Blair was a good pickup for a 37th pick, and an above average contributor his first 2 years.
By Blair's fourth year, he had developed a great floater shot. On most any other team he would've been a rotation player. He requested to leave SA b/c of minutes. That was a mistake, imo. He probably will have shortened his career and traded away some rings.
He did play well for Dallas, but unfortunately he has next to zero contribution to the Wizards. Careers is now on the skids and is very near being kicked out of the NBA.
It's better to shine in limited minutes than to play bad in an increased role. Players that are considered a value will always be able to sign. And with Blair's knee, he already knows that too many minutes will end his career too soon.
Considering KA played in Austin last season, and the amount of plays in SL called for him specifically, I highly doubt PATFO has any intentions to send him back down.
Mutombo and Hakeem can still play, hahahahaha
Roster is set. Bonner will spend most of the time on bench. Jimmer probably will make roster and he`d decided wheather he wants to sit most games or play in europe. Same for Reggie. Boban and Anderson will see some PT in Austin.
Anderson will play, Spurs need him. Wing rotation is thin as it is, and Pop will not overplay guys. Like Raven said, he is also very versatile and played several positions in SL. If anything, Pop and RC not picking up a vet wing and going with Simmons is a sign that they are counting on Anderson. Them picking up Jimmer for a potential 15th spot and that Bonner signing all give signs that they are confident Simmons/Anderson will fill out the wing rotation good enough for what the team needs.
He's more scorer than shooter and they don't need another undersized guard, that is sub par defensively and can't run an offense.
If he were to be bought out, he'd be signed for a prorated portion of the veteran's minimum though, so it wouldn't be an issue financially.
Yeah, if Ginobili unexpectedly returns and one of Anderson or Simmons establish themselves as rotation players, then they can take a chance on someone unestablished.
Two more names to add to the "post trade deadline candidates", are M. Williams and Novak.
As I said a 12-13 role would be ideal for bayless..
Not that I would try my hardest to get him given his limitations.
He probably wouldn't accept it and between Mills, McCallum and I doubt he lasts the season, but for now, Fredette, they have three players who are all somewhat similar to him. McCallum, in particular, in style, stature and role on this team.
He won't be asked to facilitate a whole lot of the offense for the Spurs. He'll be asked to be a spot up shooter much of the time. And shooting 37 to 41 percent will pretty much completely defeat the purpose of playing him as a spot up shooter since he'll be sucking at it.
Terrible analysis.
Anderson's primary purpose is not to be a spot up shooter. The Spurs may as well cut him now if that were the case; cos he'll never be that great of a shooter. Anderson is a playmaker forward with guard skills.
Says the guy touting Jimmer Fredette as a world-moving signing
Anderson shot 35.9 percent from twos and 27.3 percent from threes in his rookie season. Even if a player isn't purely a spot-up type of player, shouldn't he have to hit percentage benchmarks or spot-up a certain percent of the time to be called a spot-up shooter?
Let me ask, would you call Diaw a spot-up shooter? Why?
Jimmer is a good guy to stick in if we're down 3 on the last play of the game, given TD/LMA/Manu are on the pine for the DNP-Old variety.
I completely agree. Hes been terrible as a shooter which has totally limited his usefulness and why he didn't get minutes last year. This is largely because they haven't wanted to use him as a facilitator. He hasn't proven to be any good at it at the NBA level (or even the Summer League level as we saw - with the singular exception of the Championship game). Besides - why would you want Anderson facilitating the offense when the second unit has Ginobili and Diaw? That makes no sense.
Anderson is going to have to get an at least passable spot-up game going in order to be relevant for the time being. Otherwise I don't know why you'd give the ball to a D-League standout when you have Ginobili the former 6th Man of the Year and All-Star available to do those duties. How do they fit together on the floor?
Hes an intriguing camp invite. Nothing more.
If he wants to be more he'll have to earn it.
I think we're on the same page. Anderson does need to shoot better for sure. And he is not likely to be a great facilitator simply because he is slow and lacks strength. However, that is a part of what ultimately makes him effective. So, he'll need to improve his strength, quickness, confidence, etc to be able to make plays. Because I doubt he's gonna be good enough to just shoot jump shots when they come his way. I see him more as a swiss army knife type of player. You want him to do a little bit of everything.
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