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Did the spurs just hired a Bonner replacement?
Some of you dumbasses need to quit pretending yall watch D-League and Euro basketballex.
Did the spurs just hired a Bonner replacement?
Keep wishing
http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers...#axzz2mnlDMnEA
The D-Fenders' Malcolm Thomas was called up by the San Antonio Spurs last week.
Thomas received a two-year deal with the Spurs, although only $100,000 of his contract this season is guaranteed.
That a nice contract Spurs have negotiated with Thomas/his agent. having the option to keep him on the cheap next season is huge and a $100K guarantee is relatively small. When you count waivers (a waived player is still paid during 2 days by his former team), a $100K guarantee is equivalent to guarantee a player that he will stay 17 days with the team.
Another question is have Spurs offered that contract after his two D-League games or have they made that offer after a workout at Spurs practice facility where Thomas showed that he is now a legitimate 3 point shooter.
Why is it that we can't see how much Thomas is getting total? Why is the contact being kept secret? No other player's contract is in the NBA.
Officially they all are secret.
The amount has been reported, but I suppose there is only one source so far because no one really cares about it.
Thomas contract is quite known. It's:
2013-2014: $702,233 ($100K guaranteed)
2014-2015: $948,163 (fully unguaranteed)
If he isn't waived before January 7th 5pm ET, his 2013-2014 salary becomes fully guaranteed.
What are the Spurs intentions with Thomas? Will he actually be on the active 12-man roster? I would think he would get some court time within the next month based on the fact that his contract is fully guaranteed on January 7th.
They are going to see if he doesn't suck as much as he did last time.
Get some time in games already out of hand and see if his 3 point shooting translates to NBA speed.
He could be the 3/4 version of Lin.
I seriously hope hes nowhere near THAT turnover-prone.
Starting the 10th we have 7 games in 10 days. 6 of them are on the road. 3 back to backs. I would think that he is here for giving depth to the front court. Between now and the 7th of Jan, we have 16 games. If he works out, I expect to see Baynes, Thomas, DeColo and Joseph get playing time in Austin.
Former Aztec teammate’s threes surprise LeonardHe also was told Thomas had made six 3-pointers in his most recent game with the Los Angeles D-fenders.
“… And I said, ‘No way,’” said Leonard, who played two seasons with Thomas for the San Diego State Aztecs. “That wasn’t a part of his game, not at all.
“He could shoot but he didn’t shoot a lot of threes. But he’s been working on it. I can see the improvement.”
Thomas laughed off Leonard’s reaction.
“When we were together at San Diego State that certainly wasn’t my thing,” he said.
Early game (hopefully Malcolm's last game, gets called back to Spurs and plays Friday) for Toros - 11 a.m.
It will be difficult for the Toros. Vipers are on a 24 games winning streak between the end of last season and the start of the year.
Regarding Vipers, their style of play is just so unorthodox. They are basically following 2 rules. First rule is: playing as fast as possible. Second rule is: only layups/dunks and 3 pointers are allowed.
With stats, it gives that they are playing at the crazy pace of 112.7 possession per 48 minutes. They are taking 37.4 shots per game at the rim, 6.9 in the paint outside the restricted area, 4.5 from mid-range and 47.9 !!! three pointers per game. So, 88.2% of their shots are either at the rim or behind the arc shots.
Even if it's less extreme, Rockets are also using a little these rules. They led the in 3 pints attended per game and they are playing at a fast pace but the most telling stat is how midrange J are now banned from their game. Blazers are the team that shot the most midrange J with 28.2 per game. The 29th team is Pistons with 18.7. Rockets are 30th with 8.9. So, Rockets are only shooting 8.9 midrange J while the other 29 teams are between 18.7 and 28.9 attempts per game.
With Vipers and Rockets being that successful offensively, this way of playing may expand to other teams so it's worth keeping an eye on.
It's less unorthodox and more the logical conclusion of the analytic nature of Moreyball.
feed started
James Johnson vs Thomas should be good
Kabongo starting tonight
Thomas protecting the rim well to start
Really impressed with Thomas' D....Yeah I know it's D-league, but still like what I see.
Thomas doing a better job of establishing position in the post in the 2nd half.
0-1 from 3 today but that could have been part of the game plan based on the size of the Vipers.
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