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I really think that DJ is a little overhyped. I've not been as impressed with him as the national media is.
Most intriguing nba players this year. Nice and fair read as Spurs optimistic on shot improvement. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...iguing-players
I really think that DJ is a little overhyped. I've not been as impressed with him as the national media is.
Agreed, he needs to show a lot more consistency and vastly improve his jumpshot
Thought this was going to be about his shooting percentages
Gotta anoint someone. Closer to Hill than Kawhi so far. But if he lives up to the hype, the Spurs are dark horse contenders
I'm with you.
That said a lot of people are high on him. Even internaly the Spurs seem quite high on him including the vets. The article does point out a lot of his weak points (Shooting, then shooting and last but not least shooting), but doesn't mention many strengths other than defense.
He's a half complete player. The exciting thing is that the half he has is All NBA level: defense. There's an old, but very true saying that it's much easier to teach offense than defense. He's working with Chip, and his jumper will determine how much of his game gets unlocked. The further out he can shoot, the more space he creates for himself and the offense. It's also very encouraging that he hasn't even tapped all of the gifts he has yet, with Beckie carping at him about blowing past people when his fake works. He admitted that he was hesitant, afraid of making a mistake and getting pulled. If he gets a solid mid range jumper, he's going to be really good. Think: Parkerish, bigger and longer and scary as on defense. If Chip unlocks his 3 pointer like he did Kawhi's, the sky is the limit.
Another thing that people haven’t mentioned is that he actually had to play and get experience to learn what he needed to work on. And now that he has job security and doesn’t have to look over his shoulder, look for him to take more chances and actually be able to attempt to reach his potential.
Nothing we didn't already know. -- spurstalk
Overhyped, underhyped. Whatever, we need something to be excited about this season and Murray is just that.
Whether he pans out or not only time will tell but seeing flashes of greatness every now and then gives us hope. Hopefully he can put it all together this year.
Murray can't finish at the rim very good rn either.. finishes at a low rate and drew hardly any fouls in the paint last season.. here's to hoping he makes a massive leap in year 3
A 10-12 foot jumper would be nice and so would slashing and paint scoring and playmaking. ... Doesn't sound like DJ. I have LOW expectations.
Dejounte has some intangibles to go with his defense: leadership, confidence, ambition and coachability.
He should keep improving and will be a strong player eventually, I believe.
If that 3 pt shot starts falling for him this season, we might makes some noise.
seems overhyped to me too... he played well on a few nationally televised games and Lebron likes him. I think the thing that keeps me more hopeful is the team's commitment to him though. If they supposedly slotted him in the untradable category this summer, then I'll just go pro PATFO with Murray
I agree. It's the intangibles that comes from the player themselves. The Spurs as stated by David Robinson have a real leadership void. Both Physical and Vocal. They had it Physically with Kawhi but he was never vocal, neither is Aldridge or DeRozan from what I can tell. With the loss of Ginobili and Parker someone has to step up. Dejounte wants it but can't have it until he makes a weakness his strength
I don't think he's hyped too much.
I would say that he's been sooo bad on offense at so many things that even modest improvements in any area can result in jumps in his production. He passed up a lot of shots off the dribble, he would pass up shots spotting up. But he also passed up on drives also, don't know if it was his ball-handling or his poor finishing. He was a two-footed jumper most of the time. Allegedly what really helped Donovan Mitc succeed unexpectedly was his adjusting to jumping off one foot.
If he improves any of those things he'll score more, and combined with what should be more minutes he'll have decent scoring numbers.
His last 20 games of the regular season he averaged 26.5 minutes a game and 10 points on 9 shots.
Any improvement should see him at 30+ minutes a game and then 14-15 points a game on 11-12 shots seems reasonable. That would put him right around 15th among all point guards.
Spurs are in a sink or swim situation at the PG.
No Parker or Ginobili to orchestrate the offense.
Mills is too small to set it up.
No Anderson to do this either.
Maybe Forbes has the learned to play PG. But I haven't seen it yet.
White knows how to play the pick-and-roll, but he was a rookie last year and I can't expect him to make that leap.
Can DeRozan play point???!
Ups his trade value if we need to trade him.so I'm fine with the over hype
DeRozan did bring the ball up and handle it a decent amount last year. His 5.5 assists per 36 was higher than anyone left on the Spurs roster, and more than Manu (4.5) and Kyle (3.7) last year.
The problem is he will be on his way to L.A. if he reaches that level. Especially if he's still with that chick.
Who remembers a year ago when fans said he was 3-4 years away?
When you see talent, sometimes you just know.
Knowing next to nothing about Dijon, I really don't know... If he develops the game to match the swagger, this could be the beginning of the Dijon Era. In the absence of the Big 3 and Number 2, the door is really wide open for the next franchise guy. If Dijon is of that mentality, he might just want to be the name and face of the new era.
Why does everyone think that all players want to go to LA? They’ve been a virtual wasteland for the last five years, and will be again when LeBron leaves the team a withered husk, like he always does. , he might not even be with that chick by the end of this season, let alone in four years. He’s young, and the world is his oyster.
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