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Who is Simmons?
Simmons is a work in progress bro. Butler's a proven NBA vet and he's given us some good minutes this year. I'd love it if Simmons could play at an NBA level but there's currently no proof he can. He the bed in preseason.
Who is Simmons?
I doubt he gets more than 15mpg, can't see him getting burned out with such low minutes.
The guy that took Jimmer's spot.
I actually think Rasual took Jimmer's spot. Rasual and Jimmer came in touted as shooters, Simmons was a wing better known for plays off the dribble, passing and defense.
(Turns out Simmons can't dribble at the NBA level though).
He burned out with WAS last year because he was playing starter minutes. He'll be fine playing 10-15 off the bench.
That is exactly what I thought. As good as he's looked, you have to treat him like a fine china doll, same as Manu TBH. It works out perfectly for us, bc Kawhi/Danny are young and able to soak up minutes Manu/Butler are able to give you quality minutes if you manage their play time well, and Kyle who is a guy that needs some experience but perhaps too green to be a big contributor on this team, is able to soak up minutes here and there, while he continues to get better.
What's this talk about Simmons? Haven't watched him since the summer league
he was aweful in the 6 preseason games TBH, I think he was very close to getting cut. Probably stayed bc he was already signed and Reggie's contract was unguaranteed. It didn't matter bc either guy was very unlikely to play, so you cut the one that was unguaranteed. That said, I do hope he works on his game in the D'league and is able to help if there are injuries TBH.
Thanks tbh. Was pretty hyped about his summer league performance
was straight ballin tonight. good stuff.
Is this the new schtick? Rasual? Really?
He's giving the Spurs some quality minutes.
Great to have someone with some size, athleticism and can shoot as a backup to Leonard. He's been a role play his entire career and seems to know how to be patient in offense. Defensively, he's been able to get a couple of clean blocks.
I think between KA and Butler, there's a lot of good backup for Leonard.
I think the butler acquisition will be greatly felt in the playoffs. I feel that he's going to hit some big shots for us.
Thank you. Was about to ask this question.
Looking at Butler's stats, so far.
Played in 6 games. Didn't play the first game, against OKC.
Total time of 53 minutes. No chance of burnout at less than 10 min / game. Don't see why he couldn't play 12 min., in any game, if need be, or even a little more.
Only 1 of 9 on three pt tries, so far.
However, 7 of 9 from 2-pt land. I think those have all been when he's worked in close to the basket.
Shot 2 FTs, made them both.
7 rebs, all on the defensive end.
4 assists.
3 steals, and 4 blocks. He is working hard on the defensive end.
Only 1 turnover, in that total of 53 minutes, a time which is longer than the length of a game. Man, if they all had only 1 turnover per game, we'd be in tall clover.
Factor in how much time he actually had the ball.
Butler has really thrived as a stretch 4 and has gotten some of Bobo's minutes next to Duncan at that spot, and then some minutes from Anderson. But I don't see him completely edging Anderson out at least until later in the season, bc Anderson has improved significantly since his rookie season and he's a young talent that may be a part of the team's future or at least a future trade chip. At this point he's too good for the D'league. For Pop to see what he needs to continue to work on and develop, he needs some NBA minutes to get tested. Butler is also not going to completely erase Diaw's minutes either. So I don't see him getting over 12-15 minutes a night if everyone is healthy.
He played mostly with a bunch of end the bench guys who were not used to each other at all. I would not be surprised if Manu really wants to play so they sent him to develop his skills. It's really hard to make a judgement based on the lineups he played with. I think he was way more serviceable than Bryce Cotton last year who got cut after the preseason.
Had way too many TO even in good lineups. The last three games, when Pop was undecided on who he was going to keep, they really put him in with the best players, and he still played very poorly. He could not hit a jumpshot. I don't think he hit a single jumpshot in all preseason TBH. He could not handle the basketball and was very poor defensively for a guy that came in touted as a defensive specialist. Cotton was very undersized, also looked like a marginal player and obviously was cut, not a guy we kept around.
Simmons could improve though, I am not really prognosticating his demise or anything and I actually hope he plays well for us when we need him. I was just pointing out, when someone asked about him that the reason he's back in the D'league is that he really looked very marginal as an NBA player and has a lot of things to work on still.
Dude is playing solid so far for the most part as long as he isn't asked to play extended minutes, as is with most role players. Good pick up, I'm being proven wrong.
Comparing Anderson an Butler isn't fair. Andersen is the type of player that needs the ball in his hands to create to be effective. Butler is effective because he doesn't. If Pop let Anderson run the offense, I'm sure we'd see a much different Anderson.
It's not just Pop. The entire Spurs FO is worthless at evaluating talent. Pop just sucks at figuring out how to use guys.
Its time we nominate new leadership.
I don't expect Butler to take the backup SF but in his limited minutes, he's done really well. Nothing wrong with praising the guy.
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