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I guess he agreed to it?
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[PRESS RELEASE] Spurs assign Austin Daye to @austintoros - j.mp/1m7mnjA
Toros have a game at 7:30 tonight.
I guess he agreed to it?
these are the kind of tests of character he's going to have to pass in order to stick with the team... expected, tbh
Won't get active on the mothership, so why not?
Better than wearing a suit.. gotta get some game time in.
Should be a good test. He'll probably start at PF but RGV runs so small and fast that Daye will have plenty of opportunities to guard the perimeter. Most likely players to match up with are both 6'7".
Daye's willingness to go to the d-league is good. However, it seems like he stands the best chance of getting minutes in the majors during this stretch.
Exactly. If they want to see anything from him this year, this week would be the time. Utah, Lakers, Sacto is as soft stretch as we have for the rest of the season.
He can always go back and forth. Six of the final nine Toros games are at home so that could be worked in with deactivating and resting one of the Spurs players in their games. That might not happen in such a tight race for the best record though.
Tonight's Toros game is on FSSW btw.
Pop is scared less of giving Daye any minutes and him succeeding, tbh. He doesn't want another reason for his pet project Errors to lose playing time.
Daye is a project and not even a great one. Sure, it would be nice if he turned into anything more than an end of the bench player, but he hasn't demonstrated anything up to this point. He's still young, though, so it's possible that this is his greatest opportunity to make a career for his self. Just off the top of my head, I can't think of too many fringe role players that went through the Spurs system and turned their careers around or made a lasting impact. Gary Neal is easily the most successful to date, but anybody else? Maybe Garrett Temple? Nazr Mohammed? Cory Joseph?
I can't even count Neal because he only went to Austin to rehab from his surgery. Garrett Temple didn't play for the Toros (Rio Grande Vipers), and I don't think Nazr did either. Cory went voluntarily, as did Nando, and we know what happened to him.
Honestly, being assigned to the Toros could be a death knell for Daye. I'd be surprised if he did anything incredible.
Will fit in a team named after him, tbh.
Good sign that he accepted the assignment. Next season will be his last chance of staying in the league. With his limited skillset and Bonner hopefully being gone, the Spurs will be his best chance of prolonging his career tbh.
prepare to be disappointed
Raiders bro, Raiders.
Daye is going to tear up in the D-League
You forgot to mention Baynes who played with the Toros.
Alonzo Gee also played for the Spurs and was assigned to the Toros and used to start for Cleveland.
Well he better score at least 25 points a game or I will be greatly disappointed.
Better than rotting behind the bench while Ayres and Bonner get burn in blowouts. It also lets him get more acquainted with the system in a low-consequence environment. Good move, hope he makes the most of it.
tbh he shouldn't look to score the way he always did, he should look at this minutes as a way to test his newly learned moves and schemes.
It's all part of the plan
NBA D-League @nbadleague
We have a new single-season record: @spurs' Austin Daye is the record 59th different @NBA player assigned to the #NBADL this season!
They are sending NBA players to promote DLeague, Will Kobe go?
If 'All Daye ErryDaye' can get double doubles and +51 a night then I welcome him as the new 4th big tbh
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