Table showing Most Improved Players in 2015-16 Spurs

[Chinook]

Anderson obviously improved. I don't know why people are trying to say he did. Does that mean he was good enough? Probably not. But the fact that he went from not really playable to being a decent rotation player in one season is encouraging. The team's going to need him to take the step to be in the top seven or eight this year. You can make as many snide comments or add as many emoticons as you want. But that's not going to change the fact that unless he's traded, Kyle's going to be one of the most influential players on the team's season.

[dabom]

You see the thread le then OP name you conclude, must be Kyle Anderson getting his suck by the weirdo

[SAGirl]

Anderson obviously improved. I don't know why people are trying to say he did. Does that mean he was good enough? Probably not. But the fact that he went from not really playable to being a decent rotation player in one season is encouraging. The team's going to need him to take the step to be in the top seven or eight this year. You can make as many snide comments or add as many emoticons as you want. But that's not going to change the fact that unless he's traded, Kyle's going to be one of the most influential players on the team's season.

Indeed. Haters are going to hate. Can't do anything about that.

It was his first playoff rodeo. Ppl have unrealistic expectations holding him accountable for a series in which the bench experienced an epic collective collapse and were overwhelmed. He couldn't have saved them from that. Even LMA and Kawhi who are top players in the league struggled to keep that bench afloat. They had too many problems inside and too many guys not making shots. That wasn't on him.

It was significant he played 15 minutes in the last game though and that his minutes in the second half were at the 4 surrounded by all of our HOF veterans. I think that was a very emotional game for Timmy and Manu due to their possible retirement. Kyle got to witness first hand the pressure of a must win game playoff game on the road and compete next to them. He wouldn't have been there unless Pop believed in him. You can't teach a guy what a game like that is like except putting him in that situation. He was 2-4 in that game and the made shots weren't easy, or open spot up shots. One was a hook shot over Roberson who is a plus defender.

I agree that moving forward, he's going to have to rise to the occasion more often than this past season. Specially if we return with basically the same roster and a moderate addition (not landing a premier FA I mean). And the reason we know that is bc he was already picking up minutes for Tim and Manu when they got injured. He's still young and I doubt Pop will burden him too much all of a sudden but they will probably give him a bit more freedom that the strict leash he started this past season at and expect more.