Jonathon Simmons doesn't like the Spurs

[Nathan89]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ThaRealJs...89791755956225

[Robz4000]

Cut him

[dabom]

Why does this need a thread. It has already been covered too. Native of Houston.

[steeledl]

He probably won't live this down on this forum.....but The guy was a basketball fan with preferences on teams before he made the NBA..... No way ! Probably grew up a rockets fan tbh... I'd have hated us too if I were him.

[DMC]

Obviously he didn't read my thread downstairs that year.

[100%duncan]

Church of Kyle doing work

[steeledl]

Church of Kyle doing work

Truth... Unfortunately my little bro is a devoted member.

[SpurPadre]

I'm sure Horry hated us too before he came on board, tbh.

[bic50]

Wouldn't surprise me if kawhi hated the spurs too growing up a lakers fan.
Thankfully he doesn't do twitter.

[100%duncan]

Truth... Unfortunately my little bro is a devoted member.

Nathan is your brother?

[steeledl]

Nathan is your brother?

Blood. Little brother though.

[100%duncan]

Blood. Little brother though.

wants to trade Patty for Jarrett jack SMH

[dabom]

wants to trade Patty for Jarrett jack SMH

[kaji157]

Kill him and drink his blood.

[steeledl]

wants to trade Patty for Jarrett jack SMH

Hahaha wtf. I missed that I guess. Sound like Nathan though, tbh.

[Nathan89]

I'm not a KA fan tbh.

[100%duncan]

Hahaha wtf. I missed that I guess. Sound like Nathan though, tbh.

Mills for all the good that he does has always only worked because Ginobili is the real pg when Parker is off the court. Tonight Ginobili will be out resting like many games to come. Will we lose? I would guess not but every game without Ginobili will be significantly more difficult to win and he will miss many do to rest and possibly injury this year. What will make it more difficult is the absence of Belinelli who brought some scoring ability.

Beyond that, with the loss of Joseph the team is much more reliant on Parker’s health throughout the regular season and playoffs because Mills isn’t an adequate backup pg and neither is McCallum.
Basically Mills offers no relief to two of the most vulnerable to injury players on the team. To quote Wikipedia, “In engineering, redundancy is the duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the intention of increasing reliability of the system, usually in the form of a backup or fail-safe.” Mills happens to not be very beneficial in that regard.

So the Spurs need someone who can shoot the three well to fit with Ginobili on the bench, be a better fit for the starting lineup than Mills or McCallum if Parker gets hurt, and possibly replace some of what we lost when Belinelli left us.

That player is Jarrett Jack. Mills would obviously have to go but Spurs should also be willing to trade KA and a first round pick if absolutely needed. Spurs should try to avoid giving the pick but the Nets can have KA. This should be appealing to the Nets since they aren’t in the best draft pick situation.
Jarrett Jack does more than solve the previously mentioned issues. He is talented enough to lessen the load every night for the other guys. He is 6’3.5 and has a 6’7.5 wingspan, so he is a much better fit in two pg lineups.

Perhaps the most beneficial thing about Jack is that he is a much better fit for a potential matchup with the Warriors. Jack has the size and defense to switch to 1 through 3 with Danny or Kawhi without being a huge liability on any given possession. To put his defense in perspective his opponents shot -0.1% worse in 2014(so normally they shot 43.1% and against him the shot 43%), they shot -0.4% worse in 2015, and so far in 2016 they have shot -1.7% worse. Parker’s opponents have shot 2.1%, 1.3%, and 10.3% better for the same years.

On the offensive end Jack will provide a pg with pg skills that can also shoot reliably from beyond the arc. Although Mills can shoot he doesn’t have the pg skills to play substantial minutes without Manu to share the court with him. Now that Kawhi is the player with the highest usage on the team surrounding him with three point shooters who aren’t just shooters like Green is a necessity. An offense cannot possibly flourish when the highest usage player is surrounded by only one three point shooter.

[steeledl]

Thanks for the insight

Nathan... Wow. Do you still want to dump mills for jack?

[Nathan89]

Thanks for the insight

Nathan... Wow. Do you still want to dump mills for jack?

Jack is out for the year.

[steeledl]

Jack is out for the year.

what if he were healthy?

[siraulo23]

What did the tweet say, its deleted now

[spursfan1000]

What did the tweet say, its deleted now

[BillMc]

What did the tweet say, its deleted now

This.

Plus, I'm pretty sure he likes them these days.

[NASpurs]

Can't escape the internet

[dabom]

Did he delete it today?