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Pop seems like a happier guy than usual from what I've seen in these interviews. Hope this leads to MVParker getting more touches
Lee looks like he's crying in that thumbnail.
Pop seems like a happier guy than usual from what I've seen in these interviews. Hope this leads to MVParker getting more touches
Simmons is better than Anderson, and I don't think it's close. Kyle got fed mandatory minutes by pop, he certainly didn't earn them.
Glad to hear that. I think he's proven he's an NBA player and Pop has to figure out how to get the best out of him. He's earned minutes that is the bottom line, he's become confident, and is shooting better which I am glad to hear. It still feels like Pop is not 100% sure how to play him, but at least he wants to figure him out and he's aware Kyle deserves to play at this point.
Getting excited.
Yea, he's a good dude. Curious to see how he fits, I think he'll be a nice asset personally
Here is Lee (a bit more & Pop on Anderson again) & Dedmon for like 4 secs lol
Obviously, not always.
Getting excited.
lol Chinook with the sarcastic media observations.
lol The Dwest thing puts all this media stuff as a show in retrospect.
It's tough for a coach to try and play everyone when you've got a fairly deep team I guess. In recent years Pop has done a good job of spreading out the minutes overall IMO. With Anderson he was at 16MPG last year, I could see it jumping to 18-20mpg this season.
Please god let David lee take a giant sh!t on David west at some point this season.
speaking of smh....
West.... Take a massive on Dreymond Green... I can't wait for that matchup! You know Lee wanna get at him.
That is true, though. Simmons is extremely coddled. No way would he survive the Green treatment. Anderson doesn't get the Green got, but he's still not nearly as babied.speaking of smh....
I liked Lee by the way. He is a pro, and is ready to compete, push others (which will only make youngsters better IMO. Personally I am all for compe ion, for example how do we expect Davis Bertans and Kyle to play the 4 if they can't handle Lee in a practice? Lee better give these two as far as I am concerned. It only makes younger guys better to compete against real NBA talent). He's also been a champion, he knows what it takes, and has sacrificed when he's needed to, for the betterment of the team. Frankly I like him more than DWest, bc he's been a winner, and is not bandwagoning. It sounds like he will compete whenever he gets minutes.
thanks for sharing bklyn!
And I suspect if he plays the 4, Anderson will encounter some pretty rough nights defensively. I am already getting ready for the Pop yell treatment and that will only make him better.
Not once I have seen that with Simmons, not once.
We shall see I guess.
I haven't been getting on the guy in a "hater" sort of way. I wish him the best, but you are right in the sense, that in order to get the absolute best out of a player, that guy needs to get ready for the coach to be tough on him, and demand the absolute best. I saw Pop chew Anderson on occasion last season, not once on J.Simms. He disappeared to the dleague midseason and that was that. I suppose what was said, was said privately.
Edit: but considering he's not a rookie anymore, I would expect Pop this season to be tougher.
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How has Simmons been babied or coddled? He got left out of the rotation even though he produced more than Kyle while he was on it. He's had to go to Austin. He's had to wear suits on game day.
Kyle was the one STILL getting minutes all the way up to game 7 against OKC even though he averaged 2.3ppg, 2.4rpg, 0.7apg on 32FG% and 33% from threeoh, and a 7.7 PER
Those are called mandatory minutes. Not earned.
Anderson > Butler > Simmons > MartinHow has Simmons been babied or coddled? He got left out of the rotation even though he produced more than Kyle while he was on it. He's had to go to Austin. He's had to wear suits on game day.
Kyle was the one STILL getting minutes all the way up to game 7 against OKC even though he averaged 2.3ppg, 2.4rpg, 0.7apg on 32FG% and 33% from three
This is just a thing we know.
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Simmons > Butler > Anderson > Martin
would you want to prove to me otherwise? Because stats are certainly NOT on Kyle's side.
Fathead playing in the playoffs less than a bag off .
No Prob
I liked Lee by the way. He is a pro, and is ready to compete, push others (which will only make youngsters better IMO. Personally I am all for compe ion, for example how do we expect Davis Bertans and Kyle to play the 4 if they can't handle Lee in a practice? Lee better give these two as far as I am concerned. It only makes younger guys better to compete against real NBA talent). He's also been a champion, he knows what it takes, and has sacrificed when he's needed to, for the betterment of the team. Frankly I like him more than DWest, bc he's been a winner, and is not bandwagoning. It sounds like he will compete whenever he gets minutes.
thanks for sharing bklyn!
Internal compe ion is a great way to get the best out of players
I definitely don't see KA falling out the rotation, but Pop will try to get him some more time during meaningful play vs garbage time if I had to guess. It'll take some tinkering though, and probably won't be immediate, cause he has to see how other guys fit in on the bench as well. Sometimes it's not until like 4 months in that he's got a real rotation he's comfortable with and start gearing towards the playoffs.
Re: Lee, I think he and Anderson could fit well together and run the P&R nicely. It'll be interesting to see how these guys do in camp though. Can't wait to watch it all play out
That would be awesome. The first game of the season in GS haha
TGY you don't look at the entirety of the situation. In the playoffs it wasn't Kyle's role to score, first of all he played very little and didn't touch the ball at all most of the time. He wasn't involved unless he was wide open which didn't happen often bc no one in that bench was drawing a double team and they were manhandled in the paint. It's been discussed ad nauseaum elsewhere so will just leave it at that. You have to look at Mills and Dwest, even Manu, guys who did have the ball and were taking shots and supposed to run the offense.
Simmons needed to work on being solid. That's not arguable. It's basically what Pop said. He was prone to mistakes under pressure at inopportune times and wasn't reliable on defense. This is a new season and he has a new chance to prove he can be those things. It's on him. Dude hasn't shown yet he can do these things, which is why it surprised me Pop put him on the same level as Kyle, who did show he could be relied on. But Pop sees these guys in practice and maybe Simmons is indeed more solid now, and if he is, it's for the best. Simmons is not a rookie anymore. I wish him to do well and have stated that everywhere. Now obviously I do expect Pop to be more strict bc that is the only way the dude will really progress further from where he's at. He won't get better by being comfortable with what he's been doing so far.
People do realize that the Gasol signing was so huge, the timing was perfect. If Duncan retired and Spurs signed nobody to fill that void, the Spurs could be looking at struggling to make the 8th spot in the West with the team currently constructed. Gasol isn't replacing Tim, you can't, he is just filling the void.
Getting excited.
Spurs have potential to be either the #1 seed or the #3rd now.
Pau is gonna have a great season, he seems motivated.
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