This.
Spurs are aleady the best team in the NBA, and on a vengence tour for a few miscues that cost them #5 last year.
Can you imagine Daye, at 6'11, coming in and averaging 10-12 points per game a night, with very efficent and clutch (as he already proved clutch in Detroit) shooting?
You think the Spurs are embarrasing the league now?
It would be All Night and All Daye.
Props to him.
Love fearless shooters, or in other words, the an hesis of Matt Bonner.
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[QUOTE = Mel_13; 7207474]Matt Bonner had an MRI that confirmed right calf strain today. Out about two weeks. Bonner injury news ensures new fan fave Austin Daye will be in uniform for approximately the next two weeks.
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Have they cancelled the season and given us the LOB yet?
Can he defend the 4, thats the key IMO. If he can, his 3 point shot would open a lot of space on offense, but only if he can defend the 4.
The very tiny sample from last night is not encouraging (watch the defensive sequences against Thad Young in the first half), but I don't have any idea how much he's done that in his career. If he's retained for next season, I'd imagine that would be an area of emphasis this summer. His future with the Spurs, if any, would seem to be as a stretch 4. He appears determined to stay with the Spurs and Pop was certainly impressed with what he brings on the offensive side.
Yes, don't have to panick much when your defender is playing 10 feet off of you. That was a glorified scrimmage and the players knew it.
If he has one thing to work on, it is definitely his one-on-one defense. He got blown by off the dribble several times last night, and not even just on mismatches, especially early in the game. He seemed to find more of a flow once he got comfortable (aka started putting the ball in the basket) and realized Pop wasn't going to pull him after a few miscues.
Dude could also stand to eat a Whataburger or two.
He wasn't that bad, IMO... Young is a starter after all, and he has schooled much better players than Daye. I thought overall he boxed out and rebounded well (both against Philly and GSW), and has some shot blocking going for him. He has to muscle up more to be more effective though.
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It looked like he got blown by soooo easily though. By a PF. You could see why they aren't playing him as a SF.
http://www.ktvz.com/sports/Daye-sees...76ers/25147862
Sounds like he is feeling comfortable so far."I just try to be professional and be ready when my number is called," said the 6-foot-11, 200-pound Daye. "I try not to do too much. This system is amazing and solid. It fits pretty well for myself. When the trade happened, I told people I screamed into my pillow I was so happy."
Coach Gregg Popovich said he is impressed with Daye's skills.
"Obviously he can shoot it, but he's also a good passer," Popovich said. "He knows how to play the game."
Agree...he doesn't have to defend the 4, he has to defend the bench 4.
This. He's polished on offense, surprisingly polished, but he's the turd in the punch bowl on D. With his length, he's GOT to be able to at least stay relatively in front of his man.
Austin Daye is too light in the shorts to defend most 4's. David Lee, Blake Griffin, David West, Lebron James, and some othr playoff PF would destroy him.
Pop found his smallball 4 though.
Watching the highlights from the sixers game he reminds me a lot of channing frye. And I don't think that is a bad thing.
I actually posted a lot of trade ideas to aquire him this past offseason. so getting him was pretty nice for me. I think he fits exactly what we do as an organization. Plus he adds great length. I don't think he is a super star by any means but I do believe he will be a more all around effective matt bonner type. He brings more length, athleticism, and dribbing than what bonner does. His help side defense will be tremendous.
Yes but his length will also bother these guys you mentioned as well.
I think he will be more a helpside defender much like a kirilenko is. plus I don't think defense has been stressed much to him. He will improve being in san antonio.
Reminds me of a taller Marcus Williams tbqh.
It's not knowledge, it's lack of athleticism. Comparison combine numbers for three Spurs players: the first number (in seconds) is the lane agility test time, the second is the 3/4 court sprint.
Kawhi 11.45 3.15
Danny 11.30 3.30
Austin 12.11 3.55
He's a plodder. If he were 6'6" he would never have made an NBA roster. His size allows him to get off a pretty jumper, he has some decent ball handling and passing skills, and good BBIQ, but he'll never even be an average defender. I think if the Spurs had drafted him they would have put him on a weight and eating program and put a solid 25-30 lbs on him and made him a 4. The question is, why waste time on a 25 YO stretch 4 project in Tim's probably last year next season when you can go out and sign Channing Frye this summer? You don't.
i was just watching the thunder play the mavs and i couldn't help but notice this guy durant plays so much like Daye. The fluidity of his movement, unmatched athleticism, Kawhi Leonard type length, ball handing for a 6'11 player is so much like daye. I think in a couple of years Durant has the potential to be close to that of an Austin Daye, but i could be wrong it is very rare to replicate the skill/length/explosiveness of AD "All Daye".
Don't see it... that Durant kid is a chucker, tbh... plus, who loses to the Mavs???
Granted Bonner is much slower now than he was in 2003, but still... Daye has an uphill battle on defense.
How did larry bird ever make it?
tim duncan isn't a superior athlete.
dirk nowviski isn't a great athlete.
Your thinking is a plodder!
If you are talking about Young, wasn't he a SF from the beginning of his career. So Daye didn't exactly got abused by a traditional PF.
Young go around a lot of people. thaddeus young is a very athletic fast twitched guy.
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