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Thomas looks good, he should get some nice preseason minutes.
great games from all the prospects/projects we are watching closely. thomas, baynes, and de colo had nice showings.
Thomas looks good, he should get some nice preseason minutes.
I wonder how much can you do as far as increasing foot speed and lateral speed?
Baynes is a beast and I wish they would go to him a little bit more.
I don't know if Thomas is as inept to leave a guy with 1 shoe on open.
How is Thomas on defense? What is his ceiling there? If he has any defensive potential and willing to work hard to improve on that end, then I am very interested. He already seems pretty good on offense, but he is going to have to play defense to be on the Spurs.
I've been waiting a long time for the Spurs to move back to elite defense, and last season was a great step in that direction. Unfortunately, I don't want players that are hopeless defensively with no potential on that end of the court.
What a steal in the 2nd round!!
CoJo is the backup PG. You have to be stupid to suggest otherwise.
19 pts and 15 rbs for Baynes. Great game.
And Baynes gets the post game interview after the game. Great game for Baynes.
Baynes setting a summer-league high with 15 boards. 19 points too...he looked great out there.
The backup PG situation is confusing. Seems like Joseph/De Colo both aren't consistent enough to be solid full-time backup point guards.
Baynes will get some much needed work in at camp and the preseason, guy has some moves and is a nice rebounder/defender..
playbaynes, playthomas
let thomas solve the backup SF problem and focus on the backup PG issue.
not sure if he is the answer, but cojo is the closest thing we've got so far. wouldn't mind seeing a trade for that role, but i don't even know who would be a good fit that spurs FO can potentially get?
Joseph has to have all but locked up the back up spot behind Parker.
Liked Denmon. I still think he can be a 15th man in this league. De Colo had a nice game, which should help his trade value. His body language was much better tonight, but I have to see what it looks like when he's not playing well to see if he's had an epiphany. Baynes played like we should expect him to do against a bean pole. He certainly looked every bit as promising as he looked in spots last season. Joseph was quiet tonight, but I thought he did all right. I'm glad he got most of second half off. Richards sulked on the bench -- not a good thing for the coaches to see. And Pittman looked good, but I don't get why he's getting so many minutes right now.
Good game. By my count, the Spurs have 12 points now. Let's hope that makes for a good seed.
Spurs just have to pick a backup PG and stick with him, whether it's CoJo or Nando (I'd go with CoJo tbh), and trade the other. If the choice fails, move on. All else fails Neal as backup ()...
He is not Kawhi by far but he can guard spot up shooters just not fast guys but he is a better shooter then Kawhi.
Yeah we still don't have a PG that I would want getting minutes in a Finals match.
Thomas looks pretty damn limited defensively tbh. He's got good size and strength but he will have some serious issues guarding NBA SF's. Doesn't look like he has the quickness. I like his offense and scoring and I think he can be a good situational role player against teams who roll out a player he can stay in front of.
I thought Baynes played fantastic tonight. Guy needs to get minutes next season.
You know what is funny, even if you look at good role players (cough*JR Smith*cough*Jamal Crawford*) they are very up and down. Most rotation players that are role players that aren't considered elite role players have a ton of up's and down's so the guys you mentioned are no different. Sure we would like more consistency, but they show the ability to do very well at times.Baynes and Thomas
Spurs have serious questions at the backup PG. Seems like nobody can consistently put together good minutes. Cory plays well for a week then throws up a dud and then De Colo plays awful one night and then comes out with a fantastic performance. Not sure either of these guys are the answer there long term.
Baynes needs to work with Tiago and teach him that hook shot... not that sweeping crap
They were the #3 defense during the regular season last year and #1 in the playoffs IIRC. That's pretty damn elite already.
You're right. I think the Spurs will find themselves with a pg they don't trust again though in the playoffs if they keep rolling them out by committee behind Parker all season. The above poster was right when he said we still don't have another PG who I would trust in a finals series.
no way the spurs are including thomas to wizzards for blair
denmon has played very well defensively...............................
Thomas is so slow. He can't defend the break at all. I don't know how he's going to make it on the perimeter. But the team has to try to get him to play there. All this small-ball four stuff isn't doing him any good if they view him as Leonard's long-term backup.
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