You don't have to be lighting quick with the ball, especially at 6'9, to be qualified as a great ball handler.
Exactly, the Spurs want this kid to contribute in other ways and he will given time. He's looking to pass more than he's looking to score, and he has the length to use his ball handling to create space, step back and knock down a jumper here and there. He has that wide step back which reminds me a lot of pierce to get his shot off since he doesn't leave the ground much.
Thank you Boris.
The Spurs have had slow-release shooters before who've performed well...
Even in 2003, Stephen Jackson had a release you could time with an hourglass...and it never got any quicker.
noris cole was a 30 pick
Splitter is good on defense because of his quickness. He doesn't jump high, no, but he has really good quickness for a center. It's why he's good against the pick and roll.
Exactly. He was the starting point guard for a good UCLA squad. He's not exceptionally quick, and he has the higher dribble you have when you're 6'8.5". But he is a good ball handler for a 6'4" guard, exceptional for a combo forward.
He was a PG in high school, i believe. So his dribbling is fairly ty for years of work
Jesus Christ.
The Spurs didn't beat the Heat with fast dribbling, they did it with their passing. If we need a backup PF to break down a defense off the dribble to win, we're screwed anyway.
lol
Yeah, which backup PFs regularly score that way?
That kid needs to watch this video b/c obviously he didn't watch the Spurs playoff run. Tell me how many baskets did the Spurs have without one player dribbling the ball.
Off topic, but I just read the following in another forum"
seanybubbles;6210124]You could always use that chinook in an arrogant bas clone.
Danny Green was a power-forward until his last year in college, but you don't judge his blocked shots against what PFs do.
I don't get it.
Of course he has concerns surrounding him. That's why he fell to 30. He does a lot of things well for a player grabbed at 30 though. Excellent passer, good shooter, good rebounder, team player, good at ude, good ball handling and pg skills. The pros are simply uncharacteristic for a player taken the last pick of the first round. Sure, his overall quickness and defensive ability is a concern. The Spurs will try to develop that part of his game.
Chinook is a hop variety. In the off-topic post the issue was using Chinook in the intended Pliny the Elder clone or this suggestion to use it in an Arrogant Bas clone. I was in that thread because I'm planning to clone Pliny in a couple of brews.
This guy just seems like a diamond in the rough to me, even physically just look at his body, looks all soft, very little muscle, and it shows in his game.
Already 230+, get this guy in the gym and he could easily add 10lbs of muscle like most rookies do. He's got great length and a high release making his shot hard to block, this dude grilled defenders in college A LOT.
I think if he continues to develop he can be extremely difficult to guard, seems like the type of player that'd abuse his mismatch at will.
Just 20 years old, SA can mold him however they want.
I agree completely man. He's an offensive wizard. I think his length could be very valuable in the Spurs defensive schemes. If he gets beat, as long as he stays in the play, he can still bother shots.
I'm looking forward to Patty, Manu, Kyle, Boris, and whoever we find to be 5th, all playing in the second unit. If we thought the Foreign Legion could pass and create, this would theoretically be incredible.
One of the most underrated posters on the forum. Even if he IS an uncompromising WoW disciple.
You're just flat out hating now.
Was. I saw the light a while ago, though disciple was definitely true a year or 2 ago.
Quite honestly, I see him as our future 6th man.
He will replace Manu's role leading the 2nd unit.
He will have the ball on his hands to create and It's much easier to put a functional team around him if he comes off the bench. That will be his role in San Antonio IMO.
Don't know about the expert part, but watching him, he brings back memories of George Gervin the Iceman, silky smooth, not very fast, and seeming to play like in slow motion yet despite that, still no one can touch him.
I was thinking Hedo as well. Slow as refrigerated molasses but somehow gets what he wants
I still think its going to be Mills-Beli-Manu-Diaw-? maybe Pop try out Anderson in that lineup. I don't see Pop going with a Mills-Beli-Manu-Anderson-Diaw lineup though because of the lack of rim protection.
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