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Pumpkin time...
getting the start tonight
Pumpkin time...
Only for the fools who considered him any good to begin with. He's garbage. Anyone with commonsense already knew this.
Just
Disappointing.... probably need to send him back to the D-league to get some rhythm! This is B.S. that he came unprepared!
The only bull here is a fringe NBA player has 20 pages worth of posts.
His arms actually looked like a defensive tool today, he was bothering the passing lanes so there was some good.
Damned straight. He has two games to convince the Spurs to keep him next year. If they don't, he may be out of the league.
I agree, Raven. Yes, ironically, his defense was acceptable (given it was supposed to be his worst attribute...) and his shooting has trailed off. Ouch. A stretch four that can't shoot. Also, he's strung a few turnovers and fouls along in the last couple of games, which he had been pretty good at preventing in his first few stints. 1-7 from the field and the one make was an offensive rebound and put-back, while great...not the jump-shot we would like to see be consistent for a stretch-4.
But, two steals and a block...and another assist. If he shoots 3 or 4 out of 7 tonight, I think I would have been ok with his performance. I still don't expect much from a guy that has just gotten here and played under 200 minutes, probably, sheesh, good ol' ST hate on the kid.
Spurs are undefeated when Daye starts in place of Duncan.
Last edited by littlecoyotecoin; 04-11-2014 at 11:43 PM.
Perhaps we were over amped when we saw him shoot the lights out on 3s in his first two games. Since then his 3 has virtually disappeared. That's pretty unusual. Only comparison I can think of is Danny Green who loses his touch for 3s off and on.
The glass is half full.
LOL!!!!! I stand corrected!!!
I said Daye was a Best Case: Frye | Worst Case: Novak kind of player, and I'm sticking to that comparison.
Daye has been pretty disappointing from mid-range though. I mean, he's so friggin tall there's usually not even a hand in his face
Spurs have lost 2 games total since he signed with the Spurs.
The glass is half full.
I took a dump last night and didn't flush. Spurs haven't lost a game since I left it there.
Can Daye guard Durant effectively?
He'll never get the chance.
Even if he could, it really isn't Pop's MO to play new players. Mills and Splitter are good examples. Took a long time and hard work for them to prove themselves to Pop that they deserved PT.
With the little time he got I still prefer him over Nando. As usual, some were too harsh on Daye his last couple games. He played three games after his back injury, and each one after he sat out with that injury looked a little better each time. Still, very small sample size and little practice time, and no training camp or summer league.
A veteran pro like Michael Finley took a lot more time to get acclimated when he came to the Spurs than Daye has had. Jefferson never got acclimated. The kid has gotten a little more than 100 minutes of playing time. Take it with a grain of salt. Coming to The Spurs would be intimidating, not wanting to screw up the chemistry, always wanting to defer, to be the team player you know they want, could easily be hard on a younger player. Again, Finley struggled with same.
Pop just got done giving a speech about how things worth building don't always get built overnight.
Nope. Durant is a 6-10 guard. Daye is a PF. Austin's length might one day allow him to stay in plays against smaller players, but it doesn't work against people his size.
As to whether he gets a chance, I hope not, as I want Kawhi, Danny and Manu to get all of the minutes on him, in that order. But it wouldn't surprise me to see him active for this series while one of the bigs is in a suit. So depending on injuries and foul trouble, he may get one.
Pop's not willing to take risks even if they're good risks.
Are you suggesting that Daye on Durant would be a good risk?
I'm suggesting sticking with Manu in game 6 last year wasn't.
Lame, even for you.
Paul Garcia PS (@PaulGarciaPS) tweeted at 5:47 PM on Mon, May 19, 2014:
Last series, don’t recall seeing Austin Daye pregame. He’s out here warming up tonight, could be a reserve in this series possibly.
(https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaPS/sta...23404509712384)
Pop about to unleash our secret weapon!
Since OKC has very few bigs it might make sense to have him as a reserve over Ayres.
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