Yeah, I was saying he doesn't have Jimmer's at ude. But I don't see him as being more talented than Jimmer. I wouldn't mind seeing him get a chance to develop in Austin. But I don't see any possibility that he makes the Spurs' roster this year. Just setting expectations.
Archiwhote dude is not NBA player but he's got a decent character. He plays hard in all positions and you can tell he's always trying to do things within the game plan.
I watched him in college and he had the same at ude.
Jinmer is a scrub who thinks he deserves touches.
Yeah, I really don't see the comparison with Jimmer at all. Jimmer was a shooter. Arci is a pass-first PG who hustles hard - especially on D. But I don't see his making the Spurs. I expect him to have a good/great career in Europe.
LJC isn't fit to wear mahinmi's #.
My boy PatMcCaw was an early second pick.. I want to say around 35-36?? GSW paid cash for the pick.
Yup have to hope for Dedmon, Pau and Bertans. I have hope in Kyle TBH. Him shooting that 3 is huge. ElNono hiting on Kyle, but him and Manu going to be like this:
Gotta give some time to Murray though. They knew he was raw as when they got him. Boy is only 19 y/o. Still has a long way to go.
God, ESPN 3 is the suckiest suck that ever sucked. I'll have to wait until someone puts the torrent up to watch the game, I guess.
Yeah. Well. They're both white. Where is Harlem when I need him?
No, look, I like the kid, and I like his hustle. But you know that there's no way he's going to be running the point for the Spurs this season, even in garbage time. People will see him do some good things here in SL, and fall in love with him. And they'll just get all upset when he doesn't make the team.
Be honest. If you're concerned about winning the most games this season, would you really rather have him as a third PG or, say, Andre Miller again? I think Miller, with his experience, would hold down the fort better for short stretches. Arci is a good kid, who works hard. But he's not ready for prime time yet.
OMG. I was trying to lighten the mood on an pretty dismal SL game. They're both white PG's trying to catch on to the tail end of an NBA roster. Isn't that enough. I get that he doesn't have the Jimmer at ude. Really. I do.
I like to think I'm realistic and honest with how I feel about him, despite what anybody else thinks. I just don't see a 'jewel' there, so I have to adjust my expectations accordingly. I want him to do well, but, I just don't like what I've seen from him. I'm far from declaring him a "bust" or anything like that. But the clock is ticking for him more than any other rook, and if he's going to show what niche he can excel at to hold on to this team (and league), it's gonna have to be soon.I don't think that will be the case... wow you are incredibly negative!
bc fathead is shooting the 3. Part of the reason he was a poor off the ball player is that he was not a shooter and the Spurs drafted him knowing that. Unfortunately he didn't improve on that shot quick enough b4 Spurs needed minutes from him, but him shooting from 3 opens up the possibilities of what he can do. The other thing is that I think he was meant to play as a stretch 4 anyways, which the Spurs need him to do now. I think Manu and Kyle were starting to play well together when Kyle was a 4 bc Tim got the bad knee... but then Manu got the nutcracked and that was that. I thought when Manu got back Pop went to too much experimenting with K.Martin who was trash and frankly didn't get on guys who were really going to play in the rotation enough, like Boris, who was allowed to coast the last 2 months of the season... I am not going to cast shadow on the possible fit or bad fit bc Kyle plays very well with JSimms TBH.. you are just Mr. glass if half empty
Not able to watch any summer play, hoping y'all can find a keeper.
Nice words on KA from Becky....
“To me, he was the best player in summer league,” Spurs summer coach Becky Hammon said. “When you talk about the most all-around player, he was the best. That’s saying a lot. His leadership, his communicating — he was great for us. There’s really nowhere left for him to go here.”
Make or Break season for SloMo now that he has officially outgrown the SL & DL.
He literally only had to show he could shoot the three, which even you think he did. He didn't have to show he could play off the ball, because he's likely not going to play off the ball as much as he did last year. As a four, he'll probably be handling the ball quite a bit, and when he's not, he'll just be spotting up. If there's anything to take away, it's that he looks like he can shoot a lot better now, so that works out.
You can't simultaneously say that Manu needs help while also assuming he's going to dominate the ball again. Those two things just don't go together. It's entirely possible that they let Anderson and/or Simmons be prominent ball-handlers while Manu focuses on spotting up and secondary creation. He's too old and will possibly be too tired to try to build a bench around him again.
If Slomo can develop into a nice rotation player instead lf being a scrub the spurs should be able to compete against GSW.
He needs to take that next step this yr and fill in for bobo
Got to see this on the tube tonight, ughhhh.... Man it was ugly.
The bench is going to be a damn roller coaster this season.
The main bench crew: Mills/Manu/Simmons/Kyle/Dedmon - hope the can get it done; need a major bounce back year from Patty and have to hope Simmons/Kyle really step up.
Can't expect anything from LJC realistically nor Murray. Bertans is the wild card that "could" contribute. Spurs need a trade for a legit 6th man (guard) badly. Not sure they will want to pull that trigger this year even if they could.
Spurs are running in place. The starters will be enough to win 45-50 games, but our young bench guys don't look like contributors other than maybe Anderson or maybe Simmons, but they don't look like they will get over GSW hump and the fresh young talent has underwhelmed if one is counting on a contribution this year.
Yeah, I liked that quote too.
Waiting on the contingent like dabom and apo to show their faces in light of that comment. Impatient and unknowing blowhards....
Lol @ scrub. 2nd year player with 1st year minutes.
Going from ST admin to legit rotation player seems like a stretch
- Lefty
Most teams don't even have a good second unit. We do. And perhaps Bertans works his way into there too. And what does a deeper bench mean anyways when Pop shuts it down to 8 or 9 when we have the best bench in years anyway this year??
Dude was the Delly of the NCAA.
If Spurs fans don't understand the importance of having a good bench, I don't know what I can say TBH...
Plenty of teams have solid second units, at least players 6-8. Spurs have the POTENTIAL for a good second unit but it's far from given.
I'm ok with that - I'm not complaining. It is what it is at this point. But Spurs have maybe a bottom 10 guard rotation in the NBA with TP/Mills/Simmons/Manu.
I am sticking to my initial comments about waiting till training camp and Early January late December to truly evaluate the Spurs roster.
Summer League is nice to watch because you get to see what last season's players worked on and what the coaching staff is going to harp and grind into the player's ears to work on going into training camp.
I disagree that the Spurs need a sixth man. That will be nominally Manu's role with Anderson actually getting that level of minutes. He did a good job of showing what he'd look like in that role. Having him come in for Green with Manu coming in for Gasol and Simmons/Bertans coming in for Kawhi makes the most sense. I wouldn't be against upgrading Mills. But I really don't want to see them burn assets to do it if that player is going to struggle playing with Manu.
Of course a deep bench is beneficial.
I'm stating Spurs will have a solid rotation on the second unit and something that PATFO s ch together on the third, which rarely plays as a full unit anyways.
So, I'm saying that our top two units are basically what it was last year, minus Duncan, Diaw, and West.
And there was plenty of ing about them, where Dedmon should replace what they were lacking. And like you said, Bertans may be a nice surprise.
And I completely agree our guard play will be our Achilles.
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