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meh
I think he looks more comfortable out there and he has a more refined role now that gasol has been out this whole time.
meh
Spurs center for the future.
He's already more benefitial for the team than Aldridge, tbh.
He's turned a corner for the better. Still doesn't justify not getting Siakam instead but his recent play makes that trade not a rip-off either and actually respectable given the hostage situation that piece of Leonard held the team.
Last edited by SpurPadre; 12-19-2018 at 01:11 AM.
Sober up dude. And turn on spellcheck .
Liked him after the trade, hated him at the beginning of the season, like him more than I did before now. Like DAF said, C of the future.
He improved greatly over the season ... like night and day. Really would like him to sub for Aldridge after the first six minutes of the first quarter and let Demar run the show for the rest of the quarter. Then Aldridge can do the heavy load in the second quarter. I really think Peltl is good enough and can play enough minutes so that either Aldridge or Demar are always on the court.
Decent backup center at best. Big deal.
Double meh
Would have been really happy had the team signed him to his contract. Way better than most centers the team has had outside of Tim, Tiago and Pau. Can't ask for more from him. Still not enough to really offset sending out Green in the trade. The Spurs' D would be much more stable with him on the court. Regardless, he gives the team options, and he's functioning in the offense the way I thought he would before the start of the season.
Definitely feel like it's night and day from when we first saw him to now. At some point we needed a pau replacement and I think we got it. Hopefully he continues to get better. The dude is still only 23 years old.
Serviceable, but unable to single handedly change the momentum of game.
Good pick up. Modern day center.
He needs to be able to shoot 3 to be called that. Otherwise a solid centre if he could improve on his defensive rebounding.
There’s limited unicorns and they are stars. I don’t think he will be a star but doesn’t need to be. A modern day center can be one like him, Capella, Willie Cauley Stein, a favorite of mine and a real beast is OKC center Steven Adams. So long as they keep up with the fast pace of the game and don’t demand post touches. Skill around the basket is pretty much a requirement but it’s different in my mind than demanding a slow pace and post heavy game. That’s the old school to me. It’s subjective obviously.
He's not incredible but certainly a keeper.
ESPN Real Plus Minus
RPM for Centers:
20th Hassan Whiteside
21st Jakob Poetl
22nd Zaza Pachulia
Wins for Centers:
28th Dewayne Dedmon
29th Jakob Poetl
30th Mitc Robinson
IOW, NBA starter for a poor team.
RPM all players:
97th Hassan Whiteside
98th Jakob Poetl
99th Fred Van Fleet
Wins all players:
166th Dewayne Dedmon
167th Jakob Poetl
168th Mitc Robinson
IOW, plays like a good 4th man, but playing time knocks Poetl down to 6th man.
Started the season slow, but has come around in recent weeks. Like most players, I think it took him time to figure out where he fits in the Spurs system...and he should continue to progress going forward.
Will probably never be a star player, but definitely has the tools to be a serviceable big man. Fits into the Tiago Splitter mold.
Needs to improve his defensive rebounding, and could really benefit by adding a 10-15 footer to his game.
Spanish autocorrect, tbh. Most times I take the time to correct them, but sometimes it gets tiresome.
What's up with the hair?
He's useful. Would have preferred OG Anuby or Skiam? in the trade ... but not a worthless player.
A cross between oberto and splitter. Would like to see him more aggressive. Hoping gasol coming back doesn't take away any of his minutes
I was just teasing with you.
I saw a lot of potential on defense with his handling, movement of feet, relative speed for a center that tall, and good moves in post and on PNR. That was from some early film watching. However, the first few weeks I thought he was nothing but a highlight film hero. He looked like he never made an offensive move in his life when he happened to get the ball. Totally clueless. Doubted his BB IQ
However, he has come around to be very useful. I wish we had someone who could excel in the PNR for him to be more of an offensive threat. In fact he should be starting in place of Cunningham. LMA, Poertl, Gay wouldn't be such a bad front line. Bertans and Pau as first reserves and that is about as good as this year's Spur front line rotation is going to get.
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