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He played better than Livingston.
IMHO he is not that good, sorry just don't see it an upside to this guy. He is what he is.
He played better than Livingston.
Ah, I know what you're talking about too. That was another head scratcher. It may have been Durant too but don't remember
Did the same thing on a play in the paint, too. He looked absolutely lackadaisical. You are right.
It's still so early, I'd like to see him a couple months in. But w/Anderson, it seems like he needs a certain lineup (S) out there to succeed. Whereas we need him to come in and be versatile. Like Simmons could've started, and the spacing immediately improves because he'll either shoot the 3, or he'll drive to the rim and kick out or finish.
Anderson, if he's not the guy trying to create for others, he seems a bit lost out there. Most folks would agree, his biggest issue was not willing to shoot when he has space. He did in garbage time when LMA drove and kicked to him in the corner, and he hit it. I just am baffled why he can't do it more. He's not a good candidate to start if he will refuse to shoot, but Simmons seemed to fit the 2nd unit well.
They'll have to get in his ear big time to shoot the ball when he catches it, or be decisive if he's going to put the ball on the court
Honestly, Kyle will never ever be anything more than an end of the bench, garbage time player.
Spurs already have enough deadwood in the backcourt, and Anderson doesn't need to add to that.
He doesn't bring anything to the team, and is way too passive to be getting the minutes that he does. He's way too slow for this era of the NBA.
where's sagirl?
With a few days before the start of the season, he gets inserted into the starting lineup against the Warriors in Oakland. He wasn't spectacular, but he was solid. He's another piece that the Spurs can work with to find lineups that work when Danny comes back. Hard to be too unhappy about the Spurs' depth, particularly with the way the roster looked on paper a few short weeks ago.
Him at sg is a friggin joke. If you want to keep JS off the bench, start Bertans. Anderson is nothing and will be nothing more than a small ball four. Pop needs to quit with the idea he is going to turn into a poor mans Horry. He's not even a poor mans Bonner.
He did alright. He didn't show his iq the, and made a handful of bad decisions on team defense. One point he moved out of curry's way and let him walk to the rim. Bertans is going to eat into his minutes hopefully. He doesn't do enough offensively to make up for his defensive liabilities in today's fast pace. He's a decent bench guy for situational purposes. The warriors arnt one though, so hard to judge when you know he won't be playing those types of teams.
Doesn't seem like you would need a PhD to figure out that a guy nicknamed Slow-Mo at the 2 is going to be a problem. But he was only a SG in name, because he was there to replace Danny. He's not really an anything. It just wasn't fair putting him into the starting lineup against the Warriors. There's not a player at any position in their starting 5 that he can guard.
Next to Garino writing about how he will make an impact over Forbes.
No issues with him. Tough spot and he's obviously not a great fit with Pau/LmA. He needs the ball to be more effective and with Pau/LMA it makes defensive assignments tough especially when the plan is to switch against great ball handlers.
But he did ok - just has to get into a better role.
KA needs more off ball players to flourish. I know people are ting on him but I didn't think he was that bad. Once he starts shooting more with confidence he'll be fine.
I liked that Pop FINALLY decided to put Kyle on Livingston.......after 2 seasons.
If Simmons is playing anywhere near he did tonight when Danny returns then Kyle is going to be the odd man out like De Colo.
If he's going to be a two, matching him up with Parker seems like the worst possible combination. When you need energy, he's the worst person to put on a team with Parker, Aldridge, Pau and Kawhi, though I was excited about Pop putting length out there. You gotta have some kind of movement on offense, though, and there was NONE of it with that starting lineup.
He wasn't aggressive. He needs to be aggressive. He simply doesn't have role-player skills.
I'm sure the Sixers will take him off our hands for us or just wait for Detroit to throw a ton of money at him. Either way, hopefully his slow ass is gone next season.
Lol you are just trolling Harlem after all these Kyle hate threads.
Anyways, I will be honest. As a fan he was majorly disappointing. He was hesitant and passed out of good shots he can make. It was as bad a game as I have seen from him in a long time, going back to the beginning of last season with how insecure he looked.
They have spacing issues with him, but working on his 3 was a point of emphasis in the offseason and he established he can shoot the 3. I think the closeouts freak him out, but it's something he's going to have to get over. Overall just really, really disappointing TBH. I don't think he had the right mentality he needed to have to compete in this game and once he had a bad start and passed out of shots, teammates stopped passing to him and it went downhill from there. It was bad, very very bad.
But it's just one game. I have shat on plenty of guys over SEVERAL BAD GAMES and they have shown they have game. But still it's bittersweet that in such an awesome team win he was so majorly disappointing. He doesn't have the right mentality IMO.
He doesn't have energy guy skills, but he didn't turn the ball over, he shot well, he moved the ball well, and he defended pretty well against a starting five with four all-stars, two of whom are MVP caliber players. The big glaring issue tonight seemed to be more chemistry than anything else.
I also want to say that Kyle looked straight-lost as the PF in that third quarter. Had no idea how to run horns, and the players were breaking their sets trying to get him in position. It was not a very heady outing for him.
The team should have gone out of their way to give Kyle his precious post ups vs. the Warriors tonight. Thankfully the Spurs were able to overcome not going to it.
Same old dribble dribble nothing
Simmons played the game of his life though, suss that
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