for teams like Rytas, Oldenburg and Kalliteas, helping them in the transition from amateurish to pro ball.
He had also a spectacular 4 months at Olimpija, averaging 13 ppg and 10 rpg and helping them to a 3-7 record and early elimination from Euroleague basketball.
He was clearly the best center (south of Graz, north of Rijeka, west of Zagreb and east of Treviso).
During the corresponding years, Splitter only won Spanish league le and MVPs and a Month Euroleague MVP.
In fact, that translated into only 10 ppg in the NBA.
He has only played a total of 141 minutes in 16 games, mostly in garbage time. While I liked what I saw, there is no way to tell at this point if he will earn more minutes next season. Only Pop and the staff know the answer because they see him in practice as well as the limited minutes in real games.
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